Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-23

OF stained glass specially designed and
constructed by Tiffany. Everywhere In the
boat are excellent paintings. not the least
interesting being a portrait Of Hendrick
Hudson, painted by Robert Fulton Lud-
low. grandson of Robert Fulton.
In a jewelry store in Columbus avenue
this advertisement is shown in display type
half foot long:
LADIES' CANES-5o CENTS TO SIS
DO many women carry themr' repeated
the dealer when questioned about the fad.
yes, a good many. The fashion has not
taken such a hold upon the women here as
was expected, but a few New York women
who wish to be thought strictly up to date
are beginning to adopt II. The cane habit
Ia generally considered a British importa-
ton.
II don't believe that II originated in
vanity or a desire for notoriety. To my
mind II is the outcome of a principle OF
human nature. 1t is impossible TO ex-
perience more distressing, one-sided feel
Ing than to go along the street with moth
ing in the hands.
There ere many tiE~es when one doesn't
want to carry an umbrella; the folly OF
carrying a pocketbook in the hand on all
occasions has frequently been pointed out;
newspaper becomes soiled and shabby,
while neither a letter nor a handkerchief
gives feeling OF security as though prop
erly balanced. And right there the utility
Of the cane becomes apparent, for what
else is so APPROPRIATED
A we'll dressed man and woman adopted
an absolutely new plan to abandon
month-old girl last week. Engaging
cab. in front of the Grand Central depot,
at 1870 o'clock In the morning, the couple
ordered the driver to go to an employment
agency at 4H Sixth avenue. There the
woman got out OF the cab, carrying the
infant with her. She gave her name 70
the employment clerk as Mrs. w. II. An
derson, and said she was accompanied by
her husband, who was waiting In the cab
outside.
Mary P. Smith of I'm West Thirtieth
street was engaged by the woman. Telling
the girl to follow her. Mrs. Anderson
handed the child to her and got into the
cab. Before the vehicle drove away the
womans companion. saying he had to at
| tend to some business. left The woman
then ordered the driver to take her to a
department store In Twenty-third street,
near Broadway.
Leaving the child in care OF the maid
| and saying she wanted to do some shop
| ping and would be back in a moment, the
| woman disappeared in the crowd going
into the store. When she did not reappear
| in three hours the cabman drove to q po-
| lice station, where the infant was taken
charge Of A dress suit case. left In the
cab, contained, complete baby OUTFIT Of
the finest quality. .r
| AS the strains of Home, Sweet Home"
rang out to waltz time and Miss Raphaelo
Jennro whirled about a ball room in q
Staten Island resort Sunday night with
her cousin, Marie Annunzio. she exclaimed:
isn't that beautiful wish were going
| home"
AS che spoke she sank to the floor and
died instantly. A panic followed. Before
order could be restored several persons had
been trampled and the dance was turned
into a mad stampede. A physician decided
that the girls death was due to heart fall
ure. Miss Jennro was only 10 years old.
The engineers in charge OF the Pennsyi-
vania railroad tunnel now being constructed
under the East river at New York have
begun to meet the danger OF ''blowouts" in
the tunnel by "blanketing" the river bot
tom. The tunnel is filled with compressed
air to keep the water from leaking in be-
fore the walls are sealed up, and when the
head OF the tunnel gets too close to the
actual river bottom the air forces its way
| out. and there is a small geyser, or blow
out, on the surface of the river. II is to
prevent this that the blanket" or re-
enforcement Of the river bottom. is being
laid along the line Of the tunnel. The
blanket" consists of clay.
| Tobina Thompson, a Norwegian servant
girl weighing $50 pounds and standing six
feet in her stockings. led Detective Sergeant
| Borrine of Hoboken, N. j.. chase over
roofs Thursday night and was not captured
until four alleys had been hurdled. When
| caught she fought until she reached the
| street. Tonetta Simonsen, a sister Of the
prisoner. complained that Tobina had taken
| her bank book and drawn from the bank
all her money. They had lived together in
1883 Amsterdam avenue. Hoboken. Tobina
would make no statement.
bag containing $50 in nickels fell of a
dray enroute from the United States sub
treasury to one of the banks the other day,
coins III every olTeCllOn. Inc
street was crowded and there was a gen.
eral scramble for the bright new coins.
But when a sub-treasury official. together
with a cop, requested that the money be
returned. explaining that It was govern
ment property. the response was immedi-
ate. On counting the returns the entire so
was found without a nickel missing.
At least one boy in the city OF New York
has not learned the meaning and practice
of graft. Last week a man over in Brook
Ign sent a small boy in his neighborhood to
deliver a note to young woman who lived
a couple OF blocks away. He gave the boy
a quarter to make him hurry In due time
the messenger came back, and. returning
the money, SAID;
Miss b says she will be glad to see
you tonight, but she didn't want the
quarter"
In New York City are about 100 signs that
read Matchmaker and not a single one
OF them belongs 10 a matchmaker and few
that have them could make a watch, and
II they could and did the watch would cost
about 800 while any OF them can sell q
better watch for so that came from a
great factory.