Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-11

nipples on the Current OF Life
az Seen in the Great American
Metropolis from Day to Day.
Kneadlng dough with the feet stll pre-
wallis in some Italian shops in New
York, according TO an OFFICIAL report of
the state department OF labor. The re-
port adds that our inspectors have es-
sayed TO stop It, but have not been sus-
tanned by the department for the reason
that there is nothing positively illegal
or necessarily unsanItary in the prac-
tice" writer in the Survey. comment
ing on the "appetitizing practice" ex-
presses the hope that the German and
Jewish bakers, now on a strike, may win
the recognition of their union because il
VIII lead to a further step-"to demand
in New York as In other cities. shops
/ which are not in cellars, which Is cahr-
acteristlc OF the factories as we'll as the
small shops; to refuse to bake with adul-
| terated food materials such as eggs and
milk substitutes; to force on their own
members cleanliness in their person and
their work. az they have done in Ger
many and finally to form some kind Of
| an amalgamation with the Italian union
that will put at the disposal OF these
| helpless workers the resources OF the
international Union Of bakery and Con-
fectlonery Workers"
In the group surrounding the mayor on
| the reviewing stand in City Hall park
while the Fourth of July parade was
passing was a man who said when the
! head of the procession appeared: Now
watch for inappropriate music" and as
he said It the first band started Garry
owen" Then came "Therell Be a Hot
| Time" several musical injuries as to
tne whereabouts one kelly" pixie"
MARYLAND and popular quicksteps, but
until the sixty-ninth regiment entered
the park not a strain of patriotic music
was heard except Yankee Doodle" by
the band opposite the mayor, and this
was keenly appreciated. The band of
the Sixty-ninth played THE Red, White
anu -ilue" and secured a rousinE cheer
for the regiment There was no lack Of
appropriate music. however, at the ex-
ercises which followed on the city hall
steps.
If Mayor Gaynor Always gets as fine
point of view with reference to the
great questions that confront him as he
seems inyariaDIy to get with reference
to those OF minor import he will go down
in history as one of the greatest mayors
New York ever knew.
In disappearing a recent resolution
from the board OF aldermen providing
for certain tag day" for the benefit
of the Day Nursery IT. the borough Of
Richmond, the mayor said;
This resolution would authorize the
ladies of the Day Nursery In the borough
ol Richmond to aecost people in that
borough for the purpose Of extracting
coin and other moneys from every poe
sible citizen on the occasion of tag
day. Such an authorization is OF doubt
| full legality and OF more than doubtful
propriety. The collection of money on
| tag day Ia usually -,~ae a success by
the aid Of small cnildren--a practice
which should not be permitted"
Brakes suddenly shot against wheels jar
ring passengers travelling by a Brighton
Beach train to the ocean brsezes, caused
/ the question, whats up?" to buzz through
the cars Guards pushed forward. The
trains whistle was thrilled aiarmingly,
but before the women had been allowed
time in which 70 faint gracefully 1t was
announced that a dog was running ahead
between the rails, and that the motorman
didn't have the heart to ruthlessly run
down the beast.
The dog was q brindle bull. 1t was
thought that the screech of the whistle
and the shouts OF the trainmen would
drive the bow-wow out of danger but
the eereech and the shouts operated dill
ferently. The noise put panic into paws
and no dog ever put more heart into his
running Although he knew he was taking
liberties with the schedule the motorman
persistently refused to be the bewildered
creatures executloner.
Every time the train drew close to the
brindle bull there would come a crunch
ing Of coupling bars as speed would be
slackened, and more shouts and whistle
toots.
This was the order until after a run OF
more than two miles Kings Highway was
reached. Here the exhausted animal
stumbled and touched his nose against
the current rail- The shock revived him
and he dashed under the forward car for
safety. After five minutes of flddlinG
around with a pole an Italian laborer res
cued the beast and the train proceeded
4 A veterinary surgeon was called and shell
ter provided for the dog.
Il II the city authorities ever make the
New York Central remove It's freight tracks
from the West Side, there is one boy who
will lose a novel job. His duty is to ride
ahead OF the freight trains from the up
town TO the downtown terminal, He Is
mounted on an old gray horse which knows
the route as well as the boy and keeps
about one block ahead of the locomotive
hauling the long string Of cars. The boy
waves a red flag to warn people OF the
trains approach and signals the engineer
of the train. when the traffic Is clear.
Along Canal street the boy has been nick
named Paul Revere.
Certain visitors 20 New York are likely
to be puzzled by q sight not far from the
Madison Square Garden. For years hotel
known to sporting men, stood on a Fourth
avenue corner. A few weeks ago II was
destroyed TO make room for a new build
ing. The old name was too valuable to
disappear with the hotel, so II still sur
wives in q new house on the opposite
corner. In every detail, from the cur
tains on the windows 20 the style of its
gold lettering. the new house is a replica
of it's predecessor. 1t would be difficult