The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-09
our NEW YORK LETTER.
The New Woman In the Metropolis.
Mark Hanna's Democrat Nephew.
Fencina on the Cyclists.

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Verify these are the days Of wonan's e
advancement If this sort Of thing keeps
mp much longer, instead OF the old
question, Are women Cur equalsf''
We shall soon be asking, Are we
the equals Of womaur' For exam
pie, next seasons plans OF the League
For Political Education show q marked
advance In political woman's standing.
In this city she has been willing 10
make haste slowly, and consequently
her every step has told. To at herself
fully for what lies before her she in
tends TO study every phase Of the sub
ject The class in political economy
win have committee Of nine women
TO watch important bills before con-
gress, the legislature and the common
council Civil service reform comes in
for its share Of attention, and bulletin
class OF the worlds progress, especially
giving light on domestic and foreign
politics, will continue throughout the
year. Saturday morning lectures win
boon political and social topics, and the
rest OF the weeks schedule would seem
to I'LL every available hour. The league
is rejoicing in the nucleus of q ciroulat-
ing library which it is intended shall
be one Of the features Of the society.
CLARA Louise Kslloss sall naah.
A story gained currency here 8 couple
Of years ago to the effect that Clara
Louise Kellogg's large fortune had been
dissipated There was absolutely no
truth In the rumor, and Its xalsity was
promptly exposed Periodically, how
ever, since then it has bobbed up In
various forms in many sections It has
also reached London at last apparently,
as recent mail from London discloses
the fact that several of the English pa
pers have wasted good deal OF senti-
ment on this same unfounded rumor.
One OF them says that in times past
Clara Louise Kellogg displayed remark
able business aptitude, and the writer
cannot understand how she has been
brought to such extreme poverty AS q
matter Of fact she is still wealthy
woman, and her appearance at a table
d'hote was the only foundation that
this story of her poverty had. She has
entertained her friends in New York as
usual this past winter, and at present
she is at her country home in Connecti-
cut, riding bicycle whenever the
weather will permit.
Mark Hanna's Democrat Nephew.
There are very few families the mem
bers of which are all of one mind on
the subject of politics, and consequently
marked differences of opinion ON that
subject in the home circle scarcely ex-
cite comment Here is case. though,
which is attracting good deal Of atten-
tion by reason of the great prominence
of one of the interested parties.
William Hanna, hustling young
Tammanyite of the Sixteenth Assembly
district of this city, who is employed In
the county clerks Office, is nephew of
Mark Hanna, the campaign manager OF
Presidential Candidate Mckinley. The
nephew is stalwart Democrat and will
work hard to defeat Mckinley, whom
his uncle will work equally hard to
elect.
my father, ? said William Hanna
"and my uncle Mark were brought up
in the old Eleventh ward During Pres
ident Buchanan's administration my
father, who was q redhot Democrat,
was superintendent Of the navy yard in
Brooklyn. Uncle Mark went west when
he was quite q young man.
The spirit of vandalism seems to be
born in human beings. What boy is
there to whose ear the rattle of pane
of glass broken by his bean shooter is
not the sweetest sort Of music? And al
though it is held in check as we grow
older, doubtless, in measure, through
q wholesome regard for the law and the
fear of personal retaliation, the spirit
will manifest itself upon the slightest
provocation. This is shown by what has
happened within the last few weeks at
Irvington.
Cyclists at Irving's Home.
Bicyclists have been making pilgrim
ages to Washington Irving's old home,
Sunnyside, at that place, in such num-
bers that it has been found necessary to
surround the house with wire fence,
as the building is already in poor repair
and the hordes of wheelmen that swept
down on it every Sunday and holiday
threatened to do the place serious dam
age. 1t was bad enough to have the
beautiful and well kept grounds strewn
with lunch boxes and papers. bat when
the bicyclists began to make themselves
at home ON the piazzas and about the
house the wire fence was put up. This
summer, for the first time in many
wears, the house is occupied only by q
csretaker. 1t has belonged for years to
two nieces of the author, who are elderly
spinsters. By restriction in Irving's
will they are prevented from selling the
property to any one but member Of
the Irving family, and unless they did
this the place. at their death, was to be-
come the property of the state. About
year ago Sunnyside was bought by
nephew of theirs, and it is said to be
his intention to enlarge and entirely re-
store the old home The first step in this
work was to fence off the bicyclists,
who would have succeeded after awhile
in making such an undertaking very
difficult.
Children as Expert Cyclists.
Have you ever noticed how much
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