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THE WEEKS GOSSIP IN NEW YORK.

never will be. Maude Allan is not
drawing at all. There is no particular
reason why she should. If there really
is such thing as a classic dance,
then Isadora Duncan, who preceded
Miss Allan. knew about a thousand
times more about it than the latter,
and Miss Duncan was by no means a
financial nor much Of an artistic sue
cess here, either. Two hours and a half
of one woman. no matter how sieaZy
her draperies, is too much Of a good
thing; human patience hardly extends
that far. These women make the thing
decidedly ridiculous when they SOL
emnly lay claim to being able to inter ;
pref the works Of Beethoven. for ex-
ample. Miss Allan attempts to portray
the psychological phases of Grieg's
Peer Gynt." 1t Is decidedly a joke. All
told. there are about six distinct move
dances" But there are about sixty
thousand phases of Peer Gynt." The
disparity is sufficiently startling, isn't
it?
The trouble is. too. that none of these
classic" dancers is pretty. They are
plain featured women, and even their
figures are in nowise attractive. Miss
Allan is decidedly too thin. Miss Dun
can revealed herself as somewhat
dumpy, stodgy person. Moreover, 1T Is
difficult to understand why women
with big feet have selected themselves
to become the opponents of classic
dancing. Really, they are the largest
feeted women imaginable; and some of
them are obviously flat-footed too. None
of the American women, however, who
exhibit themselves with bare feet-Isa-
dora Duncan, Maude Allan, Loie Fuller
and the rest-has such prodigious pedals
as Lady Constance Richardson, who now
is dancing "classic" stuff in London.
Lady Constance otherwise Is a mighty
pretty woman: but such huge feet for
a pretty woman!
In my opinion, the prettiest and the
most graceful woman dancer now in the
game is Gertrude Hoffman,; and she
doesn't profess to be Classic dancer
at all; just dancer. Her imitation of
Ruth st. Denis. the girl who does the
Hindoo dances. Is better than the origi-
nal; so are her limitations of Isadora Dun
can and Maude Allan. She has more
natural grace, more sinuosity of move
ment. I saw a dress rehearsal of some
new dances that Gertrude Hoffman, is
to show here beginning next Monday.
They are very beautiful but not designed
along the so-called classic" lines Like
wise. they are exceedingly undraped
dances, and maybe the moribund An
thony Comstock will be on the job when
he hears about them.
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but'H have to communicate with you
In the dumb language or else carry
around pad and pencil and write II
down for you? That'll be about the only
way after awhile to keep you from sulk-
ing on my hands all the time.
Now just take a peek around and
notice how everybody is chatting and
laughing and having the bulliest kind
of time, and here you are screwing
your face up and sulking, sulking, just
as If you'd rather sulk than eat-and
sometimes I think that that's actually
the case with you. Oh we'll, there's no
use. not a bit. That's right. go ahead
and dab at your eyes with that wad of
a handkerchief right here on the street
before a million people. and try the best
you know how to make EN- all think
that I've been furtively pinching your
arms or sticking horseshoe nails in you
or that I'm slowly starving you to death,
or something
Huh! That's it! Do all you can to
show me up before everybody! That's
your game-trying to show me up.
Here I've spent every minute since we've
been out trying to make little pleasant
conversation in the face of the sulki-
ness l saw on your face before we left.
the apartment. and the best l get is to
have you pull this weep gag on me, right
In front of everybody, and probably with
a lot of my friends rubbering. Oh. we'll.
all red and your face all crinkly and-huh
oh. well, this is the kind of a deal l get
for trying to give you a good time by
coming out for Sunday afternoon walk,
when l might just as we'll have taken a
nap as not. Fine, [ call it,"
were killed and wounded that eighty-four
officers were of the number; that most
of the wounded were since dead owing to
the following circums tances, that all the
balls fired by our people were poisoned.
They were the said first dipped in some
glutinous" matter, then rolled in white
arsenic and dried: that he himself saw a
box containing sixty pounds weight thus
poisoned taken from off Bunker's Hill.
This box was sent or is to be sent home.
This story is believed here by the govern
ment party. He further adds that the
troops We're highly enraged at this un-
natural and savage conduct. and that
they swear revenge. You see. dear sir,
to what straits they are driven to palliate
their disgrace and shagreen (sic) at SO
great a loss of officers and men, to en-
rage the soldiers, to deceive the good peo-
pie at home. They have continued this
abominable scheme, but l hope you will
take such measures as will make this
notorious falsehood add still more to their
shame and confusion
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HIS evening"" muir
INJURED Miss Teep-
sic Twinkletoes to
herself as, standing
before her dresser
mirror, she deftly
applied the wrink-
ly powder channels
to her nose, this
evening / think he
will"
No, sh e didn't
finish 1t by muir
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Loi VI peOpIt III
New York are
signing the widely
circulated petitions
asking for the par
don Of Morse. the
shady and shad-
owed Rnancier now
dong his fifteen-
year bit in the fed
eral corrective in.
stitution at Attain
ia. o b s er walton
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OW there's what l
call a pretty wom-
an" 1 d Mr..
Grump to Mrs.
Grump as they
stEolled on Con-
necticut avenue
Sunday afternoon
last. That one
with the mink coat
on, / mean. That's
my idea of a good
looking woman. I
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REPRESENTATIVE

