Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-04
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RippIes on the Current 81 Life On the
Metropolis.

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RiPpIes on the Current 81 Life On the
Metropolis.
Apartment hotels are a notable develop.
ment Of life in New York. They have
multiplied rapidly In recent years. Har-
lem 10 fun OF them. They are to be found
ss far south "a Washington square. In
the district bounded by Thirty-fourth and
F1fty-ninth streets Park avenue and
Broadway, there are seventy-two OF them.
with an estimated population OF GloOo.
The tremendous increase in apartment
hotels" says correspondent OF the
Pittsburg Dispatch. will be q matter OF
record for future historians Of that city.
How much of IL was due to inadequate
supply Of servants, how much to the re-
moval to New York Of jewellers Of other
cities unwilling to settle permanently, and
whether or not II was due In any extent
TO the American woman's increasing dis
like for housekeepinE-all OF these are
questions to be carefully estimated by his
torians. The average apartment in one
OF these hotels consists Of a sitting room,
bed room and bath. From this average
the number OF rooms is increased to six
and eight. From SIS a week for such ac-
commods lions the price goes UP to $500
week. Rooms in apartment hotels are
small, like the rooms in all recently
erected New York buildings but there 10
a maximum OF comfort provided in this
limited space. Then the question Of ser
vice Is settled forever. The servant ques-
ton never shows It's head in any form.
The bellboy lie nearly a. close ae the tele-
phone, and in some of these places there
are Wallets and BARRIERS at hand Life IL
made so easy that space does not seem
necessary"
II has been computed that during 1905
one person in every 1000 Of New FORKS
population committed seif-murder. and
that the largest number was by Germans.
they even exceeding American-born.
Shooting is the favorite method with men.
with gas a close second, while women
prefer the carbollc acid route. Despond-
eney claims about % per cent Of the vic
Tins while business losses. insanity and
Ill health follow closely with about l3 per
cent each, II 10 not very strange that
women should prefer Sunday to end their
troubles, as on that day hubby is az home,
while men prefer Monday as the day of
the deed. probably because of a chance
for mature reflection on Sunday during q
day succeeding the receipt Of the weekly
pay envelope. According to statistics COM
piled as a result OF last years period OF
self -annihiiation II 10 shown that the IA
vorite time for ending all woes Ia between
O'Clock in the evening and midnight
Suicides on account OF Ill health and in
sanity are common early in the morning
alcoholism and chasrin later in the fore
noon, dependency in the afternoon, ana
disappointed love and family troubles late
in the evening.
The subterfuge Of a Brooklyn druggist
to discourage negro patronage may prove
costly. The other day Francis F. Giles, a
negro, went into thu store and called for
a glass of ice cream soda. Before the soda
was drawn for him he was informed that
the glass would cost him ST. Giles de-
parted, and in q few minutes returned, de-
manding the soda, but wanted a receipt
for IL. This vas refused, and in conse-
duence a summons was issued for the
druggists appearance in court to answer
a suit for $500 for violation Of the eaualiza-
ton law. Giles at one time was the pastor
OF the Allen African Methodist Episcopal
church Of Jamaica, l.. I.
who are liable 10 arrest under the New
York state law are the latest production,
They are issued by an Incorporated surety
company and are said to be perfectly good
in law. The autoist pays $40 for a book OF
Ave coupons that hold good for one year
Any unused bonds may be returned to the
company at a each, II presented not later
than thirty days after the date OF expira-
ton The courts have not as yet passed
formal opinion on them.
One OF the most ingenious and mystifying
inventions which has recently aroused the
curiosity of New York Is to be seen In the
great two-sIded show window at the ex-
treme north OF the F1atiron building 1t
consists OF a round shell-like ball of red
dish gray color, about eight inches in d.
ameter and suspended in the air Two feet
below IN q miniature wooden cannon. As
far as the eye can make out the ball is
supported by nothing save the air. No
threads are anywhere visible, but the
sphere dances nimbly about in space not
more than q cubic foot. Across the mouth
Of the cannon stretches q tiny wire. which
upon close inspection. is seen to vibrate at
intervals. There is also heavy insulated
wire running under the cannon, whose base
is concealed with pillows and merchandise
Someone suggested that an alternating air
current and electromagnetic are mace use OF
in producing the strange effect. II is need
less to add that the AFFAIR makes bully
advertisement.
The custom OF the Astor family in having
piece Of property which they own jointly
in some substantial way is revealed through
the fling OF plans for alterations OF both
exterior and interior OF the city home OF
John Jacob Astor at SA Fifth avenue, New
York. These alterations show that the CEN
trail wall which blsects the grand staircase
and which was erected at the command
OF Mrs Aston to separate her portion OF the
gray stone palace from that occupied by
her son and family, will be removed COM
pieteiy, thus giving to the Aston town house
the largest entrance hall and stairway OF
any private residence in America. Two of