Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-26

ppS'idi correspondent TO The Herald.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The American
pie is now under a ban on all trans
atlantic liners. You may buy almost
anything la carte but the pie. The
German ships are without It, the Eng
fish liners have given it up and now
the French line chefs announce that
they Will no longer receive an order for
pie. Today a French line steward said:
II cannot understand how the Amer
leans can eat so many pies. I suppose,
though, ii Is because they like them.
| we do not seem to care so much for
pies abroad. | visited the restaurants
In New York and l shall never think
OF Americans without thinking of pies.
| OF course, we shall furnish them I'm
our restaurant IL our patrons call for
them, but in the cafes abroad we have
Few requests for pie. The Americans
seem to forget pie when they come
abroad. | presume that is because they
are away from New England atmos-
phere, as l understand this Is where
the American pie originated. American
Icooking-and am sorry to be compelled
to criticise it-does not compare favor
ably with ours I would not say It is
the fault of the chef, for l know many
| of the New. York chefs by reputation
and they are excellent. But what can
they do under the circumstances
Americans want their food served
quickly. Eating with them is merely
a matter of stocking up"
Girls on the Streets
1t is generally understood by native
New York girls that the practice of
walking alone on the streets at night
is a dangerous one, particularly along
such thoroughfares as Broadway and
Sixth avenue above Twenty third street
The Bowery at night is, of course,
very bad place for - girl. On
Second avenue, the peoples boulevard
of the eastside, this rule does not hold
nor does 1t hold on Eighth avenue OH
the westside. Along these streets the
honest, Woodworking people of New
York have their homes, and a girl is
quite as safe on the streets at midnight
as at high noon.
John D. Juniors Health
Young John d. Rockefeller. although
still in a poor state of health is enter
ing upon his religious work with even
a greater ardor than he displayed be-
fore his breakdown q year ago. Among
his friends it is said there is really
nothing serious the matter with the
young man-that he has simply over
worked himself and is suffering from
some slight nervous breakdown, affect
ing his stomach, which it takes time
to treat and cure. There is absolutely
no truth in the story that his lungs are
weak. His health has never been really
robust, nor has his face ever had much
color. Always an interchangeable worker
Mr.. Rockefeller has been disposed to
ignore his physical welfare in favor of
his ideals. With the gradual and sys-
tematic withdrawal from active par
ticipation in his various business enter
prises, John d. Rockefeller, ST., has
finally secluded himself from the public
eye and coincident with his subsistence
is the greater projection of his son and
namesake-the worlds prospective bill
lionaire. Consequently the permanent
impairment of the young mans health
would be a great blow to his family
for his whole training has been to make
him successor to his father
Makes a Touch by Wireless
Wireless biography on ocean liners
has increased wonderfully in volume
during the last few months. record
number, 1915 messages, was made by
Hamburg American liner during the
week. Stock deals involving thousands
of dollars have been carried through
by sea wireless, and hardup voyager,
bound west, has borrowed several hun
dred from friend on a ship going
to Europe This latter transaction was
carried on through the pursers of the
two ships. The borrower asked his
friend for the money, his friend paid
it to the purser of his ship, who then
notified the purser of the other ship
and directed him to turn over sim
liar sum to the borrower. The wire
less marriage is yet to be performed.
Morgan's New Rugs
j. Pierpont Morgan has closed a
transaction by which he added Persian
rugs worth about 100000 to his col
lection, said to be the most valuable
private one in the world. The selec-
tons We're made on Lincolns birthday
within few steps of Mr.. Morgan's
office. Wall street and the whole finan-
cial district were as quiet as a country
churchyard on weekday morning
when the financier drove up. He spent
only an hour in making his selections.
Clubs Like BastiIe
Few people realize how secure
against molestation the members of
New York clubs are made to feel. There
was fire in the Knickerbocker the
other night and the training of the
servants along a certain line was so
perfect that they actually refused to
give the police and the firemen admis-
sion! OF course. their protests did not
avail, but as the rude, rubbercoated
fellows rushed through the halls they
protested loudly against the distur-
turbance The average John Thomas
here would sooner see the members
decorously burn to death than to toll
crate breaking in on a dinner.
Terminals for the Immigrants
Five big terminals, for the exclusive
use of the thousands of weary immi-
grants let through the bars at Ellis
island every day, are to be built by the
five big railway companies and their
dependent systems doing business with
the goXernment. The creation of sl1ch