REPRESENTATIVE
PEARRE of Mary
land is a dignif1ed
a n q impressive
looking member of
the House of Rep
resentatives and of
the District COM
mittee of that
body. He labors
in the vineyard
from early dawn
to dewy eve = I'm
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guests: feel sorrowful about leaving that
commissionership. after ALP
''Oh, no: that's not it, replied Mr..
West, with sigh.
Then. what's the trouble@' asked the
guest.
Well said Mr.. West. as he shook his
head from side to side, after that fare
who were under him during his term
called my colleague. Mr.. mcfarland, to
one side and presented to him perfectly
beautiful gold watch. Yes. stree, they
did But the policemen, who were under
me. didn't give me a thing. No, sir, not
a blessed thing
The guests looked sympathetic for a
moment until one Of them piped up:
Say, Harry, you oughtn't to kick on
that. Look what the police have done
for you all your life
That somewhat ambiguous remark
nearly broke up the party.
A PPRECIATING the fact that the
problem of the high and Increasing
cost of living. which is being agitated from
one end of the country to the other just
now. is the most pressing subject in the
public mind at present, any number of
members of the House of Representatives
either have introduced or are preparing
bllls on the subject. Incidentally, Speaker
cannon and the rules committee are be-
ing besieged by the authors or prospective
authors of bills suggesting remedies Of
the high price evil all asking, urging
demanding and imploring recognition for
their own particular. better-than-any-
thlng-else, pet measure. If Congress is
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her to cut 'em out and confine her idoliz-
ing stuff solely and exclusively to him.
Really, this feature of the situation had
been perturbing to Miss Twinkletoes
because, you see, they all really like
It when the one who looks pretty good as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-29

