Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-28

aa Seen In the Great American
Metropolis from Day TO Nay.
The rare spectacle OF a woman confess
ing bankruptcy in court. with debts aEgre-
eating 10000, makes a huge breach in the
walls enclosing a pasture hitherto mo-
nopolized by the sons of old Adam. In
New York business circles the failure OF
Mrs. Dora Lyon is considered an achieve
ment worthy Of the male persuasion
especially impressive for a beginner, Mrs.
Lyon did not have the $50 fee required for
the filing Of her papers, thus relieving
creditors OF the worry Incident to valuing
and marketing uncertain assets. There are
no assets. Entertaining constantly and on
a large scale, Mrs. Lyons duties In the
field of women's club life were very ex-
pensive. Her friends have known for some
time that she has been financial straits.
She was compelled to give up her hand
some residence more than two years ago,
and later found her fine studio apartment
in the National Arts building beyond her
means.
Mrs. Lyon is one Of the most widely
known members of women's clubs in the
country and was for several years a fore
most figure in the women's organizations
Of this city and state, In 1903 she was
elected president Of the New York CITY
Federation Of Women clubs and also was
president Of the Eclectic club.
1t is a far cry from Fritz Brodt's immi-
grant lining room on Ellis island to the
Cafe Martin, but a young French girl took
meals in both places Saturday. Nile.
Yvonne Bodo, an ls-year-old girl from
u AhA
lslard in the morning and partook Of
the regulation 7-cent breakfast, which was
brought before her and some fifty other
aliens.
The young woman came here a few
weeks ago on the French liner La Bre-
tagne. and the immigrant officials thought
she was too young to land. She said she
was II and that on January 20 she would
be IS. Mile. Bodo wanted to marry right
away, but the immigration officials, living
up to the letter of the law, preferred to
detain her until she was IS.
After that 7-cent breakfast Robert Mer-
! c,er, e brawny slx-foot Frenchman, S5
years old, went over to the island to claim
! his fiancee. He is the head pastry chef
Of the Cafe Martin and we'll able to pro-
vide for a wife. The immigration officials
thought we'll of him and permitted him to
take the young girl to Manhattan and
marry her. An inspector accompanied the
couple and when they returned to the
island after the the bride was
formally released.
Two men were hurrying along Park Row
on Friday when the wind seemed to be
blowing from all directions, to the peril of
umbrellas and everything not firmly an
chored. One of them noticed the handle
Of a wrecked umbrella which had been
thrown into the street along with many
others, and, stopping to pick 1t up, re-
marked to his companion that it was too
good to pass. AS he stopped a gust OF wind
captured his hat, and 1t went spinning
along toward st. Paul's chapel, he after
1t. He ran into a man, slipped, fell in the
mud and arose in time to see his hat run
over by a truck. AT a nearby restaurant,
where he was drying his clothes, he said,
II lost a s. hat and spoiled a suit OF clothes
for the handle of a 30-cent umbrella. That
! would not be SO bad, but l see the handle
is broken"
Hello Bill Farrell strobe along a Har-
lem street bearing a forty-pound bronze
elephant on his shoulder. A policeman
wanted to be shown. Farrell objected, and
landed in court:
Where did you get that badge of the G..
o. PIP the magistrate inquired.
Pardon me, your honor" said Farrell,
Tits an elk"
you see,' he told the Judge, II found
it in an Italians possession and bought
1t for a quarter. He told me it was an
elk. Now, I'm an Elk, too. and l said to
myself: How pleasant to have the emblem
Of my society about my home!' But no
sooner had the man beat 1t with my quar-
ter than 1 found the elk had only one
horn"
He pointed in disgust to the elephants
trunk.
''Your honor can imagine how fslt,"
went on Farrell. The only way l could
calm my outraged feelings was to throw
the miserable one-horned spalpeen into the
Harlem river. 1 was on my way to do so
when yonder cop locked me up"
A dairymen's league is being formed in
New York and parts Of Connecticut and
New Jersey forming the milk-shed Of New
York City, the purpose of which lie to
withdraw the supply OF milk sent to the
metropolis from these section and convert
it Nnto butter and cheese, continuing the
policy until such time as the New York
milk trust comes to the producers terms,
In Orange county, New York, it - esti-
mated that 1000 cows will be thus with
drawn from production for New York.
Here's the last quarter rye got in the
world. Give me some oysters, and go as far
as you Ike WIS the combination an
norncement and request with which o
Olson, a sailor employed on the Scandi-
7 avian-American line, greeted Mr.. William
eau, proprietor of a market at Hoboken,
as he entered that establishment on Satur-
day. Mr.. Gau proceeded to open oysters.
The sailor looked hungry, so he made
haste.
AS the third oyster was pried apart Mr..
eau uttered an exclamation. There was
a big pearl. We'll that's the best luck
I've had I'm a long time" he observed.