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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1908)
EQ'SOQD-BOV'SCLOTHIDG AT LESS THAN COST OF CLOTH That is Just What is Mapponing Iloro During on wkter The Recent Money Stringency came on about the time the clothing business was at its height. Many men accustomed to buying in November and December failed to do so. They curtailed expenditures until they "saw where they were at." While we do not encourage holding off buying until after the season, yet we cannot dis pute the fact that these same men, by so doing, have saved just about half provided they take advantage of the big sale now in full bloom. This is how we are selling Men's Suits and Overcoats, all bunched in four lots tie-7 I LOT 1 MEN'S SUITS AND OVER COATS AT $16.90 Giving complete choice of Suits and Overcoats formerly marked $30.00, $27.50 and $25.00. LOT 2 MEN'S SUITS AND OVER COATS AT, $11.90 Giving complete choice of Men's Suits and O' coats formerly marked $22.50, $20 and $18. v LOT 3 MEN'S SUITS AND OVER COATS AT $7.90 Giving complete choice of Men's Suits and O' coats formerly marked $15 and $12.50. LOT 4 MEN'S SUITS AND OVER COATS AT $4.90 Giving complete choice of all Men's Suits and Overcoats former ly marked $10, $8.50 and 7.50. One-third off all Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Odd Pants. One-third off on , all Men's Odd Trousers. 20 per cent discount on all Fur Coats. 25 per cent discount on all heavy Work Clothes. ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO. GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS V V V TALK OF NEW YORK Gossip of -People and Events Told In Interesting Manner. Wedding Reconciles the, Vanderbilts NEW YORK. Not the least interest ing part of. the recent union of Gladys Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary, so for as New ' York society is con cerned, was the belated recon ciliation which was made known when Cornelius Vanderbilt consented at the eleventh hour and under much pressure to lend formal sanction to the alliance by giving away the bride. This action restores him to his rightful po sition as head of the Vanderbilt fam ily, an honor that was taken from him by his father years ago when he mar ried Miss Grace Wilson. The eldest son had stood out strongly against the mother and sister and had refused to consider the young Hungarian noble man as a suitor for his sister's hand. It was feared that his uncompromising Americanism would mar the wedding and open the breach still wider be tween Cornelius . Vanderbilt and his family. .It is known that neither Alfred nor Reginald favored the match, but their opposition was not so manifest and pronounced as that of the eldest son'. Reginald, the third son, is accredited with having acted as the chief agent in bringing about the formal - recon- ON SEGOMD J THOUGHT ciliation. Mrs. Vanderbilt, despite the strongly expressed aversion of hei late husband to an international al liance, was her daughter's chief ally throughout the preliminary arrange ments. The question of the size of the coun tess' dot is still a matter of eager spec ulation. 1 It was currently reported and believed that a settlement of $5,000,000 had been made upon the young Hun garian nobleman. This was emphatic ally denied, however, by the count's brothers and by his attorney. They maintained that his own income oi $60,000 a year is all that he requires or desires, and that the marriage was the result solely of a love match. ; He is said , to have inspired confi dence as to his powers to retain what ever he does get by his treatment oi the servants with whom he has come into contact since his arrival in Amer ica. The fabulous tales that preceded his advent in America as to the size of the tips which, he would scatter are not said to have enabled any of the servants in the home of Mr. Whitney to retire on a competency. . Personally, however, he rather im- pressed society here. He has a dash ing and gallant exterior, the carriage of a guardsman and the grace that comes of an aristocratic line dating bacac for over 1,000 years. He is said to be amiable and open of habit, a trifle quick tempered upon provocation, but wanting in arrogance and democratic in manner. ; He has one duel to his account and is reputed to be the best dressed man in Hungary, "You seem disturbed about some thing," said the young man who was calling after he had made the same remark about the -weather twice. , - "I am," confessed the young wom an with the straight eyebrows. Then she sighed. "In the last week," she went on, "I have had two bitter blows." "Why didn't you hit back?" inquired the young man. . v "They -weren't that kind of blows," said the young woman. ''The first one was when Mabel announced that she was going to marry that . man , from Tennessee. , You can imagine what it will mean to me to have Mabel way off in Tennessee!" ,"' "That- sounds like the title of a popular song," mused the young man. 