Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-08

RIppIeu On the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.

new tnoubnt Wnicn VIII he passed over 10
those who are shy on thoughts and moder-
erately long on lucre. The new thought is
aesthetic physical culture a system OF
mental exercise which absolutely forbids
physical exertion. All you are required 10
do is to think beautiful thoughts. Simple
isn't Il? Beautiful thoughts are sorely
needed in all sections Of the big city. par
ticuiariy in the financial district, where
men are carrying all kinds Of luck charms
in their pockets and neglecting aesthetic
culture OF the head. The proomter Of the
cult needs only a ripe press agent to ac-
eumulate a bunch of honest dollars.
A parrot Is to be the star witness for
the plaintiff in the divorce suit Of Esther
Gwynne Carley against Benjamin, travel
ing salesman for big commission house.
According to the complaint. Mrs. Carley
and the children and servants went TO
Lakewood last winter and Carley went out
to visit them once a week.
Polly" said Mrs. Carleys lawyer, "re-
mained at home; and the reason Mr.. Car
ley never stayed longer than day with
his family was because he had to feed
the parrott."
II believe" adds the wife. this was but
subterfuge and that my husband was
prompted by different motive in giving
us so little OF his company
when we went to the country the par
rot had limited vocabulary | was famil-
lar with every word Of it. But when we re-
turned home the bird had acquired ex.
pressions which l had never heard it utter
before and which could be accounted for
on only one hypothesis
The lawyer says that the only conclusion
Carley had been entertaininA somebody
named Kittie. And so she packed up her
things. Including the parrot, returned to
her parents in Orlean, N. " and brought
suit for divorce.
The woes of the poor rich are detailed in
some dry statistics given out last week by
Appraiser George w. wanmaker During
the month of March the total value of
automobiles imported into this country
through New York was only Sl27 1852. or
a scant third OF the value of automobile
importations in March Of last year.
The most remarkable falling off is that
OF precious stones and jewelry. The total
value for March was sSs9,5l467, about 5000.
900 below the value of diamonds and pearls
imported in March, 1907.
II the Americans have lost their appetite
for luxuries they are finding consolation
in sweets. During the month the importa-
tion of sugar was 50 per cent more than in
the same month last year.
A liberal allowance of chewing tobacco
is likely to be included in the daily ra-
tions Of a new baboon recently arrived
at the Bronx menagerie from South Africa.
and Immediately christened by the keep
ers Handsome Harry" When Harry, who
is rare Hamadryas baboon, reached the
zoo he Immediately began to make trouble.
He dashed himself against the bars, and
the best efforts of the keepers couldn't
make him subsde. He disdained offerings
of sugar, peanuts and other dainties, and
was growing more and more violent when
he suddenly paused, threw a huge paw
around Frank Eberhardt, one of the keep
ers, who was trying to soothe him. and
fishing from the keepers pocket a bag
OF chewing tobacco. thrust il into his
mouth and retired to corner OF the cage,
apparently in supreme content Hereafter
a ration of chewing tobacco will be served
with all Harry's meals.
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1T is highly interesting" says the sun.
that a Beecher and Burchard should
meet as opposing counsel in a bit OF liti-
cation before one OF our highest courts.
one a son of Henry Ward Beecher. the
other a son of Rum RomanIsm- nd Rebel
lion, Burchard. Mr.. Burchard's name is
Lewis Sayre, after the eminent surgeon
who. by cutting off one yard and a half
of Or. Burchard's digestive tube saved
the life OF the man who afterwards con-
founded the republican party and defeated
Blaine. Beecher and sayre were lionesaue
men. even down to the roars and growls.
and Burchard was mudh admired by both.
A bill has been introduced in the legls-
lature to tax the dowry of the New York
girl who takes a foreigner with title
for better or worse--usualy for worse.
Then there are other people agitating their
thoughts as to why rich American girls
marry titles and how 1t can be stopped.
THE fault with these International mar
riages," says a man who is qualified to
speak on the subject, "is not so much
with the girls as with the American men
whom they know. Rich American girls
are limited in their acquaintances to a
certain class OF American men, These men
they meet at dances. at teas and at the
opera. But what kind of men are they?
Hardly one I'm a dozen could earn his
has q profession he neither knows how
to practice Il successfully nor has he the
habits to do 60 The men in New York
whose life is purely social and who do no
useful things to excuse their existence
on this earth are not of a type to which
any bright young woman would care to
tie herself for life The rich young woman
does not meet socially the bright, active,
hard working man who does the real
work OF the railroads and the trusts and
the traction companies. These young men
are too busy to be attending monkey
dinners and boversng around teas or CO.
tillions after midnight. Most of these rich
girls who marry titled foreigners do not
know the real American man, and have
never had the opportunity to compare his
good points with the shining qualities Of
their foreign suitors"
PERSONAL NOTES.
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