The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-01-17
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the East river. c nsstioe Na-hsJ-al
ana H--ofiyn ntrfci ard Important
crson IL Gr;rans fiztcsy Cnis 9
fsw ronti, isns aui engineers 1snc
had charEc 0f the constr -ction made
the first trip. and they icft Manhat
tan practically unnoticed. Tho Man
hattanitss were too busy to celebrate;
but the oity fathers found the Brook
lyn people Tncn they reached the
other side Of the river ia q most ca
thusiastic mood Eeiis were fCng.
xhistles blown and cheefr glven by
multitude gathered al the tunnels ex
H. The public win not be able 10 use
Tue tunnel regularly until this month
ol early ln January
The element has been striving Sc
hard against tendency IN New York
to make the Sabbath gala day has
been much encouraged by the decision
recently handed down by Justice
O'Gorman in the supreme coart. which
will place a ban on Sunday shows.
I The case was test one brought at the
request OF the police commissioner, SO
that he might nave a ruling on which
the police might act The court de
clared that the provisions Of the penal
code are violated by every performer
at an entertainment on the si.ge on
1 the Sabbath. Il is thought that the
decision win have the effect of clos
ing practically all of the Sunday
shows throughout the city
The electric shoe black is the latest
thing on Broadway. and II the enter
prise proves as successful as Il now
pr3mises hundreds Of blnck-eyed
italian boys win have to seek other
| employment An entire store az
Broadway and Thirty y-eishth streets
has been rented for tho new enter
prise and Is full OF machines that look
i like the penny-infhe slot scales One
has only to step up to the machine, put
/ five cents in the slot bury the foot in
a big shoe-shaped space containing
the bfushes. and then touch a bptton
Instantly the brushes begin to re-
4 yolye, and presently two electric lights
in front Of you go ont, which is the
signal that one shoe is finished. and
that you must put the other foot in
The blacKing Is put on automatically
too. being supplied in the same place
/ where the brushes are located. from
little tubes on the sides. There are
i different machines for tan and black
shoes The electric polisher seems to
have numerous advantages over the
human boot black. for besides doing
its work we'll IL can't get the black
i ine on ones, socks. it cant keep up a
steady stream Of conversation. and it
dcsert have To be tipped
There was an exciting hunt in the
sgbway tho other day for young
I, bride who had been separated IRON
her husband by a guard who ordered
the doors closed before the bridegroom
could get on the train. The newly
wCds were from Troy and arrived In
{, New York en- route to Washington
where they were TO spend their honey
neon AS neither had seen the sub
way. they thought they would spend
lalf hour investigating 1t. They
role as far up town az Ninety sixth
street, and then decided TO return
Il was here their trouble began, iol
+, they encountered the crowds ON theiI
! way to work. The bride managed te
. squeeze on tq the train. but hubby
I WAS not so alert Slam went the door
and the groom beside himself Will
rage saw the cars pall out. carrving
! his fair bride farther and farther away
[ from him The groom tearing tha
l hir young wife was hopelessly los
began TO offer money 20 those on ths
S crowded platform i they would fin,
T ner An interesting chase was starte,
with the result that the wife sOol
d discovered scared and trembling a
G the Fourteenth street station. The
d happy couple. once moro united, tool
{ the next train for Washington
I Nearly ten thousand Jews have beer
d driven from their homes on the eas
Side. because al the buildings that fat
10 be torn down 70 make room TO
s the approach OF the new Manhattal
b bridge that is rapidly nearing CON
I pletion. Hundreds OF these poor pee
z lplc had little to move ia the way o
u household effectc. except what the
could crowd into big bags that the
. threw over their shoulders. 40 many
3 the tearing down of the tsg. block
& tenements meant tho destruction q
!. their first homes in Amerlci
4 although many We're made homeless
. the crowded Ghetto gave another ey
ANANN " rs ANAAAAl " AWo1AM a lMlA
= less number No one cared to NOV
!. away from the district. and tEey a
y by crowding little closer togethe
= iopnd hahltations within a short di
tance of their old homes
An attempt has been made 10 sto
tile mad rush for seats during the rus
hours Ia the subway, when both me
and women push and crowd each othe
excitedly in order 10 ger sea
ID Special policemen have been plac,
az the different express stations Wit
b. instructions u preserve order and
eliminate the football tactics that HAY
II hcen employed one OF the pole
men who worked in a sardine factor
1t in Maine before taking his new pos
* tion, said he felt decidedly az hen
on the crowded platforms during Il
ush hours Only there was one
a. ference. ne said Ia which the ss
dimes nad q little advantage over q
subway passensers-they were n
81 packed while still alive Howev'
II other steps are being taken Ca relie
IN the congestion and the report OF Bb
a. j. Arnold, the Chicago traction expeI
/ st. 4. s,sa. ottu.atsaR th.r f..fI.Ii. q.