THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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New York News Letter
UNDAY, AUGUST 2
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Week HI
fill'oia Sod
Mi Ethel Wulkc'r of Jewell wa
the guest of Mm. R, M, Gaston the
early part of the week, During her
slay Mm, Gastiui entertained a few
friends in her honor on Tuesday
evening. Mm. Canton left on Thiirs
day morning for Clatskanlne to visit
with Mm. Fred Springer for neveral
week.
Minn Olive Hurkebilc of Seattle,
who h been the guent of her cou
Inn, Mr. A, M. Foard and Miss Mc
Cren, for the past two week, will
leave for home on the 8:20 train thli
morning.
Mr. Acne Fouler and two little
lighten, of Portland, were Aitoria
rvUitom yesterday en route home from
. ... . . a -
a two wccki vinit wnn ner nromer,
Mr. Joneph Healcy, and family of
Cray' River.
The member! of the Hirthday Club
of the Fimt Trenbyterian Church and
, a number of invited guest were very
pleasantly entertained on Friday af
ternoon, by Mn. J. A. Fantabend at
her' residence on West Duane street.
About 28 ladies were in attendance,
panning the afternoon in happy man
ner, with their fancy work and sew
ing. An excellent luncheon wa! serv
ed at tables set under the ihade
treei on the lawn.
Mm. F.. A, Gcrding entertained
the member of the Birthday Club of
the Methodist Cliurch at her borne on
Eleventh street on Wednesday after
noon. About twenty-five ladies were
pre-cnt and spent the time , very
pleasantly:
Mrs. John Mattion will entertain
the members of the Birthday Club
of .the Methodist church and a num
ber of invited guests at her home on
Commercial street on next Wednes
day afternoon, AitRitnt S.
Mr. Walter Lynch and daughters,
Misses Jean and Burita,' will leave
for Portland on Monday, going from
there to Tillamook overland to visit
with friend.
The ladies of the Birthday Club of
the Presbyterian Church, will give a
picnic in Alderbrook Tuesday, Aug
ust 11. The first president and or
ganizer of the club, Mr. Pyle, who
is spending the summer at Seaside,
will be the guest of honor at this
picnic.
the river as far a Flavel, returning
before dark4 having had a Jolly time.
Those present were the Misttel flat
tic, May and Nellie Utzinger, May
belle Young, Jenctte Petemon, Kate
Wood, Carrie Short, llanna Heitan
en and Messrs, Cammtl, Anntcdt.
Carlson, Olien and Graham.
About 30 young people were de
lightfully entertained on Wednesday)
evening by Mr. Alcrider Kannen at
hi home on Bond street. Cards and
dancing were engaged in until a late
hour.
Mrs. Nellie Bluett and daughter of
Denver are in he city the guest of
Mrs. A. A. Douglas.
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The "Merry Widow" Club gave an
enjoyable theatre and supper party
on Monday evening last.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1,-New York
will never have an office building a
mile tall, in spite of all the recent talk
to that effect. Indeed it will never
have one half a mile high for that mat
ter, unless the present building code is
expanded instead of contracted as
the present architectural policy de
mands. For the limit in height of
any building in New York is now ab
lolutcly fixed at 2,(XK) feet, or about
two-fifths of a mile, and in view of
the present outcry against the latest
skyscraper it seems certain that that
limit will not only never be increased
but will shortly be diminished. The
reason that New York will never have
tiny of the mile high buildings predic
ted for it is not only architectural but
geological. The city does not rest
on a basil any too firm as it is. Be
yond a certain point it will be abso
lutely impossible to rest additional
weight on the underpining of the city.
The limit of this weight it has just
been figured out amounts to a foun
dation pressure of the enormous
amount of fifteen tons to the square
foot. On a building lot 200 feet
Mis Margaret Higgins entertained ; "I"", which is about the limit in the
the members of the Thursday Clubja'ready crowded downtown district
yesterday afternoon at her home on M' wi:! mca" niiximum height of
Kltrhiti mrcM i-"s feet. Ik-jond this the very ra
Mis llattie Utzinger returned lat
ttire of the city' base will call a halt.
