Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01


fancy and took seats in the orchestra.
Just as the curtain was about to rise
the author looked carefully at his pro-
gram. His fever suddenly developed
into pronounced chill. The author
ship Of the curtain raiser was credited
to Mrs. Corse Payton. I'm awfully
sorry" said the manager after the play,
but | forgot your name. had to have
some author, you know and I credited
1t to my wife. / thought she'd stand
for It,"
Another Landmark Gone
Laborers have begun to raze the Coal
and Iron Exchange building at the
southeast corner Of Cortlandt and
Church streets. The site is a plot on
which will be erected the thirty-story
Office building of the City Investing
company. The tearing down of the
exchange removes another of the few
remaining landmarks Of the old city.
When the corner stone of the building
was laid I'm April, 1874, the site was
considered the most centrally located
in the business district When It was
planned the builders believed they had
solved the problem Of fire proofing, but
they hadn't. The committee under
whose supervision the work was done
consisted of Robert Lennox Kennedy,
John Jacob Astor James r, Taylor and
Thomas Dickson, president of the
Delaware e. Hudson Canal company.
Hipprodrome to Pass7
Two winters of the hippodrome in
town, with its populous extrava-
ganzas, big circuses and elaborate spec
tacles, have discouraged competition
And the hippodrome seems also to run
iteelf OtIt nf hraoth OF q a q zi M %
which it struck. AS you may have
read, the originating firm of Thompson
& Dundy have gone out of 1t to devote
themselves to summer projects, leav-
ing the owning company in possession
The iside facts are that the great re-
ceipts have been so nearly balanced by
the great expenses that the profits are
trifling by contrast with the capital at
risk. The future of the hippodrome Is
uncertain, except that no more super
gorgeous productions will be made in it,
His First Mint JeIep
Mr.. Henderson of Scotland is stop
ping at the Hotel York. He is seeing
all the good things America has to
Offer Yesterday he was introduced to-
the mint julep by his host, H. G. Will
liams of the hotel. "Ah, that is Won
derful, delicious" said the man from
the land of heather and oacakes, after
rolling bit of the liquid against his
palate. There's nothing like that in
Scotland.'e Then Mr.. Henderson took
spray of the mint, folded it up in his
handkerchief and walked about the
hotel, taking occasional whiffs at its
delicate perfume. Mint juleps are
good to eat, to drink and to SMELL" he
declares.
In Lonesome Town
He was standing on Broadway, near
TwentySeventh street, looking into. the
window of southern railway office. II
am going back down there" said he
to policeman. There is no more fun
in this town. have been here a month
now and no one has spoken to me yet.
There used to be a time around these
diggings when fellow would come up
and offer to show you the town or at
least invite you to have a drink, but
those days are gone, l reckon. If you
speak to anyone yourself you get the
icy stare. I am going back. Time was
when. man could have. a good time
in New York without losing his bank
roll, either; but l feel lost here now"
You are too far downtown" said the
cop. TRY it up about Forty-second
street,
Gomez Goes on Strike
Gomez" has gone on strike-he re-
fuses to eat worms and demands beef
steaks. And, in passing, it might be
said he gets beefsteak. Gomez" is the
firmisternial, tailless, amphibious ami
NAL whose giant size has long made
him one of the sights of the New York
aquarium and who, according to his
keepers, is one of the most intelligent
Dofo TO h. Ill
any other country. For several years
Gomez" who, in plain English,
is giant spotted bullfrog, has
had all to himself one of the biggest
and most comfortable of the private
jars in which are kept the amphibians,
rare fishes, and anemones which are
hidden from the view of The general
public in the big room on the second
floor of the aquarium. Gomez" has
been content for long time with
worms. but several weeks ago he went
on strike and refused to eat the
crawlers. Several substitutes We're
tried, but not until the juicy hunk of
beefsteak was thrown to him did the
frog deign to break his fast Now he is
fourishing and fatter than ever. Every
now and then bunch of worms will be
thrown into the jar, but Gomez" only
laughs at them and waits for the beef
steak man.
She Got Seat
He might have been a southerner
Dressed in drab-colored frock coat, with
flowing tie and wide brimmed hat, he
boarded a subway train at Times
square. There were several men stand |
ing in the car and there was a score
sitting down, including ono negro. A }
woman in search Of q seat emf cred from
the car ahead. She stopped and grasped
hold of strap. The southerner looked
at the woman, then looked at the negro. |
Then the white mans hand went into
his pocket. When it came out it held |
dime. Addressing the negro the owner
of the dime said: Here's money; this |
lady wants your seat" The negro took |
the dime and the lady took the seat. |
Had the negro ever lived in the south?
THE GOTHAMITE