Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-12
ROUND ABOUT NEW York.
RippIes on the Current Of Life In the
MetroRoIia.

hANPANN Nn Nht current OI AANe IN NhN
Metropolis.
A New York correspondent who has
warm spot for Chauncey Depew protests
against the forgetfulness and ingratitude
OF the public In condemning the senator
merciessly for a later day business
blunder. THE public" says the corre-
spondent, that for a generation have
lauded Mr.. Depew and listened to him
with mouths open with amused and inter
ested admiration-what does It do the
moment that Mr. Depew's business mis-
take has become the property Of the
world? II jumps on him with both feet
and refuses him the decent hearing that
his eminence and long life Of public serv-
ice deserve. 1t winks at itself and sug
gests that much may be hidden that is
even worse. 1t wonders why he was ever
elected United States senator, and heated
men write to him at Washington asking
him to resign.
1T forgets what Mr.. Depew has been
for the past twenty five years. For
gets that he has been great apostle of
public cheer, and has lived an encouraging
life of sunshine before the world That he
has day after day and night after night
given freely OF his best for the delight
edifcation and instruction of tens of thou
sands. That he has advocated the doc
trine of cheerfulness. and warmed many IA
heart that would otherwise have been
cold. 1t forgets the years Of its alteration
and remembers only that here is a man
who is down, and that the only thing left
is to give him a kick
"Chauncey NJ Depew has done ten mil
lion times as much good in this world as
he has harm. Let us try to remember it,"
All previous records in the New York
postoffice for the volume of eastward
transatlantic mails at Christmastide were
broken when the White Star line steam
ship Cedric sailed last week bearing 3O75
sacks Of first-class mail and 81, 23O pieces of
registered matter The Cedric was one Of
the first Christmas ships to get away and
it's departure marked the Inauguration Of
the annual busy season in the New York
postofhce. From now until the sailing Of
the last Christmas packet the clerical force
in the general postoffice and its branches
throughout the city will be employed up
to midnight of each day, and on the day
preceding the last sailing the clerks will
work all night. The previous record for
the maximum of Christmas mail was held
by the Etruriu, which sailed n few weeks
before Christmas some years ago with
41,lS9 registered packages. Last year the
Majestic took away at this season 2,S79 bags
of foreign mail.
Half the population OF New York is af-
| fected with wheeze which the doctors
| call the grip. The disease comes from the
west and from abroad and must therefore
be worldwide. According to London ply
sicians the grip there has brand new symp-
toms for the winter season of 1866.
| Neuralgia headaches and facial pains are
now de rigeur with the grip, they report,
! to which the local health authorities say:
''Bosh. Grip has specific symptoms, only
| one of which may be prevalent any year
| or any week. There is no such thing as
| styles in grip symptoms" Against this Is
the fact that many New Workers. are COM
planning of neuralgia headaches and painful
! faces this winter all of which seems to
bear out the London doctors assertion that
the symptoms described accompany this
seasons influenza. People who are rot in
the habit of doing exterior decorating to
the TOW at night have been complaining
of "Oh, such head!"
David Welch, a publisher of rs West One
Hundred and Twenty-ffth street, has an
/
! Twain's place when the humorist, who was
70 years old recently, decides to run for
president. The boys name is Bobby Brown.
His employer lost typewriter early in the
/ week and sent Bobby out to advertise for a
new one. He left the phraseology to the
boys indiscretion. This is the result:
''Wanted-Typewriter and stenographer
must be extremely plain, no sweet l6 or
prize beauty, pretty girls barred, uglier
the better 10 a. m. Fair Deal, 76 West
125th street"
1t worked. More old women than a
| Tammany captain sees in a mouth have
made life serious for Mr.. Weich. The
favorite remark is, Amt l homely
enough?'
Mr.. WEIGH is too polite 10 tell the
truth. But he continues to write his own
letters Three really beautiful creatures
with flaxen hair and stenogra phic note.
books clutched in their long musician
like fingers, have been seen to pass the
door and look tmidly in. None dared tc
enter
Robert Leo Morrell. chairman of the
Automobile association, started out for a
spin in his automobile the other day, anC
everything worked finely until he reached
| broadway ana SeVenty-second street. Their
the machine baked. and no efforts on his
part could induce 1t to go.
He worked away until he was rapidly
getting into a state that he felt could onl,
be relieved by strong language, but the
presence Of group OF children made hin
refrain from expressing himself In tn,
group was a little girl with long colder
hair and deep blue eyes. She crowded clost
10 the automobile owner as he worked
Finally he became so exasperated that i
seemed as If he really must say something
and turning TO the little miss, he said:
Il wish you would run away, little girl
There's few things I'd like to say"
Go right ahead" said the child. Don
mind me. Ny papa has an auto too"
How a franchise grew in value from
5000 to Sl2,5OO,OOO is a question that is be