GOTHAM POPULACE MOVING
OUT INTO THE SUBURBS
«»EW YORK—New York’s popula
Pl tion supremacy is moving fast
Into the suburbs. Manhattan builders
are providing new homes for 50,000
persons this year, although their out
put in recent years has been more
than twice that volume.
Renting agents in middle-class dis
tricts say that there is a tremendous
movement of flat dwellers away from
Manhattan. A large part of the fami
lies are moving to pew houses in
Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey on
the lines of the underriver tunnels
which are to he opened this year.
Brooklyn is getting by far the largest
share because transit facilities there
now are fairly good.
In all the new rapid transit suburbs
flat builders have begun work on 3,000
houses during the first three-quarters
of the year. They will contain homes
for over 30,000 families. Manhattan
builders have started during the same,
period less than 200 houses. They will
house less than 10,000 families. It is
estimated that the Manhattan flats be
gun during the first nine months of
the year will not house more than 35,
000 persons.
But the reduced construction more
than supplies the population needs of
Manhattan. There are more vacant
flats in old centers than have been
seen in nearly a decade.
Flat owners in many parts of Har
lem, on Washington Heights and in
the Bronx are offering free rents to
attract tenants. At the same time the
increased demand in Brooklyn, in spite
of its huge current construction of
flats, is offering a basis for higher
rentals. Few families who move into
Brooklyn flats can get so much as a
month's rent free, even when they pay
a higher rental than has prevailed in
the same neighborhood.
INTERESTING AUDIENCES
IN THE DIVORCE COURTS
THE annual divorce mill has begun
to grind, and in three parts of the
supreme court daily unhappy couples
are being freed of their shackles at a
rate that would surprise folks not ac
quainted with the rapidity with which
New York judges can do this sort of
business. On a day when the calendar
is filled with uncontested cases some
times 60 or 70 will be decided.
But it is not the uncontested cases
that draw the audiences which makes
this sort of court so picturesque. It is
the cases in which one side fights the
other to avoid the granting of a de
cree. Such a case has been going on
recently, and as the parties interested
have been prominent socially the room
was crowded at every session. This
case had all the interesting surround
ings—the beautiful wife accused by
her husband, the tales of “high jinks,”
the handsome co-respondent, the angry
mother, the savage husband—all have
figured. But the characters them
selves were of little interest to the
student of human nature compared
to the audience, which has been typ
ical.
There was the fat and blonde lady,
drinking in every word of the testi
mony, and nudging the nippety little
woman who always accompanies her
to such feasts. There was the smirk
ing clerk, getting as near to people in
high life as he ever can, and the man
of 40 and a family, who ought to be at
home. Then, too, were the women
of all sorts and kinds, who either had
just received their divorces or were
waiting for them and wished to see
and hear how another woman came
through the ordeal.
And the students of sociology—
which most of them couldn’t spell, let
alone define—lingered with bated
breath and parted lips on every word
they shouldn’t hear. The supreme
court these days presents a scene
which rivals every problem that ever
flaunted its strained relations across
the footlights. Always a picturesque
scene, always different, but always the
same old picture.
I ROOSEVELT REFUSES URN
CONTAINING CAT’S ASHES
DUBLIC Administrator William M.
* Hoes has disposed of the entire
legacy left by the late Mrs. Lulu B.
Glover, excepting the ashes of a cre
mated kitten. He has failed to get
rid of this interesting relic. President
Roosevelt, to whom Mrs. Glover, who
committed suicide in her apartments
on Lexington avenue last December,
left her estate, has firmly refused to
a d the funeral urn which contains the
ashes to the feline pet to his stock of
curiosities.
Although it is not within the prov
nce of the public administrator to
deal with the estates of those who
Have made wills, Mr. Hoes, at the re
quest of the president, took charge of
^ property left by Mrs. Glover. He
1 that he had found the estate
as valued at more than $6,000, and
hin ,^resident Roosevelt had notified
1 at he would give the money to
a charitable institution.
aJ?Ut »the urn which contains the
es °f one of the many cats of which
irti, Ver was fond is too much like
white eluant to appeal to the presi
ent- He notified Mr. Hoes that he
expected him as executor of the estate
of Mrs. Glover to find a resting place
for the ashes of the kitten. Mr. Hoes
has offered the relic to several phy
sicians. He has found that there is no
general demand for the ashes of kit
tens, so he has taken charge of the
urn himself and is using it as a paper
weight.
According to law the cremated kit
ten is the property of President Roose
velt and he may at any time he
chooses claim the residuary ashes.
This, Mr. Hoes is sure, the president
has no intention of doing. Mr. Hoes
says he will keep the ashes if he is un
able to persuade anybody to accept
them.
