Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-27

STRAY TOPICS FROM
OLD new YORK

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NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.--There Is an
old saying that all the world loves u
lover. but the truth In that saying Is
not always SO apparent as 1t Is In the
case Of the Gould.Shepard match re.
Gently announced. Few women OF
prominence and wealth have ever en-,
joyed the respect and the love of the
people throughout the country In the
same measure as Miss Helen NJ.
Gould and for many Years it had been
a source Of general regret that so fine
and noble a woman should be unable
to find u helpmate worthy OF her.
From all accounts the man of her
choice is a man In the best sense Of
the word, a nan Of good character,
strength and refinement and Of recog.
nixed business ability. The match
seems to be as nearly ideal as one
may expect in this prosaic age and
the only thing that Is to be regretted
Is that Miss Gould and Mr.. Shepard
did not find each other fifteen years
ago.
If young Vincent Ast0r. who re.
Gently CANE into possession Of a for.
tune estimated at more than $65.0O0,.
900, continues to indulge In reckless
motoring, his millions NAY soon pass
into other hands. Racing with high.
power automobiles seems to be tho
young mans mania, but thanks to his
skill and cOolheadedness ne s1as es,
capped so far any serious accident.
However, racing In autos, especially
on the public highways, is by ITO
means a safe sport and conducive to
longevity. The other day, while rae
ing near R~hinebeck, up the river,
Vincent Astor had a narrow escape.
His opponent lost control Of his ma
chine and after barely escaping a
collision with young Astor's car,
wrecked his a against a tree.
The Housewives League, an organ
ization formed In this city some time
ago with a view ~ finding some
means for reducing the high cost Of
living, has decided to take up the
fight against the Egg Trust and, III
pursuance of this decision has issued
an ultimatum to the dealers. Unless
they agree to sell eggs at rs cents a
dozen the Housewives League threat.
ems to enter into competition with the
dealers and supply the consumers IN
this city with eggs at the price OF "a
cents a dozen. The members of the
league are confident of success and
rely principally upon the state law
which prohibits the keeping of eggs
In cold storage for more than ten
months.
From Tarrytown, the town that has
been made famous by the chicken sto'
ries' which the imaginative correspon.
dent of a New York daily sends out
from time to time, comes another
good yarn which Is quite apropos the
current discussion of the egg trust
evil. According to the story a man
near TarrytOwn owns a fine Plymouth
Rock hen which, as he has discover
ed, has been running a cold storage
plant OF her own ever since last sum
mer. The other morning he heard
the hen cackling and following the
sound he discovered the cunning hen
in his ice house, where she had de-
posted an egg. To his surprise, the
owner of the hen found that there
was an accumulation OF seventy-tw0
eggs under the floor OF the Ice house,
which he believes to be the total pro.
duction of that hen since last sum.
ner. In concluding his story the cor
respondent adds that the owner OF
the hen intends, next summer, to train
all bis hens to do their laying In the
ice house. .,i..,;
The number OF people who rent
apartments in. New York hotels by
the year is steadily growing. The
mar who paid the biggest rent ever
put down for hotel rooms was proba-
bly, the late John w. Gates. He had
sixteen or eighteen rooms. on the
third floor Of the Plaza, and his rent
amounted to between $4,000 and SIS,
900. The biggest rent payer in a New
York hotel now, with the possible *
ception of Mrs. John w. Gates, is Al
fred G. Vanderbilt, who is said to pay
something like $4,000 for his big
apartment in the Vanderbilt Hotel.
George Gould had a suite at the Pla.
"a for which he paid $4,000, and one
of the Guggenheims is said to have
paid $4,000 a year for his suite at
the st. Regis. The Princess Lwoff
.Parlaghy, who keeps her seven rooms
and three baths at the Plaza, and oc.
cupies them only for six or eight
months at a time, pays a rental OF
/ S 5000 a year. Cases are numerous
where a man, or a family, rent two
or three rooms by the year, paying
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year, al
though they may rot occupy their
rooms for more than a few months
every year. The principal reason for
this apparent e~xtravagance seems to
be the desire Of many wealthy people
to escape the trouble and annoyance
connected with the servant problem.
The statement that the city has de-
cided to provide roof gardens on top
OF the engine houses Of the municipal
fire department to give the firenen an
opportunity to enjoy themselves in
tIo froch dir. tdnriNp their 1niatIrp