Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-04-28

shouts of the merry May Day jewellers.
Harki What Is that noise far up along
the thoroughfare? Dang! dang. dang!
1t is too loud for an ambulance or yet a
fire engine. How the fat coppers rush
and boiler How frightened drivers
slash their horses into side streets. Dang.
dang, dang! There it comes, brilliant
red. dashing madly down the traffic
packed street. Now it plunges along.
drawn by two tirery stecds. As it wheels
past the startled populace rubs its eyes
III amazement. No; II Is not the whole
gOldarn fire brigade: it is only the cat
ambulance of the Society for the Proven
ton OF Cruelty % Animals
Raymond l.. Ditmars assistant cura-
tor at the Geological park, in the Bronx,
was startled one night when in response
to the violent ringing of the door hell Ct
his house he admitted breathleSs man.
who carried bunch of bananas, held
out ut arms length.
I'm not crazy" said the visitor, but
will you kindly look at these bananas:'
Mr. Ditmars discovered q brightly
hued snake clinging to the stem of the
bunch.
ITS there. isn't it?" asked the visitor
Yes? Well, I'm glad Of that am
Frank Rawlings Of WestcheSter. ! dis
covered this snake this afternoon, and in
stead of killing it came to the conclusion
that it might be an acceptable addition
to the reptile house in the zoo
The passengers in the first trolley car
| boarded must have regarded me as
lunatic. | made two transfers. still hold
ing the bananas in the same position and
expecting every moment that the snake
might take Il notion to climb up my
arm"
Mr.. Ditmars examined the snake and
said it was Il banana boa. not rare eX
actly, but not common 1t is three feet
long and an excellent specimen.
The New York morgue, which lies be-
tween Bellevue hospital and the river
at the foot of TWenty-siXth street, is
not the place of perpetual gloom it is
generally pictured. Some of the at
tendants upon the nameless dead, who
spend so many of their waxing hours IN
such close communion with the citys
waits and strays. eat their three meals
and have as many laughs as do others
supposedly more happily situated There
come gay moments to the mOrgue and it
is good thing. The morgue, however,
with all its gruesome horrors, is popular
with women and young girls. This APP
pears strange, but it is none the less
true. Morgue parties, not so long ago
the vogue. are still in existence. Parties
of women and girls nightly visit the
dead house for Il view of the unfortu-
mates who find rest on the cold, unre-
Sponsive marble slabs. Men are not so
curious. 1t is a fact that for every ten
women who call to view the dead but
one man makes his appearance. Won
en-, supposed to be of finer texture, sup
posed to be tender-hearted and easily
shocked, seem better able to stand the
pangs which must come to every person
who gazes at the victim of a violent
death. Perhaps they are strengthened
by their surplus curiosity, of which
every woman is. but we all know about
that. Eve taught US the first lesson.
| Nine Schumann-IIenk the opera
singer has arrived in New York with
! her three sons. to fight for whose Gus
tody she went to Germany in January.
| She intends that these youths shall be-
! quencc Of this intention she had Il lot Of
! trouble in the Dresden Guardians court
! in getting possession Of them.
After her marriage to W. II. Rapp,
an American. Nine, SchumannHcink
/ took out naturalization papers ahoat
| eighteen months ago. Before the news
of her intention had got to Germany
! she was able to bring her three younger
children to America. When she endeav-
ored to get possession of The three older
! boys she was opposed by her first hus-
| band. who fought for their custody and
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the singer had in Germany. The case
was tried III the German courts. and on
the recent visit of the singer she was
successful in both. They will make
their home in handsome house near
Montclair, \. j.. and will have 100
acres Nine Schumann-IIeink says she
will be glad of Il chance to he house
keeper and to make her own bread and
butter. rs she did when she was young.
While abroad the singer filed several
concert and opera engagements. 1T was
the first time she had sung in Germany
| in four years. and she was eatcd over
the welcome she had there. She will re-
turn to Germany in May and will take
part in the Baireuth festival. Upon her
return she will rest for time at her
home. and in the autumn will begin
concert tour of America under the man
agement of Henry Wolfsohn.
The idea of converting his wooden leg
into 4 bank of deposit was original with
| Tony MCnZa. With an augur and Il
chisel he followed out hole in the peg
aud stored away his savings, until he
had S4;i4 under the stump that was left
| after Il premature blast about seven
years ago. Tony went to pcddling after
the accident and made money. He lived
| with his brother II was his custom to
unscrcw his peripatctic savings bank
| every night. place it on Il chair beside
him. and in the morning screw it on
again
When Tony awolc one morning he
reached out as usual for his leg. 1t
wasn't ON the chair. He got up and
looked under the bed. 1t wasn't there.
He hoped 10 the closet and made i
fruitlcSS search and then. his excitement
| increasing. he hoped to the door and
found IL big hole bored iii the panel. just
above the bolt, which had been showed
back. Shrieking. he hoped into the
| street. tearing his hair and uttering
lamentations in Genoese. that could he
heard block Detectives Casey and
Van RuSkirk stopped in amazcment.
who did it," asked Casey. "Who cut
il off,"
'Ah. oh, oh" groaned Tony. while the
tears rolled down his checks. "Nobod'
cut him off He blow off in Il bias.