Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-13

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A New York newspaper provoked a
unique midsummer diversion by askins the
innocent question, What do chorus girls
drink" In a few hours the flood OF an
swers began to pour in. completely swamp
Ing the questioner. The range OF answers
was almost as numerous as the writer's,
all Of whom profsssed to nave stAge-door
knowledge OF the subject. The interest ex-
cited forbid passing It up as a summer
Joke, and a commission Of supereminent
members Of the dramatic staff and sea-
soned reporters was ordered to select the
most satisfying answer. This one. signed
"Ex-Rounder.' was awarded the prize: II
beg to say that, from my experience. II
would be easier to tell what they don't
drink, Their range Is wonderful"
The court OF appeals has decided in the
case Of William F. Downs that the police
department has the right to photograph
and measure any person indicted for fell
ony or other grave crime. The photographs
are to be kept for purposes OF Identified
ton in the event that the indicted person
should jump his bail. After a man has
been convicted Of crime his picture may
De pldC6u III tn6 IObhts boiiSi9t w NV
before his conviction.
In New York the practice has long pre-
vailed Of photographing and measuring per-
sons arrested for crime before they were
indicted by a grand jury. Against this prac-
tice Justice GRynor Of the supreme bench
Of New York made recently a vigorous
protest.
Good 1rrE FnlIOuya Aha undaaarvinu as well
as the deserving. A young couple who had
been married so recently that they had
little interest in the routine Of life we're
about to start across the continent. Their
round trip tickets we're in the husbands
pocket when they went to luncheon at a
downtown restaurant. Then they did a
l~eisurely errand and started uptown. On
the way the husband discovered that the
tickets, which we're worth more money than
they could afford to lose, we're gone. A
hasty search of pockets was followed by a
decision to go nome and search. Hardly
had they entered the hallway when the ele-
vator boy said:
Mr.. -, did you lose some railroad tick
cts? The Canadian Pacific just called up
to ask"
Further questioning and the use OF the
telephone showed that the cashier of the
downtown restaurant had found them and
had had common sense enough to call up
the railroad which had a record OF tho
sale. The rest was easy.
1T was sitting in my office the other
day looking out of the window and think
ing hard about something" said a busi-
ness man who's office is high up on the
Broadway side OF a tall building, quoted
by the New York Sun, when a little
scene came before my eyes that made me
jump. Across Broadway in a room just
below the level OF my own sat q mar
busily working at his desk. The door OF
his office opened and a remarkably good
looking stenographer entered and closed
the door behind her. She advanced to
turned to go. Up TO that time / hadn't
known that I was watching them, but
right there was where I jumped.
Instead Of walking out again as I fully
expected her to do she sat down on the
mans lap with great calmness and he put
his arm around her waist. There I sat,
dying to let them know that someone
saw them, but I knew that II I yelled my
voice would be lost I'm the din of the street.
Then I saw a mans name In gold letters
on the window and thought OF the phone.
In another minute / had looked up the
name in the book and had given the mum.
Der to the operator, all the time keeping
one eye on the pair across the way. Their
position remained unchanged-or nearly
80.
Then ! saw him reach to his desk with
his free hand and take down the telephone
receiver. I heard his 'hello!' in my ear.
"'Mr. -?' I asked.
yea
Their I shouted. Take your stenogrA-
pher off your lap!
"Did he do 1t? Not much! He Just
free hand again ~and-pulled down the
shade
The new summer home Of f. H. Harri-
man, at Arden, Orange county, will be In
shape for himself and his family to move
into early next week when he returns
from abroad. The house stands on the
Tower Hill property, comprising about
200 acres, noted as a signal station in
revolutionary and Indian days.
Mr.. Hartman built this new house OF
stone from his own place exclusively, ex-
cept for one carved piece over the front
door. and of woodwork cut from his own
woods, after his old home at Woodbury.
became too accessible, according to his
|. views. There were too many persons
about %intruding upon the privacy OF his
family, and Mr.. Hartman was glad to
buy up the rights OF way to insure the
privacy he desired. This he has done at
great expense at his new place.
Tower HILL" from whose old tower
beacons flared. warning the farmers and
continental soldiers Of the approach of the