The Daily Missoulian., 1910-10-16

ground,
A regular tidal wave Of virtue seems
to be overwhelming Father Knicker-
booker. and II things keep on as they
are going next New Years day VIII
find him with very few sins of any H
great magnitude to swear off. Race h
track gambling. for which he has long
heen condemned. has been done away
with. and now comes the word that
gambling of all kinds Is to cease by L
the first Of the year. While the great
majority Of visitors to New York may /
not realize 1t the fact remains that {
the opportunities for gambling on any =
kind Of game Of chance have for /
decades far exceeded those of any I
fabIed mining camp More than l,upo
resorts In this city, II ia reported on /
good authority, are given over To every /
sort of game which affords nh oppof- I
tunjty for separating d victim from his /
money, Now. however, conditions are
to change, ind as result ~ the
| activities Or the grand jury and the
district attorney, gambling house own.
ers have seen II great white liAht "
IN reported that as IL result Of the con |
/
which the biggest gamblers hayc taken
part, that these men will voluntarily
\ close their establishments before the
end of the year and depart to other
fields. should this end be achieved, as
now seems probable. New YORK VIII
for the first time I'm n century be RID
or any form Of gambling, except. OF
course. that which goes on ~ wan
street.
Although no bills have yet been rem
dered there seems tn be considerabh
speculation ns ta tho source from whleh
the money will come te pny off the
medical attention which Mayor Gnynnr
received ns result of his shooting.
ii III pretty generally understood that
the figure covering uil expenses, IN
clnaing hospital. physicians and nurses nH.
charges, viii amount ~ at lrast $4,000,
ana one authority places the total "
nj, ono Hut whether the bills VIII W W
MAYOR GaynDr W to the city remains
To b. seen The mayor II not 4 flnn
uf large means, ana ~ he was Injured
Az direct result 0f his official posi-
ton, Ii Ii thought that the city VIII
nav the bills When President Mckin-
/ ley was shot the government pnid
$4,000 for The services which he r.
cnvetl, although the period Of time
through which they, extended was
much shorter than III the case pf the
I mayor. There is, however. no precedent
In the ease, aud the only safe CON
clusion at present N that II " q pretty
! expensive affair for some one when "A
public official IL injured. 4.
Nav comes the toothpick hat or. 70
cali II by the name given II In Parls,
the city from which II comes, the Golf
fure Indispensable" Strangely enough,
however, woman for once IN q way "
, not responsible for the Introduction oi
: Il freak headgear, since, the new crca-
, ton Is designed primarily for men
!, Undoubtedly ii is the most weird head
! gear that New York has ever seen
! In appearance II closely resembles II
y skull cap. There H. however. u little
!, strap under the chin to he hooked bach
! under the left ear with toothpck, ant
1 hence the name. There are two yarle
! ties of the new hat, one for towQ wea,
!. and one for sporting use. Primaril,
!. the novel creation IN designed for ths
latter purpose. particularly ar4ong fly
Ing machines and automobile drivers
The style for town, however Is to b.
worn by enthusiasts who follow thes'
sports while not indnlging In them
While the first toothplck hat To bt
seen on Fifth avenue almost started
a riot. and while II would be counting
all sorts of trouble tn appear In OH
on the Bowery, 1t seems probable tina
number of persons will be foun,
wearing these hats. since they are ne
more treakish than other absurd styles
which have appeared In New York o
late years.
The two largest lions In captivity In
New York, measuring about IL feet
from tip to tip, and Weighing in tn,
neighbnrhood OF $4,000 pounds each
have just been placed on exhibition
here. and that without the restraining
influence of Il cage, They are not
however, of the live variety for which
Mr.. Roosevelt made life miserable In
Africa, hut are made from plaster o
paris and Will flank the main entrance
to the new $sOoOooO library which i
now nearng completion. The present
lions. however are only the models
as II were, OF those which will finally
occupy the pehestals on which they are
to be mounted. The permanent incum.
bents are to be chiselel out of mar
BILE us soon rs certain small details
are changed In tho plaster copies. One
curious result Of the placing of the
models on exhibition has been found in
numerous complaints that the lions
look more like sheep than anything
else As a matter Of fact. they are lions
In name only, since the figures are
not intended 10 be realistic. but merely
decorative.
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