Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-31

Special Correspondence OF The Herald
NEW YORK, July 25.-There Is a
possibility that the will of Robert r..
Roosevelt, uncle Of the president, which
devises an estate Of one million dollars
may be contested. Disagreements have
arisen among the heirs which may yet
be aired i'm court.
The chief friction is over a codlcil
drawn only a few months before he
died. In which Mr.. Roosevelt directs
that the accounts Of his son, Robert y.
Roosevelt, ir., be accepted without
demur and without auditing. In 1t ne
expressly discharges his favorite son
from any and all obligations he may
have incurred to the estate.
Robert b, jr., managed his fathers
business for twenty years and had a
power of attorney from him. Mrs. John
E Roosevelt, whose husband is Robert
BIS eldest brother declared today that
no court i'm the land would sustain this
codicil.
ut was made while we were all away
from MIR. Roosevelt" said his daughter
in-law, "and witnessed by a clergyman
and a gardener, who of course, knew
nothing about business"
Like a Fairyland
Gotham by night is indeed a fair city
One Is almost overwhelmed and en-
tranced by it's splutterng, splashing ana
glittering lights that spread the streets
with a brilliant flow of yellow. When
one looks at the festoons and myriads
of electric lights and great signs con-
tanning hundreds of bulbs whose flood
of light causes the heavens to glow he
is filed with a tingle of delight. Even
the old New Yorker who is accustomed
to almost anything spectacular or beau
tiful never gets over that quick thrill
when he suddenly enters great Broad
way at night and comes upon the splen-
dor of it's lights. All this glorified day
light that shines on Father knlcKer-
booker at night has evolved within the
last decade and is largely due to the
electric sign. Every business house on
Broadway now has from one to fifty
inscriptions crying out to
the pedestrian just where the best meals
can be served that Mile. Clicot is play
ing her farewell engagement at one oil
the theaters: that hygienic corsets are
for sale, or telling the passerby where
the best beer is to be had. How much
better it is to be told in this beautltul
way where to buy our cigars, what race
powder is best and where to have our
shoes shined than to watch the large
panoramic pill and cure-all signs that
of the transient population every day
from the points along the wharves on
the east side, reminding them that they
are afflicted with every disease to Whlcn
human flesh is heir. New York spends
thousands and thousands of dollars
monthly for electric signs. The little
distance on Broadway from the Thirties
up to the Fifties, especially In the
neighborhood of Times square, is the
most richly decked spot anywhere IN
the world. Dealers in electrical jewels
come from everywhere to behold the
splendor, and the small-town merchant,
seeing, catches the fever of the gems in
his veins, and goes back to dazzle his
home town with signs crying out in
lights the worth of his merchandise
The Cost of Saving Souls
Every sinner on the Bowery who is
raised from the depths, turned from
his evil ways and snatched brand
from the burning represents in actual
outlay a cost of $21. What the ex-
penditure is of labor and love and the
service for which no money can pay
none can estimate. New York makes
no pretense to prohibitive rates. The
Salvation army will tell you that
though the Harlem soul may be saved
q
from the temptations of the Tender
loin for $1O the Bowery wanderer who
crosses the threshold of the mission of
Cooper Union and enters into the par
adise of decency and religion Is cheap
at more than double that price.
Subway Cure for Souses
The subway has two new cures for
the souse During this hot, sultry
weather the rubicundnose gent rides
on express trains. with a suspicious
frequency. 'I should think that fellow
would ride Il this kind of weather,
said a passenger to a subway guard,
pointing to man who was carrying
excess baggage. The guard grinned
and said: Don't tell the company
who told you, but we have two hot
weather cures for the man who looks
too often in the long, tall glass filled
with cracked ice and other things. The
first cure is: The souse gets in the
rear car where the gentle breezes sell
dom blow and boils out. It's not ex-
actly a Turkish bath, but it's good