Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-23
GOSSIP OF THE MOMENT PICKED
UP IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK

seem probable that the removal of any
one store, however large, can materially
affect the Importance of this section as
a shopping center
Made the chappies Stare
She probably started out with the
idea of making the "Rialto' sit up and
she succeeded beyond a doubt, for as
she walked up and down Broadway, be-
tween Forty-second and Firty- third
streets. ever one who caught sight of
her makeup" stared at her until she
was out of sight. She was a tall, arti-
fetal blonde and she wore a costume of
pale blue silk, cut in the fashion which
the knowing love to call "princesse,
and beneath the fiat brimmed, pale blue
hat were two knots of ribbon of the
same cerulean hue fastened in her
hair. Her feet and ankles were the most
striking things about her, however, for
beneath the hem of her frock, which
was cut so short that one could see all
of her boots up to their tops, her feet
and ankles were covered with black
patent leather shoes with white tops
that were laced together with sky blue
silk laces.
Two Clocks and Bridge
IneTe Is a CLOCK near elIneT end Oh I0e
Brooklyn bridge and the PERSONS who
look at one or the other daily are num-
bered by the hundreds of thousands
The clock at the Brooklyn end of the
bridge is in the paper warehouse of the
Robert Gair company. At the Manhat-
tan end there is clock facing the side
of the bridge in the Fox building. When
Brooklynites are going to their work
in New York in the morning the major
ity of them take a lok at one or the
other of these clocks. A whole row of
men may be absorbed in their morn
ing papers, but just at the point where
the clock is passed the whole row un-
or mechanically will either
look up or lean forward simultaneously
to note the time of day. In the morning
the Gair clock is generally the one no
ticed. In the evening the Fox clock
comes in for glance. The women have
the habit, too, though strict regard for
time is not universally feminine habit.
But when they are late getting home
they can draw the time noted at Brook
lyn bridge on hubby and thus lay the
blame for the late dinner on the
Rapid Transit company.
There are a number of clocks at diff
ferent points about town that have
their regular patrons, but in point of
numbers the Brooklyn bridge clocks
probably surpass all the rest of them
put together Taking into consideration
the vast numbers of people who glance
at them, two or more times day, the
two bridge clocks might appropriately
be called public service clocks"
conried Not Yet Chosen
b, An announcement that Heinrich Con-
ried of the Metropolitan opera house
is to be made the manager of the hand
some endowed theater which a group
Of rich men is about to build at Central
Park West and Sivty-third street, APP
pears to be premature. Mr.. Conried
said today that he had not been offered
the directorship and that he has no
with the project. SomS Of
the directors favor the selectionl OF
Conried, as his acute business sellse
could be relied upon not to make I'M
raids upon the endowment
fund. But others think an American
should be chosen to head this American
art theater In which the masterpieces
of the English drama are to be played
In English.
One of the purposes which it's found
ers have set forth is to establish a
court of last resort for the establish
ment and preservation Of correct Eng
lish speech. Various college profess