Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-06-21
JSI FROM GOTHAM.

New Yofk. u ne Fl Smitten with,
the unreasonable idea that the inhabi-
tants Of the small towns in the out
skirts and petticoats Of New York
have some rigIl.s which even the mil
lionaires of the metropolitan are pow
erless to take away from them, the
peace officers of the aforesaid vii
lagos have inaugurated an unceasing
war against automobilists who use
the highways as a training track for
the Vanderbilt Cup: Within the last
few weeks many motor car scorchers,
intent upon overtaking their destina-
ton in record-breaking time, have
been hauled up before. some village
magistrate and made to pay heavy
fines. One of the latest sufferers" is
Mrs. Thomas H. Howard, niece of Mrs.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt, who was ar
rested in Poughkeepsie and actually
taken into police court, where she
protested vigorously against the cap
ture. The marble-hearted Poughkeepl
sic officer remained defiant and unre-
pentant, even when they learned that
their fair prisoner was member of
the Vanderbilt family The case has
been set for trial Monday, when at
torneys for Mrs. Howard will answer
to the charge of unlawful speeding.
The open season for small boys,
when they may be killed with impun-
ity giant crackers and pistols, begins
in New York today and the coming
week will probably witness a great
I increase in the mortality rate among
youngsters of all ages. In past years
dealers In fireworks have been allowed
to place the independence Day explo-
sives on sale about June 10, but this
year the date was made twelve days
later. Commissioner Bingham hopes
that these days of restraint have been
productive of spirit of philosophic
calm in the patriotic breast of the
! small boy, convincing him that the
days of barbaric noise are waning and
that the Fourth may best be cele-
brated by memoralizing the Declara-
ton of Independence and reciting
"Sheridan's Ride" The supplies of
death-dealing fireworks now being re-
ceived by metropolitan dealers give
the lie to this fond hope. 1t is the one
best bet of the day that scores of
youngsters will be minus fingers, toes
or eyes before the dawn of Independ-
ence Day and that many others will
be sleeping beneath the daisies, sac
rificed to premature patriotism that
didn't know it was laoded." Mean
while, nervous men and women had
best take to the woods.
tray-and, also, the outstretched, itch
ing palm-hundreds of them, will de-
scend upon New York next week from
all parts of the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Porto Rico and New Jersey,
to attend convention called by the
Universal Restaurant and Hotel EN-.
ployes' Association, the American
branch of the Geneva Union, an inter.
national organization of chefs. head
walters and common or garden wait
ers. Men who serve dishes bearing
unpronouncable French names at the
Waldorf-Astoria and those who juggle
sinkers and hot dogs in the quick
lunch resorts will fraternize on a com
mon level, fittingly Illustrating the
spirit of democracy existing in Ameri
ca. New York walters have made
gorgeous arrangements for the enter
tanning their brethren from other cit
les, the program including a grand
banquet ct the Hotel Astor, affordinr
the walters an opportunity to play thu
part Of guests. A representative d
the long-suffering common people
might suggest that the delegates have
a chance to make the convention for
ever memorable by passing resolu
ton against the Tip evil'-a highly
Important SUBJECT tnat uOeSn I appear
upon the printed program
1t has developed that the bride O
State Treasurer julius Hauser, whs
I was married in Brooklyn recently, wa,
the widow of the immortal Bill An
thony. It will be remembered tina
Bill was the marine who, when tn,
Maine went down in Havana harbor
kow-towed to Captain Sigsbee AMI
formally reported: "Sir, | have tn
honor to report that the ship has beel
blown up and is sinking" The ney
Mrs. Hauser was, before he marriag
to Anthony, clerk in Broadwa,
dry goods shop. After the Maine es
nloSim she wrote To Authnnx rrais