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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
THREE TRY TO DRUG WOMAN.
ChlorofOrm Usrd, hist Her screau
Draw NeiGhhors 20 Flat.

Mrs Ida Ellis Of al6 East Ninety.
second street was attacked last night BY
two men who gained admittance to her
apartment by telling her they came to see
her husband.
One Of them thrust n chloroform soaked
handkerchief into her face. and as she
screamed q third man rushed In to give
the others aid. Mrs. Ellis swooned when
had attracted neighbors, who fiooksd T.,
the apartment
The three men ran to the street pur-
sued by crowd One OF the men was
caught. He said he was Oscar J. Rabino.
wits OF s5 First avenue. He denied
any knowledge OF the assault. but was
held upon being Identified bv Mrs. ELLIS
rs the man who tried to drug her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
Teachers ~ City haI Heapsss.

The Mayors COMMITTEES on revising the
pension system heard arguments from
frst vice. president Of the fnterborough
Association OF Women Teachers. said she
favored a mandatory pension system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

you the real Of the Gas House District and
the human ladders which Charlie Murphy
powes3 Next Sunday there tale dealing with the famous
section you political of the East Side
rose high places by their of the human
who sacrifice liberty and honor for the Organization
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

Mayor Mitchell with prominent h in Albany asking
eGative committee for beat the systcm in
Police Department. Are Mr.. Taxpayer that
annually pay per than London for each police
ployee. compared with other big cities abroad
Finest obsolete There interesting
devoted subject In The Suns Pictorial Magazine Section
Sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
BECKER HERE, TO
GET EARLY TRIAL

Continued from First Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
Eugenic Marriages
Mean Degeneracy

Gays REX BEACH in an article in 1.-THE
Sun" next Sunday. He thinks the eu-
senists have ignored the only legitimate
reason for wedlock-which he says is love.
The famous author has several reasons for
opposing the entire eusenic plan Of mar
rage, and does not mince words in telling
them to the readers Of next Sundays Sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

Next Sundays Of The Adventures of Ksthyn,"
photo plays Of which last night movie
10 thriller You read this stirring by Harold Mac
Cath The Sun each Sunday and keep with each install
ment number the leading moving picture theatres also
complete short story by E. Phillips oppenhem affords good
reading.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

And after you read Rex Beachs story PAGE
the section and read the article entitled Famous Loves
Fanos Americana 1t deals with the courtshp marriage
estssnsssut Of Aaron Jume
while readns.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27

Amons the other things that will surely hold your
II the story of society who
claim unfortunate s the Misses Hoyt the "debuan
sIouch for the sentiment against the modern dances Mr.
r. Cunne. tells of the white geshas who proving
new source Of alarm Suex and Mr. Julian Hawthorne
IN HE last Of Behind Prison Walls" that all
attempts to make the jail lead reform will continue fail
and outlines method by which prodsai brother be
rssenerstsd Order to-day miss these
and other In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29