Other factors, however, are likely to
Sunday from a three week visit inU'i-p "-t sucn ,imit reached.
Vancouver, B. C, with Mrs. Prescott
Ogilvie, nee Miss Caroline Young.
for a 200 square foot plot this 2000
foot high edifice would cost $60,000,
(W0. It would weigh according to
Mr W!nn Trnvr and nn Mr- present estimates 516,000 tons, or
wyn left yesterday on the Rose City j more than twice the tannage of the
for San Francisco to visit with Mrs. (present navy. Moreover the wind
Troyer'i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bell- j pressure on any one of its walls would
mer he more than 6,680 tons. Altogether
. ; such a monstrosity is made almost im
What is Best for Indigestion? possible by its physical limitations
, ,x . land it hardly seem probable that any
.Mr. a. Vinson, o, wrum.juin, ""jXcw york skyscraper win ever .
tar.o, has been troubled for yearly with lfefd im (ee( prevJded of course ,hat
in.UKCMiwn, aim rcu.mn.cnu unn.-,.. nrMsrnt ,i,ina In, ar not o
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oer.am siomacn ami i.iver lanicis iri?,lrjclNi as lo ma, tn. tootw1c
as "the best medicine I ever used." LA. . k . , ,u
" t (I , i'iiiv,v irwi living , wi mi. uvsiivii.
If troubled with indigestion or con-
stipation give them a trial. They are j The policc dcpartmfnt is stin try.
jing to discover whether it is the sub-
or .'If of the Bowery ichooners ev
ery week. Many of his brethern,
however, consider this puerile.
"Chuck" Connors expressed himselt
freely lo the effect th. If fl.eft'
limit w :ar .'rd to the fire dc
itlmf b .,.? i!,; be g ni
to fire alone. When asked if he
could consume more than six beers
without showing the effect he became
extremely angry, "Me drink six!' was
his retort, "Why, I only been off de
blankets an hour and I've planted fif
teen pots.' ' But while "Chuck" is
a consistent performer he is held to
be in the kindergarten class compared
with such prominent Boweryitci as
"Calway Paddy" and "Hoxie Clark."
The former once consumed seventy
six goblets of beer in six hours and
then to complete the wager walked a
chalk line. This performance still
stands as the record. Mr. Stutt Mc
Dennott, another thirsty resident of
the lower East End, averages around
Si glasses a day and says that he con
siders himself on the water wagon
when consuming lesi than twenty. In
view of these fact! it is no wonder
that Dr. Berbert's dictum has been
the cause of much mirth on the Bowery,
Anne of Green Gables, Montgomery
M-s. Carles Bergman entertained
the la.'ies of the Aid Society of the
First Lutheran church and a number
of friends at her home in Uppertown
on Wednesday afternoon. There was
a cood attendance. After the busi-
ss meeting, the time was spent in
avociai manner, me i.uiies naving
their fancy work with them. Dainty
refreshments were served during the
afternoon.
Miss lister Asp entertained the
Dorcas Society of the First Lutheran
Church and a number of friends
with a "Walkout Party" on Friday
evening. The Fairvicw grounds on
Young's, River was selected as the
site for the evening's festivities.
Chinese lanterns were strung fronij
the trees and a large bonfire built on
the beach. Games were played and1
a happy time was experienced by all.
The hostess served sandwiches
cake and ice cream for refreshments
Mrs. George W. Sanborn and Mrs.
Frank H. Sanborn were hostess on
Friday afternoon at the home of the
former for a charming five hundred
party. The decorations for this oc
casion were beautiful and artistic, the
parlors in pink and . white with sweet
peas and in the dining room, pink
roses. About 40 guests were present
and spent a delightful afternoon.
High cards were held by Mrs. G. W.
