The chronicle=news., 1915-01-18

TO which he said he never Objec.ci.
wears a number = shoe. Il ID
glove. ii razor and cneIri"lls always
Kept his face ,rIOo.h and his voice IS
entirely feminine.
Few people knrw that 'lc passing
Of !9i I also SEW tho passing of two
yachts built to defend the Americas
cup. The nam" uf one O. these. tho
Columbia, was known in iract.S",ly
every houSeii1i. il the country -
years ago. iiG;h in IN" year ard
again in 1901 she susie ssiulIy de-
Tended the cup AGAINST th7 English
challenger The other yl"hc to be
broken up is the Dcii"lrn. built las.
spring to col',a for the I"nc- OF
defending the cur uGlins. tho Siam
rock ". Tie fac, that these 1--WE
yachts. the former y. wliiyh is rs,i-
mated to have roS; half m.'l:on
dollars. are 20 he SrlT, for ClI metal
indicates how costly toy such II
boat is The Columbia. witch has
been lying ~ city Island foi II
years has 80 teas f l"al On her keel
and is plated with brun." IN ytr,I
web frames. AMI is worth a fair price
for old metal. TIL" biggest s.".'c
item of value Is Hnr k"el. since lcTd
in Jumps of SIS i - sells Ger $50 n
ton. The :a!ragn from the DEFIANCE
will be even less, alth ugh being Il
smaller boat an | never used IN the
j., II,
more than $40 010 THa hull =
worthless. except 70: the small value
Of the sale from tat thin mahogany
vcnecrs used rOr rlank,lc Prafti-
cally the oni,- rctrrn from her sale
will cone f:Oln Ike 40 ems of lead
in her keel md ti.n rrice "eceiveI
for her will hardly represent mare
than 10 per cent Of Tor original
cost. Meanwhiia ShamrGck " and
the two other yachts built o defend
the cup are serur"lE housed and COW
lered waiting the cessation Of ;hc
war for tlo ace which vas to have
taken place last fail
One of the surprising incidents in
J connection with the recent subway
belongings picked up near the seem
Of the accident Waeonloads of all
sorts of personal possessions were
Carted away and the problem of re,
storing them to their proper owners
promises to be a difficult one since
many passengers as a result of their
hysteria are unable 10 remember just
What they had with them at the
} time. These belongings are now
, spread out at the police station and
represents Il curious exhibition. Tho
list comprises GO books. GO women.
hats. 40 muffs, 30 boas, 30 mems
, hats. 90 umbrellas, 30 Dacka ges, si>
. women's shoes, 80 pockctbooks ant
handbags, chest of tools and ont
crutch. The most remarkable exhibi
of all, however. is a niece of care
, beard, which was picked up on which
the following words were written
u feel that the end is near | wan
to comfort nv mother. Tell her
: died game. There was no signature
; ard events have proved that tn
. writer. whoever he was. was dcnie,
the comfort of dying game. or TO
= that matter. dying at all.
Not content with the trouble
. which come to him naturally. Fathe
= knickerbocker is now cssayne t
decide the extremely difficult Ques
tion as to what should be the mini
= mum wage for women. That is II
: has set out to determine just wha
!. sum of money is necessary a week t
enable a woman worker to live dc
; Gently so that legislation may b
= framed to bring about this end. F'roI
: the testimony already given befor
the commission which is investigat