THE women of the United States might
as well make up their minds that
shirt waists are going to cost a good deal
more this year than they ever have be-
fore since shirt waists were invented
Nearly all of the shirt waist makers of
New York and Philadelphia have been on
strike for months, and practically all Of
the shirt waists for the trade In the
United States are manufactured in these
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Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK, January %, 1910.
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don't say that she's a bowling beauty,
understand What 1 mean Is that she's
neat, tidy, trig, wholesome, well groom
ed. She doesn't look as If her clothes
lad been chucked on her In dark
room, like--oh, well, like a lot of women.
She doesn't look feathery. linty. dandruf
y or anything like that. I'll bet that
fellow walking with her, even IL he's her
husband. is proud of her. / know
would be If Iiwere in his shoes. Now.
that woman's exterior Is perfectly sim
pie. Her-how's that? Her coat; Is of
genuine mink and it falls to her heels,
and therefore couldn't have cost less than
two or three thousand dollars? And her
hat is a genuine Neapolitan, with silk or
chids on 1t. and couldn't have cost less
than hundred dollars? Oh, of course,
you'd say that. ] expected you'd come
back with just such nonsense.
Because. you see, that's the way with
YOU women. When another woman who
looks trdg and tidy is pointed out to you,
why, You all begin to knock her and
run her down. It's a wonder you don't
try TO tell me that she's cross-eyed. Just
notice. will you, how fine her skin Is.
That's one thing you women deliberately
allow yourselves to go to seed on as soon
as you're married-your skins. You all
IN you SLOUGH dIOuuu, never
taking any exercise, taking a car If
you've got to so block, and the result
is that your faces get bumpy and sallow.
What? That woman is made up an inch
thick? Ha, ha, / might have known
you'd have said that 1t was a million
to-oRe shot you'd get that out Of Your
system. | never pointed out nice-look-
ing woman on the street or at the the
alter or at a restaurant or anywhere else
that you didn't hand me that rebate
about her being all paint and whitewash
and eyebrow blackening. and all that
kind of envious tommyrot.
However, / didn't start to talk about
her skin. / called your attention to her
neatness. OF course. that woman is fif-
teen or twenty years younger than you.
but What? She's forty il she is
day? Well. you must think only got in
last night on an alfalfa wagon. But. Of
course, it is only natural for you to say
that. All you women hate and despise
and loathe each other. Must be some
pretty good reason why women hate each
other so intensely, come to think OF it.
They know each other-that Is the an
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TT is unlikely that the anti-meat crusade
will take hold in New York as Ii has
taken hold In other sections OF the coun-
try. The population here is not cohesive
enough for that sort of thing. 1t is SIM
pie enough for a movement of that sort
10 take root and spread in an American
Gi.y: but everybody who knows the size
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it is possible to tell when an egg is alb
solutely fresh
Certainly" replied Dr. Wiley, with a
smile and a bow. watch the hen.'
Mr.. Pearre appeared somewhat kerr
f1ummoxed Il didn't mean just that"
he said with four-degree accession of
dignity, what / wish you would tell us
is this: How is it possible to tell when
egg ceases to be absolutely fresh and
takes the first step on the road to be-
coming passe2'
why. certainly. Mr.. Pearre," replied
Or. Wiley. Il will tell you that if In
turn you will inform me how ii is posi-
BILE TO determine when pig ceases to be
a pig and starts to become hog
Whereupon the temperature of the room
fell seventeen degrees with considerable
rapidly and the committee members all
began to ask questions at once about the
effect Of cold storage on a perfectly good
protoplasm.
y
. REPRESENTATIVE DORSEY w.
- SHACKLEFORD of Missouri the
Gloomy Gus of the House, has been bit
hitting Representative Tawney of Mime
sofa, chairman of the appropriations
committee. to show up his declaration
that in the last fifty-two years govern
ment officials have looted the Treasury
of more than twenty-eight millions of
dollars. After Mr.. Shackleford delivered
himself of this somewhat careless state
ment, Mr.. Tawney demonstrated so that
even the most rabid, trouble-making
democrat was forced to believe that
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THE classic dance" business isn't =
success in New York. Probably 1t
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after while 1 guess it'll get so that
won't be allowed to open my mouth,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
CONNECTICUT BAPTISTS MEET HERE NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR
 EICHTY-SEVENTH CONVENTION
Local Members of the Faith Are Preparing to Make Convention
 Memorable One Program of Baptist Society Meetings

Bridgeport Baptists are looking for ward with the greatest enthusiasm to the coming here of the state Baptist convention, which will open on Mon day next at 200 D. m. at the First Baptist church, with a praise service led by the Rev. c. K Flanders of Hartford.
 The first state convention of Bap- lists was held in Hartford in 1923, and the conventions have been held annually since that time. Bridgeport first had the convention in 1880, and again in 1895. The return of the convention to the Park City is an i'm portant event here and arrangem ents are going apace for the proper enter tainment of the visitors.
 The program in brief for the three days of the convention is as follows:
 Monday.
 2:0O p. m., twenty-eighth anniver- sary of the Conference of Baptist Ministers of Connecticut.
 7:30 D. rn., Nineteenth Annual Con- vention of the State rganization of the Baptist Young People of Connec- ticut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
STAMFORD

