Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-08
OF GENERAL INTEREST


iae anu now asks her employer for
@o9OO. The girl is Mary Carly, who
Mheh a child was taken 10 the llssne of
Ameda l.. Dodane. She aleges~sl8. has
been doing, all sorts Of work fova am
ily since August 10 1893, and " $500
nothing but kicks and cuffs. III SzRfsfT
eye Is blinded, she claims. by blow
from rubber hose in the hands af n
member Of the family and her hand de-
I9rhed because of blow from stick.
She was not permitted to talk TO anyone
bnt members of the family. she claims.
MISS 'arty stood all this until two weeks
ago, when she left the Dodane home and
went TO live with relatives.
Miss Maxine Elliot, actress. beauty
ana business woman, is to have Il thea
ter OF her own, like Rejane and Sarah
befhhardt, and Mrs. Langtry and other
actress managers. The theater win ne
built on Thirty-niuth street. New York
EcitN, east of Broadway. and the Shuberts
VIII he associated with Miss Elliott In
the enterprise. The theater will be called
the Elliott theater. The fat man will
seek out Miss Elliott's theater, as the
seats are to be at least three inches wild
81 than the usual theater seats New de-
vices VIII he installed TO keep the atmos-
phere always fresh and pure, and there
weather.
One characteristic C the American is
shown in his cheerfuneSs under Difficult
| ties. aud another in the prompt readiness
with which he turns mishaps or lust in
cldental unforeseen happenings 10 his adj
/ Vahtase, an illustration of the latter ap-
/ pearlng In sign nailed to a temp0rarily
/ bearded up window from which the glass
/ had been broken in n New York drug
store:
/ . . e . e 80 %. .... 80. go. -.
/ This glass was broken by the wind
4 hpt-it was insured
Insure your health ny using Blanks
| drugs. Guaranteed pure and fresh.
-. go. '.......... ......... .........
Many people pause to look at the board
ed up window, and all are curious To see
what il says in the sign. There was a
chance here, and the store didn't LEI it
go by.
Many crates of onions have been
washed ashore for miles along the coast
OF Long Island, All the crates are
marked Valencia" which may mean
Valencia, Spain The life savers here
say that no other wreckage has como
ashore. The life savers report the onions
TO be in generally good condition. show
ing that they have been in the water
only short time. Hundreds of crates
have been gathered and the country folk
from the mainland iocked to the beach
TO vie with the life savers and fisher
men in reaping the harvest.
1t is now possible to buy ones own
| fowl or joint in New York and watch it
| being roasted at public ''rotisserie" nj
| the rate of cents pound. The method
has all the elements of novelty to at
/ tract the inhabitants of bachelor apart
ments and the young couples playing at
/ light housekeeping in limited quarters.
i Gapon, squad and sweetbreads may be
cooked here without fear Of exchange for
| an inferior article, as the suspicious
| housekeeper is invited to sit down and
| watch her purchase being roasted in the
| automatically revolving spit. When
done to turn her property is delivered
to her in neat box which she tucks
under her arm.
Although there are hundreds of auc-
tIons of every kind in New York every
day. the ones that attract most atten-
ton are those disposing of the personal
effects, however slight their intrinsic
value may be- of some person in the
public eye. This was strikingly illus
trated recently at the sale of the house
hold furnishings of Mrs. Leslie Carter,
the famous actress The goods were or
dered sold by Mrs. Carriers receiver in
bankruptcy. and the many friends of the
noted footlight fayorite thronged the
lauction rooms in an effort to get some
memento Even the kitchen things had
a price. Notable among these was "A
wash wringer that brought S1.25, al
though its working days were over. \
lot marked two bottles" brought a
!. nickel.
10 eat copious repast and then find
that one has not the wherewithal TO set
tie the bill is not a pleasant experience
for any one. II is, says the Paris
Presse, doubly unpleasant when the vic
Inn IS a foreigner only passing through
the French capital
This was what NJ. D. found when.
after an excellent dinner in a Montmartre
| restaurant he found that his purse had
disappeared. He sent for the landlord
and in his best French, tried to explain
his hard case. But the landlord, to use
a slang phrase. was not having any.
He had lately been the victim of a pro
fessional in this kind of swindle, and he
insisted on cash for value received; 9th
erwise he menaced his impecunious Gus
toner with the police station and Othes
terrors. The seriousness of his position
gave NJ D brilliant idea. He care
fully detached his gold mounted set of
false teeth and handed it to the aston.
shed landlord as guarantee for the
bill. In view of this security he was
allowed to return to his hotel.
This happened in New York city: "DC
look good enough for you to venture 81
cents on my general appearance and q
pair of gold-rimmed eyeglassesI That
will get me home and when / return to
the city later this week I'll return your
| Loan" The man addressed looked the
caller over and finally decided that the
chances were so strongly in favor of his
being an honest man that he ought e
| get the 80 cents. Here is my card.
said the caller, and when he reached in
his pocket for ii he dragged out a per
feet shower Of cheap eyeglasses. which
fell to the floor. "Of course, I'm a petty
swindler" he admitted, apologetically
But I'm rather proud Of my game. No
one would loan me 80 cents on a pair OF
| eyeglasses. But | know the psychology
Of swindling, and when / ask a man if
look good enough TO venture 30 cents on
there are very few who can look me in
! the eye and say no. Good-day, sir,
am sorry you found me out"
Senator Foraker gayly snapped his
| fingers about / O'Clock in the afternoon