Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-18


ply is % years old and comes from Bel
fast. lie has muscles as hard as whip
cords, In addition to rudy cheeks. lie
can take an apple or potato In one hand
and grind It into pulp. The doctors said
muscular degeneration had set in, fol-
lowing his devotion to athletics. Look
down there said Murphy after his
hve-foot vault. See the puny doctors.
They say I will be a dead man in Two
years. We'll, I'll fool them
Great Building Destroyed
They do strange things in New York.
The latest seemingly inexplcable stunt
is the tearing down of modern, al
most new t. STORY granite building at
41-43 Wall street to make room for
newer, handsomer and higher structure.
The cost Of the wrecking will foot up
close to $4,000.
Pickpocket Preeaution
Two women hurried up the approach
to the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn
bridge. Near the police booth one
pulled the other aside and held out her
handbag to her companion. Then she
unfastcned from her throat pearl
necklace and a diamond brooch. Both
were sonsigned to the handbag, which
she promptly placed inside her Jacket
and under her arm. Then the two en-
tered the deadly bridge crush. That's
common said a policeman. THAT hap
pens several times a day during the
rush hour. The women have heard so
much about picspockets at the bridge
that they believe their jewels are safer
under their arm than around their
necks."
Going Summing
A few nights ago several women were
caught in raid on an opium joint in
Chinatown. 1t was claimed by their
friends that they were Summing"
and that they were not denizens of
Pell street; that they were not smok-
ing opium. Then were they not fool
ish for placing their good names and
liberties in jeopardy? Visitors to New
York as well as natives not infrequent-
ly think it rich and racy to invade the
underworld as sightseers. Does it not
denote a low, morbid, unwholesome
frame of mind to desire to behold such
spectacles, furnishing an excuse for
illegal institutions to flourish and flat
terng the abnormal vanity of the
wicked and loathsome proprietors? In
a word, to Ego Summing" would seem
to indicate an exceedingly low moral
standard and perverted taste, no mat
ter who-man or woman-indulges
therein.
Belle of the Town
One of the most unkind cuts of all
was delivered some person in New
York today. This person, whether it
was he or she, sent to the office of
certain newspaper the photograph of
a good-looking girl with the request
that the same be printed. The photo
was printed with the caption, "Do you
know her." Underneath was printed,
"She is Miss -- (the name was
given), who, according to an admirer,
who sent the picture for publication,
was last employed at Thirty-fourth
street and Broadway" She is described
as lone of the bellies of the town and
that's something! Horrid, isn't it?
Warming About Gamblers
The management of the White Star
line has distributed warnings to pros
pective passengers, desiring them to
be on the lookout against card-sharp-
ers who are said to travel on the COM
pany's steamers. The warning reads
as follows: "The attention of the
managers has been called to the fact
that certain persons believed to be
professional gamblers are in the habit
of travelling to and fro on Atlantic
steamships. In bringing this to the
knowledge of travellers the managers,
while not wishing in the slightest de-
gree to interfere with the freedom of
actions of patrons of this line, desire
to invite their assistance in discourag-
ing games of chance, as being likely
to afford these individuals special OPP
portunities for taking unfair advantage
of Others"
Dogs Wear Necklaces
Dogs are wearing necklaces now
The fashion is best illustrated on fox
terrier or some other small, smooth
haired canine. A pretty girl on Fifth
avenue evolved color scheme for her
pet and herself in a manner that was
effective and artistic. Her suit was
of a light tan, with touches of tur-
quoise. Her small fox terrier was snow