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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
WORK OF WOMEN CLUBS
CALLED TRUE RELIGION.
Mrs. Pennybacker Appeals to Fed
Grafton Congress for Better
ment of Rural Life.

CHICAGO, June 1l.-Declaring her
belief that club work is true re-
ligion." and proposing that the Fed
GRAFTON join In an earnest campaign
for the betterment OF rural life. Mrs.
Percy V. Pennybacker. president OF
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs. to-day addressed tho biennial
convention OF tho General Confedera-
ton.
Let us call for volunteers" said
Mrs. PennXbacker. "to carry the
gospel OF the General Federation
work to every individual club at least
once "a year.
III you could hear. as I have heard.
stories OF how sick babies had been
saved. OF how women To whom every
door OF life was closed have had
their lives made full Of hope and
courage: OF how those hungering in
spirit have been comfOrted and re-
freshed. YOU would not feel that I
have overstated tho matter when I
claim that club work Is true religion "
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
KERMIT MARRIED
TO MISS WILLARD
|NbR|T|SH CHAPEL
Religious Ceremony Performed
To-Day Before Many
Notables in Madrid.
RAIN DRENCHES CROWD
Guests Driven from Gardens
at the Reception Given by
Ambassador Willard.

MADRID. Spain, June li.-with
the leaders Of Spanish arptocracy and
ofhcialdom attending. and with prac-
ticaliy all members OF the Diplomatic
Corps In Madrid present. Miss Belle
Wyatt Willard, daughter Of Joseph
q. Willard, American Ambassado
70 the Court Of Spain. and Kermit
Roosevelt. son Of the former Presi-
dent Of the United States. we're mar
ried here to-day by church ceremony.
This ceremony was performed In the
British Embassy chapel. The two
we're Joined by civil ceremony yester-
day In the ofiices Of a city ofIicial.
The Rev. DR.. Watson. rector OF the
American Church in Paris, oficiated.
He was assisted by the Rev. Herbert
Brown. chaplain OF the British En-
oassy In Madrid.
Miss Elizabeth Willard attended her
sister A. maid Of honor. The brides
maids were Her Serene Highness the
Princess Folla OF Thurn and Taxis,
daughter Of Prince Ratibor, the Ger
man Ambassador to Alfonso's court:
Miss Katherine Page. daughter OF the
American Ambassador to the Court
Of st. James's; Mile. Gilone le veneur
Dc Tuillisres Of Paris and Miss vir-
ginia Christian Of Richmond, Va.
Tho couple plan to leave f.r Brazil
to establish their home at San Paulo,
where young Roosevelt 10 In the rail-
road business, after a brief honey
moon on the Continent.
In spite Of a drenching rainstorm
. large crowd Of spectators gathered
outside the American Embassy and
the church to watch the arrival and
departure Of the bride and BRIDE
groom and the wedding guests.
The party proceeded to and from
the residence Of Ambassador Willard
and the church in automobiles and
gala carriages.
The bride was dressed In ivory
satin and tulle. with a court train,
and wore orange blossoms arranged
with old lace and long veil OF tulle
and lace.
The maid Of honor was dressed in
white satin. with tunic OF pale blue
tulle. and the bridesmaids in white
tulle With tunics. All of them wore
lace touched with yellow and had
yellow ribbons tied under the chin.
and they carried bouquets Of yellow
orchids.
The wedding breakfast was served
At the American Embassy and a great
reception was afterward held. but the
rain made 1t impossible for the
guests to remain in the gardens Of
the Embassy, which had been hand
somely decorated for the occasion.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
BATHERS At CONEY
DON'T HAVE TODON
MOTHER HUBBARDS
Board of Aldermen Will Let
Police Censor Scanty
Garb at Island.