The proposed annexation of a, DOT tion of this town to Bridgeport, is Stove Club. at the drug stores and wherever the old and staid citizens do congregate. Thus far not much opposition has manifested itself among those most deeply nterested-proper- ty owners. Indeed, not a few men expressed the opinion yesterday that the whole town, clear to the Housa- tonic river, should become a part of Bridgeport, just as the Bronx, or Queens, is a part of New York. It is believed that Swan Brewster, who Thompson, who deals in real estate, ex-Sheriff C1arkson. and other solid men, would be glad to see the town become portion of Bridgeport. These men are convinced that if such should become the fact, the value of real estate would increase. Other advan- tageS would come to the town: Judge Nobbs would be the Judge of Probate; there would be better police protec- tion; there would at least be the chance of getting an auto chemical engine for the fire department, and the new proposed High school house for Bridgeport would be open to all the high school pupils. There will be opposition to taking slice off the town, with it's 2,O00 inhabitants, leaving Stratford a mere village of some 5000 inhabitants. All or none is likely to be the motto.
 gentleman who had a hand in the
 
 local election, says that, 216 Republ- cans tickets were scratched. This shows what<a lot of 1ooney'' voters there are in town.
 Rev. Arthur Shirley will fill the Congregational pulpit tomorrow in the absence of Dr. Packard, Rev. George church. At Christ church Holy Com munion will be held at 8 a. m. follow ed by morning prayer at 10:30. Even ing prayer at 7:30. The Bridgeport
 I1T- of St. Andrew have been invited to attend the service at 8 a. m
 Men were actually at. work yester- day putting the hay scales in order, put the shelf.
 William Lawrence is to occupy the Latin house on Broadbridge road,
 It is said that the new electric lights, installed here and there in town look very cheerful of dark ev- marlzable fact.
 Alonze T. Derby has gone hunting around Cornwall bridge. He might find good game nearer home.
 Albert E. Merrill is home from a three weeks auto trip, covering Phil adelphia, New York State, Vermont, and New Hampshire.
 There were 7 deaths in town during the past month.- Two of the men who died were 80 years old or over, John H. Chadwick, 80 and Robert George
 Chester Dunlap recently broke his collar bone, the result of falling from his horse, which stumbled.
 Sheriff Stagg hopes soon to be out again. He has really been seriously sick-so sick his sisters, Mrs. Spell and Mrs. Van Houten gave up their intended trip to Boston.
 The family of J. w Mitchell will move to Bridgeport.
 A surprise party has been given to Mrs. Otis B. Curtis of Long Brook avenue.
 The ladies of Christ church will hold a rummage sale next Thursday, be- ginning at Eoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
RAILROAD STRIKE
 HAS PETERED OUT
Premier Briand Now EndeavOring to Secure Advance in Wages
 For Strikers
Especial from United Press.)

Paris, Oct 15-The serious situation that made itself manifest during the first days of the great railroad strike, is ameIiorated greatly today, and there are few signs that this week has noted one of the most alarming labor disturbances France has ever seen Many of the strikers are returning to work.
 Premier Briand is acting as inter mediary between the strikers and the railroad officers and is endeavoring to secure an advance in wages for the strikers. It is probabale that he will succeed.
 Last nights rioting, engaged in by 5000 striking nasons and the police and soldiers appears not to have been so serious as first reported. The police began using rigorous measures at the first sign of trouble and awed the strikers by the severity of their meth ods.
 TRIED Sub hear CA-hiwc edififl1a
 Paris, Oct. 15-What is believed to have been an attempt to blow up the London-Paris Express was shown to- day by the premature explosion of one of the bombs placed on the tracks near Dreul. A railway employe, seeing the explosion, rushed back and stopped the express which was but half a mile away. The wrecking attempt is charg- ed to the striking employees.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
MIR. AND MRS. CONRAD SEM
 FELICITATED OH THEIR 5OTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

A gathering of nearly three score relatives and friends of MT. and Mrs. Conrad Seim met last night at the home of Edward Frank. 200 Brooks street in honor of the 5Oth wedding anniversary of the happy couple. Eel icitations were offered upon every side and a splendid dinner was served at the conclusion of the evening.
 MT and Mrs. SeiIn were affected to the point of tears at the many evil dences of kindliest feelings which were exhibited on every side. During the evening, the Rev., H. G. Weimer,( pas tor of the German Reformed church, offered the couple a si1ken- purse filled with gold pieces in behalf of the nephews and nieces, and following this, Joseph Seim, the only living child of MT. and Mrs. Seim, presented them with $30 in gold on behalf of himself and his family.
 Among, the guests were a number from out of town. The house. was very prettily decorated with autumn foliage and flowers, and two big ban nerS bearing the numerals tf1860'' and ''1910'' were displayed
 MT. Seim is a retired business man and has made his home in Bridgeport for about 10 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
FORMER BRIDGEPORTER
 TIT E1(SrrE-D

