Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-02
New York Every Day.

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| When 1 went abroad in the fall"
SAID young woman who returned on an
| ocean greyhound the other day. my ia
| ther gave me Masonic pin to wear and
my brother an Elk one They said if
| there We're any Masons or Elks on board
| they would look after me. Every
blessed man on board was either Ma
son or an Blk. and not one of them
| would ttlrt with me on account of those
| pms. You can bet when | sailed for
home | put, those blooming pins in the
trunk and kept them there"
/ Possibly Mrs. Evelyn Nesbt Thaw
| was the first woman to resurrect the
| nigh, stiff white collars which are again
m the arch of New York fashondom.
| Inc collars are Il boon to thin society
| girls and bugbear to those suffering
from supcrfious adipose tissue. The col
lars have been taken up by many wom-
| en- who fancy that the high walls gives
''smartness" Mrs Thaw has worn a
nigh starched collar for the past several
weeks. New York women who daily
| nave watched for the former Gibson
girls picture in the newspapers declared
that she looked just too cute in the old
fashioned collar. and most of their necks
| are now raw from the saw-edge.
| Results of heredity and environment as
manifested in children WAS the theme of
| John ID. Rockefeller Jr's discourse to
| ms Bible class Sunday in New York.
and 1t was Mr.. RockefelerS conclusion
that great responsibility rested upon
the shoulders of parents.
| Many strangers Were present in the
| class. After the session one of them
said that what struck him as peculiar
| was the big difference between the steel
trust mlillionaires' and the standard
| Oil millionaires.' The steel men. he
| said, seemed to be all for the gay and
festive life, while the oil men incline to-
| ward religion.
Il wonder what there is in the oil
| business" he said. ITO make the men
| ut the head of it SO religious"
Leo Slatcho known also rs Slatcho Di-
nitro. who calls himself the only author
lied gypsy chief i'll the United States.
was prisoner recently in Jersey City
on complaint of two gypsieS who accused
him of compelling them to pay him trib-
ute money.
Nicholas Adams. the first complaining
witness, testified that the chief de-
manded 30 pounds sterling under
threat to bind and shoot him if the cash
was not forthcoming. Adams said lie
told the chief he had only 20 napleons
and Slatcho scared him into handing over
the money. Ivan Janovitch swore that
sterling, threatening to put him in a
dark Jail with water up to his waist,
and that he surrendered S375.
Both witnesses said the chief took
them to saloon where he held court
and Judged them to pay the money
as fines.
Just a tiny part of the first Hebrew
graveyard in New York remains The
cemetery was purchased in 1851 and its
Wondering stones may still be seen
locked behind iron gates, just below
Chatham square, on the line of the Third
avenue L" The graveyard was closed
about 100 years ago when the Beth
Hahn was purchased near Greenwich
village When West Elizabeth street
was opened in 1890 it swept away near
y the whole of this cemetery. \ small
corner of it containing only four or
five stones still remains on the south
side of Eleventh street. Just east OF
Sixth avenue on Twenty-frst street, i'll
the interior of a block. is the third He
brew cemetery, still kept with care and
neatness, as may be seen from the rear
windows of a great department store,
which OverloOks it. 1t was closed when
the Beth Hahn on Long Island was
opened.
The drivers of department store de-
and then that might be highly valued by
students of sociology. They learn, fof
example, how many families who live
in small apartments shut up the house
the liyelong day because every member
of the household goes out to work, we
found that out, said one driver,
through the requests to have goods de
livered at office buildings. We won
dered for Il long while why So much
81 tH hnln Inf 4 Sln
he sent down town. Finally it came out
that there would be nobody at home to
receive the goods if sent to the fiat. The
woman member of the family took off
u few minutes extra ut lunch time to do
her shopping, and instead of carrying
her purchases herself she ordered them
sent to her husbands office so he could
cart them home at night"
Il suppose said the New York wom-
an whose clothes were scattered all
about the room, that | ought 10 put
these things away. bmt it is hardly worth
while. That French woman will be
here IN Il little while to give me lesson.
and In only have TO take them ont
again
"A lesson IN what:'' asked the early
caller.
In packing trunks" was the reply. II
found out the other day that there are
expert packers now who give inStFuc-
ton in their art, the same as other pro-
feSsionalS teach cooking or physical cul-
ture. As l travel IA good deal. and am
always unfortunate enough To get things
muSSed and broken when packed in my
unsystematic way, | thought ii advisable
to take a few lessons. My teacher guar
anttcS III six lessons a sufficient degree
of perfection to insure the transportation
of Il trunk through Europe without even
WTlukHUZ a shirt waist 8"
If Washington Irvmg's old home. at
SryenIe*nth street and Irving place, |
New York. i torn down 20 make room
for the new court house. which will front |
on Union square and extend back 10 Irv- |
iuS place, about tie last historic man |
sion in this neighborhood will disappear |
The obi William T.. Evarts mansion. an /
Second avenue AND Fourteenth street |
was removed some time ago to make /
way for Il large apartment house which /
bears the famous senator's name and /
the gigantic maternity hospital pre-
scented 30 the city las L. T. Piarpont
Morgan now B"puIait~ the site of Tho oil i