The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-14

Fourth of July celebration held in
 London last week under the auspices or American veterans of the Civil
 War, now resident there, that he
 would favor the erection of a statue
 Of George Washington in the English
 capital, on the completion of the
 Peace Agreement pending between the
 two countries, has been met with a counter proposal to rear a statue of William Ewart Gladstone, or some oth-
 CT distinguished and progressive son of Britain here.
 In the past statues of bronze and stone have been epected in the pub lie parks of New York to foreigners who have achieved big things in the world of art and literature but to. date they are practically all Ger mans and Frenchmen. No attempt has ever been made to perpetuate the fame of a British citizen in this way and until now no suggestion to do so has ever commanded public atten- tfon. Gladstone was highly regarded in New York and if the successful negotiation of the new peace treaty, sponsored by President Taft and Pre-
 mier AsQuith, is to be celebrated on
 the other side by the memorial to
 Washington, described by Stead as
 the greatest Englishman of the 18th
 Century it will be likely that the movement to reciprocate the friendly sentiment by a similar courtesy on
 this side will assume concrete shape.
 Although intending it as a joke on Maxine Elliott, his former wife, the memoirs of Nat Goodwin, the come dian, in which he discusses her pre- affection for entertaining noblemen during their summer vacation in England a few years ago, the rialto thinks the joke is very much on the nfn that while strolling with his butler through the grounds of the English estate he leased for the occasion, he passed an open window and over heard one of his guests, Lord (name not mentioned making love to the glorious Maxine and quizzing her for her lack of taste in marrying "such an insignificant vulgar little fellow has got New York on it's ears. When he says that his wife used him for a stepping stone to histrionic fame and prestige, New York quite agrees with him, for that has been the his- tory of each one of his four wives. Goodwin, who is probably the most finished comedian on the American stage has always had a faculty of making money, which he has been ever ready to lavish on the women, who held his fancy for the moment. Unfortunately for him all of his wives have appreciated this and while their orbit has been in the ascendent, each in turn, particularly Maxine Elliott and Edna Goodrich, her successor in his affections. have contrived to help him spend his money with a free hand.
 His confession that Maxine Elliott used him to entertain their guests in England with funny stories and to pay the big bills for the hospitality she arranged for the noblemen she in- vited to share in the gay week end parties given at their estate, indicates that she regarded him as a valuable chatelaine to have around the house when company was coming. The act or who was smitten with the beauty of his wife, was slow to realize this and the present day realization of it seems to grieve him. That she has been able to maintain as expensive an establishment since she divorced him as she did before the rupture and is now the owner of the half million dollar Maxine Elliott theatre in this city, is apparently a matter Of some surprise to him and undoubtedly has added to his chagrin- For a long time there has been a report going the rounds that J. Pierpont Morgan gave her the theatre as a token of his re- gard for her artistic talents. But whether this is so or not the fact re- mains that she has it and that none of Goodwin's money is invested in it.
 If it were not for the widespread opposition in their constituencies to the proposed amendment of the racing laws, the persuasive eloquence of Mrs. Richard T. Wilson, Jr. who has been busy lobbying for the bill now before the state legislature would have cap- tured every vote needed long since. | The spectacle of a smartly gowned, | cultured, and attractive society mat l ron fraternizing with lawmakers at the state capital in behalf of meas | ure condemned by a majority of the | electors presents new phase in the | modern political evolution of woman hood. Through marriage, Mrs. Will | son is cousin of the Duchess of who by the way is re- ported to be planning an extended vis-I it to Newport and this city during | the month of August.
 Richard T. Wilson, Jr. is a steward | of the Saratoga Racing Association and one of the best known of the set in local society. His sis ter, Grace, is married to Cornelius brother of Alfred G. Van derbilt and his. cousin May Goelet, that was, is the Duchess of Rox-'