Harry A. sattler, a former resident of this city and a cousin of Julius
 to . iudgeshfp in the town of Port chester, N. Y. The people there think very highly of him judging by the complimentary articles in the town
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
MEMS LEAGUE FORMALLY
 LAUNCHED IN FIRST
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Over 200 men gathered at the First Presbyterian church last evening and the Mems Brotherhood of the church was formally launched, amid much enthusiasm. A constitution was adopted and officers elected as foi- lows:
 President, Neil M. Muirhead; first vice president, Edwin Campbell; sec ond vice president, Christopher P. Melick; secretary, Thomas N. Webb; treasurer, Alvin M. Hancock.
 The gathering met at T:30 and was first entertained with substantial repast. After this had been disposed of in satisfactory manner, Fred erick w. Read, who served as chair man of the evening, introduced the Rev. George D. Egbert of South Nor walk, who responded to the toast 'Brotherhood.'' s
 The speaker drew 8. stirring picture of the worth of the brotherhood in modern life, illustrated in a practical way with some exciting experience in his own career. The Rev. J. Mel. Richardson, pastor of the First Pres byterian church was then called upon and spoke upon the topic, *tAnticipa- tions." Still warm with the enthusi- esrn inspired by the two able speak CTS, the assem blaze convened into a business session and organized the league, which seems to have very successful career ahead of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
JOHN M. DORMAN'S
 STIRRING LETTER
{ Prohibition Candidate for
 Judge of Probate Endors- ed by Stratford Democrats

John M Dorman of Stratford, the kProhfbition candidate for judge of probate in Stratford. who has received the hearty endorsement of the Demo- kcrats, has written a letter to B. N. EWake1ee, IT,, chairman of the Strat- ford Democratic town committee, ex- Eplaining the trend of modern politics in uniting all independent voters against ring rule.
 MT. Dorman's letter is as follows: Stratford, Oct. IA, 1910. E. N. Wake1ee, Jr., Chairman of Dem
 ocratic Town Committee:
 Dear Sir:-In -acknowIed gment of the honor conferred on the Prohibition candidate for Judge of Probate by the endorsement of the Democratic Caucus Tuesday evening, Oct. il and in ex- pression of appreciation for the same let me say. that this act was very sig nif1cant{ and should direct the atten- tion of the thoughtful citizen and vo- ter to the conditions which ledeto it,
 No one recognizes more than that the personal factor in the proposition is small compared to that which the endorsement is desired to work out in connection with other forces for the betterment of the political conditions of the town.
 The fact is apparent that the en- dorsement by the Democrats conveys no intention that they propose to de- sert Democratic principles for those than the action of the many Republf- cans who voted the Democratic ticket at the town election and who, doubt less will do the same at the November election for Representative to the General Assembly and< for Judge of probate show that they propose to be any less Republicans in the future than they have been in the past. Nor that the Prohibitionists who at their caucus endorsed the candidates of the Democratic party for Representatives show that they propose to change their political faith for that of the Demo- cratic party.
 These partisans, so far as is known, cal relations except on this occasion and for this purpose viz: Political domination of the town by a few per sons has continued so long and carried so far as to cause a revolt To de- feat that deplorablef condition which is recognized as Ring Rule.'' It is this which draws Republicans, Demo- crats and Prohfbitionists together this year.
 whether it shall be successful is for the conservative and fairninded voters of the town to say.
 Is for the younger and progressive element of the Republican party to say whether in their party caucus they shall be practically disfranchised and when that has been accom- plished shall find their rights subjected to further humiliation by the-Jubilation of bon fire and ringing of bells.
 Is for those Republicans, young or old, who dep1ore the rupture and yet who see no efectua1 way to discredit such procedure except by voting against those candidates of their party caucus.
 Is for the voters of the town of ev- cry political belief who are tired of sEring" domination. who have been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-15
FOR FRESH AIR FUND

A lecture for the benefit of the Fresh Air Fund was given yesterday aftern oon at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Weeks, on Coleman street The lecturer was Mrs. Frances Robertson of Fort Wayne, Ind, who is to give a series of lectures About fifty guests were present