When Alderman Robert Herman
Bosse Of Coney Island gets back from
his honeymoon. which 10 through a
country where there are no bathing
girls, he will be shocked to learn that
his friends In tho Board OF Aldermen
have turned him down.
Bosse Is the father OF an ordinance
now dead-which would compel tho
bathers Of Coney Island. Rockaway
and other beaches within tho city
limits to wear mackintoshes, mother
hubbards or other voluminous cover
ings while walking through the
streets.
Clergymen and members of i'm
provemcnt associations in Coney Is
land were heard by the board. Ter
rible things were predicted for the
island" IL Mother Hubbards and
rnincoats did not become the style
instead Of the alleged immodest cos
tunes.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
GIRL BURGLAR CAUGHT
UNDER 4 MANS BED
Had Gray's Silverware in Suitcase
When He Jumped Out and
Nabbed Her.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn. June H.
Prosecutor John p. Gray caught a
girl burglar. twenty-ons years old.
pretty ana we'll dressed. in his resi-
dence on Laurel avenue.
Gray was awakened about 23O by
his wife. who said she heard q noise
In tho room. Jumping from the bed.
Gray landed In a suitcase filed with
silverware and jewels.
As he lit the electric light he was
surprised TO note a small shoe be-
meath the bed. He was about to kick
II out OF tho way when he saw II en-
cased n human foot. Tho arrest of
Elizabeth snyder followed. In the
City Court she pleaded guilty to a
charge Of burglary. Tho police asked
that sentence be deferred for a week
that they might inquire into her real
Identity.
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SAY WOMAN SOLD
GEMSSTOlENFROM
MV|CKAR HOME
Young Mrs. Seymour, Lodging
House Keeper, Arrested at
Her Home.
LOCKED UP, THOUGH ILL
Former Convict, Alleged
Leader in Burglar Raid,
Now Out on Bail.

Mrs. Minnie Seymour. who has q
lodging house No. liz West Forty
ninth street. was held In 5000 bail
to-day by Magistrate Nolan in the
West Side Court for examination on
Monday on tho charge OF receiving
the $4,000 worth OF jewels stolen from
tho homo OF Mrs. Harry whitney
Mcvickar. No. 8 East Thirty seventh
street, on last New Years Eve. De-
tective Martin charged. In n short
affdavit. that John Jordan, now
under arrest for tho theft. had con-
fessed and said that he had sold the
jewels to Mrs. Seymour for 5000.
She was arrested q her lodging
house late yesterday afternoon by
Detectives Kenney and Martin OF In
spector Faurots stan. Before being
taken to the Mercer street station for
the night she was At Police Head
quarters.
She was taken before Deputy Com.
missioner Rubin. who questioned her
for nearly an hour. Then Mrs. ssy-
mour was questioned by Inspector
Faurot, but neither the Commissioners
nor the Inspector would say whether
any facts Of value resulted from the
examination.
Detectives Kennsy and Martin, who
have been working on the case sincs
the burglary. cay that they have pos
tive information connecting Mrs..
Seymour with the disposal Of the
Jewels. even to the price obtained for
them. Ars. Seymour. . young wom-
IN. we'll dressed and Of good appear
ancs. was III at her homo when the
detectives arrived. ana they called an
ambulance to take her to HsadQuAr-
ters. After being locked In . cell.
she was allowed to $50 NO one. al
though permitted to send messages
to several friends.
Early In Apru Detectives Ksnney
and Martin arrested John Jordan,
who. they oay. has served time for
burglary N this StAte. and who they
charge was leAdsS of the buro1al
gang. Soon after the 1cvickar bur-
glary ho went 70 New Orleans, but
the detectives we're on his trail and
captured him within a few hours Of
his return to New York. He WA
held In $500 bail In Yorkvtlis Court
and has not been tried.
The McVickar burglary was q dar-
Ing one. Mrs. McVickar had gone
the day before New Years - spend
the holiday with relatives In Albany,
leaving her maid In charge OF the
apartment.
Early In the evening Of Dec. u the
maid went out for dinner. leaving the
apartment locked. When she re-
turned. . little over an hour later,
she found the apartment In disorder,
wardrobes ransacked, and the small
steel safe, In which Mrs. McVickAr
kept her jewels, missing.
When Mrs. McVickar returned she
reported to the police that the safe
had contained upward OF $4,000 worth
Of jewels. besides papers Of value and
Q small sum In cash. The detectives'
Investigation convinced them the
burglars had gone up to the apart
ment in the elevator and. after forcing
tho door and removing the safe, had
called the elevator to the top floor
and then carried the cafe out OF tho
building.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11

