The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-02-24
GOSSIP OF MANHATTAN.
Some Stray Topics From Little Old
New York Cleaned for Our Read.

Shirt-waist iihe," which clus-, so
much bitter iCcling and excitement N
lew York IN tho last few months Mrs
G. II. p. Belmont, who had taken a
prominent part in the agitation which
brought about the settlement, gave a
regular love-feast at Delmonicos the
other day, to which all the shirtwaist
manufacturers who had accepted the
compromise, as well as representa-
tives of the shirtwaist makers union
and of the Woman's Trade Union
League were invited The represent
tatives of the strikers were all there,
brit of the manufacturers only half a
dozen put in their appearance. Miss
Anne Morgan was also present. Dur
ing the love feast, which was really
quite touching, several club women,
suffrage advocates and preachers
dropped in and addressed the gather
ing The representatives of the union
were profuse in their thanks to Mrs.
Belmont and other society women who
lad interested themselves in their be-
half and appealed to these ladies to
pledge themselves for a year not to
luy any shirtwaists that did not bear
the union label They gave emphatic
assurance that these waists would
which were not made by union labor.
Mrs. Belmont unhesitatingly gave the
desired promise and Miss Anne Nor
gan followed her example, adding the
reservation, however, that her prom
Use would be binding only as to shirt
waists which she should purchase in
this country.
A good press agent is a valuable
asset; a poor one is worse than a
mortgage. How true this is many
an actor and actress has learned from
experience. 1t is clearly demonstrated
by two coups of press agents attempt
cd on the same day recently, of which
one was eminently successful. while
the other came dangerously near land
ing one of the neutrality-suspicious. in
the workhouse. The successful press
agent managed to get a story in the
sent a poor, Observation-Disclosures
newsboy who was in love with Ler
and for years had supplied the actress
with clean" papers free of charge
to be educated at her expense at a
military academy up State. The other
press agent, who represents Nance
on plots and tried his hand at man
ufactured plot, called plant" by the
profession. He induced Joseph Hose
plan, an Armenian actor, to play The
part of the desperate Tilted lover in
a little comedy act, the scene of which
was laid in the apartment of Nance
Gywnn. The Armenian, with a mur-
derous looking gun in his hand, was
posted in the hall, while Nance rush
eu into the street and asked two POI
licemen who just happened" along,
for protection. They arrested the Ar
menian with the gun and took him to
the Night Court. The presiding mag
istrate, who had evidently had little
experience with theatrical advertising
methods could not see the joke and
held the Armenian under $500 bond to
keep the peace for six months. The
poor man had considerable trouble in
finding bondsman and keep from be-
ing sent to the work house
How quickly a man can get re0u-
tation was illustrated the other day
A man weighing three hundred pounds
broke through grating in the side
walk and stuck fast in the opening
ed for box and heavy plank and
Using the latter as a lever, hoisted
tie fat man out of his predicament
Scarcely an hour later woman of
more than two hundred pounds slip
ped into a coal hole in the sidewalk
ana became wedged into the opening.
Someone, who had seen how cleverly
the above mentioned doctor had hoist
ed the fat man, called the doctor by
telephone. Upon his arrival the doc
tor. assisted by several other men,
pulled the weighy woman out of the
coalhole but, after he had shipped inc
frightened woman to the hospital, lie
advised the interested spectators to
send for a derrick instead of a doctor
Should similar accident happen in
the future.
Battery Dan" Finn, the famous
magistrate, who has been hanging ont
for many years in the lower Green
wlch street district, which he rules
like a little Gar, is under investiga-
ton. Like the overwhelming majori-
ty of his constituents and followers
he has an insurmountable aversion to
c everything that looks like police uh-
form and ever since Battery Dan
has been on the bench the policemen
in his district had a tough time Of it.
They found it almost impossible 10
secure conviction of their prisoners
and particularly was this the case
when they brought liquormen, arrest
cd for violations of the excise law, be :
fore him. In such cases the police
men usually became the defendants