little Kentucky family held aioof
there would have been no Maxine
Elliott Theatre in New York; Forbes
Robertson would never have met the
sweet Gertrude; the latter would
never have been launched us Il star;
Maxine would not now be retired
actress, rich and famous; Clyde
Fitch'S career would have been post
poned, and the avenues Of my poor
life would have been broader and
less clogged with weeds
There's whole story by itself in
that catalogue expression, MY third
Roman Senator" up to the day of
the divorce that cleared the tracks
for No. A. Mr.. Goodwin gives her
this final paragraph:
Maxine Elliott is a variously
gifted woman. With the ambition of
Cleopatra she used me as ladder
to reach her goal. and found her
browning glory in the binding glare
of myriad of incandescent lights
which spell her name over the portals
Of New York theatre. She is one
of the clevercst women ever met.
Her dignity is that of Joan of Arc,
her demcanor Nero-like in its as
scrtive quality, and yet she has chan
nels of emotion that manifest woman
hood in the truest sense of the word"
My fourth a pretty little thing
Edna Goodrich. The end of that
chapter is this piece of advice:
IF man steal. your wife, don't
kill him-caution him"
The heading of that chapter is:
1.-THE Five Fatal Fish Cakes and Num-
Der Four" There is brief resume:
AS have shown, my second and
third wives were thrust upon me by
circumstances. Being human. | al
lowed my bark of responsibility to
sail TRANQUILITY into the harbor of
intrigue.
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ceived, or on some coral reef where
sponges predominant. He proved a
most absorbing person.
II invited him once to spend few
days with us in New York. He wired
that he was coming for "a cup of tea,
and stopped for two years"
Well, the whole Pease family
wanted Mrs. Pease to be educated for
the stage. She wouldn't be happy
till it happened. Mr. Goodwin's
mother was so sympathetic that she
invited Mrs. Pease ito spend a few
days at our Boston home"
Mrs. Peasc was also fond Of tea.
She accepted the invitation, and re-
manned for several months In fact,
during her visit to my mothers house
had resumed my tour on the road
and even made trip 10 Europe"
While Goodwin was trying to get
Steele Mackaye to teach Mrs. Pease
how to act so she wouldn't be un-
happy any more, her husband sud-
denly charged him with alternating
his wife's affections. This dropped
like n bombshell into our little circle,
as nothing was further from my
thoughts than marriage She took 1t
us Il joke, saying:
What splendid release from the
little incubus
Its very simple said she. Go
to Buffalo, buy him off, come back to
Boston and marry me-
After that what could a true-born
American do?"
This was the silly woman" of the
wives catalogue. OF this marriage
Nat c. Goodwin 3D. came into the
world. up 10 that time we were
happy. -. And then she became
insanely jealous of our darling boy,
and it Is here that | drop the curtain
upon our lives"
1t was legal separation, and 1t
cleared the way for No 8, the Roman
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eff these two marriages were err
rors, my fourth venture into matri-
mony was a catastrophe. I fled from
a Cleopatra 10 meet Borgia. And a
dish OF fish cakes proved my un
doing"
While he was thus refreshing him
self in popular resort he was ap-
preached by an eX-prize fighter, who
told him the SAD tale of the stranding
of radiantly beautiful star. by
the time l had reached the fifth fish
cake my blood was fairly boiling. and
the whole universe seemed to me to
be calling aloud for a man to step
forward and right the wrongs the
young and handsome star had suf-
fered.
ARRIVED at our destination we
were first, and speedily, ushered into
the presence of the mother OF our
heroine in distress. She was q mid
dle-aged woman of the modern. alert
type, who enjoyed cigarettes when her
dear daughter was not in evil
dence. :
Then came radiantly the daughter.
She was submerged in sables. Re-
splendent jewels covered her.
Il was forty-seven years old. Per-
haps. gentle reader. you know how
susceptible are we clever men at that
time Of life, how TRANQUILITY we sit
back on the cushions of our
thoughts and say to ourselves we
are proof against the Establishments
of women"-
Well. it began with fish cakes.
progressed to marriage, and ended,
rs everybody knows, in legal sepa-
ration that left Nat Goodwin CON
siderably poorer, although a vastly
wiser man.
Some of the later details, Jas told
in the book, are interesting.
That She had instituted the pro.
ceedings didn't bother me at all.
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She was one Of the most famous
beauties Of the burlesque stage. In
1876 she became a member of e. E..
Rice's "Evangeline' company, in
which Goodwin had a small part. At
the close of the season they we're
married. OF Eliza Weathersby the
autobiography says in part:
Il was only STRIPPING when I mar
ried this beautiful creature. More
over, ] was unreliable, and. I con-
fess. unappreciative of what the fates
had been so kind as to bestow upon
me. Many have accused me Of wan.
ton neglect I may have neglected
her, but only for the companionship
of men. She never complained. and
during the ten years of our happy
married life there was never one dis
cordant note.
"She was ten years my senior, anil
treated ME more like son than a
husband. but, like the truant boy who
runs away from school now and then,
| was always glad to return and
seek the forgiveness that an indul-
gent mother always gives il hayward
child. \ loving sister, duti-
full daughter, loving wife, she is
resting in Woodlawn, and the daisies
grow over her grave"
No. =, MS everybody knows, was
Mrs. Nella Baker Pease. Mr.. Good
win writes that she was the wife of
Il dilettante living in Buffalo. She
was the best amateur piano player TO
whom | have ever listened" Here is
where Nat gets busy with his un-
trammeled pen. Mrs. Pease was a
great applauder in the theatre where
he played. They were introduced
and became "steadfast friends He
met the members of her family.
Her sister was charming. | wish
! could say the same Of the rest of
her family. The brother must have
emanated from the same pod in
which the husband. Pease, was con-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29

