Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-06-02
New York Every Day.

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Is New York Every Day.
! Lily Langtry viii appear in America
next season III the Shubert theaters.
| The state water supply commission
rendered favorable decision on the APP
! plication of the city of New York to take
| an additional water supply from the Cat
| skill mountains at cost TO the city, il
/ has been estimated. Of $16o000,OeO.
| Hattie Williams ended her long en-
gagement with Sam Bernard last week
and sailed for Europe for a short va
cation. Early in August she viii re-
turn TO this country to take up rehear
! sails of the new musical comedy IN
which she is to star next season.
| An ed;ct has gone forth from an ex-
| pert corsetiere, who says that women
are affecting well-rounded. youthful
/ figure, and no matter how large or ma
| trcniy looking they are. they insist on
| corsets that will give then a slender
waist. high rounded bust and the grace
ful lines of young girl.
The Shuberts will be busy these sum
! Inpr months IN an eHOft TO bOiSIef up
| their theatrical structure where ii is the
/ weakest-the One-night stands. In the
/ large cities as far wesi as st. Louis
| they are fairly represented. but as yet
| they have not been able to make any
| important inroads into the smaller com
munities.
According to a new standard in nomen-
clature set by Harlem fiat owner the
old term of janitor stands fair chance
| Of being done away with. and all the as
| sOciations that hover disagreeably about
that functi0nary's name are To be swept
away also. This is shown by IA sign
on Vest One Hundredth street which
reads: apartment for rent. Apply to
the custodian"
The almost incredible total of 100000
| in poker losses is reported to have been
incurred by young William Thaw, of
| the millionaire Pittsburg family, on the
| giant MISUNDERSTANDING liner Kaiser
in Auguste Victoria. which reached New
! York the other night. This whole
amount was won by two men-"DOc"
| Owen, the versatile ocean tourist and
card connoisseur. and confederate.
whose name is only known to the other
| passengers as Mac"
The latest step in the new policy of
economy and retrenchment being prac
| ticed by the Society for the Prevention
| of Cruelty to Animals is the suspension
| by the board of managers of Our Ami
may Friends, a monthly publication of
! the society. The magazine was estab-
| lished many years ago; the last number
| was issued this month 1t is estimated
that the discOntinuance of Our Animal
| Friends will save the society $4,000
annually, which sum viii b hereafter
devoted to humanitarian work among
| the animals.
Private horse shows are a pleasant de-
! vice to get rid Of spare moments and
superiiuous cash. The Alfred g. Van
derbilts ere making preparations for a
| hOuse-warming they will give in
the,training ring at oakland Farm their
place near Newport. The arena is 200
feet long by 100 feet wide. and is COW
eded by glass, so that, considering it is a
private place. il compares favorably
with Madison Square Garden for the ex-
hibition of horses. Friends of the Van
derbilts will come from various parts of
the country to see fOur-in-hand driving,
polo pony contests and other events like
those that figure on the urban tanbark
at the height of the winter season.
| 1t is an assured fact that a notably
brilliant social season is ahead for New
port. Fortunately for the gaiety of the
resort. the French embassy has elected
TO make Newport its summer headquar-
tiers. Though the ambassador and his
wife will be in France, NJ. Des Portes.
as charge d'affaires, will establish the
embassy there, and Nine Des Portes
and Mile. Des Portes, who were abroad
several months last year. will be with
him. NJ. Des Portes was first in view
here when he assisted his cousin Count
de ROugemOnt. at his wedding with Miss
Clapp. 1t will be the first Newport sea-
son of his youthful and attractive daugh-
ter. who has already made her social
debut in Washington.
In many lines of trade preparations
are made far ahead One Christmas
season is no sooner over than prepara-
tons are begun for the manufacture of
goods for the next. This holds good of
many things, as, for instance, of sleds,
samples of which. designed for the sea-
son of 1867, are already on view and
have been. in fact, since January.
While boys were sliding down hill last
winter manufacturers We're designing
their styles for next season and getting
out samples from which wholesalers
and iobbers might select for future de-
livery. Some orders for next seasons
sleds have already been placed. Snow
shOvels are made in summer. straw hats
III winter; the goods must ne ready III
advance. 1t is so in many trades.
Well, if Marie Dressler insists. the
loss perhaps will he more hers than Joe
Weber's. for the prudent midget-magnate
holds up his resourceful sleeve a card
in the person of Stella Mayhem. She
} is one of the few funny women on the
stage, and she has one advantage over
the present incumbent. Her methods
have more refinement. Her art is not of
the Dressleresque natomical variety that
sometimes savors of the hoochee coochee
| Like n minute man. Miss Mayhem is
always within telephone call of the lit
tie music hail. Miss DresSler continues
/: to predict her withdrawal at the end of
this week, and even if her wish comes
true the performances will not materially
suffer. Mabel Hite, a rough and ready