Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-19
ROuNp ABour NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current Of Life In IN.
Metropolis.

square Gafuen ana maintained IL loI tWFn-
ty-five years, to dispose OF a losing bust
ness venture, occasions general regret, and
has given some vim to a movement in
favor Of the city acquiring the property
The newspapers contend that New York
needs a hall Of this kind, and that the de.
struction of the Garden would be an ire
parable injury TO the metropolis. The
ground is very valuable-too valuable TO be
maintained as at present by individuals
A desire to preserve a famous institution,
more spacious than any similar buildins
in the country, gives the force OF local
pride to the move for municipal owner
ship. p
Madison Square Garden. aside from its
entertainments. stands out as one OF the
most famous buildings of the city from
the architectural point OF view. 1t was
designed by the late Stanford White, and
he always declared it to be the structure
which fitted in most perfectly with his
Ideals of architectural art. Its tower,
topped by the figure of Diana. for Ions
was the loftiest pinnacle In Manhattan,
and although it is row surpassed by its
near n%eighbor. the Metropolitan Life tower,
It still stands pre-eminent for grace and
a~iriness.
The building is designed in the Renais-
sance style, and is built of buff brick and
terra Gotta. 1t is estimated to have cost
nearly 100000. 1t is divided into dis
tirct parts. The theater. which was opened
On September %, 1890, with Or. BILL" has
been under separate management. AS a
rule it has been associated with light opera
such as Mime. Butterfly" and high class
farce comedy.
Then there is the concert hall. which has
rot been used much Of late years, and the
roof garden. They will Always be asso-
clated with the murder Of Stanford White
by Harry X. Thaw during the first per-
Torrance Of a summer piece, 'Mam'zelle
Champagne" in 1906, Close by was the
tower, in which the architect had his pri-
vate rooms. the scene, it was alleged. Of
many of the incidents which led up to
the tragedy.
son Square Garden has played a large
part. Such rallies as greeted Mr., Bryan
ana Mr.. Taft in the last few days of the
recent campaign are examples Of the inn
mense ga .herings which It has made pos
sible. Carnegie Hall may be~hore sat!s-
factory &C. the speaker. but Madison SquaTs
Garden gives unriyalled opportunities for
demonst ations OF enthusiasm. A famous
occasion for the Garden was the welcome
given 20 Mr.. Bryan in 1906 on his return
from lis world tour.
The proprietor of one of the largest hotels
in New York. speaking of the uses made
by nonpaying customers of his house, said
to a rural guest a few days ago: I'VE
have a large number of patrons from
whom We never collect a cent. although
we have no such thing as a free list. They
come here in the morning, pick up a cast
off paper, which they read, keeping an eye
open for another, which they grab as soon
as it is dropped. After reading a while
they stand at the ticker, often giving Ions
lectures to their fellows on financial con-
ditions and stock possibilities. Tho over
coat becomes burdensome, and 1t is taken
to the check room, where its. owner knows
it will be perfectly safe. Then, If they can
tear themselves from the ticker, letters are
written on our stationery. They do not
use our telephones, because we charge an
extra 8 cents for the call, but they carry
home matches, toothpicks, blank cards and
blotters. and use up the soap in our lava
tories. They also take generous nibbles OF
the cheese and crackers in the cafe. The
s%trangest part OF all is this. that the ma
jority of this class are well-to-do and
highly respectable, and on that account we
do not shut them out"
That life is not all a bed of roses for
the college professor. is a fact that is be-
ing experienced by Prof. E. f. Nichols, of
the physics department of Columbia univer-
sity. Every morning, promptly at 1880, DR..
Nichols tumbles from his comfortable bed
and wends his way to Fayerweather hall,
woere he works in his laboratory from 2
until 4 a. m.
The professor is not taking an outdoor
tuberculosis cure, nor is ne seeking to per-
petuate health, youth and beauty. The
truth is that Prof, Nichols Is perfecting a
new type of galvanometer. It Is for this
that he seeks his laboratoryse every morning.
DIR. Nichols has found that during the
day he is unable to experiment with his
delicate apparatus because OF the vast
amount OF electrical activity surging about
his laboratory.
Hence 1t is that, with the eagerness OF
the sportsman who seeks his game at the
first streak OF dawn. the professor rises at
this mystical hour and steals cautiously on
his laboratory in the hope of surprising
and capturing some wild, elusive secret Of
science.
Mary Farrell. a seamstress, is dying in
Roosevelt hospital, having sacrificed her
life in a successful effort to save the lives
Of the scores Of people who, with her, occu-
pied a tenement house in West Forty-third
street. While Miss Farrell, who lived alone
on the top floor Of the building, was pre-
pairing supper an oil stove or which she
was cooking the meal exploded, Fearing
the house would catch fire from the burn
ing stove, Miss Farrell seized it in her
arms and hurried down the front stairs OF
the building, crying out to the occupants
Of the other rooms to close their doors and
give her and her blazing burden a clear
passageway. Although her light dress
caught fire and the flames ate their way
into her flesh, she did not hesitate. But
at the bottom Of the second flight of stairs
her foot caught in her skirt and she fell
on top of her fiery burden. She was
dragged away from the burning stove. but
II was too late, for the hospital surgeon,
who responded to a call, pronounced her
injuries fatal. Firemen extinguished the
fire after small damage had been done the
house.
A dinner to celebrate the thirteenth we'd
ding anniversary of a New York couple