Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-27
SOMETHING
ABOUT HER

Mrs BENJAMIN II. RUSSBLL's s
wi little girl, Bessie Sessions, is
4tA- kicking her sweet life away in
the front row of bright Eyes" Mrs.
Russell lives in Washington and is the
wife of Lieut.. Col. Russell of the
Marine corps and a niece of former
Governor Merritt of Montana. Bessie
is said to be Washington society girl.
She does not have to exercise as she
does, but she loves her art and there
fore relinquishes with pleasure the
frivolous joys Of Washington society
| life. When she went to New York to
throw her whole soul into bright
Eyes" she did not tell everybody that
she was going to sacrifice herself for
| the drama. She was too clever for any
thing like that. No one will believe 1t,
! but the straight Of 1t Is that She
| shrewd little one-told her folks that
she was going to visit relatives. 1t
all came out in an interview that Eliza
beth had with reporter She did not
wish any one to know about it, so of
course she called q reporter to help
| her keep the secret.
| Her talk was something like this:
you see, 1 wanted no one to know
about it. No, my family does not want
me to go on the stage. Oh, yes, l am
afraid when they find out they will
drag me home Yes, love the stage.
1t has always been my ambition to be
an actress. No, my family would not
hear of it. Yes, I suppose they are
| bound to hear Of it now"
mot twice." insists Mrs. Mary Ade-
laide Yerkes," meaning that there is
nothing in the rumor that she is going
to be married again. William Seavey
Lower Is the man she refuses with
these two hard words, for he is the
man that rumor had selected for her.
| Mrs. Yerkes Is the widow Of Charles
T. Yerkes, traction magnate of Chicago
and London. She married Wilson
! Miner once, and she does not intend
! to repeat that error, she says. She is
determined on that point, hence her
straight from the shoulder mot
| twice"
Mrs Yerkes is living at the Hotel
Plaza, New York. She has a fortune of
about S3,OOO,O 900, which makes the curt
words all the more cutting. From pro-
ceeds of the sale Of her husbands art
collection she viii receive about $1,000,-
! 600 more. The curt words seem still
curter. Also, she has Jewels and real
estate which are not included In the
mentioned figures and curtness.
Mrs. Alice Longworth went into a
moving picture show last week.
swooped down upon it in an automo-
| bile the papers say. Having paid her
| dime, she saw her father riding camels
and Zulu porters, and shooting the
elusive animals Of the tropics. She
enjoyed the show immensely and made
declarations to the effect that her papa
was no frost as a Thespian.
why. there's father now" exclaimed
Mrs. Longworth, laughing heartily and
clapping her hands gleefully every
time Colonel Roosevelt made his en-
trance upon the screen. She appeared
delighted with the series, with Roose-
velt in Africa" and was polite enough
not to get up and leave In the middle
of the finale
Father certainly enjoyed himself" !"
was Mrs. Longworth's after theater
comment.
Did you ever notice that It is mother
and father who stay at home and
achieve the fame, while it Is the frisky
| daughter or son who goes out into the
world and does things? For instance
Mrs. Frederica d. Gilpin, daughter
get this-daughter of Charles E. Ber-
wind, millionaire coal operator, has be-
gun divorce proceedings against
Charles Gilpin. Dear old dad would
never in his life do anything to get the
family in the papers, so poor Mrs. Gill
| pin had to start a divorce or something.
Somebody has to do the press-agenting.
The Gilpins had brilliant wedding in
1908. Mrs. Gilpin is chic. dashing,
original, fond of athletics and cour-
ageous Good for her for that. It Is a
relief to know that she is truly useful
IN the world. So many big people are
merely figureheads. 1t is said' that
Mrs Gilpin drove off two burglars at
the pistols point at Overbrook one
time.
When a wild-eyed man appeared at
the door OF the little farm house of
Mrs. II. G. Barnes, near Lakewood, N.
j., and from behind threatening re-
volver demanded food and lodging In
the house for himself and his horse,
Mrs. Barnes looked him over quickly
and told him quietly to come in, but
| please to leave the horse outside until
| she could arrange a cot for him. He
threatened to blow out her brains
and she told him that that would suit
her exactly as soon as she went to
prepare a place for the horse While
she was out she told her husband of
their frenzied visitor and went back
to entertain him while her husband
telephoned for the police.
| After a seven-mile run in an auto
mobile from Lakewood the officers sue
ceeded in disarming the crazed man.
Then they took him back to Lakewood
and placed him in Jail. 1t has not been
heard whether the horse was given a
suite in the Jail, with bath and
breakfast.