Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-02

Soir. and Diaz's masterful Autumn in
the Forest of Fontainebleau.' The Corot
landscape was valued at $75,000 and the
Fontainebleau at $4,000. While the
name of the buyer has been withheld By
request, it is generally reported that he
Is Charles NJ. Taft of Cincinnati. brother
Of Secretary of War Taft. lie Soir'
was in the Crabbe collection at Brus-
sells several years ago and both the
Corot and Diaz works formed a part of
the Coates collection at Paisley. Scot
land. where they were purchased N
private sale.
Dancing, with good and appropriate
music, and when you feel like it, brings
man as near to paradise, 50 it seems 10
me, as he is likely to get said DR.. q.
Stanley Hall. president of Clark univer.
sity, in a lecture at the Second church.
Boston. Il wish someone would start a
dancing school that would have in it the
faith of the prophets 1t would be re-
ligion, poetry, education. 1t would be
health, because it would be happiness.
Fancy what Christianity in carly and
medieval history would have been had
it not been for dancing"
Looking somewhat pale, but much i'm
proved, Charles NJ. Schwab arrived from
Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. lie was accompanied by his
chauffeur and valet. He said he had
passed nearly all the time motoring IN
the south Of France. On the pier Mr.
Schwab was met by Mrs. Schwab and
his father and mother. Julien +. Bloch,
Mr.. Sehwabs French chauffeur. was met
by his wife. They had scarcely embraced
when Timothy Donohue, a special inspec-
tor OF the custom house. demanded to
know what Bloch had in his right trous-
ers' pocket. The young man disgorged
blue velvet box with big marquise ring
set with diamonds The inspector kept
the ring for the government.
On the kronprinz Wilhelm. which
sailed for Europe the other day. was
Santos-D umont, the airship navigator.
Ills departure was surprise Recently
it was announced that he had fallen in
love with Miss Lurline Spreckles, daugh-
ter of the San Francisco sugar king Her
mother and family did not approve of
the proposed alliance and virtually told
the girl
Mrs. Spreckles and her daughter saileG!
last week on the Kaiser Wilhelm III.
with the object, it is said, Of placing
the sirl al as great a distance as posi-
Bile from Santos Dumont. His departure
is an indication, his friends say. that he
does not intend to abandon his suit for
the hand of the heiress.
Another microscopic parcel of real
estate in the Bronx has just been sold at
price which can be made to appear fab
ulous when the value of an entire CITY
lot is computed at the same rate. Fred
erick Nj. Mellert, Il builder, recently
bought "A large plot on Prospect avenue.
He intended to build on the property. but
before work had been begun a survey
showed that there was small strip of
land, about as wide as piece of tape,
and extending 40 feet along the Fair
mount place frontage. to which he did
not hold title. The extreme width of this
strip was seven-eights of an inch. and
the total area 171@ square inches. A
price Of 500 was finally agreed upon. and
at this figure the transaction was closed.
AT this rate Il square inch would be
worth 1886, a square foot $411 81, and a
full city lot of $500 square feet, $1.O29,-
600. 1t is believed the purchase of 40
square inches two years ago. at the rate
of 81, 100000 for a full lot is still the
record price for these Bronx cores. The
formation of these odd little parcels is
usually the result of street widening.