Arizona republican., 1914-02-06
NEWSANDN0TES
 FROM NEW YORK
Especial to The Republican,

tin might say, What has become of the old fashioned woman who used to stay home and tend to her knitting?" She certainly is hard to find in these days, when women are making their influence felt in every line of human activity. genera ton ago it would have created something of a sensation for Wom- an to speak at a banquet of business men, Now little or no attention IS attracted by the announcement that Mrs J. Borden Hartman is to be a leading speaker at the dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods associa- ton at the Hotel Astor next Tuesday night. Few persons, either men or women, are better informed than Mrs. Hartman on the broad subject of the relations between employer and employe. President Wilson re- cognized this fact when he appointed her as a member of the National Committee on Industrial Relations.
 It is to be regretted that the state cannot have the services of Frank Moss in the present graft investiga- ton and in any prosecutions that may follow. MT. Moss, who has just resigned his position on District At torney Whitman's staff to return to his private practice, is the ablest graft prosecutor in New York, Will liam Travers Jerome not excepted. His experience along this line dates +I,o z hn al committee, when he was the right hand man of the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst. It was MT. Moss who collected the evidence to prove that vice was protected by the police. He also led many gambling raids under the auspices of the committee of fifteen which led to the overthrow of Tammany and the election of Seth Low and District Attorney Jerome in 1901. During the past few years, as MT Whitman's assis- tant MT. Moss has prosecuted some of the most important criminal trials in the history of the country. Among these was the trial of Lieutenant Charles Becker and the four gum men for the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler.
 In New York city there are be- tween 6O,OOG and 100000 homeless men and women who find shelter on winter nights either in the rear rooms of saloons or in lodging houses where liquors are sold, ac- cording to a report on the conditions for the care of the homeless in this city that has just been made public by State Excise Commissioner Far ley. Whether the accommodations provided by public charity or by private enterprise is a matter or speculation, says the report, but when there is an unusually bitter cold night in winter, actual condi- tions confront theory with the fact that the homeless overflow the places of refuge provided and crowd the saloons of the congested districts. Superintendents in charge of several missions on the lower East Side told the agents of the excise department that they believed the saloons did a great deal of good in allowing the homeless to occupy their rear rooms, because, as one of the superintend- ents explained, on nights in bad weather it was practically impossi- ble to obtain lodging at the cheap lodging houses, which were filled early. The committee of fifty, head ed by Seth Low, which investigated these conditions, reported as follows: As yet. adequate substitutes for the social benefits which thousands of people actually derive daily from the saloons have not yet been devel- oped. It is to this problem that the experience, the wisdom, and the wealth of those interested in social progress must be directed"
 The serious illness of Marcus May CT has brought forth many expres- siOns of sympathy from members of the theatrical profession, particularly the older members. MT Mayer is the last survivor of a famous grouI of theatrical managers and impress sarios that flourished along in the early sos and which included Henry F. Abbey. Augustn Daly, A M Palmer and the Graus. MT. Mayer; first venture as manager was the starring of Julia Dean Hayne, Whicf was success. Then followed a sea son with the younger Kean, after which he successively directed tn, tours of the world renowned celeb rites, Lady Don, wife of Sir William Bon, said to be the most beautiful woman of her time; Edwin Booth the great tragedian; Lawrence Bar. iett, Edwin Adams, Adelaide Neil son, Rose Eytinge, Jane Hading Charlotte Cushman, Sarah Bernhardt Sir Henry Irving, M. Coquelin Monet-Sully, Mary Anderson ant Adelina Patti, for whom he managed three tours, one to South Americ; and Mexico. While in South Amer ica Mme. Patti was paid $5.0OO il gold by Mir. Mayer for each appear ance. Then came a tour of the Fa East with Sarah Bernhardt, playin, engagements in Egypt and India, fol lowed by tours of the pricipal citie of Europe. He was with Mme. Bern hardt when she played before tn czar and imperial family at St Pet ersburg and has a magnificent dia mond ring as a souvenir of the oc casion. MT Mayer in later year brought many European artists t America, also introducing man Americans to the European public