Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-19
Around New York
Rippies on ths Current Of Life
az Seen In tAN Great American
Metropolis from nay 20 Day.

Metropolis from nay 20 nay.
some Of the greatest wars recorded in
history had their origin in misunderstand-
inss Of words or motives. similarly. san
culinary individual ructions and riots sprng
from Kitchen signals Innocent in them
selves. which decorate the lingo Of collar
and-elbow restaurants in New York. For
example, mechanic, a boilermaker and
stevedore were settling for their meals at
an early hour in dockside hashery. A po-
liceman with an aching void came in and
ordered a fill-up of ham sandwiches. Up
to that moment peace brooded over the
scene. The waiter who took the cops order
supped his hands over his mouth and in
the lingo Of the tribe bawled toward the
cook. Three hams going OUT" Then
trouble began. The workmen were not ia
miliar with the lingo. They heard this
three ham observation and jumped to the
quick conclusion that IT had something to
do with their proposed departure They de-
cided that three gentlemen could not ar
ford to stand for such opprobrious epithets.
and that they would resent the adverse
compliment They informed the waiter OF
as much and told him, in the most forccful
language at their command. that they in
tended to show him who were hams
around that joint"
The next thing the waiter remembers hap
penng was hurting Of the dining room
furniture through the air. The place was
literally wrecked. Shattered glass was
strewn all over the floor. sugar was scat
tered hither and yon, and the walls were
hung with toasted trpe, spaghetti and
other edibles on tap. The ruction brought
out the police reserves, sent the offensive
waiter to the hospital and the offended
workers to the station.
The largest fleet Of American battleships
and armored cruisers ever assembled in the
Hudson river will be seen in New York next
week. Fifteen battleships, including three
OF the new dreadnought armored cruisers
and a corresponding large division OF auxil-
iaries, will be in the great armada that
Admiral Schroeder will bring here immed-
lately following the conclusion OF the bat
tleship practice.
The vessels will remain in the Hudson ten
days, and while here every one OF the men
will be paid off and receive shore leave.
While ashore the Navy department expects
every one Of them to have a most respec-
table good time" About $500 900 will be paid
to the men by the psymasters, most OF il
to be spent in New York
At the end Of the ten days liberty period
In New York the vessels will proceed to
their various home yards for overhaulinE
preparatory to beginning the European
cruise, which is scheduled TO start at Hamp-
ton Roads on November l.
1t was a case in which first aid to the
injured was imperative, but no one pres
ent knew how to extend the aid. Pres
emily bandaged beggar. who had been sit
ting on the curb cast off his pretence OF
helplessness. Out Of linen strips provided
by the women in the crowd he fashioned
bandages and applied them sklllfully.
Where did you acquire all that skill in
nursing" a bystander asked.
1T is one Of the first things the men
OF our profession learn" was the candid re-
sponse. Half our success depends upon an
arrangement OF bandages that makes us
look as IL we had been half killed No doc.
tor can be depended on to fix us up, SO
we have to do our own bandaglng. Every
successful man in the business practices on
himself and the other fellows until he can
turn out first-class job"
The trade union idea mas taken a firm
hold on the rising generation. Take. for
example the boys and girls cared for in
camp by the Anti-Tuberculosis league
There are fourteen Of them and the oldest
is not yet Is.
They struck at breakfast the other
morning because the bread did not bear
the union label. The nurse in charge
asked them: who told you to do this
| your parents?"
Parents, nothins!" responded ene or
| the the older boys. Il looked at the
! leaves themselves. There amt a label
on one of them. We don't eat no scab
bread"
The nurses consulted, but finally made
the announcement: you can do as you
like; but you will eat this bread or 20
without"
The children held out for time. but
when one of them gave in and had
lowered the pile by three slices and was
reaching for a fourth, discretion and
hunger overcame loyalty to the labels,
and there was a genera movement upon
| the loaves.
According to a sign in a Columbus av-
enue bakery bread crumbs have a COM
mercial value.
Bread crumbs today" is the way the
baker advertises his superfluity OF scraps.
Sell them by the teacupful," he said.