The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
GOTHAM GOSSIP
lRy Francis Phillips. Copyright 1910.
 by the National News Service. N. Y.)

New York, Nov. 17-It looks as if he trial of hard luck that has fol- owed the admirers of Gaby Deslys, he danseuse ever since King Manuel lost his throne through his indiscreet lnfatuation for her, is not to be shooed off in her new. environment in Goth. am. It seems to cling to most or those who fall a prey to the beguiling ways of the dancer with the naughty twinkle, here, as we'll as on the other side of the Atlantic. Undaunted by the hoodoo all the gay blades of the town have been Hooking about here, like bees about honey. In the wild quest for her smile and her favor. some of the .Johnnies" have put themselves in pawn with local jewell CTS, florists and restaurateurs. Yees De Villiers, agent for an aerial equip ment company, one of the most ardent of the admirers of the young woman, in his effort to outshine his rivals for her affection, contrived to lana himself in jail the other day on a charge of giving a check, declared by the bank upon which it was drawn, to be valueless. Gaby had a birth day-age not given-and De Villiers thought it would be a nice thing to give her birthday supper on the stage of the Winter Garden where she is appearing, following the evening show. Some eighty guests were in, vited to share in the feast which cost a bit more than $400. AS an advance payment, the host gave the caterer he originally engaged for the supper, a check for $1oO. When this was re- turned unhonored the caterer grew wroth and refused to proceed with the feast. De Villiers took him at his word and engaged another purveyor of the good stuff and pulled off the repast on scheduled time.
 This made the holder of the ques- tioned check revengeful and he had its maker lodged in jail.. Gaby, who vowed she had the time of her life friends of the imprisoned young man to put up some of the jewels alleged to have been given her by King Man. uel as surety for the appearance of her admirer. But the French one. who is accused of having grown cold to Manuel when the people of Rortu- gal deposed him for his various acts of folly with her. declared she had troubles enough of her own and would allow him to languish in jail.
 What hurt her apparently more than the news that De Villiers had been sent to limbo for his rashness was the fact that he had omitted to pay the florist the $50, coming to him for the floral embellishments which made the dinner treat to the eye. However much this incident might be expected to chill the devo- ton of. the remittance youths whQ- fancy the high kicker conquest worth striving for, as matter of fact it has had no apparent effect, judging by the attentions which they continue to shower upon her.
 Hall Caine's latest poem "The Moth CT of The Man" in reply to Rudyard Kiplings recent rhymed attack on the Species" has made him the idol and hero of the suffragettess of New York. In large measure it has over- come the hurtful influence upon their cause created by Kipling's bitter ar- raignment of that portion of the sex which has been clamoring for the right to vote. By the anti-suffra- gettes, who are strongly organized here and most aggressive the tirade of the author of the Vampire was powerful piece of literature ever writ ten against the woman's suffrage movement and to be unanswerable.
 The leaders of the antis have been using it with telling effect in their propaganda in opposition to the suf- fragettes ever since it came out. How to effectually combat it was mat ter of deep concern to the followers of Mrs. Oliver P. H. Belmont the mother of the Duchess, of Marlbor- suffragettes. until the Caine poem reached here by cable. In the judg- ment of the suffragettes the reply is more powerful than the original of Kipling and among thinking women will awaken more interest in the work they are aiming to accomplish than anything ever spoken on the subject Both factions intend giving nation wide circulation to the two poems, around which the battle for and against equal suffrage, from now for ward will be fought with renewed bit terness.
 To emphasize the justice of their cause. the militant suffragettes had a number of photographers at the polls on election day last week snap male species as they appeared to vote. These pictures will be used for stereopticon exhibitions throughout the country in the flight for recogni- tion. If such low-brows as shown by the photographs are allowed to vote, l the suffragetteS ask, why not inteili- l gent women?
 There has been one angry, tempest | ous nobleman detained all week in the ! detention pen at the immigrant sta- 1 tion on Ellis Island. Adolph Schief, | baron of Bottlenberg, by name, he inadvertently confided to- an immi- | grafton inspector who boarded the Quarantine, that he had but s16 in money with which to separate him from priyation. He had been celebrat- ing the birthday of a fellow passeng- CT the night before and was disposed | 10 talk more about himself than he | has since discovered was good for | him. The immigration regulations re- Guire a minimum of $25, as the wealth [ of an immigrant who seeks admis- | sion to these shores. Possession of less than that implies, liability to become a public charge on the coun- try.
 The baron is a man of undoubted refinement and claims to have mat riculated from three universities, | among them Heide1berg In his poe ket he carried a letter from a wom- an in New England, who claimed she was widow and anxious to marry. Pressed for an explanation of this epistle the bewildered Teuton declared that it was the result of correspon- dence openei up with him some months ago by a matrimonial bureau. which he says undertakes to, find wealthy wives for improvident Sno- blemen in Germany, who desire to im- prove their financial position through congenial marriages.
 As a man of education and culture, the baron says he did not anticipate being obliged to subscribe to the same