Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-14
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

! guilty to seven burglaries. The prnclpal
complainant against the young man was
| Fred r. Nolte, proprietor OF Acme nan,
| who says that since July 10. Miller mas
stolen Sl,JW worth of champagne from
him. Another complainant was Christian
| Schwartz. butcher, who alleged that the
young defendant stole from his shop 4
side Of beef, twelve chickens ana 1our
hams. Miller, who did not seem in the
leasi discomposed, stood before the mag,
iStrate, his hands thrust in his trousers
| pockets, and admitted all the charges
brought against him. Ar
| Its just my penchant," he said -
think l was born a burglar. AS cflld.
when my parents refused me anything, 1
| simply took it,"
| In addition to stealing the wine and the
| butchers supplies. the young man con,
| fesses that he stole charlotte russes ana
| other dantics from bakershop, and that
| to fill out one of his dinners he took
| case of milk that had been left in front oil
a saloon.
| A genius for figures calculates that the
saving of time by the faster rate OF traVel
| in the subway will amount TO the sdVihS
of millions of dollars annually 10 the peo-
pie Of New York-this on the theory that
time is money. He sets forth that there
are 10000 persons who will daily 60 SCUM IN
and north between, say, the Rector ara
125th stations of the subway: Inc t,ne
saved between these two points Is calcu-
lated at twenty minutes daily 10 tnoss
who traverse this distance habituaily, OF
eregate saving in time will be 3.33 hours
day or 1873 hours a week; A tra~eI the
customary two weeks annual vacation,
tl.eir fifty weeks of daily travel will be
| shortened by 1898 hours. or H. Gays q
| twenty-four hours. AS the average busi-
| ness day does not exceed eight hours 'iiis
saving would represent 123.I business ntES S
| in every year. If the time OF these louo
| habitual travellers be worth % cents an
| hour. each one will have gained by tne
saving in time devoted to travel IL cents
a day or in round numbers $3i.2f per year
| Of 2S6 days. The aggregate money adj
vantage to 10000 people in the ordinary
business year should be 1927 400. If 2 NIL
| lion people travel by the subway daily,
each passenger making an average gain
of five minutes. and this time is worth
| SO cents a minute, or Ais cents per TIP
1,000,oO0 people would show an aggreea,c
saving of S4l,5O0 per day, or ST., Ash, 900 per
year of business days.
A sandwich man wearing dress suit.
| patent-leather shoes. silk hat. clean
shave and other evidences of respectable
ity not usually associated with human ad-
vertisng peregrirators, made his appear
| ance along Broadway last week the
saddle signs dangling from his person
were newly painted and one in most arts
| tic style. Following closely behind him
| was a small colored boy in uniform WHO
acted as his valet. The boy occasionally
supplied the sandwich man with light;
and both master and man conducted
themselves with the greatest decorum
| the valet was advertising new brand OF
| cigar, and he gave a most polished per
Torrance.
halt has been called upon the polit!-
| cal talk around New York. and 1t VIII not
| be recommended until the momentous
| to wear scarfpn. From the first dawn
| of history this subject and up to ten
| years ago. the scarfpin had been worn
| in the knot of the tie. About that time
| Prince Edward. now king of England,
emperor of India and boss of Ireland,
| appeared on the street with a scarfpln
| in the skirt of his tie. Ten days after
ward no man with proper regard for his
| reputation dared to place his ornament in
any other part of the tie. Recently there
| has been reactionary movement. Sam
Budd displayed in his window a green
| scarf with a tiger-eye pin stuck plainly
and Enthusiastically in the knot. Fifth
Johhnies nmd i d2wn Tne
tilted Mr.. Budd of the sartorial faux pas
The haberdasher declined to own his
mistake and stubbornly insisted that the
| ~carfpin should be worn in the Knot and
MOI in the skirt-this year Now the
| question is: Which-King Edward or
Sam Budd? The frowning armies of both
are of equal strength; and battle i'm
ponds. Parker and Roosevelt, kouro-
| patkin and Kuroki may fight on. but in
! terest in their trifing dongs is sus-
pended until the matter is decided.
New York's newest and most expensive
hotel: the ST. Regis; on Fifth avenue, is
much talked of royal suite" the rate for
which is reported to $l25 a day, $3.50
month, or si5.625 year. Since the open
| ing of the hotel this suite has been un-
| occupied for only few days. and now it
| is said that f. z. Thomas. the banker
| has taken it for an indefinite period. The
suite consists of two bed rooms, dining
room, library, parlor and bath room. Il
| cost 100000 to furnish the rooms, and
| there is not an article of furniture in it
| that is not the masterpiece of some ia
nous European cabinetmaker. The bath
room is fCored and walled with Italian
| marble. and the plumbing throughout is
Quadruple silver plate. The carpets mark
| the highest developments of the Turkish
| weavers' genius. and the bTic-a-brac and
| other ornaments that add to the splendor
of the suite We're purchased in those con
| tinental shops that are patTonized only
by princes and multi-millionaires. Mr..
Thomas has in his suite a valet. a maid
for his wife and two other servants.
that the daily charge upon the young mil
lionaire is more than 500, or at the rate
| of $4,000 year.
Bellevue hospitals forty-four doctors
are Indignant They do not want women
Wallets to make their beds, shine their
trousers and do all the other things the
fifteen men Wallets have done in the COM
Portable past
1t has been the custom of Bellevue for
hire their own Wallets. They have dubbed
together and hired one man for each
room, fifteen in all paying the men out
of their own pockets. For some reason
the hospital authorities decided several
days ago that this was not desirable. 1t
was announced that hereafter three
women would be employed to take the
place of the fifteen Wallets and the women
would be paid by the hospital.
with all respect for the honorable
Board of Trustees" said one of the vexcd
forty-four. that new rule is all foolish
moss Why. it will be impossible to live
al this institution if they get women
mussing around here and pOking their
noses into every detail of our private
lives.
II can't call a woman valet into my
room to help me dress. can u? Suppose /
want to take 4 bath and need somebody |
to scrub my back, l would look well ask |
ing one of these women Wallets to do the |
job. wouldn't L? And how in thunder can |
! say: Lizzie, please get busy and shine |
my shoes.
I'VE doctors frequently work until late |
at night-very late. We, sleep late next
morning, ana consequently cur servants |
come into the rooms and clean them UP |
while we are in bed. 1t would look nice,
now. wouldn't it. for me to say: |
Here. you. Alice, get out until put |
my pants on!'
President Brannan says he will hold the |
IL IT, l..