'I expect you'll go to visit her and some southerner with an accent will ; get yofl. Lots of hope for me now." "I don't like the south," said the young woman, coldly. ' Then " - -., ': -'. I mean the climate," interrupted the young woman. "The southern men I have met are perfectly splendid and never make hateful remarks about ' their acquaintances. I suppose you are alluding to the delightful Mr. Crumry who was visiting here. He had the most perfect manners!" "And that was all," broke-in the Parks Are Worth Over a Billion City NEW YORK CITY has one of the greatest public park systems in the world in extent, and the finest in convenience for the use of the people and natural and artificial beauties. Records of the city , department of aarks give interesting figures and gen eral information unknown, by many of the residents of the city. It 'is esti mated that the public playgrounds, the open places that are not only in bodies of many acres, but in small plots of green that are lungs for the great con gested districts of the metropolis, are worth as vacant real estate $1,200,000, 000. This enormous amount in value is tied up in land for the . health and pleasure of, more than 4,000,000 of in habitants of the five boroughs and friends who may visit them and stran-i gers who come to the city. It is shown that the original cost of these parks, which number 113, was about $66,456,000, and they are worth now nearly 20 times as much as at tht dates of their purchase.' Take for il lustration Union, Madison, Tompkins and Washington squares. They cost respectively $116,051 in 1883, $65,952 in 1847, $693,358 In 1834 and $77,970 in 1827,. or $353,331 In all, and now real estate experts say that they are worth $20,000,000. These numerous parks vary in size as much as they vary in location, from a small fraction of an acre at the junction of streets to 1,756 acres in Pelham Bay park,' the most extensive park in the city, and forming a grand and magnificent system through the Parkway that connects it with Bronx park, of. 661 acres, which, in its turn, is connected on the west by Mosholu Parkway with Van Cortlandt park, of 1,132 acres. . 1 Manhattan, with its more congested population, naturally has the most parks, which number 48, With magnificent-Central park, containing 843 acres, leading, as it leads the world. Brooklyn borough, with 38 parks. comes next,, with Prospect park of 516 acres at the head of the list. The Bronx has the greatest park acreage, with 17 parks; then comes Queens with seven, followed by Richmond with three. ' ' t ' 'n - :' ...' Flowers Served from a Wheelbarrow MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR gave a dance the other night at which she taught the Four Hundred that the newest way to serve flowers as favors is from the depth of an old-fashioned wheelbarrow. So many guests were invited and so many innovations had been provided that Mrs. Astor used both her own mansion, at 840 Fifth ' avenue, and that of Col. Astor's mother, next door. After Sherry had served luncheon at midnight in a dining room decorated with myriads of pink roses, American Beauties and lilies, Mrs. Astor began the distribution of the most costly set of favors given to guests at any social function in New York this winter. Out of the first box popped rose wands for the women and golden ciga rette lighters for the men; from the second came forth French novelties in precious gems with silver pencils for the males. Then came brocaded boxes and bags and brocaded match safes and more trinkets in the finer metals until each guest bore a small load. . Finally a footman, farmer-dressed, wheeled into the big drawing room the 1 gigantic wheelborraw, smothered in smilax so that not a particle of the wood or iron framework could be seen. From this rustic flower . bed guests picked bouquets of lilacs and lilies oi the valley and great boutonnieres of the same flowers tied with white silk ribbon as the footman wheeled the ancient vehicle from group to group. After this there was dancing until early morning, which furnished Mrs. Astor with another opportunity for her inventive genius. As the guests, were preparing to depart they were served with the second collation of the func tion in reality a buffet