Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-31
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
nipples on the Current of Life In the
Metrono1ts.


methods Of the publishers OF Town Topics.
II is well understood by people out for the
stun that little old New York" is over
crowded with easy marks" and that a
commonplace artist can convert gold bricks
into cash there much more readily than In
so-called provincial communities The trial
proved that easy marks" were just as
numerous in high circles and gave up with
greater liberality than the less eminent
gudgeon, demonstrating that there Is soft
spot in the average mortal which responds
to the right touch.
Within two months dozen publications
OF the clubbing order have been put
out of business and others are on the
brink. Two vampire sheets calling them
selves financial papers, two society papers,
one sandbagging political enterprise and
one representing itself as an organ for
newspaper writer's have all fallen before
the white light of publicity They were ali
alike in the main point. They used print
ers' Ink for Matchmaking purposes. The
basis of operations is that every man has
one or two chapters in his life that he
would prefer to keep from the public. They
may not be- and probably are not, GRIM
inal: they may not be even shameful; but.
so the blackmailer reckons, they are such
that the man would give up money rather
than to see them published. Confronted
with such a proposition, the person black
mailed has his choice of two courses He
may put his neck I'm the yoke of black
mail and enter upon the thorny path
which leads to misery and ignoble servi-
tude; or he may call up the district at
torney on the telephone and so invoke
the aid OF the law. OF the hundreds of
persons approached during the past few
II
in the open. The rest paid up.
Some OF the prominent members OF New
Yorks AGO are not to be invited to the
ball which is to be held at the historic old
Astor house. New York, some time in
April. thus setting a new precedent in
metropolitan social circles. This is the Sec
ond hard blow that Gotham society has
received this season. Mrs. John Jacob Aston
some time ago having reduced the social
scale to seventy mine. This time the mer-
curry of social supremacy will fall even
lower, for but few members of the recog-
nized leaders of society will be invited
TO this ball-an affair that will be the
greatest and most fashionable of it's kind
in the history of New York. The ball
room of the Aston house, which is now
used as a dining room, has an interesting
history. 1t was there that Prince de join
Vile of the court of France was entertained
about the year 1870. or shortly after the
house was built. Other noted people Of this
and other countries have also helped to
make the place famous.
In desperate fight with a bulldog John
L., black cat, wrecked the Keystone
restaurant in One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street between Park and Madison
avenues, smashing stacks of dishes and
routing score OF patrons.
Two men were bitten
Walter Robinson, przefighter, known in
the ring as Spike" Robinson, owns the res
taurant, and there were several pugilists
present when the fight took place. The
trouble started when Dick" Lauer saun-
tered in the place with a vicious looking
bulldog.
John L., the cat, was asleep in the
kitchen, when Lauer and the dog entered
and the dog soon made a dash In that d.
rection. Lauer was just finishing tale
of the prowess of the dog when there was
crash in the kitchen and the dog APP
peared. with the cat, furred for action. In
hot pursuit. Dishes that were nicely
stacked on the luncheon bar struck the
floor with a crash; coffee urns, glasses
and pitchers were smashed to fragments.
Robinson quickly pictured himself bank
rupt and he implored Lauer to get the
dog out of the place. The dog finally sprang
on the bar, spilling a plate of soup over
two men and bringing down another pile of
crockery.
Robinson made a kick at the cat as 1t
Jumped from the bar after the dog, but in
stead of landing on the cat Robinson's foot
hit the dog. The animal sank its teeth in
Robinsons leg and only let go when John
l. bounced on it's head. Another man was
bitten and then everyone rushed for the
street.
Seeing the way clear the dog also dashed
| out and John J.. was left alone in the
| wreckage.
| II plans of the Friede Globe Tower COM
| pany are carried out Coney Island will soon
| present to the world it's browning wonder in
the shape of an amusement tower 7C0 feet
I high, to contain at various attitudes a roof
garden, hippodrome, dance hall, revolving
cafe observatory, palm garden and other
| amusement features hundreds of feet in the
| air.
| It is to be located in Surf avenue and Is
! expected to be ready for the public in 1907.
| It will have a diameter Of 800 feet and con-
| tain 500, 900 square feet OF floor space. The
| hippodrome will be $50 feet above the
ground, the cafe and dance hall 300 feet. the
| q Iaop oh