Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-28

on some occasions, it has been as much
as ones llie is worth 10 attend an
intcrmcnt Wedding parties have
bccn subjected 10 similar anncyancls.
10 j. said chat Tho strike mas inter
icrcd with ns many as sixty weddings
In a single day. Tine general opinion
has 10 that 10 is straining the labor
union principle % few points wnen one
cannot die or bo married without per
mission of the walking delegate.
Some irate bridegroums have threat
enod t0 lay the state of affairs before
President Roosevelt on the ground
that it puts premium on race suicide.
No strikes or walking delegates can
daunt the marriage promoters on the
East Side. Some time ago kosey, the
lawyer, dean of the Essex Market Bar
Association, announc q that be would
marry free of charge all couples who
came to him at any hour of the day OF
night. The result has been that hosey
has been tying so many nuptial knots
and kissing so many blushing brides
that his lips are blistered. Incl
dentally his law practice has increased
by leaps and bounds. This process
has been observed with envy by Joe
Levy, the Duke of Essex Street. -
Rosey's principal rival in East Side
legal circles, and now Levy believes
he has put a trump on Rosey's ace.
He announces that on Sunday, from
sunrise TO sunset, he will marry free
Of charge "all marriageable people of
the East Side, without prejudice to
size, condition or color. Moreover,
each bride will receive as q present n
A-karet gold wedding ring and Nal
tese cat imported from Topeka, Kan
The number OF engagements an
nonced on the East Side since Rosey's
pronunciamento has been something
unprecedented in the annals of that
section.
Every morning a great army Of Jer-
sey commuters tramps from the Hud-
son River ferries through Cortlandt
street TO the skyscrapcrs OF the Wall
street district, where the commuters
spend the day gathering tainted money,
and every evening they deiile back
over the same ground. The Jersey
commuter rs sui generis and looks
down upon all other commuters as
inferior varieties. In spite of bliz-
yards or cyclones the Cortlandt street
army always comes trudging along at
the proper time, and it is probable
that II an earthquake destroyed New
York, the Jersey commuters could be
seen tramping stolidly along their
accustomed line of march on the fol-
lowing morning. But the army was
ANONYMOUSLY routed one afternoon this
week. Bees did it. There are two
rival bee sellers on Cortlandt street,
and a hive which was being tranferred
from truck TO one of the shops fell TO
the ground and broke Just as the com
muters were flocking homeward in full
parade. The bees lost no time in get
ting to work on the commuters, and
in about two minutes the whole street
was as deserted as the Stock Exchange
on Sunday. Lawyers in silk hats and
frock coats and brokers in the dainti-
est tiannels Joined in the wild scram-
BILE TO get away. The bee mans ieal
ous rival telephoned for the police and
soon the reserves came on the run.
Laying about them Justify with their
clubs, they succeeded in killing five
bees, and the rest vanished after the
retreating commuters. Wall street is
still excitedly discussing tho inci-
dents, for it rs not often that lawyers
and brokers get stung.
With the bill TO save the Palisades
Of the Hudson before Governor Hig.
gins for signature, New Workers have
been disquieted during the past week
10y reports circulated by the enemies Of
the measure that the governor has
been advised to veto 10 as unconstitu-
tional. These reports have been set
In motion by the quarrymen who have
been making a fortune by blasting
away ana destroying the riverside ellis
and hills that make the lower Hudson
River scenery the most beautiful east
of the Rockies. Prominent lawyers
express no doubt of the constitu-
tiouality of the measure, which will
give TO New York City a beautiful
park and playground, stretching along
the west bank of the Hudson for
thirty-five miles. The whole thing
will take nothing from the public
purse, as u number of wealthy men
who own villas along the east bank OF
the river hayepledged themsel YES to
make up the amount necessary TO pur-
chase the land. Citizens of the me-
tropolis have not displayed such inter
est IN any other public improvement
in many years and are eagerly await
ing Governor Higgins signature TO
the measure.