Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-19
RoUND ABoUr NEW YoRN.
Nipples on the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.

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nipples on the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.
Two important institutions for the aid Of
the needy were opened IN New York City
this week. The slx-story municipal lodg-
ing house or East Twentieth street, dedl-
Gated by an official house warming, will
accommodate 200 men and 100 women. II
Is provided with the largest disinfectinE
plant In the world, in which the clothes,
hats. shoes and other apparel will be
treated with formaldehyde gas to prevent
the spread Of disease. The institution, in
GLIDING building and equipment, cost APP
proximately s4S6,oO, an expense which is
borne by the city. Applicants for lodging
must pass a medical examination. and to
prevent chronic idleness they can sleep
there only three night in each month.
The other institution is a hotel for work
ing girls. financed by the Federation of
Women's clubs. Only girls who earn less
than 81 a week may find shelter In the
house. A weekly rate OF SIS is to be
charged. n so-called hotel will be thrown
open some time this week and notices to
attract working girls who arrive in the city
will be posted in the railroad stations and
elsewhere. For the special benefit of
young women who reach the city late at
night there will be a strangers room"
where they may rest in comfort.
When a much loved admiral hauls down
his pennant and goes ashore Il IL an old
time custom for officers of his fleet, in
stead OF enlisted men. to row him ashore.
The following lines have been placed upon
the bulletin board OF the Army and Navy
club IN New York In honor OF the late
Admiral Coghlan, the clubs vice presi-
dent:
THE barge is at the
An officer mans each oar,
For the voyage OF life Is ended,
The admiral goes ashore:
Ashore TO the rest OF the warrior,
Ashore from life's stormy sea,
Where the captain Of all the navies
Will welcome him on the quay.
AV W,,y NE MS, sn9 ib sn firm MIA elas Tn Of bis hand'
The happy, friendly greeting,
The ringing tone of command,
Man the side In silence.
While the parting cannon roar;
Gallant gentleman leaves us.
The admiral goes ashore
An old man, with snow white hair,
pleaded guilty before Justice Mayo in
special session court of stealing thirty
five balls of Irvine from a stationery store
In Nassau street.
WHY ulu yuu SlSdl lnefn JUSTLY hldSO
inquired.
81 was starving" replied the old man.
well. you couldn't eat them remarked
one of the other justices.
81 am we'll aware of that" replied the
old man, with some show of indignation.
1T took those balls OF Irvine in order to
arrested. In order that I might stand here
TO plead guilty so I could be sent to an
institution for sixty days-a place where I
might receive medical attention and be
sure of three meals a day until summer
comes"
"wil sixty days be enough" asked
Justice Mayo.
Plenty, thank you replied the old
man, "that will be sufficient
Three women, each carrying q small
handbag. were among the passengers on
a Cbrtlandt street ferryhoat from Jersey
City on the morning of Lincoln's birthday.
They occupied seats in the lower cabin,
near the door where they entered, but
when the boat reached about midstream
they made their way to the front deck,
where one of the party discovered that she
had left her handbag on the seat. The
boat was just making fast when she found
the lost property in the hands of a boy.
WHO TeCelNc0 0lAIhS MiNh hS fpoaSSN ~ W |
the owner. mot much to make a fuss
about it," he said; nothing in it but two
apples, a comb. some false hair, a pair OF
old rubbers and a time table. Gee! but
that hair will need a shampoo when 1t gets
through with them rubbers," The people
who heard the boy laughed, but the woman
with the bag never suspected why they
stared at her.
She was petite, pretty and II, and the
shopping district in Herald square had
time to turn and look at her and the st.
Bernard. The dog also was y~oung-under
II. that is-but he was no featherwelght.
A slender silver chain was held by his
mistress, who became. distressed when the
dog stopped and refused to- bulge.
Within three minutes a great crowd
gathered and a policeman advanced.
"wm you kindly move that buffalo you
have there he asked. $50 that the crowd
can move on?"
'I'd like to-" she replied; but won't you
please coax him to come along?"
The big policeman held up his hand for
a suspension OF traffic at the corner and
then bent and whispered something in the
ear of the dog. TIL creature looked at
him an instant. then rose, shook his heavy
coat and ambled away.
No one learned what the policeman said
to the dog.
The finest post office structure In the
country is to be built upon two OF the
five blocks in the new Pennsylvania Ter
minal.
The building will front on Eighth avenue,
between Thirty-first and Thirty-third
streets, a distance OF $50 feet, and the
facades will extend back toward Ninth