ern fashions are conducive to i'm
morality2" I asked
YES" she replied. particularly In
young men.
II think the modern man 10
much to bs pitisd. Wherever no
goes no finds women exposing
their bare flesh and the lines Of
the bodies In . way that 10 Dc.
signed to attract masculine At.
tsntion. Vet II no makes the
slightest response hs gets his face
slapped or 10 arrested 40 . white
SLAYER.
II remember reading quite recently
of young man brought into court
for speaking to q woman whom he
didn't know. He turned to her and
asked bluntly. Why were you dressed
and painted In that fashion II you
were not trying to have some one
speak to your And. really, there's
something In his point of view"
There certainly is" agreed. But
how do you think this craze for sem
sational dress can be cured?"
women are the only physicians for
IT," she averred.
LET all respectable women
agree to make social ostracism
tho penalty for the wearers Of i'm
modest dress. Let the devotsos
Of indecent fashions bs cut by
the rest Of their aeauaintaness.
Bad form 10 an argument which
succeeds whore moral and sss.
thstio pleas fell.
"Sumptuary laws made by men
would never be taken seriously.
Women know how TO discipline other
women, and that's why. II million
clubwomen combine against immod-
est styles the movement must be felt"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
DOCTOR OWING ALIMONY
TO GET OUT OF JAIL
Hendrick Has Paid Nothing Since
Divorce, When Wife Named
Laura Biggar, Actress.

Dr. Charles c. Hendrick. who has
been in Raymond street jail In Brook
iyn since Dec. IL for failure to
pay alimony to Mrs. Agnes Mary
Hendrick. will be released at one
minute after midnight tonight II
Sheriff Swazey follows the usual Gus
tom. Supreme Court Justice Crane
sustained to-day the writ Of habeas
corpus taken out by the doctor sew
sral days ago.
The Hendricks were divorced on
Feb. 4, 1907. when Mrs. Hendricks
named Laura Biggar. the actress, and
he was ordered to pay $50 a week.
He has never paid a cent and the
back alimony now amounts to more
than $1,000.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
MACHlNlST MISSING.
Disappeared with His Bankboek sn
His Pocket.

Paul Muller ir. Of No. ~ East O.
Hundred and Thirty-ninth street. re-
ported to the police OF tho Alexandsr
avenue station last night that his
father. Paul Muller. a machinist. who
was in business at No. 1872 East One
Hundred and Nlnety-nrst street. has
been missing since Tuesday afternoon.
when he went downtown TO visit . con-
Germ In Liberty street regarding Q me-
chanIcal fan. for which Charles Senate.
the Inventor. recently made application
for n patent Miller took with him his
handbook on the yorkNille Bank. where
he had deposits OF about $3.50.
The man is forty-nvc years old. ave
feet inches in height 10 pounds IN
weight. and had light hair. blue eyes
and wore n blue serge suit. black shoes
and stockings and Panama hat. He
IA married and the father Of ave ehii-
dren.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
BODIES OF FOUR GIRLS
ARE FOUND IN 4 CREEK
Police Believe All Were Attacked
Before Being Thrown
Into Water.

SAPULPA. Okla, June li.-Work-
ing on the theory that four young
girls were attacked before their
bodies were thrown into Rock Greek.
the police to-day rounded up several
holding an inquest.
Tho bodies OF the four girls, three
OF them under fifteen years, were
found late yesterday, cut and
bruised. The victims were Bessie
Reynolds. Bertha Sanders. Beulah
sanders and VIVA Sanders. The
three Sanders girls were sisters.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
shot In saloon Row.

Eddie Cappesini. a seventeen-year old
cabinet makers apprentice. was playing
cards with two other youths In the rear
room OF the saloon Of Fred Burzetti at
No. 800 East One Hundred and Sixth
street to-day when an argument arose.
Burzetti heard loud conversation and.
a. no started toward the rear Of the
place, two shots. Both took effect In
Cappesini's left breast and he Is In Har-
lem Hospital In a critical condition. The
asSailant Of Cappesini and his COM
paaion escaped. -
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11