Roberts,
A farewell party was given at
Fort Stevens on Thursday evening
by Lieutenant and Mrs. Willis in hon
or of Lieutenant and Mrs. Kerfoot,
who left yesterday for New York,
where the Lieutenant has been as
signed to duty. A number' of As-
torians were 'present and enjoyed the
certain to prove beneficial. They are
easv to take and nleaitant in effect.
Price 25 cents. Samples free at of practical joke, or whether it
Frank Hart' Drug Store and lead- has been metamorphosed jnto a bu
ing drtiggists. reau for answering conundrums in
i . 'connection with the new anti-noise
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved. i ordinance. The most baffling pro
blem which has ever been put up to
.this department has just developed in
the question "Is it necessary for a
rooster la trow!" This is looked on
by some members of the force as akin
Mr. Edward E. Henry, with the
United States Express Co., Chicago,
writes:
"Our General Superintendent, Mr.
Quick, handed me a bottle of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy some time ago to check an
attack of the old chronic diarrhoea
I have used it since that time and
cured many on our trains who have
been sick. I am an old soldier who
served with Rutherford B. Hayes and
to the old inquiry as to why a chic
ken crosses the road. As a matter
of fact,' however, it is a serious prob
lem for the new anti-noise ordinance
prohibits all unnecessary noises, and
the question naturally arises as to the
difference between those which are
n aoci nr ani time whih rift
illiam McKmley four years m the ..... . . j j
,-.., , ' .. .Complaints having been lodged
against various crowing roosters, the
police department has been forced to
call upon biologists to find out
.whether it is really necessary for a
rooster to crow. The biologists, how
i ever, give no help zz they merely
' ri'iuWfrt the mi in inn that it ra oq
"My father has for years been : necessary as it is for a man to sing,
troubled with diarrhoea, and tried ev-'A$ a result the policc are still up in
cry means possible to effect a cure, ' the air 'and the difficulty of their
without avail," writes John II. Zir-1 position is further complicated by
kle of Philippi, W. Va. He sawjpersons who have announced that if
Chamberlain's Cholie, Cholera and; it is not necessary for roosters to
Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in thejerow it isn't necessary for lions to
Philippi Republican and decided to roar, and that if this question is de
try it. The result is one bottle cur-'cided against the barnyard fowl they.
ed him and he has not suffered with proceed to put the Zoo out of
the disease for eighteen months. Be-'business. Already Chief Bingham's
fore taking this remedy he was a con - imen have been deluged with con
stant sufferer. He is now sound and jP!tnt.s from flats and fpartment ho.i
well, and although sixty years old. ses against crying b.abies, pianos,
New York has made a by-word of
the assertion of Dr. Wiley of pure
food fame that bad bread is respon
sible for more divorce than any oth
er iinRle cause. Queiies of "How'
wifie's bread?" are a common salu
tation in the resorts along the Great
White Way. Those" who treat the
subject seriously assert that the gov
ernment scientist made a bad guess.
David Graham Phillips, the novelet,! The Wayfarers, Cutting
wo is regarded as something of an ex- The Barrier, Rex Beach
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pert on this subject since his exposure
of the inside workings of the divorce
microbe in his latest story "Old Wives
for New," insists that bad cooking
ranks no higher than sixth in the cau
ses of divorce in New York. As a
result of his investigations he places
the most common reasons for the rup
ture of martial ties in this order. Ex
travagances and wastefulness, Clubs,
Drink, , Too much mother-in-law,
Bridge Whist, Bad Bread.
