Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-01
SL|PPER.[EO, THIS
COUPLE WE'D IN
CINDERELLA STYLE
Lost Footgear Trim Attracted
Him, and Cupid Wore
q Smile.

NEW YORK, Sept, 1.-The story OF
Cinderella. the shoe and the prince has
come true in New York city. with
variations.
Miss Mildred Mermelstein was any
thing but a Cinderella in her home, 215
East 18th street. She was a smart
little stenographtr.
Nor was the slipper made of glass.
It was a real American girls slipper,
tiny and elegant.
The lover was not a prince, either,
but he was wealthy and very much in
love. and all at first sight.
But the ball was real the slipper
was worn at it and was much admired.
On its wa home, on a Madison ave-
nue. car, it slipped off Miss Mildred's
foot. Miss Mildred did not miss it un-
til she put her silk stockinged toes to
the cold, hard pavement. She called to
the conductor. but the car sped on.
On the car was Samuel Newman. a
shoe manufacturer. of $40 Wendover
avenue. He picked up the slipper and
fastened back. hoping to return it to
it's owner, but Miss Mildred had limped
away. Next day the prince advertised
for h enaiden whom the slipper would
fit. Miss Mildred answered.
The announcement of their engage
ment was made yesterday. The mar
riage is to take place next week.
Widow to Rule Zig Company.
YORK, Pa, Sept. Mrs. Annie Nc
Conkey, widow of the late ex-State
Senator e. X. McConkey, whose death
occurred about a week ago., has been
elected to the office of secretary and
treasurer of the Farmers Fire Insur-
ance Company, a position from which
the company has largely been admin
istered and which was held by her hus-
band during the latter years of his life.
The election of a woman to so re-
sponsible a position is unusual, but was
made in view of the late senator's in
terest in the corporation, which was
founded by her father, as Well as in
consideration of his widows business
ability.
Woman Sues White star for Gems.
NEW YORK, Sept. Mrs. Alice q.
Kraft, wife of Albert Kraft, a mil
liOihlic iiiiluB lldn VI Chihuahua
Mexico, has sued the White Star line
for $4,000, alleging that her trunks
were robbed of property to that
amount on the steamship Adriatic,
which arrived here Friday.
, Mrs. Kraft says that before the yes
sci left C~herbourg she saw that her
trunks were properly locked. On the
White Star pier her attention was
called by a customs inspector to the
fact that the lock of one had been
tempered with. She examined it's con
tents and found that a pear-shaped
ruby and diamond brooch, valued at
81, 800: a diamond pin worth $500 and
other articles worth $500 had disap-
peared. She charges that her property
was lost owing to the steamship COM
pany's employment of irresponsible
men in the place of striking stokers.
Pastor Flags HObble-slirtcd Ones.
GROVEVILLE, Sept. 1.-Women
who wear "hobble skirts" are walking
\ balloons" ~"lunatics" and goddess
| ones,'' according to the Rev. Peter
Henry. pastor of the First Reformed
Church.
The clergyman has become so
aroused over the latest fashion that
he has announced that no woman
wearing such a dress shall be admit
ted into his church.
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