The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-13
GOTHAM GOSSIP
(Ry Francis Phillips, Copyright 1910, by the National News Service. N. YO


 Molly Elliott Seawell, the Southern l novelist. has drawn the fire of the fashionable suffragettes of Gotham l through the publication of a little book in which she does not mlnce words in criticism of them. Her sug- gestion that many of those now ac- lively engaged in promoting interest in the movement are diVorcees, pro- fessional agitators and notoriety seek CTS has provoked a storm of protest from the women upon whom the shoe pinches. What will happen to the pretty and talented critic if she ever | happened to stroll down the same street one of these balmy springs days, with some of "the ladies'" in question would not be hard to imagine.
 Miss Seawau takes a gentle fling at the personnel of the suffrage body
 There is a large class,' she says, Hike. the promoters of Hull House in Chicago, who mistake philanthropy for government, not knowing that too much philanthropy will ruin the best government on earth. There is of course, in the suffrage body that proportion of professional agftatOrs which is found in all movements. Then there are numbers of women who wish to be prominent and get into print Some of the most prominent leaders are divorced women.
 Woman suffrage has hadI most la mentable results, even where it has been tried, according to Miss Sea- walls researches. New Zealand, where women vote, is said to be one of the most corrupt electorates in the world and Colorado has been proved by official figures to be the most corrupt electorate in this coun- try. It has not improved political affairs in Finland. Utah and Idaho have failed to put stop to polygamy The five suffrage States show an ab- normal divorce rate.
 "A wife's maintenance, she assert ed in conclusion, lis her equivalent for a vote. If she acquires vote she must give up her right to main- tenance."
 At the mellow age of S7, Miss Su- san P. Fowler, the original ''bloomer woman," and by right of long and un- f1inching devotion to the cause of the "New Woman" died this week on her estate at Vineland, just outside the city.
 She donned the bloomer costume sixty-nine years ago, when it bid fair to become popular under the advo- cacy of such women as Susan B. An thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and others in Oneida commun- ity, of New York, although she never accepted any of the doctrines of that community.
 Although she never made any con- verts in Vineland, and although all her old friends discarded the bloom CTS completely alone she fought on, and, according to her own words, kept sowing thought seeds regard ing basic laws of life.''
 Marriage and motherhood, as known to-day" she continued, "are farce and all because the young are not taught the basic laws of life
 For over forty years Miss Fowler conducted a farm on the outskirts of Vineland and never would "have a man around" She devoted her spare time in life to writing books, several of which were published and had some sale. She was a clever conver- sationalist, and a woman who com manded the respect of the whole com munity.
 Miss Fowler was the oldest new wo- man in the land. She began the wearing of boomers and a sort of half-men's garb in 1S54
 Despite her unusual costume, Miss Fowler had many offers to marry. Her freakish looking pantalettes and top coat did not in the least chill the ordor of her suitors. But it was not until she had passed her eightieth birthday that she had her first TO- nance and was pressed to enter wed- locks state. It was then that Geo. Edward Fowler entered into her life. She made every preparation to wed. but in some way the match fell through and she remained spinster to her death.
 Sober men wondered if they had not slipped one over ''unbeknoWnst" on themselves, and men who were not quite sober felt they were beginning to see the spring creepers crawl when the German liner President Lincoln came into port the other day and landed an animal that should do fine work for the cause of prohibition.
 Half of the deck hands of the ship took the pledge at first sight of the creature. It is called the Kanchil. The Kanchil is ten inches long, eight inches high and about three inches thick. It's head resembles the head of deer, but it's nose is hogs nose. The main part of the body resembles a guinea pig, but the eyes are rab- bits eyes. It is white, save for a brown splash on the back of the neck. It makes a whiting sound and is con- sidered quite beamish enough to get the admiration of anyone expert in freak animals. The Kanchil has the Jabberwock beaten a mile for odd and unexpected points.
 For instance, while its nose is a hogs and it's eyes a rabbits and it's body a guinea pigs, it has the fool- est kind of legs. The legs taper to delicate little feet. If all of the anil nal but the legs were covered, one might guess that it was a four-leg- ged buzZard.
 The Kanchil is consigned to an an- imal dealer in Grand Street, Manhat- tan.
 There were also aboard a procu- pine, puma, three ostriches. a pair of baby elephants, lots of birds and about one hundred monks of the Gus Mager type.
 By the way, the mixed-up Kanchil was found in Australia.
 Rather than comply with the stip- ulation to change their name to Work contained in the will of their grand father, the late Frank Work, the ban ker-horseman, who died several weeks ago, leaving an estate of $15, 900 GOO, Maurice and Frank Burke-Roche, the twin sons of Mrs. Frances Burke Burke Roche, brother of the Earl of Fermoy, declared they would forfeit every penny coming to them. Some day the young men, who. while edu- cated in America. still cherish fond recollections of their English father foresee a possibility of one of them inheriting the ancient title of the Fer moys and do not want to do anything to make themselves ineligible to the lawful succession. The executors of the will of Work are friendly to the grandsons and their money, and are disposed to ignore the harsh condi-