The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-28
GOTHAM GOSSIP

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(Ry Francis Phillips. Copyright 1910.
by the National News Service. N. "
| New York, Aug. 25-On his arrival
| here from London the other day,
| strenuous efforts were made by the
! ship news representatives of the daily
| newspapers, who met the Mauretania
down the bay to extort some comment
| from j. Pierepont Morgan On the
forthcoming marriage of John Jacob
Astor, brother of William Waldorf
| Aston of Cliveden and Miss Madeline
Force. Habitually cautious in his
talks with newspapermen the finan-
cier, who was responsible for the
adoption of the anti-divorce canon at
| the last convention of the Protestant
Episcopal convention of the United
States, scented trouble and diplomatic
cally parted the thrust of the inter-
viewers.
When all of the other newspaper
men had given up the job as hopeless
and had left the organizer of the bill
lion dollar Steel Trust to his medita-
tions, a glib young reporter with an
innocent looking face thinking he
could put one over on the astute Mr..
Morgan slipped up to him and lisped in
his most dulcet accent:
Il am from the Christian Advocate
and my paper is especially anxious to
know what you as a great churchman
think of the problem of divorce and
subsequent marriage?"
The fnancier eyed the bland look
ing newscomer curiously His eyes
flashed and in a second he seized the
impairment scribb1er by the shoulder
and with a gentle shove that suggest
ed that the youngster was in the wrong
pew, blurted out:
go back to the Christian Advocate,
quick
And the abashed young man vamoos-
ed, forthwith.
The cordial greeting and sympathy
extended by the sporting element Of
the city to the Marquis of Queensbury
in his lamentations upon the neglect
of England to accord his family ade-
quate recognition, has greatly cheer
ed the. nobleman, who says he has
career for himself in the States or
Canada. Outside of the Earl of Ros-
lyn and the Earl of Yarmouth who
essayed to prove that they had the
capacity to work for their living if
need be by taking brief theatrical ELL
gagements here a few years ago,
Queensbury is the first visitor of his
ignore the traditions of his class and
propose hard work as a sedatiVe for
his distraught nerves.
In response to his expressed willing
ness to accept an executive position,
he has been offered several jobs by
persons willing to cooperate with him
in his praiseworthy ambition but ap-
pears to have not canvassed the field
sufficiently as yet to enable him to
come to any. definite decision as to
whether these particular situations
suit or not.
will become an American citizen or!
retain his present status quo. Before
he makes up his mind on this question
he says he will have to ascertain what
effect such a step, to which he IN
clines personally, will have on the fu-
ture position of his sons and their
right Of succession to the family titles.
While apparently willing to sacrifice
them so far as he himself Is concern
ed, he is most solicitous that the here
ditory privileges of his children shall
not be jeopardized. For that reason,
it is considered most likely that he
will let well enough alone for a while,
at least until he can determine what
opportunity there is on this side OF
the Atlantic for him to achieve son1e-
thing worth the while.
In his present frame of mind, he
would undoubtedly burn all his bridges
behind him If he could be assured that
he will make good here in his profess
ed intention of taking off his coat and
getting down to cases. Whatever idea
he cherished of commanding the at
tention of King George and winning
as a coronation gift place for him.
self and his progeny in the House of
Lords from which he complains his
family has been unfairly barred for
oan
abandoned all hope of receiving the
recognition from the crown to which
he thinks his house is entitled. Dur
ing his stay in the city, prior to his
departure for Canada, the Marquis
was inundated with invitations f rom
sporting and other clubs to accept their
hospitality while in town.
Mayor Gaynor has crossed swords
with the actor folks over his criticism
of anna Malleen," a new book OH
stage life which has been excluded
from the public libraries of the city
on the ground that it is immoral.
Mildred Holland, the actress, who
is President of the New York Chap
ter of the Actors Church Alliance, rep
resenting the members of that pro-
fession wrote to His Honor few days
ago protesting against the decision OF
the library authorities and inviting |
acter of the book. After reading the
copy submitted to him for his APPROX
al the citys Chief Executive, ignoring !
the question raised against it that it |
is on the shady side of literature and
in a class with Elinor' GYMS much
discussed Three Weeks" declares 1t
On that ground he approves it's
exclusion from the shelves of all OF
the city's reading rooms.
Miss Holland now wants to know
what Mayor Gaynor knows about |
stage life anyway, She thinks he is |
trying "to be funny at the expense
of the stage craft and in so doing is !
making +" big mess of it as he al
ways does.''
mo one asked him to be funny" |
asserted Miss Holland. 1.-The stage is |
the place for our funny folks, and I
never heard that the Mayor was an
actor-that is, on the stage. He may |
be an excellent man, but this humor |
at worthy books expense does not |
seem fair I merely wanted to know !
if the book was Objectionable. That
was all I asked and it was all 1 ex-
pected from him. He has decided that |
it is not Objectionable. Now let US
find out why the book cannot be plac- |
ed"
Then she added sarcastically, II
didn't ask His Honor for learned |
treatise on Don QuiXote, Cervantes, |
Euripides, Sophocles or any of the |
other ancient gentlemen who may be
the Mayors present day inspiration"
With the resignation this week Of