r Unless something is done very soon to increase
I ] the supply of musses, the little fresh-water
bivalves which used to abound in all the rivers
and streams tributary to the Mississippi we shall be
forced to devise method Of keeping our
clothes bodies.
Formerly the buttons the underwear and other
white garments worn by both men and women were
made of china and porcelain. few years. ago how
ever the mother-opearl found the shells of musses
displaced almost everything else as material for
buttons 1t is far stouter and durable as we'll as
more attractive in appearance and is inexpensive
that buttons made from 1t used on the cheapest
as well as the better grades of garments
The discovery of this for shells led to the
establishment of enormous industry numbering manv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29

the freshwater mussel is parasite its existence de-
pending largely its ability fasten itself to the
sis or fins OF a fish. Certain kinds of the mousks
attach themselves to only particular KIND of fish,
niggerhead" musse, for instance, one OF the most
prolific and valuable varieties, is parasitic to river
herring almost exclusively, and the partial extermna
ton of this fish has had a material effect upon tho
natural reproduction OF mussels
With this and similar information as a guide, the
Government has now established research laboratory
few miles from Muscatine, a. has gone into the
business OF musse farming in order TO try
our supply of material for buttons.
Several field parties from the laboratory are
constantly employed in this work of acceerating
Of baby musses.
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large plants and employing thousands of men, 1t has
been supplying good buttons at low price not only
TO the whole United States, but to Of the world
short time ago the alarming discovery was made
mat the mussel beds were giving out The shellRsh
were not reproducing themselves they should The
federal Government stepped in and established imi-
tatons to the dredging of mussels in certain streams
Still the supply continued to diminish in spite of the
known wonderful fertility of the parent mussels So
more careful scientific study made by biological
experts employed by the Government and some curious
facts about the life history the mussel disclosed
The dminution in the supply pearl-button material
1t was discovered, was due not the taking out of
mussels, but to the destruction of fish in the rivers
1t was learned that in its early stages of development
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29
IL A S more than thirty
~ years Of my life have
= - been devoted to matri


