Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-11-21
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Stray Topics From Little Old
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Picked Up by a Careful Observer for
the Entertainment of a Read
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Over,
Special to the ARGUS.
New York, Nov

Special to the ARGUS.
New York, Nov. 16.
It looks as though the old fashioned
birch rod would be restored to New
York's public schools. Moral 'suasion
has been found insufficient in dealing
with the lusty spirit of young America,
and the Beard of Education, at the
instigation of the teachers in contem-
plating return to the sterner methods
of our ancestors. The school princi-
pals are almost unanimous in their de-
mand for the rod, but fond parents and
doting relatives have raised such vol
ume of protest, that the Board of Edu-
cation will have to consider the matter
most carefully before taking definite
steps. However, those who are in
closest touch with the situation believe
that the old motto: "Spare the rod
and spoil the child" will win out.
| Society folk turned out en- masse to
attend the eighth National Automobile
Show in Madison Square Garden, and
in spite of the stringency in the money
market there seemed to be a host of
prospective buyers. Autos of every
description were on exhibition, from
the heavy trucks and delivery wagons
to the emost palatial touring cars. Not
the least interesting. of the exhibits
was an amphibious auto cart, invented
by Frenchman. It is an automobile,
that the inventor claims. will go with
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pearaIice the new automobilesg very
similar to a large life boat. set on
ax1es, with rubber tired wheels at
!; tached. It lis covered like canoe.
however, with an opening inz the cen s
ter to contain the operators. X sl
For some years past the lower east
side of New York has been almost ex-
I. clusively inhabited by Jews. snd no
j one has moved in to disturb their pos
session. In fact to a stranger it would
seem impossible for many more peol
s. pie to squeeze within the narrow con-
4 fines OF whatis known as the Ghetto.
4 However, for some time the italian
a immigrants have been settling in great
j mum bers within stones throw of this
!, district just across the Bowery! NeVer-
! theless. the Bowery. has been as def
s mite dividing line between these two
{ peoples as the Chinese wall. In the
/ past yeaf-however, the Italians have
!. begun to seek new homes, with the re,
!, suit that few have crossed the Bow
! cry and settled insthe'Ghettc. z9Thers is
every indicatiof1 that morezwi1l follow:
The inevitable result wiz be that pthe
i ] eWs will move farther up town and
leave the Italians to them selves, as the
two races find it impossible to live to-
geIner-a s. 8e~r 6 3 a. 80 . e = e%-& -
Bridge bids fair to be as popular as
ever the coming winter. At all the
leading clubs ftseems to have tax en-
] precedence over ALL other forms OF
amt sernent. Many Of these whoshave
= become proficient in the game have set
themselves up as experts, and are kept
busy from morning till night giving
instruction. The best instructors are
charging ten dollars an, hour for their
work land even at this figure are obliged
| W away d SICdG ldppllCdutS
One of the best known of these experts
is said to have cleared by giving in
struction and playing himself, forty
thousand dollars last year. ~ = .
The law of supply and demand has
begun to get in its work with the own
ers Of the large apartment houses or
, Washington Heights in the neighbor
, hood of 140th street. Last year there
1 were no apartments for rent, but the
, agents are telling different story this
, fall, and while it has been customary
, in the pastto give leases only from
October toI October, the owners in {
j great many cases are willing to rem
j.. for just the winter months. This doe
/ not mean that fewer people are living
i in apartments, but rather that the build
ing has been carried on SO rapidly, and
y many Of the houses SO poorly arranged
and constructed that only the bettel
and more convenient ones are in de
mand.
Twenty years ago two small Italiar
boys entered New York Harbor in al
!. i'm migrant ship, with all their worldly
possessions bundled in red bandans
. handkerchief. They entered the New