Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-02
A MILLIONAIRE FAD
GLADYS UNGER ANOTHER BENE-
FICIARY OF YERKEs' FAVOR.

There Is an element OF romance connected
closely with the life OF Charles T. Yerkes in
London during the past eight years. says
the New York World. The interest which
the great financier has shown in the career
of a young American girl. Gladys Cnger. is
too well known to many persons on both
sides Of the Atlantic to be regarded as q
secret, though It has never before been
made public.
About Twelve years ago there lived in st.
Johns Wood q well-known suburb of Lon
don specially favored by artists. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jules Goodman. Their house. which is
called THE Wigwam. on Acacia road. is
one of the ordinary square-built English
houses with high wall surrounding It,
Goodman is clever black-and-white artist
Both he and his wife are natives of Chicago.
MRS. Goodman had been previously Mrs.
Frank Unger Of Chicago. Owing to a matrl-
monial disagreement she left her first hus-
band and went to England, taking her little
daughter Gladys. She married Mr. Good
man. and at that time they were in some
what embarrassed circumstances
Gladys Remarkably Clever
"A near neighbor to the Wigwam was Mrs
James Brown Potter. who took an interest
In pretty little Gladys. Gladys was remark
ably clever. her drawing and painting being
unusually brilliant for child.
After many struggles Goodman succeeded
IN establishing this stepchild and his wife
IN farls. where the girl, then about twelve
years old. was taught by the best masters
About this time. perhaps eight years ago,
ferkes was in Paris great deal
one day, at the house of an American,
ferkes met Gladys and her mother He
TOOK deep interest in the GIRL immediately
sent her to expensive masters and as she
grew older. watched her with affection per
maps not altogether phianthropic
ABOUT this time
agreed TO ddner. A separation took place
MRS Goodman staying in Paris with GLADYS
one day there arrived at a splendid suite
OF rooms at the Hotel Cecil, London afash-
ionably dressed young woman accomnaniaa
by ner mother and two maids They had a
perfect mountain of trunks A suite of fonr
or Civ I'VE elegant rooms had been reserved for
liem 'py Charles T. Yerkes
A Familiar Feature of London Life.
Gladys Cnger, her motor brougham, her
beautiful dresses, her costly tewelrv. her
evident culture and intelligence and, too.
her prettiness, soon became familiar fea-
lures OF London life. 1t was understood
that gladys painted miniatures and wrote
plays.
one day bolt from the blue descended
into the luxurious drawing room of suIte
NO. -, Hotel Cecil. Yerkes appesred and
informed Mrs. Goodman and her daughter
tnat MRS ferkes was on the point of ar
coming at once to the Hotel Cecil in order
to use suite No. 81, which she had heard
had been engaged for her benefit some
months previously.
There was great scuttline of mistresses
and maids, and in an incredibly short snace
Of time, Mrs. Goodman and Miss finger
were en- route to Paris. As the 800 mail
train steamed from Charing Cross a series
OF CABS and an omnibus station wagon
brought Mrs. Yerkes with her goods ana
chattels to the Hotel Cecil
Hhls narrow escape seemed, however to
have had no special effect on the nerves
OF Yerkes or his proteges. Mrs Yerkes
did not care much for London, and there
fore did not stay very long. In the course
of a few weeks she left for Paris The
day following Mrs Goodman, Miss Unger
and their accompanying paraphernaHa re-
turned once more to suite u, Hotel Cecil.
A Home in the Fashionable Quarter.
This ingenious game of Box and Cox went
on two three times between these la
dies. Then, one day, Miss Unger. evil
IDENTIFY having grown tired of so restless a
state of affairs, became the possessor of the
lease of handsome house in Charles street,
Berkeley Square. the very heart of fash
ionable London.
Meantime Miss Unger had arranged with
Seymour Hicks and Charles Frohman-
possibly with the intervention of Yerkes-
for the production of a drama she had
writtSn called David Garrick." This hith-
erto unknown passage in the life of the
great actor was produced at the Vaude-
Vile Theater at a matinee for the benefit
of a fund that the king assisting to
raise for the poor.
David Garrick" was never seen after
one performance. but the result must have
been most lucrative. At least, Gladys I'm
ger received a very large check and some
extremely valuable presents that certainly
did not come from the management of the
Vaudeville.
Experience in Play Writing.
Another play from Gladys Ungers pen
was produced eighteen months ago at
Brighton by Arthur Bourchier the actor
manager OF the Garrick Theater. 1t was
largely Photographed. Miss Unger was in
terviewed sketched and photographed in
her beautiful home In Charles street, Berke-
ley Square. There 1t Is that Miss Unger
chaperoned by her fond mother, gives tea
parties luncheon parties and dinner par
ties to some of the leading lights of the
Bohemian world
Gladys Unger is not more than twenty
three but looks Older in spite of her pi-
quancy OF features. Exactly how she has
been provided for by the late millionaire
is not known positively, but 1t is certain
she holds a long leasehold OF the Charles
street house, which is crammed with the
among them being a collection of minia-
lures OF old Frenc.- and Cosway periods,
which are practically priceless. Miss I'm
ger also has some splendid jewels which
she has the good sense not to wear too
frequently.
Mrs Goodman likewise, is able to dis
play a very attractive set of pearls and