y been devoted to matri-
mony. naturally my autobio-
graphy demands mention Of the wo-
men who have born my name.
II have been censured somtimcs
harshly for my versatility in the Sc
lection of wives, and many have mar
yelled at my fortunate Tor unfor-
tunate) selections. 1 have always
been long on the market Of home and
wives"
Having quoted these two para
graphs from the preface, it seems
superfiuous to mention that the auto
biography in question is by Nat Good
win, long celebrated throughout the
length and breadth of two continents
as the most thoroughly experienced
matrimonial expert dwelling on
Christian soil.
Appropriately the book is called
NAT Goodwin's Book and it's just
out. Aside from its picturesque lie
scriptions OF matrimonial adventures,
1t is, perhaps, what its publishers de-
clare it to be: can intimate and
permanent history of the American
stage for the past forty years, by
the greatest living actor, and the
most remarkable autobiography ever
written" - -
However that may be, there's no
use attempting to overlook the matri-
monial chapters. Especially when one
finds the five wives of the author
frankly catalogued thus after the ia.
shion OF the charade in the puzzle
books:
MY first (wife) was an angel.
MY second silly woman.
My third Roman Senator.
MY fourth a pretty little thing.
''My fifth-all woman.
MY whole (desire) was by repeti-
ton to prove that hope can conquer
experience"
i The chapter headed Number Five"
Is the shortest in the book-just fit.
teen lines. 1t is a masterpiece Of
discretion. rs though Offering hope
every opportunity to give the lie to
experience" 1t is only year or so
since Goodwin married Number
Five" 1t will be- remembered that
she was the leading lady Of his COM
pany touring the Pacific coast cities,
and that she nursed him back to
health after he was severely injured
while boating in chivalrous, but
reckless, attempt to send his boat
through the surf to do her a small
favor. Besides the wives catalogue
above quoted the chapter contains
just this:
"The day "a beautiful day in nay,
1913, such day as only Southern
California at its happiest moment
knows), l made Margaret Moreland
my wife / once again set the buzZards
and the gossips to wagging their ears
and tongues and flashing their tails
u have always been sure both HAVE
tails)."
In referring TO Eliza Weathersby
(NO ~ rs an angel" Mr. Goodwin
corroborates the opinion consistently
held In the world of the stage for q
quarter of century and more. She
came to this country with Lydia
Thompson's company Of burlesquers.
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An american CltlZen.
"At AR Frawley's left sat the
stately, majestic, Juno-like Maxine
Elliott, one of the most beautiful
women whom had ever seen, her
raven black hair and eyes in delight
full contrast to the red hues that
formed an aureole. rs it were, above
her head.
"My leading lady at this time was
Miss Blanche Walsh, who was en-
gagged only for the Australian tour
While contemplating the fair Maxine
the evening of the dinner 1t suddenly
struck me what fine leading woman
she would be for an organization
Everybody told me she was an ex-
tremely poor actress. but I made up
my mind to find out for myself"
1t is interesting now, some eighteen
years later To read what Mr.. Good
wins manager, Mcclellan, said when
he spoke of engaging Miss Elliott:
"Why, you're crazy!' he shouted.
She's beautiful to look at, but she
can't act; she hasn't the emotion Of
an oyster! Blanche Bates is playing
rings around her in Frawley's COM
pany! Get Bates. if you can, but pass
up Elliott! Read what the San Fran
cisco papers say about her! Go to
Sleep and in the morning I'll try to
engage Blanche Bates for you
II only wish had followed his adj
vice. but fate was peeping over my
ramparts. And he caused me to pass
very restless night"
Goodwin had to take Sister Ger
trude with Maxine. He signed them
for the Australian tour-to his man
ayers supreme disgust. And right
there In the progress of his auto
biography he Is moved to philosophize
thus:
Had i not made those two engage.
ments the pages OF history would
have been greatly changed. Had the
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1lrmatlve work In two
other divorce actions, I
thought might as we'll take
It. easy this time and let her do
the work. But had forgotten all
about certain deed Of trust had
made in Paris some time before.
During my mining activities
foresaw the calamity that was in.
evitabIe, and acting on the advice
OF an incompetent attorney / fool.
ishly entered into trust agreement
with my wife under, the terms of
which l placed all my property in
the hands of a trustee Insavoidins
possible loss ran headfirst into a
sure steali
las soon as I had been served In
the divorce action began suit on
my own account to cancel this trust
agreement 1t had always been a
nuisance. even in the days when
wife and fond mama were at their
loving-est! Now It was imperative
that be allowed to handle my own
property alone. The settlement OF
that action was long, drawn.out
affair as compared with the divorce
action. During the several months
before my wife finally won (?) her
case the newspapers were filed
daily with sensational articles about
my affairs with women I had never
even seen! 1t seemed to me as lie
the gentlemen of the press just pub.
lished any and every photograph OF
pretty woman they could find and
named her as one OF the unfortunate
objects of my attentions. In spite
of this my wife's able counsel had
been able to present no facts to the
Referee that could justify bin in
recommending decree in her favor
up to the Tuesday before the Sat-
urday on which he was to render his
decision.
"It never dawned on me that this
was the case until my dear old
friend, Jim Killduff, who had been
following the suit more closely than
l had came to me that Tuesday
night and congratulated me! You're
winning so easily, it's a laugh" he
exclaimed. "Winning?" l echoed
feebly. "Do you mean she Isn't go,
ing to get her divorce?" "She hasn't
chance. on EARTH" replied Jim
gleefully. Every charge she has
made against you has been stricken
from the Referees record" "Gool
Lord" / gasped, "she's got to win!
It's the only way | can ever get this
trust agreement busted!"
"The result of our conversation
can not set forth in detail. The fact
remains, however. that before that
next Saturday the Referee had pre-.
sented to him the evidence neces.
sary to make his course of duty
plain-and once again the news
papers had grounds (?) for pro-
claiming me a disciple of Solomon!
Between you and me, gentle
reader, Justice must have had to
tighten that bandage about her eyes
when she learned of the decree,
She surely must have loosened it
laughing!
II can say, however, that It is
most expensive Manipulating di.
vorced! It's much cheaper to use
the active voice of that verdi"
But, fortunately, as already noted
he became free to wed No. 5, who IN
"all woman"
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No. g.
Maxine
Elliott.

