The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-06
It Morey, France.

at Morey, France
And one of my favorite statues,
Philosophy said the sculptor. twas
in the hold of the Princess Irene when
she went aground recently"
There is a real live Italian duke in
town and he is not looking for All
heiress! He calls himself Tomaso
duca Pugilati di San Giorgio.
1.-THE American women" he says,
''they are beautiful. The European
women-they, too, are beautiful The
American women are very learned
but, pouff! I would not marry any of
them for the world!''
Heiresses will please take notice
that the duke is out of the garden
variety of noblemen. He is not a mere
count. Italian dukes are rare. In
the opinion of the Duke of st. George
the most representative American wo-
men are Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
Green. The former, he says, repre-
sents the beautiful, athletic and
wholesome American woman. Mrs.
Green, he thinks, Represents the flu
ture type of American woman, and
what the present-day American wo-
man would like to be-brainy. clever
crafty and money making.
The Duke Of ST. George has been
in New York since 1908. He prefers
obscurity, and would doubtless have
remained in obscurity had not one Of
his three great ambitions given him
away The three ambitions are: TO
abolish capital punishment, destroy
the Camorra and to become an Am
erican citizen. 1t was the latter
ambition which exposed his identity.
He wants to throw off the mantle of
nobility and become a plain every
day Yank.
Before returning to England the
other day, the Duke of Manchester
who married the pretty daughter of
Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, ex-
pressed the hope that the United
States would not follow the example
of England and adopt the income
tax as an economic principle. He
said:
cit seems to me that this country is
in danger of making the income tax
come, tax in England, and I speak
from experience and observation
when 1 say it is unjust and unequal
and has not benefited England. 1
believe the form of taxation you have
had here so long-the indirect tax
is the very best method OF raising
revenue
RECIPROCITY will be a very good
thing for Canada, but d very poor
thing for England. 1t is our own
fault
IA I0pOII IIOIl received
this city to-day, stated that Sir Hen
ry Wood had been offered the posi-
ton of conductor of the Philharmonic
Society of New York. Sir Henry.
the dispatch stated. had not as yet
announced his decision.
AT the offices of the society in
Carnegie Hall, it was said that moth
ing definite was known of the report
Sir Henry, it was stated, was one of
the forty under consideration to sue
coed Gustav Mailer, but it was not
believed that he would be available
1t was possible, it was said that he
had been asked whether or not he
would be in a position to accept
should the offer be made to him.
Mr.. Mailer completed his con-
tract with the Philharmonic at the
conclusion of this season, and went
abroad for his health.
Miss Ida Sedgwick Proper, an ar
fist, who has spent several years in
Paris and. whose home is in Des
Moines. Iowa, said some harsh things
about Uncle Sam customs system
when, upon her arrival in the steam
ship Chicago, several inspectors
thought she ought to pay duty on
pictures she had painted.
eff ] could have my way about it
we would have free trade here" she
said. But as long as we can't have
free trade we ought at least to have
women customs inspectors They
wouldn't rumple UP the personal be-