Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-20

Former Senator william A. CLARK of
Montana is getting ready to live In state
in his New York palace Of frozen archi-
lecture" as critics call II. His art gallery
Is stocked. his $4,000 organ has been
tested and is prepared to furnish music to
soothe a miners troubled dreams. Marble
baths that outshine Rome's ancient glory
are ready for the plungers while statuary,
mural paintings, mosaics. and plastic etch-
ings grin and glimmer in the variegated
colors Of sunshine filtered through art
glass windows. Butte never looked down
from its proud pedestal OF copper upon
such luxurious wonders. BY next Septem-
Der he expects TO sleep in his $1,000 bed.
resting his auburn ringlets on the 81. 900
eiderdown pillows. He will also eat at
his $4,000 table from his $4,000 sevres SER
vice and walk on his 100000 carpets. The
s25O,Ooo art gallery will be made attractive
by the ex-senator's $4,000 portrait, some
times known as cioudourst in red and
green. But the prospect does not promote
his happiness. He is kicking against tax
value of t2,bOO,OOO on the property insisting
on a reduction because the properly Is I'M
productive Mr Clark has taken his kick to
the appeal board.
Father Berger OF st. Rachaels church
and Theodore Burt Sayre the dramatist,
occupied Jointly a cross seat on the Sixth
avenue elevated train the other day says
the New York correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Times-Star. Facing them sat Mrs.
Barbara Kloss and her small nephew.
Paul In that cute way that small boys
have, Paul was standing on the seat, with
most of his small body projecting through
the window. When the train stopped with
a jerk at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street Paul snapped out.
Help" shrieked Mrs. Kloss. running to
the car door.
"whoop!" shouted Mr.. sayre following
her
Goodness said the priest sitting still
Mrs. Kloss retrieved the small Paul un-
hurt on the station platform. Mr.. Sayre
dashed back into the car, to see Father
Berger passing various bundles to Mrs
Kloss through the open window. Mrs
Kloss thanked him. Father Berger ex-
tended his good wishes to the child. The
train pulled out as. Mr.. Sayre sank into
his seat with appropriate expressions OF
relief. Then he felt about him.
81 left a square package bound in blue
paper" said he "and a 80 umbrella when
l ran to the door to help Mrs. Kloss. Did
you see them2'
"oh. yes" said Father Berger, guilty,
II saw them In fact I-er-handed them
to Mrs. Kloss."
Mr.. Sayre gazed at Father Berger
That was the manuscript for a new
play in that package" said he Il have
no duplicate copy. Perhaps 1 may recover
it--but in the meantime can think Of moth
Ia "a IN h.
stances"
II can" said Father Berger, piteously.
From fire and flood and famine and help
full friends-good Lord, deliver us"
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New York is to have a big new hotel
at the northeast corner OF Seventh avenue
and Thirty-seventh street. II win be
twenty-four stories high and will cost
about 100000. The building will be put
up by a syndicate of bankers, who are
represented by L. NJ. Reinach & Co. and
Preston S. Faust.
The site was purchased from Robert A.
Evans, who some time ago secured the
property from the Marshall estate 1t
measures $50 feet on Seventh avenue. and
on Thirty-seventh street it extends toward
Broadway 2H feet The syndicate paid
81, $780, 900 for the property
A prominent hotel keeper of this city has
arranged to lease the structure for eighty
four years. The lease is arranged in four
periods OF twenty-one years each. For
the first twenty-one years the lessee is to
pay $S50OoO a year. The rent to be paid
for the renewals will be based on per
cent of the appraised value of the prop
erty at the expiration OF each period. II
is estimated. that the aggregate rental for
eighty-four years will be more than $50,
10000.
! Persons who ride in the McAdoo tunnel
trains are apt to be puzzled as to the way
in which the trains are started. There
| is no bell or buzz sounded and no signal
| is displayed at the starters office. Yet