Senator" Of the cata-
logue, Maxine Elliott.
Mr.. Goodwin first met
her at a dinner party
in San Francisco on
the eve of his departure
to tour Australia in
IAN American Citizen"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-05
CAPABLANCA IS ALMOST
SURE OF WINNING TILT
Victory Over Janowski Gives
Him Clear Lead Over Young
Russian, Alechine,

ST. PETERSBURG, May BY bo,.i,.
Janowski In the ninth round of the i,,e,
national chess masters tournamen, b.ro
the young Cuban champion, j. r. can.
blanca. made almost sure of no, o,r,
winning the preliminary contest but o..
tablished himself as n very strong favor.
ite FOR first prize at the conclusion "a,
the quintangular contest which is =,
follow the present combat for suprema,v
Capablanca has now a score of SIX i,uint,
won and two points lost. the latter two
points being made up by drawing for-
games. thus having a clean score which
none of the other ten competitor can
boast His nearest rival, the Russian
Alechine. drew his game with Bernstein
while Champion Laslker and Tarrasch ,lso
divided honors.
Both Marshall and Rubinst-in W.,
their games. the former against Bla,it.
burne, the latter against Gunsberg r-a
American representative. Marshall. has
only one more game to play, IN the tenth
round with Niemzoutsch. He has SIN
10 finish his adjourned game with Janow.
ski. Capablanca has two more games 10
play. against Gunsberg and Backburns
Tie will play the white pieces In the FOR.
mer and the black pieces IN tho latter
game. Tho record TO date:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-05
GESS1ER PLEADS A SUPERALrBI.
Needs = IndeIders, 4: OutAeIdcra.
Catcher. - Pitchers 10 Win.

PtTrsBUHG. May 1T is reported that
the days of Manager Harry Gcsslsr 81
the fittsburg F.derals ara numbered. Yes
terduN h, was called home from Chicago.
ostrnsibly To- discuss with pr..,id, Mt
Gwinner the pocuring of new players FOR
the club. but when the directors met
this morning the manager was not ia
Nited into the meeting. Gessler said late
that hc did not know whether he was
released or suspended. Ii was reported
to-day that some Of the local club of.
Gals had minated that n big Lacquer
was being sought to play and maulg'
the team.
Gessler said in his own defence. /
told the president of the club hotor,
going West that We could not win games
with the team AS at present cunstitu,.t
and they told me- to 20 ahead ANA -.
new men and said they would pay 10.
price. Hut when | had the mon at hand
they refused 10 pay the money. Inc
team needs two new infielders tuoth..
catcher two outfielders and three good
pitchers then ii might win a few games
II IL known also that the directors tf.
not pleased with the way Howard cam
nitZ has acted