Bridge whist by the way is becom
ing a more and more common cause
for divorce since it is stated that one
business failure out of every seven
teen in New York is caused by the
gambling propensities of wives and
their inability to win. Whatever it
may think of its own shortcomings in
this respect, New York is certain that
such a commonplace cause as that ad
vanced by Dr. Wiley-that is bad
bread- is entirely without the pale of
its consideration.
ine cnances are twenty to one
against being blown up in New York
by the Black Hand Society. At least
these are the odds quoted by the fa
mous Lloyd's, which has lately achie
ved considerable notoriety by writing
"insurance" on the forthcoming pres
idential election. While Wall Street
has a very black eye as a result of
its willingness to gamble on so-called
securities the famous English under
writers association has given New
York a new lesson in, the gentle art of
gambling by its latest step. Practi
cally what the English agency is wil
ling to do is to bet that the Black
Hand is bluffing but various persons
who have received threatening letters
from this mysterious society are not
entirely reassured by this view. Black
Hand outrages have become so fre
quent that many persons who have
received letters marked confidential
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The Helpmate, Sinclair
The Iron Heel, London
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The Red Skull, Fergus Hume
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Road to Paris, Nielson . , .
Phillip Winwood, N. Stephens
The Mystery of Murry, Davenport
The Bright Face of Danger, Stephens
The Flight of Georgiana, Stephens
Kindred of the Wild, Roberts
The Seats of the Mighty, Parker
The Spoilers, Rex Beach
Gentlemen Player, Stephens
My Strangest Case, Guy Boohby
Long Night, Weyman
Azalim, a Romance of Old Judea
The Slaves of Success, E. Flower
The Spoilsmen, E. Flower
Castel Del Monte, Gallizier
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Hart and leading
A Faithful Friend.
I have used Chamberlain's colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since
it was first introduced to the public in
1872, and have never found one in
stance where a cure was not speedily
effected by its use. I have been a
commercial traveler for eighteen
years, ami never start out on a trip
without this, my faithful friend," says
II. S. Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter.
When a man has used a remedy for
tliirtv.fiv a rffiia Via Vnrtm a tio itiIua
ana is competent to speak of it. tor
sale by Frank Hart, druggist.
which tre alleged to be the cause of
unnecessary noises and therefore pun
ishable under the. new ordinance.
Meanwhile the police are wondering
whether it is possible to differentiate
bttween necessary and unnecessary
tu ises and chiefly as to whether a
rooster renders himself liable to ar
rest by crowing at night.
elvish hospitality of the host ndlnd. "It was so severe that I c
hostess, and to "speed the parting not move part of the time. I
Ten Years In Bed.
"For ten years I was confined to
my bed with disease of my kidneys,"
writes R. A. Gray, J. P. of Oakville,
could
part of the time. I con-
missed suited the very best medical skill
available, but could get no relief un
til Foley's Kidney Cure was recom-
A yachting party was given on mended to me. "It has been a God
Tuesday evening by the crew of the send to me." T, F. Laurin, Owl Drug
"Winged O." The party went down Store. '
gucais, wno win uo gicuuy
by their many friends.
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According to the views held on the
$owery no funnier statement was ev
er put forward than that recently
made by City Physician Gerbert to the
effect that six beers a day are too
miu;h for &ny man. 1 he Bowery, oe
ing the center of the betr belt, natur
ally takes an acute interest in the
question, but that any man should
hold six beers the limit is entirely be
yond the comprehension of its leal
ing ciliztns. One of the most pro
minent of the Boweryites, Mr. "Suds"
MacFee, known for his temperance on
all subjects, has come to the support
of Mr. Gerbert, in that he believes in
a limit to beer which can safely be
consumed bv thirsty individuals. On
the amount however, he and Dr. Ger
bert differ widely, for "Suds" would
maks the limit thirty glasses a day, coast agian.
sum of currency themselves, their fa
milies, and the buildings they live in
will be blown into smithereens, have
been availing themselves of the new
English insurance as a protection
against explosive death. In one sense
it is really a good sporting chance for
as it is well known death as a result
of Black Hand bombs is of common
occurrence in certain sections of the
city. From the standpoint of LlcTyds,
however, the matter is merely one of
relative chance on which the associa
tion is willing to bet twenty to one
than the Black Hand won't get you
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don't watch out.
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