The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-04
State journals Mew York Letter
BIZ LUCY JEANNE PRICE

New York, March George
Washington gold watch was sold at
a New York art gallery on the re-
cent anniversary of his birth for $3.-
200. It was one OF many personal
relics belonging principally to W.
Lanier Washington, great-great
nephew. which Brought a total of
s19,052 at the sale. The watch, which
1 is certified as being one Of the two
possessed by General Washington in
his later life. was made in France in
1890 1t is of 1S-karat gold, with his
crest engraved on the back, Rnd has
a calendar attachment.
II you drop into New York place
OF business and are dazed at the show
ing of jewelry on secretaries. stenog-
raphers- and 90 per cent of the bust
ness women. don't set it down to poor
taste Of this awful generation" 1t is
just caution. Girls and women who
own any jewelry at all are wearing it
all wherever they Lay be. If they
don't. they are liab.c never to see it
again. Daylight burglars have been
too successful in ramsacking apart
ments lately to give peace of mind
to anyone except those who keep their
valuables always within sight.
Cooperative shopping is becoming
fashionable in little old New York
For some years past neighborhoods
have banded together to purchase
staple supplies in large quantities.
Hitherto these enterprises have near
" always concerned. themselves only
with fuel and food. Now, however,
all necessities are included thru shop
ping bureaus attached to various or
ganizations. One of the most impor-
tant Of these is that of the Hotel
Commonwealth which has more than
1000 members and with which at
least 200 important stores are CO.
operating. The owner members Of
the hotel, which is being built at
Broadway and 56th and 57th streets.
all benefit by the shopping bureau
and during the last year have re-
ceived rebates amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars. by the pro-
cess of turning in their sales slips
to the office and receiving rebates on
their purchases up TO 20 per cent. The
Commonwealth company receives re-
bates from the stores, the volume of
business is increased, and everyone
is happy.
I have heard of business blocks
and real estate being tied up in UNI
settled estates so as to be useless to
anyone; but never before realized
that church pews might suffer that
fate. St Bartholomew Episcopal
church at Park avenue and Fiftieth
street however. has pews which have
been unOccupied for twenty years be-
cause of just such a condition. Many
of them were purchased outright by
persons now dead whose offspring are
not members of the church. The
deeds to the pews are tied up in the
estates Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks.
the rector has consequently requested
the return to the church of all I'M
used pews. Among the first TO re-
turn theirs were Mrs Vanderbilt, the
estate of George W. Vanderbilt.
Frank J. Gould and Mrs. Oliver Har-
riman. In a few cases. said Mr.. Parks,
the owners had refused to make the
return. 1t is expected that the situa-
ton will result in abolishinS the sys-
tenn Of selling pews outright.
For Goodness sake" is the latest
musical comedy to open here and it is
one of the seasons best. 1t is truly
funny, with exceptionally
good dancing. and even a plot. Some
o. the comedy is actually hilarious,
and the talent featured in the pro-
duction makes it even better Mlan it
might otherwise be
1t might very properly have been
the life insurance companies which
prevented the holding OF the bullfight
scheduled for Madison Square Gar
Prevention of Cruelty 10 Animals as
things turned out. When the bull
fight was called off for the garden.
i was arranged for a carnival Just
across the river in New Jersey. 1t was
TO be a mock bull fight-in order
net 10 seem cruel to animals. YOU
see Well. Chariot Molina. Spanish
matadOr. knew it was to be mock
so did the picadors and all the rest
OF the assenabi ge-exceDt the bull.
He didn't understand that mock
part And he was a Texas steerl