Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
NEW YORK NEWS ITEMS
Doings Gathered In and About
Busy Gotham and Its Vicinity

skating upon the asphalt walks in the
public parks. Hoboken Is roller skating
crazy, and as there are no Kinks the
skaters have taken possession of the
streets sidewalks and parks to the prac-
tical exclusion of pedestrians and the en-
barrassment of drivers of vehicles. Every
evening as soon as the electric lights are
turned on Sle youth of Hoboken turns
out on skates, and the whole city rever-
berates with the roll of the lockwood
wheels on the asphalt Staid old burgh-
itc resorts, where they are wont to regale
themselves with post-prandial stems OF
beer or schnapps, are afraid to cross
the, streets. In the parks conditions got
to be intolerable to all save the skaters.
People sitting on the benches had to pull
their toes up and hold them In the air to
keep them from being crushed by the
the walks. So many complaints We're
made to the board of aldermen that the
chief of police was given orders to re-
strict roller skating.
Phone About Their Dinners
I'VE had those extra telephones put in
fer the accommodation of our out-of-
town said the grDppet0T w66 of
eat in a big restaurant only once in six
months have the habit of rushing to the
telephone every few minutes to tell some
body that they are dining here big
dinner cut Is an event in their lives, and
they. take pains to let all their friends in
on the excitement. Everybody. that they
know in town Is called. up during the
meal and apprise of the fact that we are
dining at Blanks tonight City people
who are used to dining in public take
make no ado about it, but the country
folks-heaven bless 'en-are q first class
advertising medium and are worth all the
telephones they ask for.
After MiIlionaires Now
Advocates of "city beautiful" who
have been directing a crusade against
unsightly buildings, flaring posters and
now prodding. certain Fifth avenue ma
bobs in "millionaires row. as result
of their unkempt lawns. Many magnif-
have been boarded up for the summer
and their lawns have produced luXuriant
crops of weeds. And the vegetation that
weed ToM WboS ths city sve Sn 5 Is pig
nue. would choose this plant as its en-
blem?
As Seen in Cab Mirrors
II you happen to be at loggerheads
with yourself in this busy town of NUT
tonchop whiskers, delicatessen stores
and pawnshops just jump into a Broad
way cab and look at yourself all the
time in one of those little French plate
ance. 1t would appear that a person
never seems so atrociously ugly as
when he looks into one of those ref1ec-
tors. A few minutes spent in a survey
of his facial landscape under such cir
cumstances will take all the conceit
out of the most insufferable cad alive.
Even a girl whose picture is fit to adorn
a breakfast food "ad' shows OFF to dis
advantage when seen in one of those
cab mirrors. For the life of me I can't
understand the villainous secret of the
things-whether 1t lies in the position
of the mirrors or the constant juggling
of the vehicle, but of this am certain |
A fortune awaits the man who can Fl t
cabs out with mirrors that will accen-
tuate a persons good points instead OF |
his bad ones.
New ReceptacIes for Booze
Rushing the oil can" is the latest. |
The time-honored "growler" in which |
the hop lather was carried home in the |
introduced in the saloons has been re-
placed by a new tank of conveyance. |
There are little saloons near the uptown
subway stations where in the evenings
visitors stop fer a glass of beer and
take their departure carrying two
quart kerosene cans lined with glass.
Those who happen to be in the saloons
early in the day may see them stop and
down town. The men are compelled to
remain down town until evening and
they like glass of beer with their sup
per. They cannot stand bottled beer
and as they have to climb five or six
flights of stairs to their apartments, |
they hit upon a plan of leaving the |
"can" in storage as they go down town |
in the morning and taking it home |
when they call at night. The oil can is
not only more respectable but more |
and the storage feature |
saves a lengthy climb.
Hard on Spooners
Alas poor Romeo and Juliet are now
under the ban in the city of the wicker |
and there is a, grave possi- |
bility that the adage, "All the world loves
a lover" will shortly pass from theory |
to the position of mere hypothesis with
Brooklynites. There was time when the |
city parks afforded ample proof of the old |
assertion, but the times have changed. |
The electric arc light now CLEANS in the
paths and there is absolutely no oppor,,
tunity for loves sweet way to proceed
with secrecy or without 'rubbering,' |
which, of course spoils the effect. Then
the police are getting so unscrupulous that
they do not hesitate to arrest young men |
who are driven by the force of circum- |
stances to publicly show their affection
for their sweehearts. Showing the change |
in the spirit of the times the people them |
selves have started in to aid the police in |
making things unpleasant for the hereto |
fore popular lover. East New Workers |
who live in the neighborhood Of Irving
Square park have banded and will demand
that the park commissioner have electric
lights placed in the park forthwith, and
their avowed sole object is to drive the
"spooners' out of the district.
Feminine Authority on Tobacco