Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-26

operation necessary to the securing Of
any paper Is the dropping Of the
price into the slot under the name Of
the desired publication. Thus the
middleman, or in this case the middle
boy, is eliminated. From this arises
the fear Of the Youngsters who real-
ize that any general adoption Of tbs
machine win deprive them Of means
of livelihood
Homeless Husbands Club
To his already long list OF social or
ganizations. Father Knickerbocker
has now added one more which is said
to be unique in the history Of the city
If not Of the whole country. This is
the homeless husbands club" 1t
has been created by number Of men
who while their families are ID the
country are forced to remain III the
city, but who do not care to keep open
the lonely house or apartment OF
course these homeless men are all
members Of many clubs at which they
might live. But this the homeless
ones have been found a drawback,
since when one OF them wishes TO
find another homeless friend It is FREE
quently necessary for him to search
through eight or dozen clubs to Io-
cate him. Accordingly these summer
Iwidowers, acting perhaps on the theo-
ny that misery loves company, got to-
gether and leased two complete
floors in one Of the city's largest and
newest hotels. Each member win
have a suite to himself and while from
the nature Of things it Is expected
that the accnpants Of the reserved
floors usually will be men, there Is
nothing in the regulations to prevent
a man from having the women mem-
bers OF his familp stop with him IL
they chance to be in town over night.
There is a pantry service on each
floor and large suite is to be re-
served for dining rooms A suite on
the corner of each floor will be resery-
ed for lounging purposes and later
on it is likely that billiar tables ana
other usual club paraphernalia viii be
introduced. The popularity Of the
new club is evidenced by the presence
on its board Of governors Of many Of
the city's noted men.
Knowledge Of Golf Necessary
That the intricacies Of the ancient
and royal game Of golf may, from
legal as well as a physical standpoint,
be too much even for the venerable
Judges of the appellate term of the
supreme court Of this state, was In
dicated here this week in strange
case brought by an aggreived golfer
to recover damages from an express
company for the loss OF favorite
golf club. The case was brought by
man who had expressed a particu-
larly cherished golf club to New york
to be repaired with the result that It
was lost. The lower court awarded
nominal damages Of one cent as
against 500 asked by the plaintiff. a
decision which the APPELLATE Division
at once set aside. Perhaps the most
Interesting part Of this action occurs
in the decision Of the presiding ap-
pelIate Judge who declared that 'sthe
trial judge, learned in all things but
golf, has evidently misconceived this
case and treated 1t in a spirit Of lev.
ity not at all warranted by the facts.
The evidence shows an utter failure
on the part OF the defendant to exer-
else reasonable care in insuring the
prompt delivery to the consignee
though it had full knowledge Of the
necessity for the prompt delivery"
AS q result Of this decision golf Is
likely to become an important part
of the judicial curriculum in this
state, since Acknowledgement OF this
game, the opinion Of the appellate
Judge indicates, has now become nee
essary to justices and officers who
may be called upon to settle knotty
problems in this connection.