Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-09

cially husbands. and every ray Of light d.
lumining the future way should be halted
with Joy. A leader worth while, a mere
man, too, with more courage than the av-
erage Of his kind, boldly walked into a
meeting Of the equal suffrage society N
New York theater one day last week. Rev.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was doing the
talking. Neither the multitude nor the vo-
cal melody feazed the determined man.
Slowly walking down the center aisle his
searching eyes met the astonished gaze OF
the audience without fiinchlng. Down to the
orchestra stalls he moved then turned and
again stared straight at the crowd without
giving a sign Of recognition.
what are you here for?" asked Dr.
Shaw,
II am looking for my wife" he said
simply. rs she here? / know she's al
ways trying to get the vote and keeping
me awake nights telling me why women
ought to have It, ] tell her that l can't
give her the vote, but she talks on, like
Tennyson's brook, forever. but l don't
mind now. I've got so used TO her that
she doesn't bother me any more than the
alarm clock"
What is your manner" inquired Dr
Shaw
"waymsn."
rs Mrs. Wayman in the house?" asked
Or. Shaw
A woman got up in the balcony and went
down stairs, Her husband met her in the
foyer. Half of the persons present ad-
journed TO the foyer to witness the de-
parture.
What's the matter?" asked the wife
The baby has the stomachache," meekly
replied the man.
Didn't I tell you where the collie medi-
cine was? You must understand that I am
not to be disturbed again"
Then, those present at the meeting say,
she took him home.
The Trinity building, overlooking Trinity
churchyard is at present the highest rent
ing building in the United States, and when
that is said the statement could probably
be broadened somewhat and made more
general. The highest priced renting build
ing in the world would probably be the
exact truth.
There has always been more or less curl
osity as to which OF New Yorks palatial
office buildings, ornate affairs Of bronze,
marble and mahogany as many Of them
are, was the most expensive from a rent
er's standpoint, and from all that could
be learned by the Sun representative the
palm appears to be taken by the Trinity
building, one of the creations Of the United
States Realty and Improvement company.
Standing sentinel over the dead of more
than a century. It towers twenty-one stor-
les at Ill Broadway, and every room on
the downtown side commands a superb
view, tenants on the topmost floors hav-
ing vistas of the North river and the har-
Dor, with Jersey City. Hoboken and the
Palisades in the distance,
An exciting scene was witnessed by the
people who were in the lobby of a hotel
near the Grand Central station at an early
hour the other morning. A man rushed
in and asked the clerk excltedly: Hath
anybody found anything here thith morning
"a few minueth ago?' Nothing been re-
ported-what did you loser" Never mind
III look onth more" and he ran toward
the lavatOry, returning a moment later
still in great excitement. Sure you were
in hare?' the clerk ventured to ask and
the man, looking about, lisped "Theems
to me I wath, but may be not" A man
who followed him to a nearby hotel heard
him ask them about anything having
been found" Nothing but this" said the
clerk, holding to view an upper set of
false teeth. They're mine" the man al
most shrieked, thank goodnth." The trans
! fer was made with a click, a reward was
left for the honest finder and the man
departed, saying he was so sorry to have
given so much trouble" That would have
been tho thorry,'" said the clerk, ~ the
store teeth had not been found"
records OF the children's court, as related
by the Tribune was called before Justice
| Wyatt when Mrs. Jennie Collins an old
negro nanny" pleaded for the custody
OF Margaret Clemens an s-year-old white
child, whom she had raised from infancy.
! Investigation by the Childrens society
agents showed that Mrs. Collins had a
comfortably furnished home at 226 West
| Thirtieth street. and that she worked hard
| as a seamstress to support herself and lit
tie Margaret. It was found that the child
was we'll clothed and regularly sent to
the public school in West Twenty ghth
street.
Between sobs Mrs. Collins appealed to
Justice Wyatt to leave the little girl with
her. and the child, who is remarkably
pretty. chung to the woman's dress when
the officers tried to take her from the
| court room,
Judge your honor don't take her from
me. have had her since she was
months old and It will break my heart
II can't see her no more, know ! cam
bear to part from her" Mrs. Collins
pleaded.
Il knew her mother, poor white CIR
who got into trouble when this little deal
was months old, and she kissed her one
day and left. She said that she was COINS
to drown herself, and couldn't do any
thing with her. haven't seen her since
and I expect she carried out her threat
work hard for living, and the Onl,
thing against me is that my skin is black
You won't take her from me and put hel
in an institution where can never SCI
? her?'
Justice Wyatt said that he would d.
everything possible 10 see that the chilC
was placed where her benefactor might SCI
J her.
THE NAIVE MIR, BRYAN.
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