Nearly twenty years ago the
Rainy Daisies'-otherwise the Rainy
Day Club OF Amerlca-organized In
New York ito introduce such sani-
tary methods In dress as will secure
for women health and comfort. while
being genuinely artistic. graceful and
inconspicuous."
Further along In the constitution
one reads again the incisive pro-
nouncement. mo conspicuous cos
tune shall b sanctioned by this
club" l appealed to Its president.
Mrs. Austin NJ. Palmer. as to the
| treatment given the dress Issue
by the assembled American club
| women.
How can they do anything except
condemn the unheard-of manifesto
lions OF modern fashion," she ex-
claimed Indignantly.
"rhs clothes worn by many 70.
spectacle women to- day are out
rsesousiy immodsst, outraoeeusly
indecent, ovtragseusly unsuitable,
outrageous In every way. They
leave nothing to the imagination.
A thin, vndsvsiopsd young girl
will appear on the street In
Transparent freek and almost no
Undertaking, looking like .
picked crow. u 10 frequently i'm.
possible to distinguish between .
fast woman and . vlrtueus WON.
an, except that the latter seems
to Guido the former In the i'm.
propristy Of nor costume.
"Yes, I really think some decent
women wear the most indecent
clothes" Mrs. Palmer added. They
do not recognise limits which are
respected by women whose appeal
ance 10 their stock In trade. And 1t
seems TO mo that tho condition Is
growing worse all the time. Never
until this spring have seen such
Iow-cut dresses worn on the street.
when the programme for the fed
Grafton convention was being maze
up myself wrote to Miss Mary
Wood and urged her to Include this
question Of dress restraint. At the
meeting Of tho New York City Fed
Grafton of women's Clubs last win
t@ the Rainy Day Club presented q
resolution that some sort of limit be
placed on the shortness OF women's
skirts and the lowness Of their
waists. Everywhere clubwomen are
aroused on the subject"
THOSE WHO WANT BALLOT NOT
TO BLAME.
Don't you think" I suggested.
that men would have more respect
for suffrage and the other serious
reforms urged by women II the latter
showed more success in dealing with
the clothes problem?'
TT isn't the women who want the
ballot who wear ridiculous and i'm
modest costumes" Mrs. Palmer re-
piled. quickly. IT'S much more likely
to be the silly. empty headed women
whom nobody could hire to cast a
vote.
The fact remains that the
women who adopt the disgraesfui
styles OF TO. day do their best TO
mako their entire sex . laughing
stock In the eyes Of men,"
Some women defend themselves"
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THAW TO DEMAND BAIL.
Not satisfied 10 Go TO Pittsburgh
Under Guard.

Under Guard.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. June Ill
don't know anything about this move to
have Harry Thaw brought here in cus-
tody OF United States marshal" said
former Governor w. A. Stone to-day, u
am acting under Thaw's directions. and
am trying TO have him released on bail
I will not be satisfied with anything else
THE case in which he Will be needed
as Il witness are those In which the
trustees OF the estate Of his father have
decided that the stocks Of the Standard
OIL subsidiary companies are principal
and must be added to the value OF the
estate. Thaw and the other heirs claim
they are income and the amounts
should be paid to them"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11

biennial convention OF the General Federation Of
womsn's Clubs have Just passed the following reso-
luton:
whereas. The General Federation OF Women
Clubs In convention assembled. view with dsapproval
the present extreme tendency among American women
to follow designs in dress regardless Of beauty comfort
or modesty, and.
whereas, This consistent patronage Of foreign de-
signs and foreign materials binders normal develop-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-06-11
Representa-,

Resolved That this convention recognition
sses the individual places itself heartily
clothes Of all clubs
styles
designers
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Less Sensational Styles in Won,en's Clothing De-
n,anded BY Federation of Won1ens Clubs
Women Who Wear Indecent CARD Not
the Ones Who Want the Vote.

By Marguerite M0oevs Marshall.
What million matter Of dress has n Last bee
discovered.
Representatives gathered in Chicago for
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-14
PQLI71CAL POT. PIE

