The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-11-22
GOTHAM GOSSIP
A BREEZY LETTER FROM THE GREAT HUB
DoINGs OF NOTABLEs AND woULD-BE,s

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-It looks a,
if the trail of hard luck that has fol
lowed the admirers of Gaby Deslys
The danseuse, ever since King Manue
lost his throne through his indiscree
infatuation for her, is not to be
shooed off in her new environment ir
Gotham. Like an evil spirit it seem,
to cling to and smudge most of those
who fall a prey to the beguiling ways
of the dancer with the naughty twin
l1le, 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 focking about her, like bees
about honey. In the wild quest of her
smile and her favor some of the
"Johnies'' have put themselves in
pawn with local jewelers., florists and
restauranteurs. Yoss De Villiers,
agent for an aerial equipment CON-
pany, one of the most ardent of the
admirers of the young woman in his
effort to outshine his rivals for her
affection, contrived to land himself in
Jail the other day on charge of CIV
ing q check, declared by the bank
upon which it was drawn, to be value
less. Gaby had a birthday-age not
given-and De Villiers thought it
would be a nice thing to give her a
birthday supper on the stage Of the
Winter Garden where she is appear
ing, following the evening show. Some
eighty guests were invited to snare In
the feast. which cost bit more than
$500. AS an advance payment, the
host gave the caterer he originally
engaged for the supper check for
500. When this was returned I'M
honored tho caterer grew wroth and
refused to proceed with the feast. De
villier took him at his word and en-
gagged another purveyor of the good
stuff and pulled off the repaS on
scheduled time.
This made the holder of the ques-
toned check revengful and he had its
maker lodged in jail. Gaby who
vowed she had the time of her life at
the supper, was appealed to by the
friends Of the imprisoned young man
to put UP some of the jewels alleged to
have been given her by KING Manuel
as surety for the appearance of her
admirer But the French one who is
accused of having grown cold to MAN.
uel when the people of Portugal de-
posed 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 villers had
been sent to limbo for his rashness
was the fact that he had omitted to
nav the florist $50 coming to him for
pint n6 n
the dinner treat to the eye. How
ever this incident might be expected
10 chill the devotion of the remitttant
youth who fancied the high kicker
conquest worth striving fer, as mat
ter of fact it has had no apparent eff
feet, Judging by the attentions which
they continue to shower upon her.
Hall Gaines latest poem, "The
Mother of the Man in reply to Rud-
yard Kipling's recent rhymed attack
on woman's suffrage, THE Female of
the Species" has made him the idol
and hero of the suffragettes of New
York In large measure it has over
come the hurtful influence upon their
cause created by Kinplings bitter ar
TdlBUneIl Ol lIdt pOlliOll Ol tHe ScA
which has been clamoring for the
right to vote. By the anti-suffraget-
ties, who are strongly organized here
and most aggressive, the TRADE of the
author of the Vampire" was hailed as
the most formidable and powerful
piece of literature ever written against
the woman's suffrage movement, ana
TO be unanswerable.
The leaders of the anti's 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 a matter
of deep concern to the followers of
Mrs. Oliver II. p. Belmont. the moth
er of the Duchess of Marlborough,
who is the active head Of the suffra-
gettes, until the Game poem reached
here by cable. In the judgment of the
suffragettes the reply is more power
full 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 fac
lions intend giving nationwide circu-
lation to the two poems, around which
the battle for and against equal suf-
frage from now forward will be fought
with renewed bitterness.
To emphasize the justice of their
cause, the militant suffragettes had a
number of photographers at the polls
on election day last week snapshoot-
ing horrible examples" of the male
species as they appeared to vote.
These pictures will be used for stere-
optlcon exhibitions throughout the
country in the fight for recognition.
If such low-brows as shown by the
photographs are allowed to vote, the
suffragettes ask, why not intelligent
women?