Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-31


Metropolis from nay 70 nay
The divinity that doth shape our ends
Oft plays fantastic capers with favontes.
Strangely colncident with the death Of
David Bennett HI. former Governor and
| United states senator OF New York, is the
passing into the hands Of receiver Of the
Hoffman house, for over q score OF years
the democratic rendezvous OF New York
City. Only a few hours interviewed between
the death and the receivership. There was
no possible connection between the two
events, merely a coincidence, but one
strangely similar TO that which marked the
retirement Of Thomas Collier Plat from
public life. The Fifth Avenue hotel bore
the Same relation to republican politicians
| that the Hoffman house did to the demo
Gratis. Senator Plat made IL his head
quarters for years and therein was plan
ned most OF the republican moves in state
politics and not a few national campaigns
There the famous easy boss" presided
over the amen corner" a semi-pious title
bestowed upon that section OF the hotel
lobby where Platts followers gathered TO
receive unquestioningly the orders Of the
leader. The senator had scarcely finished
his public career two and a half years
ago when the hotel was demolished and an
office building reared on its site
The Hoffman house did not exhale any
! thing like the ''odor Of sanctity" COM
pounded by Senator Pistt at the Fifth Ave
nue.. The Hoffman atmosphere was mix
ture Of politics and sport. 1t was pre-
eminent as a betting headquarters during
campaigns and its safes often held hun
| dreds Of thousands Of dollars bet on city
state and national results. At one time its
/ irrigation parlors were the most lavishly
| decorated in the city, containing many
costly paintings, some OF them we'll calcu-
lated to drive connoisseurs OF the nude to
the cold bottle or the more plebian two
bit swallow. Billy Edwards a retired
middleweight fisuc artist, presided over
the bouncing department and managed to
preserve the decorum befitting the place.
! New men have come 70 the fore. however,
and their inclinations turn to places less
/ conspicuous in the public eve. As remorse-
less time loosens the grip Of the old hands,
| so the institutions associated with their
| personal or party triumphs cease their
activities and become mere memories.
! The plumage Of forty. three specimens OF
birds formerly used to decorate womeu's
hats cannot be sold by the miliners Of the
state OF New York after July 1 OF next
year, according to the annual report of the
| National Association Of Audubon Societies
! The most important feature Of law
recently passed by the state legislature
the report continues, Is the prohibition OF
sale of aigrettes New York is one OF
three greatest centers for the sale o.
| aigrettes the others being Paris and Lon
/ don The aigrette is taken from the mother
/ bird when nesting and costs her life and
/ the life of the young birds. The Audubon
societies have been fighting for the protec.
| ton Of these birds for many years. The
passage Of the so-caled plumsge bill will
prevent the use of their plumase as well
as that Of most wild birds OF the country
and oil the birds native of New York state
| The dog doctor was making out a bill
for the months expenses of a Japanese
| spaniel The items were room rent, board,
medical attendance and electric light
Electric light" exclaimed his secretary.
What on earth does dog need Of electric
light"
"Ie doesn't need it at all said the
doctor but his owner has ordered it, and
he has been supplied with two eight-candle
power lights every evening he has been
in the hospital He is one Of those spoiled
pups who were put to bed in a light room
in their infancy. and now he cannot sleep
in the dark. We always have two or
three of that kind on hand. They occupy
a special ward, where the lights burn all
night long
Forgetfulness is a crime that occasion
ally lands women in the police station
about O'Clock in the morning. Piloted
by a policeman one Of the forgetful sister
hood appeared before the desk of the one
Hundredth street station. The policeman
whispered to the lieutenant, the lieutenant
growled at the woman. He wanted her
name and address, her age and occupation.
Having satisfied himself on those points
he picked out key from a key rack be-
side the desk.
is this yours2" he asked.
She identified the key and was dismissed
with the warning to be more careful In
the future.
Forgot 10 lock up last night" said the
policeman Every morning in the week
some nice woman is halod to the station
house for the same offense. All those
women are in business for themselves;
have shops of some kind, millinery, dress
making or stationery, and when something