The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-19
Gotham
Gossip
By Francis Phillips
BY Francis Phillips


who marry foreign nohlemen, made
the other day in congress by Rep
resentative Henry of Texas, seems to
have gotten under the skin of some
Of the Representative relatives here
Of those who have sought social pres
tige through international maria sc
to men of title.
In the opinion of the families of the
lyoung New York women who have
exchanged their dollars for coronets
within the last decade or two. the
Vigorous philippe of the outSpoken
Texan. who, while holding them up to
Iopprobrium. took occasion to score
members of the diplomatic service for
aping the splendor of foreign courts,
WAS uncailed for and unfair Friends
Iof John Hayes Hammond, special
American ambassador to the corona
ton Of King George, We're disposed
to resent the implied reference to
him in Mr.. HcurY's spirited denunci-
alton of the nations ENJOYS abroad.
They were inclined to interpret the
attack on Mr.. Hammond as a rencc-
ton of the disappointment felt by
several candidates for tho appoint
ment as Uncle Sans special plcuipo-
Tertiary extraordinary to the ccrc-
monies in the English capital recently
However much the criticism of the
New York heiresscs who have mar
ried titles within the past few years
may be applHudcd through the coun-
try as patriotic EFFORT on the part
Of the southern representative in
congress to discourage the future en-
Iportatiou of dollar-ladcn brides, 1t 8
not believed il will have any appreci-
liable effect ON the transa tlantic mar
riace market So long as ambitious
mothers and title worshipins dauSht-
crs with substantial bank accounts
and much leisure time ON their hands
have hanlSering for such marriages
they will continue in proportion to
the number available The excuse
given for such ConiugaI contracts. that
the average American man of means
persists in dcNoting certain amount
Of his time to business, which pre-
lCIudcs the possibility OF giving to her
1.-The attention for social advertisement
she demands as her due viii continue
to encourage hcircsscs to seek the
J life of luXuriant leisure they CoVet by
alliance with the gilded scions of the
lold world The fact that SO many of
these hastily arranged and i'll aSsort-
ed marriages prove to be unhappy Will
have little adverse influence on those
who are eligible, every young woman
believing that she can overcome the
difficulties that encompasscd her con
temporarics and avoid the shoals up
on which others have been wrecked
w. r. Stead's suggestion at the
Fourth of July celebration h"id IN
London last week under the auspices
,of American veterans OF the clNll
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
lcounter proposal to rear a statute OF
William f.. Gladstone or some other
distinguished and progressive son of
Britain here.
In the past statues OF bronze and
stone have been erected in the public
parks of New york ho 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 pcrpetuate the
fame of a British citizen in this way
and until now no suggestion to do SO
has ever commanded public attcn-
ton. Gladstone was highly regarded
In New York and If the successful no.
COLLATION. of the new peace treaty,
sponsored by President Taft and
J Premier Asquith. is to he 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 similar courtesy on
this side will assume concrete shape,
Although intending it MS a joke on
Maxine Elliot. his former wife. the
memoirs of Nat Goodwin, the coined
ian in which he discusses her pre-
objection FOR entertaining noblemen
, during their summer vacation in
England few wears ago the rialto
thinks the joke is much on the actor.
The statement of Goodwin that while
strollng with his butler through the
grounds Of the English estate he
leased for the occasion. he passed an
open NlIlUbW ana ntdTu one 81 his
gucsts--Lord (name not mentioned)
making love to the glorious Maxine
and quizzing her for her lack ~
taste in marrying such an insignli-
cant vulgar little fellow" has got
New York on its ears When he says
that his wife used him for stepping
stone to hstrionic fame and pres
tige, New York quite agrees with
him, for that has been the history Of
each Of his four wives Goodwin
who is probably the most finished
comedian on the American stage, has
always had q faculty Of making
money, which he has been ever
ready to lavish on the woman who
held his fancy at the moment. I'm
fortunately for him all Of his wives
have appreciated this and while their
orbit has been in the ascendent each
- turn. particularly Maxine Elliott
and Edna Goodrich, her successor in
his affections have contrived To help
him spend his money with free
hand.
His confession that Maxine Elliott
used him 20 entertain their guests in
ENGLAND with tuuhy stories sud ~
Fay the zig Lius Iyr the hospitality
she arranged rgr the n9elsmsn ana
invited u share In the gay Weekend
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