Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-12


mand and his promotion was the natural
selection of all the surviving stock
holders. Starr discovered and engaged
many of the attractions. notably the
dip of DEATH" He will travel with the
circus from now on
One thousand poor. deuded foreigners
who have gone to the expense of coming
to this great and glorious country to get
Il Job are going to get Il free "trip home
They can't come in. They can't even
get ashore to see the great statue of Lib
erty or the Subway. They must go back
home and 20 on tillinp the sol! or cutting
| throats-whatever their vocationS were
before they started for the land of free
DOM Most of the unfortunates. or for
Inmates. which over You please are con
tract laborerS. They represent many
races, and all have been convicted of Il
heinous offense--they came here to work
Just think of it, More than 1000 of
them came here to get jobs. Immigra-
ton Commissioner Watchorn is satisfied
that the whole cabOOdle Of them are con-
tract laborers. His sieutlIs at Ellis is
land have held the newcomers uD in
punches. Tbs foreigner. unsuspecting
anu not up IN the ways of the world
nlne times out of ten will admit that he
has come to take jon already promised
him. Then he's up against il. 1t is then
that the immigration officials earn the
salaries paid by Uncle Sam. They have
earned them last week. for during that
period there has been an unprecedented
rush of wOull-be American citizens to
our shores. 1t has been discovered thar
many thousands of those who made the
Scamper during the last couple of weeks
came i'll answer to advertisements crcu-
lated throughout Greece, Bulgaria. Ser
via and Montenegro. offering $3.50 day
| for certain kinds of labor in America
.s.,I.,
| fixed the responsibility for the advertise
ments. But recently there were hum
| dFeds of immigrants sent back and there
will be more hundreds The Prince line
! brought most of them over and the
Prince line will take them back And
this government will not pay the eX
pense, either.
One would hardly expect to find an
author at work i'll a graveyard Yet
every bright day of !he past week a
| young. demurelooking little woman has
made her way amid the ruined tomb
stones in old TrinityS cemetery and So
| lccting the same seat every day has piled
her pencil with vigor that causes one
| to wonder whether she draws inspiration
! from her morbid surroundings There
are scores of people who walk daily
through this moss-grown city of the
| dead: there are many who sit ON the
/ tIltilbtiltS lplHbSlbiltS 10 resi-. 1DuL tIle
| Young woman IN question. armed with
book and pencil. sits hour after hour
writing away for dear life. The Stares
of the curious do not seem to affect
| her. nor do the questions of the more
| tllan-curious, for she pays no attention
! to either.
This is the heyday of the cat. Every
| dog has had his day, but now the eat
| b1S har. ", Lon 10.
| dcSpiscd creature at which to throw boot
! Jacks and cuSs-wordS. Cat raising has
| become Il moneymaking business in New
| York. and one in which women are pecu-
| iiarly successful. Miss Laura Gold Hop
| kins says she is making lots Of money
raising pussieS. Sc gets from 500 to
$500 each for Persian cats and from
| $40 to $50 each for the ordinary back
| ward variety. She began with one cat
| about four years ago and now She de-
| clarcS her "cattcry" is worth several
| thousand dollars. However. She SAYS
! there IS not much money in the common
| fcline-Socicty has the fad and. as usual.
| II Is willing to pay high for what ii
wants. SO PerSians have the call-that
| Is. for pets But the poor, neglected mid
night SerenaderS are not Scurned aS once
! they were, No. They are eagerly
! sought Some butchers openly and above
! hoard are advertising eat meat. Honest.
! +, Slut 1t is meat for the cats to eat.
At the close of the third act of The
| Optlmist at Days ut its last night
| Sidney Rosenfeld, the author of the
! piece. made speech in which he poked
| mild fun at managers and newspapers
II suppose, lie said, the critics have
| been too kind to my former plays for
| me to rail M them because they don't
| like this one Whatever may Toe the mat
ftJ vii hA MIN a I'll,
! the company. ] believe in writing Il good
many plays that are sure To make money
IN order To be able to produce one nav
| ana then according to my own taste With
Il company of my own choosing.
When ! took The OptimiSt around
tn the managers. ! am thankful Ia say.
Several refused it, One manager said
| the title was too professional. asked
mm to explain. lie gave vague an
SWor.
Why" l said. y don't believe you
khow the difference between an optimiSt
and a pes SimiSt''
Wei. l do. he said. An optimi~t
takes care of the eyes and a pcSSimist
looks after the feet
When | was producing my carrier
pieces. said Mr.. Ru>enfeld. n certain
critic here in New York spoke iudul-
gently of the progress they showed, and
wound M with the remarks that accord
ing to current Indications he should he
on the lookout for me about 1912.
Well said Mr.. Ro>cnfeld emphatic
ally "f9t2 will soon be here
The OptimiSt' closed AZ Days after
lnly Il weeks visit
NJ. Bartholdis maid Of liberty holds
bum torch in her mitt these nights The
feeble rays that emanate from her
heaven thrust tambeau are of a puerility
compared To which Romer shoals light
NyAulH bhhaA~pyn'S toad IN, I fh..I