Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-02
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

Ripp1es on the Current Of Life in the |
Metropolis.
After having collected at least $4,000, and |
perhaps $4,000, from frugal Hungarians in
New York City, Cleveland and Chicago on !
the strength of glowing advertisements
claiming valuable land grants, railroad con-
cessions and subsidies from the Hungarian
government, the First Hungarian OIL and
Mining company, headquarters in New
York, has been repudiated by the authori-
ties at Budapest. Those who bought stock
in the company are looking for their money,
with little prospect Of seeing the color Of it.
The concern is pronounced a bald swindle.
The company's prospectus quoted some Of
the great profits made by the Standard OIL
company as examples of what might be ex-
pected Finally 1t offered to sell shares at
$3.50, the par value of which was S. The
Woodworking people on the East Side in
vested their savings, none being allowed
TO purchase less than five shares at f1250.
In queer ways the health fad betrays itself
among New Yorks fashionable women, and
many Of them have found an easier way of
lodging few millions OF microbes than by
submitting themselves to all the pains and
demands OF active exercise. 1t has become
the vogue to discard the use of paper
money.
In spite Of it's greater weight, reports the
New York Press, only gold is permitted TO
find its way into the dainty portemonnaies
with which the society woman arms her
self for her trips abroad. Germs are no
respecters OF persons or price, and bills OF
high denomination are Just as likely to
suffer from the microbe-carrying propen-
stiles Of paper as are their humber 81 and
81 brethren.
The uptown branches Of banks have been
experiencing a persistent run on gold re-
Gently from women. But this caution does
not cease even here. Gold itself may be
tainted. and before these prudent women
will handle the coins that come from the
banks their maids are called upon to put
them through a strict process Of steriliza-
ton. Rigid economists are disposed to com
plain that such vigorous handling Will de-
crease the intrinsic value Of the coins
through what is known as sweating" but
as long as the fetiches OF health and
beauty" are believed to demand the sacri-
fee there is little likelihood of the women
abandoning the practice.
The wonders Of Coney Island have been
retouched, and new wonders even have been
added The big feature Of the revised Luna
Park is to be Night and Morning; or, A
Journey Through Heaven and He'll" 1t is
said to have cost $4,000 and to be full OF
surprises 1.-THE Great Shipwreck' will
show a fishing village In winter with an
angry sea rolling up to the shore. There
will be little sketch leading up to the ac-
ton of the spectacle. Then darkness APP
proaches and fearful storm comes up
with the night. A rocket is fired at sea, in
dicating that there is a ship in distress
Then the entire scene is changed in the
space OF a minute and half. lifeboat
puts out from shore and makes for the
ship in distress. This ship is not a scenic
illusion at all II is a full-sized vessel. and
is making straight for the rocks. II hits
the rocks and begins to break up. The
rescue is finally effected By the use OF the
buoy. Then the ship goes 10 pieces and
vanishes.
In all, there will be twenty-four leading
attractions in Luna Park, while Dreamland
and other amusement places will have many
new features Ccney Island of a few years
ago seems almost myth. The belief that
the limit had been reached before has
only given the managers an excuse to push
the limit" a little further.
The establishment Of a day and night
bank some months ago seems 10 have put
IL into the minds of other organizations
that there are a great many people in town
who are liable TO need money before 10
a. m and after 3 D. m. One Of the oldest
downtown banks has accordingly made the
announcement that its doors hereafter will
be open from 9 a. m. until p m and on
Saturday from to 8. In speaking Of the
day and night business the bank officials
says:
This innovation recognizes the general
principle that a bank exists for the con-
venience Of its clients, and will probably
develop into an arrangement by which
each bank regulates its hours with refer
ence to the needs Of the patrons it serves;
uptown banks with their accounts OF res
I taurants. theatres and similar depositors.
Z remaining open throughout the twenty-four
hours. while the banks In the financial
district adhere 10 the hours long considered
/ as constituting the banking day"
! Probably il was bashfulness more than
! tact that kept a young man silent on a
/ Broadway car while a girl tied one OF his
! shoestrings 10 one Of hers. III at ease
/ knowing the burning interest the inc dent
/ was exciting in the passengers on the OPP
! posite seat, he tried TO pull his foot away
gently, hoping the bow was not secure;
but the young woman, who was a long
way from being OF the pocket Venus type
/ thought he was touching her foot IN an
attempt to attract her attention. 30 she