his own candidate. That IS, he Wlu
not be a candidate at the behest or ~
the interest OF anybody else, any clique
or any faction. Mr.. Johnson MADE
that very clear In discussing the prob
ability OF his candidacy. There =
nothing settled as to whether MT
johnson viii be q candidate. He says
that himself, but II he does decide %
70 after the honor he viii be q canr1-
date with no strings tied 20 him. Mr.,
johnson admits taking a keen intefest
in sizing Efp the political situation IN
the Second district. He admits turoner
that, should there be a genuine senti-
ment for his nomination. he mtght
then be tempted In favor Of settllng
the question by making the race. How
ever, he is not going to force himself
on the party. If the party should set
tie upon him as most available Inls
wear. rs the man it wants to carry the
standard, then that would have weagnt
with him. Otherwise, he would pre-
fer to get behind the man the party
shows that it does want as its candl-
date and help to elect him. Whether
he becomes congressional candidate
or not, the evidence at hand is that
Johnson can have another nomination
for the legislature II he wants q.
COnkTGSSulE4H Nicely Va - -
district can manage to succeed him.
self he will find himself in the pleas
ura bic enjoyment OF lhe-siaed guber-
Material boom. That declaration is in
accord with the views of certain prom
tnent Democrats who have been larry
ling here this week. Nelly is q guber-
Material possibility has been referred
TO in this correspondence heretofore,
but it has been given fresh ylgor by
eoterie OF leaders of his party VINO
have Just dispersed ard started back
to their West Virginia homes. The
gist OF their views is that Nicely as
gubernatorial candidate would be a
new type for the West Virginia pemoc-
l.racy. He is not OF the old Bourbon
variety, with which voters in that state
are so familiar. There is nothing about
his personal appearance or his accent
to isinuate that the war isn't over. he
wears no goatee to deceive the au-
dience. He's clean shaver, for all
that, thirty-five and looks younger, and
press-agented as an orator whose bat
ting average is 300 or above. These
Democratic slate-makers are Of the
opinion, and bluntly said SO, that there
should be mo reversion to type" on
the part of their party when, 1t comes
to nominating a. governorship candi-
date in 1916. They want youth anu
aggressiveness, combined with the re-
quisite talents and ability, and they
declare that Nelly fills the bill to u.
Y. T. While no doubt Congressman
Nicely would be loath to disagree with
them as to a1I OF this, he is not
bothered about 1t one way or the other
just now The first business he has to
attend to is trying to stick in Con-
gress. and knowing that it is no small
job he has on hand, he is working to
beat the cars to that end. He'll take
up the matter Of skiDning the guber-
material cat when he catches up with
that elusive animal, which he may
never do after all.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-14
SHINNS7ON
mptc,AL eosaKspoNpsN CO,

SHlNNsTON, April 14-S. B. Da-
visited Clarksbu burg relatives SUNDAY.
Tne local high school baseball
team played its first game of the sea
son at Morgantown Saturday. me
score was 6 to 4 in favor of Nor
Misses Catherine shinn. Esther
Lowe and Helen Harding were
C1arksburg visitors Saturday.
Mrs Howard Nichols and daugh-
ter. Virginia, and Mrs. Tucker and
daughter, Nettse, OF Chestnut street.
are guests of relative sat Salem.
Miss Irene Selby, or West MtlIord,
was a guest OF Miss Virginia Rich-
ardson Saturday and Sunday
George Riffee has gone TO Trenton
y. j., where he has accepted a posi-
Harry Glaspell. wno IS working
for the Shinnston Consolidation
Construction Company at Riyesville'
spent Easter with is family here.
Misses Merle Warden and Mary
Helm, have returned from Grafton
where they spent Easter with friends.
Wilbur Lambert is able to resume
his work at the Tetrick grocery al
ter weeks illness OF MEASURES.
Miss Efie Kidd and Miss Marstei-
Ter. teachers in the graded school,
spent Sunday at Clarksburg.
Miss Harriet Martin, student or
the university at Morgantown, IS
spending the Easter holidays with
her moth, Mrs Eta Martin !,
John Rice. who has been quite i'll
of rheumatism of the heart. Is re-
- william Vii Fin1ayson and Russell
lanes students at the university at
Morgantown, are visiting relatives
Robert Hood, of Clarkshurg, was
a guest of his grandmother, MIS-.
Mary Davis, SUNDAY
Ms. ]. r.. Robinson and son, Ed
ward. returned home Sunday even
ing from three weeks visit to MIS-
Robinson's parents at Green Hill.
Mrs. Sarah Linvile, who has been
III for several weeks, is now improv-
Mrs. Mary Hamilton and Mrs.
Christie and daughter, Of Naming
ton, are guests of Mrs. A. NJ. Hess
and family.
An Easter program was we'll rem
dered at the Methodist Protestant
church Sunday evening to large
and appreciative audience.
The members OF the Methodist
Episcopal church gave m entertain
ment in the basement OF the cnurcn
last evning in honor OF the new
members One hundred and hve
wer taken into full membership
sunday evening. There has been a
large increase N the membership OF
all the local churches since the
Bromley meetings.
Tne Rev. j. n. Fuller Jr.. pastor
of the Christian church, returned
Monday morning from Huntington,
where he represented HE church at
the state Sunday school conven-
ton.