breakfast be cause of the lateness of the hour. The gowns and jewels worn by Mrs. Astor and her guests were extraor dinarily brilliant even for an Astor func tion. Incidentally the display aroused considerable notice in the opera boxes, where the guests attended before re pairing to the dance. Rich Capitalists Turn Bootblacks AN indication of the important part that the nickels and dimes of the public play in the everyday life of this metropolis is the leasing of the boot blacking privileges in the new twin McAdoo terminal buildings, on Cort landt street, for 12 years at a rental aggregating $124,000. This is at the rate of $10,333.33 1-3 a year. To handle the apparently insignifi cant job of shining the shoes of the permanent and transient population 3f this immense building a corporation called the Hudson Terminal Bootblack- lng Company has been formed. The Ames of the men who are putting ud the money have not been made pub lie, but they are capitalists who have figured in deals involving millions. To earn merely the rent the in dustrious polishers of shoes in the corridors will have to serve 103,333 persons a year. Added to this they must earn the outlay for wages, brush es, cloths, blacking and other materials and tools before the profits begin to come in. , The backers of the syndicate figure, however, that they will have no diffi culty in making a big winning on their investment. The population of the offices in the building will be 11,000 persons.' How many will pass through the corrid&rs to and from the trains is a question that experience must settle, but, ba sing their' figures on the ferry-boat travel, the bootblack promoters figure that at least 2,000,000 shoes will pass under the hands of their polishers in the first year. , "What Was the Other Blow?" young man who was calling. "What , you could see in him I can't im " "I don't see why you enjoy being hateful," murmured the, young wom an. "I'm sure " - - - .,. ' .v "So , am I, interrupted tne young man, sternly. ' "You made that perfect ly plain to me a month ago when I asked a certain question. You may be able to overcome your dislike of the southern climate." . :j ;: -'' ,! A "I suppose ' so," agreed the. yovas ; woman, reflectively. . -"Of coorse; tfcere would be', advantage -flower. . And mocking birds and such things."- - The young , man -made a savage sound in his throat.' A "What was the other blow?" he asked. y The" young woman looked still more pensive. "Marian was over this morn ing,'' she said. "I'm just as good friends with Marian as I am with Mabel. Marian and I know all about each other's face ppwders and com- , plexion creams and never flirt with each others young men. It is such a , relief to know a girl you dont have tn Veen vour eve onj . Well, she devot- . ed the whole morning to explaining to me why. she could not possibly mar ry a man i like Harvey Lottridge of Portland, Ore. - When she began to enumerate all his faults I knew every thing was- settled and began to study out what I should give her for a wed ding present." v I don't see what makes you tnink she is going to marry him," said the young man In astonishment. "That's because you are only a man, the young woman uuu uuu. When a girl gets to the point oi cata loguing all the objections to a man it means' she is next door to finding aueviaiiii& sww ,uuw " . - , them. Or else she wants the person to whom she is talking to do it, for her. I devoted all my 'time when Marian wasn't talking in ' contradicting her and praising Harry. If she is going -to be Mrs. Lottridge I might Just as , well have her admire me for seeing what a fine man Harvey is instead of having her tell people that she is so sorry I iam growing to be such a cranky old maid." "How you girls love each other!" said the young man in astonishment.' "We do!" insisted the young woman. "Only you men can't understand. "Why, I'm heartbroken to think of Marian and Mabel going so(, far . away. It's going to be awfully lonesome!" ' The young man leaned forward. "I know how you could fix up," he said, hurriedly. " ' ' "How?" inquired the young woman, indifferently. "I told you a month ago," said the young - man. Then he sighed and shook his head. "But it's no use. You turned . me down so thoroughly that I've never come to the surface again. There's no use in my bringing up the subject and I know it!" , .,- ' There was a silence, during which the young man glared at the painting over the mantel and the young wom an's color slowly deepened in her cheeks. Then she shot him a shy look. "I I wouldn't be bo sure of that!" be said at last. Chicago Daily New.t