Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-09

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mother.
The stranger was asked what he CON
sidered the most characteristic thing
about New York. The face" he replied,
that you have to climb to the Subway
&c Manhattan street and 90 down to th2
elevated at One Hundred and Sixty
eighth street"
If there is one shop window less cal
culated to excite mirth than another in
New York il Is that of an undertaker's
place Of business. Yet a group of peo-
pie, principally children. gathered i'll
'front.' Of a mortuary establishment on
Columbus avenue. found ample cause for
merrimcnt In a little casket lined with
white satin lay at full length yellow
cat, asleep, her slumhers apparently uu-
disturbed by nightmare. Fuss seemed
alike Indifferent TO her surroundings and
the interest she excited 50 long as she
was left in undisturbed enjoyment of her
soft bed.
The sheep aren't all sheared in Wall
street. Almost any day one can witness
shearing at Central park. where the
city'S sheep are losing their tieeces. 1t is
very interesting process, this, by which
a hit Of live mutton is denuded of its
winter oVercoat. However careful the
man may he with the shears the sheep
often get nipped. The sheep is strapped
upon table and his fleece is taken from
him by force. There is not any graft in
the wool taken from the Central park
flock. for its value is accounted for in the
annual report of the commissioners.
Here's what dressmaker says in
confidence: Ivy estern women Of means
frequently pay more in New York shops
than we would dare to ask an eastern
woman for the same garment. They
haven't the same idea of the value of
clothes that Il New YORK woman has.
Neither have they the same idea Of
money. Prices that a sophisticated Gus
TONER would pronounce preposterous
western shoppers pay without protest
partly because they dislike haggling and
partly because it enhances their social
standing ut home to be able to wear eX-
pensive New York clothes, the price of
which can be verified 10y a receipted
bill"
The editorial paragraphers of New
York are making much of the escape of
the young Italian immigrant who, want
ing to reach relatives i'll Pittsburg.
jumped into the bay when he was taken
one board a vessel to be deported One
writer says: Here's hoping that the
Italian lad Giovanni, who jumped into
the bay at Ellis island the other night
and struck out for the Jersey shore and
liberty, gets away and beats the immi-
grant officers. He may have something
the matter with his eyes, as Commits
sioner Watchorn's body snatchers say,
but he's got the making of a good citi-
zen and hot sport in him, or he would
never have dared make the leap
Rolo is sick. very sick. Rolo, who is
the most popular young bear at the
Bronx zoo, New York, slipped out of his
cage, mounted a Tense and ambled some
200 feet to the Rocking Stone restaurant.
There wasn't a soul in sight. Roll0
scrambled through the window and pro-
ceeded to do things. Lemon pies. Gus
tard pies, apple pies. peach pies. pound
AXE and other delicacies were there in
piles, and Rollo gulped them down III
short order. and washed the whole down
with kettle of cold coffee. The keepers
were amazed when the bear was found
missing, and they started out to hunt for
him. An hour later they returned and
found Mr.. Rollo rolling in agony in his
cage. Too much pie is not good for
bears.
Those who say smoking among women
in this country is on the increase and
that smoking ears for women will not be
Il joke decade hence might have found
support for their views had they seen 4
party Of horSewomen who We're coming
down Il road not far from New York
one afternoon. Every one had cigar
cite in her mouth, and seemed to be en-
Ioying herself immensely. Girls who
smoke in highways or byways. however.
should have eyes in the back Of their
heads. As this particular group looked
through the foliage and over the gleam-
ing water beyond they forgot that some
body might come up behind; so every
young woman jumped as carriage
slipped past them. and the color i'll their
cheeks was not due altogether to the
sun.
\ frisid proposition has hit Brooklyn
the ice cream men have raised the
rates > cents because of the scarcity OF
ice. As a result of the increased tariff
it is feared that the matrimonial market
viii fan off This Is the way they figure
it out over there: Brooklyn IS n place Of
homes Homes are built on matrimuuy.
To large extent matrimony is the direct
consequence OF 4 taste for Ice cream. If
indulgence in ice cream be esJricted
through the increase in prices il follows
that matrimonial records viii reveal
very perceutihI2 elimination. And with
a falling of in matrimony the number
Of homes must decrease, which will re-
duce the demand for houses and apart
nents. and 81 real estate interests viii
suffer and many firms and individual in
veStorS go broke
Only a snort time ago Allan Dale. the
dramatic critic of New York city, pub
Iished an exhaustive treatise in a maya
zine. in which he made the bold state
meut that Richard Mansfield was the
worst actor in America. \ day ar two
ago Otis Harlan. the rotund comedian
of The Vanderbilt Cup saw Dale en-
teriUg a certain chop house on Broad
way. and dashed across the street 90
intercept him. As he ran he shouted
Hi. Dale, you're wrong; you're wrong"
Wrong" and Dale stopped in astoniSh-
ment What in blazes do You mean -
WHY. Man<tied's not the worst actor in
America" painted Harlan, quite cut Of
breath. I've got the very worst He's
in company | just sent down south"
Then everybody breathed again.