The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-20
NEW MUNICIPAL LODGING HOUSE
WILL BE OPENED EARLY
NEXT WINTER
News and Gossip Regarding Things
and Events in Gotham-Mor-
mons Get a Setback

| lodging house. which will have no
| cashier will be opened early next win
ter, if strikes do not interfere. Be-
meath it's roof will be sheltered not only
| the beggar and the tramp and the va
grant, but also families VINO may have
/ been evicted and persons of refinement
who have made themselves homeless
through some evil chance.
There win be no tips in the hotel
| except the general directions not to
come too often. The person without
visible means of support VINO is seen
in the corridor two times in success
sion, is in danger of the work house.
| This is the limitation which will make
| the home less desirable as a perma-
nent winter quarters, and will insure
steady change of patrons. This is the
| first modern hotel of it's kind ever
shelters and cheap lodging houses.
Sleigh bells tink1ing merrily in the
spring time is the surprising innova-
ton made by Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt
jr, in Great Neck, L. I. The fashion
| able colony didn't know just what to
make of it the other day when a sty-
! lish wagon drove up to the railway
station, and Mrs. Vanderbilt alighted.
Attached to the throat latches of each
Of the prancing blacks was string Of
silver sleigh bells. AS it is we'll known
that Mrs. Vanderbilt is not given to
fads there was much curiosity until
it was explained that the team, just
imported from England, had been
trained to trot and short-step to bell
music, without which they become as
unmana geable as a pair harnessed to
a vehicle and unrestrained by bit or
bride 1t is one of the most singular
forms of horse education ever known
in this country The animals must
hear the tinkle no matter what time of
the year, or they will be incapable of
control.
Of course, imitators have appeared
already, and before midsummer Great
Neck will be jingling like the Speed
way in midwinter.
Some choice livestock is being sold
by Whitelaw Reid from Ophir Farm,
the country place of the new ambas-
sador to the court of st. James. AS
Mr.. Reid will be in England four years
his large estate will be kept closed.
and he will keep only half a dozen
men to look after the place.
One of the biggest sales of the Reid
stock was made this week, when the
noted herd of Kerry cattle which was
the best of the brand in the United
States, was disposed of. The cows
were imported from Ireland, and were
special favorites with Mr.. and Mrs
Reid.
The charitable institutions division
of the finance department of the city
of New York has opened to the public
an interesting exhibition showing the
work the city is doing in caring for
it's destitute and unfortunate children.
The city of New York annually ex-
ponds more money for this work than
any other city in the Union or any
other city in the world. The eXnibi-
ton now open is the same as was ex-
hibited at the ST. Louis worlds fair
last summer. At ST Louis the exhibit
was visited by sociological students
from all over the world and it's many
interesting and unique features at
tracted universal attention.
An ordinary telephone booth gives
privacy enough for most persons, but
broker down town is not satisfied
with this arrangement. His private
telephone is in a booth lined with over
three inches of cork The door is COW
cred with the same device to deaden
sound, and once it is closed there is no
possibility of learning what may hap
pen on the inside.
Ever since Greedy won fame for mis-
fartherest north, that reamlned for
year after year the nearest approach
to the Pole the weather sharps have
been filled with lodgings for the realms
of the blue icebergs and the long
nights.
If it be indeed true that close devo-
ton to the vagaries of climate EMIT
les a man to sojourn where he may
stand a good show of freezing to death
then nobody had better claim to the
reward than DID, Otto Fassig, who sail
ed a few days ago to take command of
one of Mr.. Ziegler's polar parties. He
will direct the search about Greenland
for the missing Fiala.
Fassig went into the signal service
voars 400 when General Grady r,odo