Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-04
NEWS, VIEWS AND GOSSIP
Thaw Case Again-FamOus Hotel to
be Closed.


and pins. needles and pins, when
mans married his trouble begins"
This ditty OF our nursery days would
be particularly appropriate, II sung
otherwise known as Harry Kendall
Thaw. Three years ago today, on
April 4. 1906, the young millionaire
led his blushing bride to the altar
in the city of Pittsburg. The ami
versary can hardly be a source of
pleasure to the distinguished prison
er of Matteawan, since the bIushing
bride, who has good reason to blush.
is now suing for an annullment of the
marriage on the ground that he was
a lunatic and of unsound mind. Con-
sidering subsequent revelations re-
garding the young woman. the charge
OF insanity at the time of the mar
riage is not lacking in feasibility.
Mr.. Thaw does not lack fellow
sufferers in domestic infelicity. The
troubles of Allie Gynne Vanderbilt.
the richest young man In America,
and his beautiful wife. have for many
days been subjects of popular COM
ment. The divorce suit of the Hart
McKees, tried in Paris, has added
spice to the New York newspapers.
The Duke of Abruiser and Prince Ely
de Shotgun also have their troubles,
In which the people of the metropolis
are nightly interested.
Yet the matrimonial cloud has its
silver lining. II is refreshing to learn
that Cornelius Vanderbilt, who in
Cured the wrath Of his family by
marrying the woman he loved, has
never had cause to regret the step.
The brilliant match" of Alfred Van
derbllt, in comparison with that of
his brother, becomes a lusterless
thing. Cupid Is wise lad and plays
no favorite. Perhaps millionaires
and heiresses will yet learn this fact
to their domestic felicity.
College Education.
Is a college or university educa-
tion of any practical value in fighting
the battle OF life? There are many
men in the bread line" who will an
swer this question with bitter, con-
temptuous negative. 1t is strange
but incontrovertible fact that many,
perhaps even a majority of the un-
fortunates who have been reduced to
the necessity of hitting the bread
lime" during the last winter have been
men of more than ordinary education
al attachments. At one charitable
organization on the East Side, over
500 graduates or students of promi-
nent universities applied for work,
That employers doubt the practical
usefulness of college men, even in the
least important positions, is shown
by the fact that In nearly every case
the preference was given to applicants
who did not give their educational
requirements as being beyond the
high school grade.
Close Famous Hotel.
As the hour of midnight approaches
tonight. mournful body of men will
| gather in the bar room of the Fifth
Avenue hotel and hold a wake over
the remains of the famous hostelry
that has been their home. When the
: clock strikes 12, the lights will &c
out, the doors will be locked and the
shutters closed and the last guest viii
sadly wend his way to the street. In
a few days the work of demolition
} will commence, and a modern sky
| scraper Office building will soon occu
: py the place where the hotel now
} stands. The last week has been one
r of deepest sorrow to the patrons Of
the place. and the "amen" corner hai
become a place of grief and woe.
3 A list of the great men who have
: passed through the portals of the fat
ed hostelry would read very much
like dictionary of biography Short
3 ly after 1t was opened to the public
in 1859, the Prince of Wales wrote
1 his name on the register. During
4 the civil war the Fifth Avenue hote
D was the heart and center of New
3 York's patriotism. In 1867. at th'
I Peabody dinner. the movement FOL
: the nomination of Grant had its In
A eeption. Many years later. when tn,
: obsequies OF that great leader o
> men were being held, the Fifth Ave
{ nue. hotel was the headquarters o
d the distinguished mourners.
In addition to the Prince OF Wales
D many other members of royal families
/. have stopped at the hotel. amonI
: them Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil
= Crown Prince Marco of Siam, Prime,
r. Iturblde of Mexico. Prince Deyow
IonRsa Of Siam the Maroufs NJ nrnp