Mr. Hoes’ efforts to discover rela
tives of Mrs. Glover have extended
over a period of several months, but
have been fruitless. At this time there
is little more known about the woman
than was known when she was found
in her apartment after she had tried
to kill herself. She died in the Har
lem hospital, leaving a will which gave
her estate to President Roosevelt,
many photographs of whom were
among her belongings.
NEW SOCIETY TO OFFER
BONUS FOR EACH BABY
S a ^ead *or figures,
to has been trying by statistics
comnTfV for "race s“icide,” has
Up a chi1ri haLU C°StS $20'000 to brins
er that Many Pe°Pie will consid
averatl aL,0Ver'est‘mate when the
but few ° ,,d is under consideration,
ihM
parents,CnnieS tbe “Nortb American
a man ®enevoleut Association,” with
less exnenha|reby children are t0 be
neat iima °n tbe front of the
^sociation |P nk circular which the
the North *SSUef is the leeend: “Join
lent assnoiatflerican Parents' Benevo
whieh are d *°n and reap its benefits,
Airs n 38 Certain as death ”
dent of rard ®‘ Austrian is presi
Poses to 2»n,ew SOClety> wbich pur
tnentbei t*! , 0 every baby born to a
hU ,in g°W- Twlns and trip
considered as one child. Mrs.
Austrian has no children, but sb* says
she has seen enough of the misery
of others to help those who have
babies under adverse conditions.
Charles E. George, founder and vice
president of the association, says that
there is an alarming increase in race
suicide statistics. According to his
figures, marriage in this country
shows the appallingly small birth rat*
of about 26 per cent.
The initiation fee to the society is
five dollars, with one dollar per month
dues for the first year. This amount
increases with time, but is never ex
pected to go beyond three dollars.
Then there is an annual assessment
of two dollars.
Mr. George says his field of work is
a promising one, as he has figured out
that there are between 12,000,000 and
15,000,000 married couple* tn \h«
country.
STILL AHEAD OF AUDIENCE.
Comedian Made Humor of What Was
Approaching Tragedy.
“Willie” Collier, the comedian, was
an Irrepressible member of a barn
storming combination which, some
ten years ago, did the “tank” towns
of the middle west.
The company had been doing a poor
business for several weeks when a
certain town in Illinois was reached. J
Just before the curtain went up that
night, Collier was standing at the cur
tain “peep-hole,” sizing up the audi
ence.
“How’s the house, Willie?” asked
another player.
“Well,” answered Collier, “there are
some out there. But.” he added, im
pressively, “we're still in the ma
jority, old boy, still in the majority!”
—Harper’s Weekly.
A Girl’s Giggle.
Samuel Shadwell, a touchy old man
living in an Indiana village, had a
pane of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he 1
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew it was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn’t
see her, but heard her giggle. When
asked if her giggle was different from
that of any other girl he said it was,
but he couldn’t tell why. Neither
could he imitate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what a girl's giggle is,
but if any of us were asked to give an
imitation of it we'd probably fail. A
boy may titter, but when it comes to
giggling only a girl can do that.
Ambiguous.
A Washington correspondent who
used to run a newspaper in Iowa tells
how the heavy advertiser of the town
once entered the editorial offices and,
with anger and disgust depicted in
every line of his face, exclaimed:
“That’s a fine break you people
have made in my ad. this week!”
“What’s the trouble?” asked the ed
itor, in a tone calculated to mollify
the indignant one.
“Read it and see!” commanded the
advertiser, thrusting a copy of the pa
per in the editor's face.
The latter read: “If you want to
have a fit wear Blank's shoes.”—
Harper's Weekly.
Lightning Photographed Vase.
During a thunderstorm a remarka
ble incident happened at a house near
Deal, England, the lightning imprint
ing a perfect photograph of a flower
vase on a mirror befcrre which it stood.
REAL CAUSE FOR GLADNESS
How Young Lawyer Carried Comfort
to Convicted Client.
An amusing story is told by Har
per's Weekly at the expense of a
prominent. Baltimore lawyer, who, like
most young attorneys, got his first
case by assignment from the bench.
His client had been indicted for mur
der, and his conviction was a fore
gone conclusion, as his guilt was un
questionable.
The result of the trial was a sen
tence to be hanged; but the man
made an appeal to the governor for a
pardon and was anxiously awaiting a
reply thereto when his lawyer visited
him in his cell.
“I got good news for you—very
good news!” the young lawyer said,
grasping the man's hand.
“Did the governor—is it a pardon?”
the man exclaimed joyously.
“Well, no. The fact is the governor
refuses to interfere. But an uncle of
yours has died and left you $200, and
you will have the satisfaction of know
ing that your lawyer got paid, you
know," was the comforting explana
tion.
A Delicate Task.
“The newspapers,” said the orator
solemnly, “do not tell the truth.”
“Perhaps not,” answered the editor,
regretfully. “We do our best. But you
know there is nothing more difficult
than to tell the truth in a way that
won't put it up to some one to chal
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