Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-03

when illustrating Mendelssohn's Spring
Song" and "A Vision of Salome," accord
ing to the attested inventory issued by her
attorney. John +. Mcintyre:
Pink roses on her breast.
Three layers Of chiffon about her waist.
Pink tights five inches long.
A lot of gauze.
That is enough" continued Attorney
Mcintyre, who was Indignant during Miss
Hoffman's arraignment in the West Side
police court, following her arrest by order
Of Commissioners Baker.
AS MIR. Mcintyre wants to get out of
town on his vacation. and as Lawyer Nor
ris Meyer, attorney for william Hammer
stein, wants to go away, too, the
ton of Miss Hoffman vas put over until
October 4.
So the three maids who accompanied
Miss Hoffman to court were not put to
the trouble OF getting her Spring Song"
and "Salome' costumes out of the little
bag her brother carried and arrsying the
actress so that Magistrate Steinert might
Judge whether Commissioner Barker was
really and properly shocked or only fancied
he was.
Between now and October Matron Nc
Mahon of the West Forty-seventh street
police station will be assigned to the"extra
duty of watching Miss Hoffman dress for
her performance, and reporting whether
Miss Hoffman is properly dressed to ap.
pear before a mixed Hsmmerstein audi
ence.
Mrs. Mcmahon is an austere Individual
sake will confuse her notions of pro.
priety.
Besides causing almost daily disaster Of
some sort to craft navigating its waters,
a new use is to be found for the tur-
bulent currents of He'll Gate which sweep
around Hallets Point at the rate Of five
to eight miles an hour on the different
changes of the tides. For several weeks
experiments looking to the Harvesting and
utilization of this tremendous water power
have been under way.
These experiments are being conducted
with the utmost secrecy, and the ma
chinery or motors which are anchored
within the current zone are jealousy
guarded. At present the experiments are
being conducted on private property Just
off the southeast end of the government
lighthouse, although before the experiment
tiers get through every available point in
He'll Gate will be tried out.
The motors used in the experiments are
designed to try the velocity of the currents.
and also to determine both the feasibility
Of utilizing the water power at that place
and what horse power might be expected.
It is understood that the e"xperimenters
believe that power sufficient to run cleo
trio light plants for the entire city of New
York can be gathered from the waters
that sweep through the Gate.
This incident illustrates the summary
disposal of the old man who sets forth in
the pitiless wilderness of New York, seek
ing a job.
One look at his gray hairs and even the
office boy turns him down.
A leading city newspaper on Sunday last
put one Of its advertising pages to the free
us Of unemployed men above so years OF
age, who were out Of work.
One hundred and sixty-six accepted the
offer and inserted their advertisements.
The list would have been much longer had
all the members Of their class known OF the
chance.
Among them were lawyers without
clients, editors without desks. ministers
without pulpits OF pensions. merchants
without business, musicians with no one
to pay them for their art; also ~janitors,
skilled mechanics, coaohmen, carpenters,
nurses, etc. In every case there was the
one conclusions: The objection to me is
my age"
The youngest was just turned 80; the
Oldest was IS. He had been a bookkeeper
and a printer in former years.
A merchant who employs many men, In
commenting on the above facts, said:
81 do not object to an old man because
of physical reasons, for many who come to
me for Jobs are in better figure and
stronger than a lot of our young fellows
The trouble lies in their mental attitude,
They have their notions, their opinion,
and their ways of doing things, and It Is
hard to get them to change. In too many
cases there is a dogged determination tc
do things their own way and not as / wan
them done.
In the case Of men who have grown
up and become old in this place, Their,
is no trouble in that respect. They learned
the ways Of the house when they wer,
young"