The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-20
GOTHAM GOSSIP
(Ry Francis Phillips, Copyright 191O, by the National News Service. N. YO

(Ry Francis Phillips, Copyright 1910. by the National News Service. N. Y0
 New York, May 2O-Of the million or two with which the debonnalr Freddie" Gebbard once dazzled Goth am in the days when he was one or the city's gayest blades. his executors reported this week that he left put s163, ,721 when he died a few months ago. Among his assets were found a lot of stock which the State Controll- CTS appraiser declared had no value. Reputed in the heydey of his glory to be uncommonly shrewd about ms investments there is a suspicion that in his declining years he lost mucn of his old acumen and became mark CT for some of his stock brokerage acquaintances, who loaded him up with their .'cats and dogs" The fact that he had husbanded as much or his fortune as the inventory Of the inheritance tax collectors found, or an examination of his estate, was some surprise to a great many Of his lrlenos who had long believed that the g1ody pace he kept up for many years With the Baroness Blanc and other noted professional beauties had broken
 him beyond hope of recovery. What IS left of his estate goes to his sister Mary I. Nelson of this city and New
 
 robe of any man in the United States when he was burning up his money at Long Branch and the faSh1onaple summer resorts hereabouts, the once invincible dandy had hardly any clothing in his apartments when he
 died and little or no jewelry, 1ndicat- ing that in his last years his fondness for extravagant personal adornment, once a passion with him, had gone the way of his predilection for rare epl- curean feasts and ancient vintages, | which he abandoned several years ago.
 Somebody sent word to the Board .tf Health. the other day that stur- dy looking pig on the Hampstead es- tate of Mrs. Oliver P. H. Belmont. the society leader of the New York svferagettes, was suffering from dis e1se and was aImenace to the commun- iiv The pig was being fattened for i barbecue to be held shortly under the auspices of the young women on the experimental farm being run by Mrs. Belmont. It was said to be half brother of the educated pig Of John Armstrong Chanler. author of Who's Looney Now?'' the divorced husband of Arnelie Rives. the actress. and brother of former Sheriff Robert Winthrop Chanler, who married Lima Cavalieri, the grand opera contralto. ! Chanler, who has been on the outs with his family ever since his broth CTS and sisters had him adjudged in- sane and sent to Bkoomingdale Asy- Hun, from which he escaped to his present home at Asheville, N. C., 1t will be recalled. named his pig Prince Troubetsky". after the Russian noble i man who is accused of having alien ! ated CavaHeri away from his brother Bob" Mrs. Belmont was very proud of the half brother of the noble beast and was looking forward to 1t making royal feast for her young wards and . their friends. The officials of the Board of Health who were sent to look 1t over reported that it was nec- essary to shoot 1t without delay and promptly took steps to execute the poor swine. It Is the belief of the Eyoung women, whose party" was thus spoiled, that some of the militant suf- fragettes who think Mrs. Belmont's conservative suffragist policy too luke warm for the good of the cause. sent out the tip to the health board.
 To the ten thousand Or more we'll to-do Americans who have sailed from this port in the last ten days to attend the coronation of King George. the edict of Queen Mary that rouged ; faces artificial ruby lips painted eyes, hobble and harem skirts and other accentuate the charm of womankind ! will not be welcomed at the ceremon- ies next month in London, proved ! something of a shock. Rouge paint and made-up eyes have become the !. vogue here among a certain recogniz- d social class, and it will be hard for I those who have been affecting these conceits to reconcile themselves to the unvarnished face order of the Queen. who is a stickler for old-fash- toned simplicity in the appearance of i her sex.
 'Twhy it's horrible" observed two of | the transatlantic travellers, whose faces were painted as if they were making ready for a war dS7ce. '"The 1 women will look like the old scratch without their rouge and other coloring matter"
 The position assumed by the Queen has served to direct attention to the marked increase that has taken place within the last few years among these who have become disciples of the paint box and powder puff. A study of the faces at any of the fashion able restaurants, hotels or theatres of the city any afternoon or evening will reveal a large percentage of the women patrons aglow with make-be- lieve color. Those in touch with pub lie sentiment express the opinion that the hostility displayed by the Queen toward the use of rouge and cosmetics of this kind generally will have a marked influence in checking it's use in future. General Thomas L. James. former Postmaster of New York under Pres .idents Grant and Hayes, Postmaster General under Garfield and million aire banker on taking his fourth wife the other day declared that he had "a horror of dying wifefess, Gotham. was reminded of the militant spirit of the frontiersman who elects to die with his boots on. The bridegroom, who is still sturdy despite his eighty years. caused all of the patriarchs of the town to sit up and take notice by his last sortie into the realm of 1natrimony His third wife died but nine months ago, and it was accepted by every body that he would rest con- tent with his three previous experi- l ences in the marriage field.
 "A man is as young as he feels" explained the General when question: ed about his new venture. And then he added with a merry twinkle of his eyes-'Tm still a buster even if Il am eighty"
 To those who wondered how he con- tTived to preserve his youth so well. 4ne vouchsafed this advice:
 Always surround yourself with young people and you'll feel young yourself. Never keep late hours. Live a regular life, and if you must dis sipate do it mildly. Above all else