Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-13
INFANCY cOsrumE.

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 Were Taken by an Amateur PhOtOg.
 rnpher-Mrs. RomaIdss Version of the
 Affair Which Has Created Quite a
 Local Sensation.
 Mrs. Ronald, young married woman of about twenty-one years of age, tall prepos- sessing brunette, visited the COURIER office last evening in regard to articles in yester- days afternoon papers which she considered reflected upon her rather severely, and, ,as she said very unjustly. The articles, she said ,also did injustice to Signal Officer Sherman, whom she had called to see last evening and much to her regret found had not returned from his cottage at the Thimble Islands. She said the article in the Register was certainly sitive gentleman and of good family would feel it deeply. The story which Mrs. Ronald specially complained of, and which was elab- orated at considerable length, was to the effect that she had, as it were, inveigled two girls, innocent, confding and scarce sixteen, into having their photographs taken by Signal Officer Sherman, the pictures taken being described as such as pure young girls ought not to see. The girls, the story says, found "Mrs. Roland" in the Insur- ance building at the office of MT. Powning (by whom she is employed), "whose speculations in the matter of novelty schemes have recently caused him to appear in the United States court of this city charg- ed with using the mails for improper pur- poses. Mrs. Roland was jolly and agreeable and the young ladies thought her 8 delight ful sort of @ person. She made them thor oughly at home in the room to which she had led them, and showed them ,as she had prom sn4x, G,osaA r6~, 1iaErr were not all of character that pure young girls ought to see, but as Mrs. Roland was a woman and did not seem to think there was any harm in it, they looked on and gazed through her collection. A number of the pictures represented young women in tights and very much abbreviated costumes. Mrs. Roland remarked that these were pictures of highly respectable young ladies who were friends of hers, and that they wore the cos tumeg merely for a lark. She said further that she had a number of costumes similar to those represented in the pictures and she was so obliging and kind as to show them to the young ladies'"
 The girls were shy of having their pie lures taken, but were, the story continues, persuaded into it and one consented to sit right away land was ill short order arrayed in a stunning costume, which would have greatly shocked the parents had they seen it." Further it was stated that after MT. Sherman had taken the pictures and the girls parents found it out the latter went to the sergeant with all sorts of excuses gave up the negatives, which were promptly de- stroYed, and the parents indulgently said they would take no further steps in the matter. The lady spoken of by the name of Roland is Mrs. Ronald. and has been employed for some time by Mrs. Powning. Mrs. Ronalds statement is as follows:
 iu vat at oII %hotT ir1o tbo a young ladies into having pictures taken, and they are not such young things, being IS or 19 years of age apiece. They are Miss Norma Darrell, who lives in Fair Haven, and Miss Eretta Smith, who lives in Clark street and l whose father, I believe. lives in Branford They had no immodest picture taken, and did nothing at all to be thus censured for l The girls are not school girls, but work at Mir Powning's also. They worked for him, as did also, when Mir. Powning had his office ir
 his place of residence, No. 71 Sherman ave nue. I showed them picture which MT Sherman took for me. was in my oAfct costume as I sat at my desk when it was
 taken. The girls expressed great fancy fol
 having their pictures taken. They pressed
 me to fix it so that they could | sit for their pictures. I was slightly l acquainted with MT. Sherman and had done some copying for him. At my expressing ' the girls wishes MT. Sherman acceded. 4 I month ago the girls came to MT. Powning's | house, where my husband and reside, and | brought lot of cigarette pictures and | showed them to me and said they wished to | have some fancy pictures taken and desired me to select from its number such as would suit them. The young ladies and myself went to MT. Shermans.
 "Oh no; it wasn't in the signal office, ii I was in MT. Sherman's private studio in the same building. He is an enthusiastic anna | teur photographer and rests himself from his | daily labors by this recreation. Miss Oar rell was captivated with the idea of sit | ting, but she had no fancy costume and had none, but MT. Sherman improyisec
 one out of some sort of costume which h. had near. Miss Darrell dressed herself up but helped and Miss Smith helped. After MT. Sherman posed her he turned his bacl
 and saw no more until the picture was taken There was nothing improper in the picture Miss Darrell sat again and by that time there was no time left for Miss Smith to sit and SC her sitting was postponed. The costume worn by Miss Darrell was one usually worr | by young ladies in gymnastic parties-a tight fitting jersey cut pompadour that covered the entire bust and the skirt reached to the knees and was slightly open on one side The young lady posed in two different posi- tions. She had no idea of doing anything improper and both were as innocent as could
 be in the matter and without shadow ot committing an impropriety. The Smith girl was anxious to have her picture taken, and several days elapsed, after which the story got around in distorted shape and finally got into Ford's advertising agency 1T the same building and she was afraid to sit The Darrell girl told her mother at the time Her father, who is employed in Brooklyn was informed on his arrival home and inter viewed MT. Sherman and settled tho matter by the giving up of the negatives The father said he had Inisconstrued the re- ports on his part and expressed himself satis fled. He said the reports were much exag- gerated. "Mrs. Ronald was greatly disturbed and distressed over the publicity of the case She was also indignant at being put in the papers as middle aged when she was only g couple of years older than the other girls. She said the pictures were taken just before the blizzard and the reports about it were finally taken up for investigation by lady belong ing to the Young Womens Christian asso- citation. She said she had but one picture taken by MT. Sherman, the one mentioned MT. Ronald, husband of Mrs. Ronald, is em. ployed at Winchester's and was very indig- nant at the published reports.
 City Attorney Daley said last evening that he had three different cases of similar character and should prosecute if complaints were made.
 A Tow Of Coal Boxes Ashore At Nor.
 walk.
 Wednesday evening as the tug S. J. Weed was engaged in towing some heavily laden coal boxes for the Empire Transportation company in Norwalk harbor, the tide being very low, the coal boxes ran ashore. It was thought that they would be got of at the next high tide.
 ACCIDENTS.
 
 A Child Drowned.
 Tn Midd1afaUn on Wadnaadav 1itt1a