Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-18
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RIppIes on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

~ INV - 49,
Metropolis.
The idol Of hotel men. cherished through
innumerable centuries. has been shattered
and the fragments thrown In the ash heaps.
Boniface. the rosy-eheeked and genial over
grown cherub you read about in novels as
having sped the parting guest. is not the
patron saint Of innkeepers. Not for a min
ute. Tradition Is off. All the hotelkeepers
Of New York and Albany have solemnly
kicked Boniface off his perch and placed
the halo on Noah-Noah of the Ark, the
sagacious old sea rover who was wise
enough to keep a dry house when the sur
rounding waterscape was OVERLOOKING with
prohibition. 50 says the New York Sun.
and when you see It IN the Sun It's So"
sometimes.
When the question OF the claims OF BonI-
face and Noah came up q committee headed
by an Elmirs colonel was authorized to
settle the issue. The colonel combed the
Book Of Genesis and nominated Noah. He
brought down from Bimira a number OF
excellent reasons in scriptural quotations,
but unfortunately a careless Swiss waiter
set a bottle OF champagne on the colonel's
notes. so the ink and the reasons all ran
together. When It was demonstrated that
Noah kept the first OF all hotels. and was
besides the best poker player OF his time,
drawing two of a kind oftener and going
further with them than anybody from Adam
down to Big Tim, Boniface didn't have a
friend to push his claims. And he went
out into the cold.
In spite of predictions OF trouble and
alterations, practically no difficulty was
experienced with the advent Of the new
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put in service yesterday on the Third ave-
nue. line. Passengers smilingly deposited
their nickels in the little box on the plat
form and there was only one case Of fric-
ton, that in the case of a man who dropped
an entire dollar in the box, thinking that
his change would be automatically pre-
sented to him. When no change was forth
coming he protested to the conductor and
as a last resort went to the company's
office, where his money was refunded. 1t
is expected that countless nickels which
have heretofore found their way into the
pockets of dishonest conductors or remained
In the pockets of soheming passengers will
go into the revenue OF the company.
After making a brave fight against ILL
ness, which attacked him two years ago,
Edward +. wentworth OF 124 Fourteenth
street. Flushing, shot himself in a room
In the rear of Brentano's branch bookstore
at 25 Fifth avenue. He had been employed
by the Brentano firm fifteen years and
was sent away last summer at The firms
expense in the hope that a trip would
benefit his health. Wentworth left a note
to his wife, in which he said that he would
be a burden to her and had therefore de-
cided to make way with himself.
Over his desk at the store Wentworth
had always kept a sign Keep smiling -
and his friends and associates said that
he invariably made 1t a rule to live UP to
the motto.
Mr.. d. o. Mills has decided his three
Mills hotels and the adjacent Mills dwell
ings to three trustees-himself, his son,
Ogden Mills, and his daughter, Mrs
Whitelaw Reid-who are to carry the trust
along for the life Of Ogden Mills, and for
the further life of the youngest of MT. d
o. Mills present descendants who shall be
living at Ogden Mills death. Whatever mel
} income there may be is to be distributed
among the members OF the family.
:. Mr.. Mills purpose is to keep these hotei
properties consolidated under one owner.
, ship. 1t was his original intention to star
; an enterprise which would be of benefit tc
respectable, self-helpful men OF small
means, and give them the best possible &C,
commodations, so far as cleanliness. health
and comfort are concerned, at prices within
their reach. This was neither charity
nor philanthropy" he asserts, but sa,
gacious public spirit. Mr.. Mills experiment
has long since proved itself elf-supporting
and the trust he has now created will
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after his death.
There is a well known membe Of tn,
financial community who is chuckling owe
having called a Lawson bluff all by him
self and finally forced the Boston advertise
to a showdown. 1t came about In thiI
n way.
Some time ago, relates the Times, wheI
3 the investigation Of trading methods In tn,
stock and commodities markets was de
s creed by Governor Hughes, Mr. Lawson
n announced in a large advertisement in sew
o eral financial publications that he would
t sell twenty Stock exchange seats at $500
h each, about $4,000 lower than the last sale
- The Wall street man thought that II MI
d Lawson had any seats at his disposal 1
was a good time to pick up a few cheap
n AS membership OF the exchange Is Unite,
and all the seats are taken, the only trans
fer possible IL a personal transfer subjec
to the approval of the exchange authorities
and any block of seats under a single con
> troll would be a rarity. A letter was sen
to Boston offering to buy one or more O
the seats on the terms quoted. There wa
no answer. The Wall street man persisted
= writing again and again. Still no answe
came.
g Finally, within the last few days, he ha
received a reply from Mr.. Lawson's secre
a tary. 1t said that all Of the seats covere,
Q by his recent offer had been sold. Tn
Wall street man and several Of his friend
on the exchange are now waiting with som
interest to see when the transfers ar
made. They do not expect, however, tina
& the exchange win be disturbed by any in
n vasion of Lawson's customers In the nea
d future.
e MODIFIED BANK GUARANTY.
a The Nebraska Plan as Outlined by IN,