Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-22

vi all the names given to male dogs in
New York city Teddy" now leads the
list i'll point of numbers.
The increase in receipts of the Man.
haitian postofiice is 10 per cent. over
those % AZ II year, when the total amount
was $15,4S6405.US.
The chewing gum habit is increasing
According to the last report of the gum
trust. about $4,000 pieces are masti-
Gated i'll New York city each day.
Ellis Island, in New York bay. is the
great gateway for aliens coming To
America. and an average of PHI of
them pass through it every day in the
year.
Police Of New York city arrest on an
average ninety-hve persons each month
for the crime of burglary. There is no
record of the burglaries for which there
are no arrests.
On SIMMER night the brightest spot
on earth is Coney island. in the city Of
New York. Physical brightness. caused
by the thousands of electric Iights i * sl re.
fered to, and the fact is best appreciated
by an approach from the water.
New York city boasts the oldest struc-
ture on the hemisphere 1t is the Egyp-
tan obelisk, III Central park, iirst erected
as an offering to the sun god by rhutmcS
II. Moses saw it when it was old. for
1t was constructed more than 1000 years
before our era.
No street in the country of such prom
inence has so few drug stores as Broad
way. from Fourteenth street to Bowling
Green-in New York. People are com
PEELED sometimes to walk half mile
looking for Il place to buy headache
powder or some other simple remedy.
New York. with the longest water
line Of any city on earth. has the UNI
enviahle reputation of having the poorest.
moss out OF repair ragged, tumble down
and diSreputable water front of them
all. This condition is little varied eN-
cepting for Il short distance at the Bat
terry.
There is general impression that
Manhattan island is comparatively level,
while it is far from it, From the Bat
terry water level You must climb seventy
seven feet to reach the grand circle ut
Central park; twentythree feet more to
get to the highest point in Mount Nor
ris park, twelve feet more to reach wa
ter level in Central park reservoir. TWEEN
ingsidc park. another siXty-eight 1eet to
stand at Broadway and 10th street. and
yet another fifty feet to get to Washing
ton bridge road and 1S4th street. when
YOU are 25O feet above the water of the
bay.
Automobiles will soon have to cease
telling speed lies. There soon will be
an end to the country sleuth rising up
with Il gun behind Il hedge and taking the
morotist off to he fined. Soon every au-
tomoble will carry Il register that will
show the rate of speed of the vehicle
from the time it starts to the time it
stops The speed regulator is a French
invention. and quite Il few of them are
being used i'll New York. 1t looks on
the outside like one of those self-regiSter-
ing thermometers and barometers the
weather bureaus use. 1t has il needle.
and this needle writes the machines
speed. 1t makes Il record of the speed.
This record speaks for itself All lies Of
chauffeurs. all lies of venal motor cops
are pOWerlesS against that record.
Cross-country riding in Central park is
becoming popular with fair equetriennes,
Notwithstanding the abundance of Keep
off the grass signs. There is Il good
chance for men to enjoy morning ride
through the pleasure ground ut this time
of year. before the summer girl gets
back from the seaShore to crowd the
bride path. Many of the Side-sadders
indulge in some pretty fast riding and
exhibit a daredevil spirit that one must
admire--if safely out of the way. When
the mounted policeman is talking to the
lady with white cap who pushes the
perambuator and is out of sight Il fair
rider will make an excursion to the
grassy spaces which have been rolled
with care and seeded and planted. with
absolute Indifference to the park rules.
What can we do with them asked an
officer today "Theyre too nice and pref
t., to arrest. and then they always say
that the horse took fright and ran off
the path
We now have everything "the newest.
hut the latest novelty the New York
shops have put forth in that line is the
newest pockethook. 1t is of green
leather and looks exactly like a big four
leaf clover. Plenty of pretty girls who
have been signing i'll vain for something
different" viii find Solace III carrying
it. OF course. there is Il handle. which
somewhat detractS from tie pocket
books vernal beauty, but there isn't any
thing they can do about il. for the girl
must have something to carry the clover
by. The clover holds such a lot-why.
u girl who wanted 10 show her friend on
Il Broadway car the other afternoon that
the clover was more than it seemed
took ont mirror. powder pun, Il little
pair of gold-mounted opera glasses that
folded up fiat a tiny pencil, a ut-gaSS
vinalgrettc, Il little box for holding hair
pins coin purse aud calling cards.
What more could woman ask f0rE
Talk about the freedom of the bach
clur." said the man who is living alone
in Il bachelor HAT in New York Il am
beginning to think seriously OF marry
ing in order tn regain mine. for | have
reached the stage ut home where | am
the slave instead of the master of the
place, It's all due to the Stern-faced
Irish widow who looks after ii for me.
There are few tyrants as unloading rs
the old family servant have had her
for more than two years, and that i
long enough in New York to make hcr
IN instimtion-and She has come ro care
for the Hat Ia the entire eXclu sion of the