Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-13
ROUND ABOUT NEW YoRK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life In th,
MetropoIia.

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| Metropolis.
! People who have. observed with more or
/ less pleasure the pictures OF the famous
/ Damn family and the Damn dog, which
| ornament picture galleries and shop win
dows, naturally inquire where the family
resides. and u It grows and blooms as
luNuriantly as the artist represents II Is
gratifying to be be able to enlighten an
anxious world that the Damms are -four
ishing and abide in Harlem. Dut the
Damn dog is something Of an annoyance
and caused the Damn family to appear in
court recently. Before proceeding with
the case the Judge remarked on the side,
wen. / have heard of the whole Damn
family in fiction, and 1 understand the
family has been dramatized, but never
dreamed that the whole Damn family was
a reality. 1 am sorry TO learn that SIS
members are so pugnacious'
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Damn are Ger
man, and cannot make much use of the
| English language. 1t was with difficulty
that the magistrate comprehended the
cause Of the domestic rumpus, especially
! as Mrs. Damn insisted on doing most of
the talking in a quality of Teutonic that
the interpreter found II hard to translate
According to n liberal construction OF
Mrs. Damm's involved and idlomatic Ger
| iiihht AAtiAAloh AhiiAl ltNtiNtu HIS Wllt
permission TO attend a saengerfest Satur-
day evening. He returned fun Of good
humor and song in company with a very
ordinary yellow dog which had moulted
considerably about the legs and tail. Herr
| Damn insisted that the dog should be
| added to the Damn roster, but Frau
Damn refused fatty 10 adopt the canine
whereupon harmony gave way to discord
| In the Damn family.
Herr Damn insisted that the yellow dog
| would be a good companion for the brood
| Of little Damms
When the Damn squabble had arrived
at this point there was commotion in
the rear OF the court room, followed by a
series OF healthy yelps.
That's the Damn dog" said Officer
Kelly He followed the whole Damn
family to court"
Put the Damn dog outr ordered the
magistrate, striving vainly to suppress
grin. The Damn dog was elected on the
toe of the doormans boot.
When the Damn domestic row was taken
up again. Herr Damn declared that Frau
Damn knocked him over the head with
tea kettle and as result Herr Damn
came out second best. Then Frau Damn
secured summons for Herr Damn.
Frau Damn said she would not live with
her husband If ne insisted in keeping his
saengerfest dog. Magistrate Whitman,
however in the absence of any serious
criminal charge dismissed the case to the
intense indignation of Frau Damn.
Mr.. Damn" he said, Il advise you to
go home and agree with your better half,
or, rather, your better two-thlrds Mrs
| Damn, your husband meant no wrong by
bringing home the Damn dog, but, II
were you, Mr.. Damn, would not insist
in keeping the dog. Discharged"
The Damn family left the court room
on the sidewalk the unfortunate Damn
dog Joined the group. and when last seen
the whole Damn family with the dog,
appeared to be the personihcation OF do
nestle unity
Another important step in the develop
ment of the vast underground transit sys-
tenn that New York is to have before many
years will be taken tomorrow morning
when the Harlem river section OF the sub
way will be opened to traffic. Interest in
the new service of the Interborough COM
pany is heightened by the fact that this
is the first of the several river tunnels
now being constructed to be opened
The completion OF the tunnel under the
Harlem river also marks the elimination
of an engineering feat OF no small magni-
tude' The bottom OF the tunnel is some
thirty feet below the surface of the river
There never has been the slightest indi-
cation of leak, but three enormous
pumps, one at each end and one in the
middle, are provided for emergency.
While Manhattan island furnishes the
best kind OF foundation for the modern
type of building, there are drawbacks con-
nected with Its rocky nature which the
park commissioners are made to feel every
time they call for an appropriation. It
costs the borough about $4,000 a year
to keep the soil in the parks at a grade
SUFFICIENT TO nurture the vegetation Even
with this immense outlay the ribs are
constantly sticking through the thin skin
of Central park, and a few days OF hot
sun without n rainfall changes the grass
TO a dull yellow. 1t is a constant fight
against the natural disadvantages 10 keen
the trees alive. Whenever there is a lob
put up on the park commissioners by poli-
ticians who strive to proft by the poverty
of soil hundred amateur reformers rise in
their might and write letters to the news
papers about it. New Workers are slow
10 anger over political jobs. but they sim
ply will not tolerate anything that tends
20 lessen the beauties and utilities OF the
public parks. There are few enough OF
them in that crowded city.
William Waldorf Astor is preparing TO put
, up the largest and most magnificent apart
ment house in New York. 1t will occupy
the entire block from Broadway 70 West
End avenue and from Seventy-eighth to
Seventy ninth streets. The estimated cost
is S2,5Ooo0o One OF Mr. Astor's agents
. estimates an average rental OF s., 500 for
each apartment With fourteen apartments
on a floor and sixteen floors he should have
"a suites OF apartments. which, at an
average rental Of $500 should bring in an
annual total OF $4,000 Although the same
height as its huge neighbor. the Ansonia,
the largest apartment hotel in the world,
Mr.. ,Astor's new living palace for people
with long purses will cover a considerably
larger area The Ansonia measures go
feet on Broadway and ~ feet along Sew
enty-third street, which is really the front
OF the hotel. II has 1850 apartment rooms.
, The plot on which Mr.. AstoT intends 10
build faces 50 feet on Broadway and West
End avenue and 2i6 feet on seventy-eighth
and Seventy-ninth streets.
Rastamh Manekjl, a native Of Bombay,
, India. IS visitor in New York and COM