Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14

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Ii is stated that former Gov. Frank
W. Rollins of New Hampshire was the
originator of the Old Home Week move
ment in New England.
The Duke of Argyll possesses a curious
avenue of trees on his estate near Loeb
Fyne. Every one has been painted by
distinguished person, and bears an in
scription as to when and by whom it was
set in the ground.
+. d. Millet has painted historical
picture entitled Foreman of the Grand
Jury Rebukng the Chief Justice Ga New
Jersey, IVA" which is to be placed in
the grand jury room of the Essex coun-
ty courthouse at Newark, n. j.
William Livesay, of Preston, the son
of Joseph Livesay the famous founder
of teetotaism in England, has just cele-
DRAFTED his nnety-second birthday. Mr..
Livesay is in good health and as stanch
temperance champion as was his cele-
bratcd father.
Sculptor Borghum, whose equestrian
statue of Gen. Sheridan has been pre-
ferred to that of J. Q. A. Wards largely
owing to Mrs Sheridan's attitude on the
subject. says the trouble with Wards
work was that it made its subject look
too old. Sheridan was about 33 when he
won fame.
Sir Cypran Bridge, the British ad-
miral, has made a discovery: The mod
ern American" he says. sis one of the
most aristocratIc persons one can find
anywhere. The wealthy, well-born citi-
zen of the United States is far more
unapproachable by his interiors than the
aristocrat in any other land. This is
especially true of New England"
The dispute over the large estate of
the late Thomas w. Evans, the famous
American dentist resident in Paris, who
assisted the Empress Eugene to escape
al the fall of the second empire, is now
reported settled. AS a result the Thomas
w. Evans museum of Philadelphia will
receive some $2,0O0,000, while the heirs
at-law will receive 100000.
The distinguished violinist Bernhard
Listemann. who has in recent years been
established in Chicago, where he was
formerly concert-master of Theodore
Thomas orchestra. will next season To-
cate in Boston with his daughter, Vir-
ginia Listemann, who is a well-known
soprano. Mr. Listemann was at one
time concert master Of the Boston Sym
phony orchestra, and he organized the
Boston Philharmonic orchestra.
Mrs. Harriet Bemis Farrie, 100 years
and months old, died recently at East
Someryille, Mass. Mrs. Farrie was Il
member of Boston Tea Party chapter,
-. A. L. Her father, Josiah Bemis,
fought in the battle of Lexington. He
was u resident of Waltham when Paul
Revere made his famous midnight riue,
warning the Americans of the approach
of the British. Later the father was
an officer in the Continental army.
The oldest member of the Institute of
France is NJ, Rouse, who is in his Dist
year. He has collected statistics which
appear to prove that residence in Paris
is more conducive to longevity than resi-
dence in any other city in the world.
According to NJ. Rousse's figures, there
are l0,509 octogenarians-or $50 to every
100000 inhabitants--in the French cap
ital. and $40 non-agenarians, of whom
pinety.nine are in their 10Oth year.
Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, who lives
with her daughter in Brooklyn, cele-
brated her lO1St birthday recently. She
was ! months old. Mrs Carpenter
was born in Montgomery county, y. y
She was Miss Margaret Ecker She wa,
married at II. She has tive
children, three grandchildren and foul
great grandchildren. Her husband dieC
twenty years ago at the age of 50.
Thomas Fortune Ryan. the mult-mil
lionaire of New York but who still
claims Oak Ridge, Nelson county. Va.
As his home, has just given fur.Iar proof
Of his affection for his birthplace by of
fering to pension POO Confederate veter
ans who reside in Nelson county. Mr.
Ryan proposes to pay each of these ole
men s. month. This would mean ,
yearly expenditure Of $4,000 on the par
of Mr.RNan to care for the old soldiers
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