Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-04

hotel men say that women think II per-
| fectly legitimate to take these things.
Just as men consider it no crime to APP
| propriate an umbrella. They ike 10
| stick them about the rooms of their
| houses and display them as trophies of
some gay dinner party of which they
| We're members. Many of the big hotels
give away souvenirs Just to check The
! practice. but it has had little effect, as
shown by recent inventories.
There is a shop in Fifth avenue which
! makes 4 speciality of ladies lavettes.
| Here the rich papa and the adorine
1 mamma may expend any sum between
500 and $4,000 for the outfit Of their
| offspring. Five thousand dollar layettes
] are not uncommon. Ii is said that the
Vanderbilt and Gould babies cost about
$1,000 and there are orders in the shop
for outfits costing above $4,000.
\ deal has been closed by which Ar
thur c. Aston and j. Emmett Baxter
bought from William \. Brady the en-
tire production used 10y Grace George in
Pretty Peggy" with rights covering all
| the western and southern cities. Jane
Corcoran. young actress who has won
4 reputation in these sections. * 10 play
the title role. Grace George will remain
in the all-stai cast of ''The Two Or
phans" till February, when she will pro-
duee new religious play.
The recreation park for the children of
the poor OF New York, which Charles NJ.
Schwab has been building in Staten
Island, will he opened this summer The
park will be one of the show places of
New York. There is nothing so elaborate
and magnificent elsewhere in the world in
the form of a pleasure ground for the
poor The cost to Mr.. Schwab has been
S1000,000. What it will cost to maintain
is known only to him. 1t is situated on
the south shore of Staten Island. not far
distant from Father DrumgOole's mission.
1t embraces tract of land 6J acres in
extent. with Il frontage of 1900 feet on
the shore of the lower bay and running
inland over a wide eXpanse of level lawn.
behind which IS an agreeahlr diversified
stretch of rolling country covered with
trees of pine, spruce, maple and dOgwood
Along the western side of the property is
a lovely sheet of water called ArbutuS
lake.
After having toilcd more than thirteen
years at 50 a day as 4 custom house
Welghter in Il sugar refinery here, Patrick
j. Henncssy of Brooklyn has suddenly
found himself to be the heir % S4OO 900.
lie became cognizant of his good for
tune through an advertisement inserted
in a daily paper here by firm of London
solicitors. who have in charge an estate
left by HennesSy' uncle. The latter was
wealthy merchant of Melbourne He
went to Australia in his youth and the
nephew sought his fortunes in America.
never having seen his benefactor since
childhood.
Aid. Michael Stapleton introduced an
ordinance at the meeting of the board OF
aldermen providing that ANY person oc-
cupylng the end seat on the entrance
side OF any open passenger car operated
IN the city who shall refuse. upon re-
quest, to change such seat to vacant
seat nearer the inner side of the car
shall be guilty of misdemeanor. AMI,
ON conviction. may be punished by fine
not exceeding 500, or by imprisonment
not exceeding six months, or by both
Five $1,000 treasury notes have been
found in an old, moth-eaten coat pur-
chased by Elmer Eckerson of Bogota.
n. j., at an auction sale of unclaimed
baggage III railway station. Neither
the trunk nor the coat it contained bore
any marks of Identification. EckerSon
was about to throw the garment away
when he discovered the treasure. care
fully wrapped in oiled silk The lucky
buyer is 60 years old and will at once
take vacation in Europe.
Clarence II. Mackay, president of the
Postal Telegraph and Gable company.
gave dinner the other evening to the
heads of his organization in commemora-
tlon OF the SiXtieth anniversary OF the
hrst Geographic message in this country
and the tenth anniversary of the opening
of the postal building. The guests in
Guided all of the general and many Of
the assistant Supcrintcndents from all sec
tons of the United States.
Marietta villa, the summer cottage of
the late Mrs, Paran Stevens at Newport.
X. l.. has been sold 10 New Workers for
S6O.O00. Who the purchaser is cannot
be aScertaned. hut it is said that the old
cottage which in the life of Mrs Stevens
was the scene of brilliant social affairs.
Is to be used as n Catholic school for
girls. This information came from Mrs.
Arthur III, Paget. the daughter of Mrs.
StevenS. before sailing for Europe.
Marietta villa is one of the pioneer villas
of Newport. 1t is in Bellevue avenue.
directly opposite the Casino The estate
the large villa. stable and
greenhouses. and spacious lawns. 1t is
taxed for sd. 300. Since the death of
Mrs Stevens it has been used as fash
ionable boarding house. 1t has been in
the market for some time but was nor
wanted as Il summer home 1t was at
Marietta villa where Count Castelanc
and the Duke of Marlborough were in
PRODUCED to society in America. and it
was here that Mrs. Stevens and Ward