Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29


tlonately to the arm Of negro whom
she claimed as her husband. In support
of her statement, the pretty English girl
exhibited a framed marriage certificate
which shows that Henry Francis Smith.
81 years old. and Beatrice Amelia Phil
ips. II years old, We're married, by spe-
eial license on July q by a. j. CheYer-
ton registrar. at Southampton, England.
The negro who had plenty of money.
said in answer to questions that he was
native of St. Mary's county. Maryland.
where. he says, he owns a farm of about
twenty acres. He recently went over To
Liverpool on visit where he met the
Philips girl and they clipped to South
ampton. As the laws of Maryland will
not permit 2 negro to have Il white wife
they will settle i'll Philadelphia.
Not so very many years ago there was
Il popular song in which the refrain ran
something like this: oh. the Rowery.
the Rowery; they do such things and
they say such things on the Bowery."
, While the vogue of the song was ut its
height the business men in the BoWery
made n solemn protest thai the song
WAS an anachroniSm and an outrage.
Even then the Bowery of the old days.
the BOwery of Owney Geoghegan's and
the Sultan's divan and the Gotham. was
as dead as the ancient bOuerie and its
outrageous joys of the Eighteenth and
early Nineteenth centuries Today the
Bowery is merely right of way for the
elevated and surface cars. So all things
pass. Time will come when the Bowery
will be as dead at midnight as Broad
way already is. And there will be old
timers then to shake their heads and
mourn for the good old days and the
good old ways. There are plenty such
now, and they are bemoaning the fall
ing away of the old Bowery as if it were
a distinct loss TO life in the city.
The latest French invasion of New
York city takes the shape of Il genuine
brasserie as Partisan saloons are called
1t is on Eighth avenue. Il few blocks
above Twenty-third street. and ii has a
large trade among lovers of French
drinks and French food, Not Ill of its
customers are Frenchmen, by any
means. and it is safe To prophesy that
when its existence becomes more eX-
tensively known it will have u large eli
entele among men and women who have
learned in Paris to like the characters
tie little marble topped tables and the
wall seats. The real novelty of the
place. however. is its saloon bar and
French bartender The decorations are
attractive and Frenchy to the last word
and ranged in gallery that tops the
cabaret are Il number of boxes where
and enjoy the music. One of the fea-
lures of the brasserie is the chef. He is
an old man. characteristically French
with his gray waXed muStache and inn
perial. He possesses to degree the
| art of cooking in French style
Among the popular New York hotels
which have fitted up gardens in the air
are the Majestic, the Hoffman. the
Bpllrciaire the Waldorf \ ~toria and the
New Hotel Astur. At the laSt-namcd
hosiery the roof-gHrdon idea LIS been
carried to its highest development. Here.
far M above the traffic and hustle of
Broadway. has been reproduced on ri
gantic scale a garden of the style for
which the vine-clad hills of Tuscany are
famous. 1t covers the area of SiXty-iVe
city lots. Nearly BOO uuckloadS of flow
ers AMI plants were used in heautifying
the place. while continuous pergola
extends the entire length. and over the
trclliS work of this promenade ivy and
moontlower vines soften the hriliancy of
the electric lights. Experienced land
scape gardeners and scenic artists were
employed to lay out this fairylanl in
the air. A wealth Of exotics tropical
plants and palms have been woven into
the picture. The murmm of electrically
illuminated fountains and cascades min
giles with the music of Italian trouba-
dourS. and over it all thousands of cleo
trc lights Outshinc the stars and turn
night into day.
Edwin Il. Embree and Joseph W.
Murphy, the Yale men who left Brook
lyn for two months tramp. have gone
to work on John Jacob Astor's estate at
Rhyebeck as laborerS for S1.lO day.
The students were broke" when they
reached Kingston and We're compelled to
find employment Their first night out of
New York city the boys slept under
trees on the grass without any covering.
The next day they We're so lame they
could hardly walk. Since then they
| have slept in barns and farmhouses,
wherever a farmer would give them shell
ter. They went swimming in the Hud-
son. The swell from a passing steamer
washed their clothing into the river. but
they recovered everything except one of
| Embree'S shoes. He was compelled to
ride on a trolley car TO the nearest town
and to work for two days to earn enough
money to pay for a new pair. At Mr..
AstOr'S farm no distinction is made be-
tween the farm hands, and the students
are compelled to eat and sleep with the
other workmen. They will work Il week
and then, if they have sufficient funds,
will continue their tramp into the heart
of the Adirondacks.
The most picturesque hit Of foreign
color seen for long time on New
York street is couple of kvass sellers
who do a thriving business at Rivington
and Allen streets They We're Rouma-
MAN Jews, dressed in Turkish fcz ana
gay zouave trousers. The kvasS was
contained III tank of gliStening ham
mcred brass four feet high. strapped to
the back of the smaller man. \ long
spout curved over his shoulder. chased
in rude designs. was hung about with
| Turkish coins The kvaSs seller would
shout this refrain:
"Trink leetie Won der gutter kvass.
Nerth a neekel glass"
The Roumanian Jews, remembering
the beverage of their native land.
| stepped up Immediately and paid their
pennies. The kva>s bearer bent for
ward. deity pouring the brown sugary.
lcmonady liquid into glass which the
seller took from a brass rack strapped
around his waist. The seller washed
The glasSeS with water decanted frcm Il
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