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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08

-PH HEN fashionable society of New
M York and Newport read the
w grounds on which Mrs Alexander
Dallas Bache Pratt based her suit for
divorce from Lieutenant Pratt, U. S. A,
it was somewhat astonished. Desertion
and non-support were the grounds given.
Mrs. Pratt is the only daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Evarts Benjamin and
the favorite grandchild of the late H. H.
Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate, by
whom she was left the income from $1,000
900. This is certainly 100000 a year, or
a little less than $1,000 day.
Thus is the very interesting question
of what actually constitutes non-support
opened up. In some ranks of life il hus-
band does not hand over his entire pay
envelope on Saturday night the Domestic
Relations Court will look into the matter.
In circles somewhat higher, if a man does
not pay his, wife's dressmaker and milliner
bills she can claim not only non-support
but cruelty. But what of the claim of nom
support by a wife who is a multimillion-
aire in her own name?
Mrs. Pratt's divorce suit is the latest
incident of a number that has interested
the Newport colony. Her first season
there was signalized by her appearance in
a costume that in those days at least was
considered extremely advanced. Her pres
ent season closed with the famous Eustis-
Goldman luncheon, that ended in a fist
fight, visit to a hospital by Mr.. Goldman
and few suits for damages.
The real truth behind the whole affair,
according to friends of Mrs. Pratt, is that
she is bored with Newport and New York
social activities with which Lieutenant
Pratt was in harmony. 1t has been two
years since he first went to the Plattsburg
training camp, realizing that America
would sooner or later be drawn into the
war. Since then he has been at the real =
front in France, returning to help train
the drafted men whose soldier. careers
have now been closed by the armistice.
At a luncheon given by the dowager
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08
York and Newport Fashionable
Society by Her Divorce Complaint
Against Her Soldier-Husband

She did present him with two children
girl. Cynthia, and a boy. Aleck. Jr. But
when the boy was less than two years old
she set up a separate establishment for
them in Newport
When Cynthia was a few months old
Mr.. Pratt took a house on Bellevue avenue
for the Summer and Newport became a
playground for Mrs. Pratt. She first
startled the colony with her clothes. As
this was the year when slit skirts we're
making their frowned-at appearance, she
had all her gowns made with the slit
few inches higher than any one else and
the skirts much tighter. Newport, which
has certain standards in dress. was frank
in its disapproval.
Mrs. Pratt stuck 1t out, however. for a
few weeks, but following a luncheon on
board Mrs. Pembroke Jones's yacht she
discarded her complete wardrobe and or
dered new one, in which every skirt was
cut most decorously. An attempt was
made to suppress the story of what hap
pened on board the yacht, but all Newport
speedily learned that Mrs Pratt had
chosen to wear her very highest skirt
with the very deepest slit and in getting
aboard the yacht the seam ripped and the
catastrophe was most complete.
A foreigner among the guests. not know
ing who Mrs. Pratt was, made a facetious
remark that Mr.. Pratt overheard and re-
scented. Kind friends interviewed. however.
and no permanent damage was done by
either belligerent
few months later Mrs. Pratt began to
collect emeraIds and topazes. a fad that
soon cut deeply into her one-thousand-dol-
lar-a-day income. These colorful stones,
she claimed, expressed her personality bet
ter than pearls or diamonds. At first she
went In for unset stones, but losing in
terest, she turned to earrings and be-
gemmed snuff boxes. For a year she
never wore the same earrings twice in
one month, and each pair seemed longer
and more ornate than the others.
As for her snuff boxes, they filled her
cabinets and spilled over into her hus-
bands smoking room, and then he re-
belled.
In looking back society has come to the
conclusion that two episodes which &C.
CURED the same Winter did more to widen
the breach between Mrs. Pratt and her
husband than anything else One Of these
was her appearance as Isis" at the famous
Ball Of the Gods given for the benefit
of the Art Students of
the French Beaux Arts,
T. and the doing over of the
-. house on Park Avenue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08

says InaJ Sne Will never
be happy until she finds
some career that will
satisfy her mentally.
Her father says that
Mrs. Pratt's talents are
inherited from her
financier grandfather. .
and that if she had
only been a boy she
would have found per-
feet development on
the Street" And So
ciety, whose sympathy
is entirely with Lieu
tenant Pratt, says thai
Mrs. Pratt has always
sought the unattainable
and that her divorce
will not change her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08

As ISIS MIS-. Pratt took leading par
in the pageant and staggered even bias
New York with her costume, blazIn,
jewels and realistic poses. With he
splendid coloring and sinuous. untram
meled figure, this modern Isis would have
made the Egyptian goddess Jealous of her
Success Mr.. Pratt did not enjoy his wife's
spectacular appearance and she resented
his Tack Of understanding and narrow.
ness Of vision" and she even went so tar
as to threaten going on the stage.
Her family rose up at this; and as an out
let for her temperament Mrs Pratt decided
to express herself fully in her town house.
She took two old-fashioned brownstone
houses on upper Park avenue. turned them
into one, had the whole outside painted
cleaning white and did her front door with
several coats of scarlet lacquer!
II the outside of the house made New
York stare, the inside made them gasp.
Everything that was not scarlet or bright
sky blue was black. And the last exotic
touches were given by flocks of parrots.
parakeets and cockatoos that had the run
Of the house. The effect was Supplying.
but not conducive to a tranquil domestic
life
Mrs. Pratt gave a series OF daring
French playlets as a housewarming. and
Just about this time Mr. Pratt dropped out
OF sight and society began to hint of a
separation. Then war was declared and
Pratt won his commission as lieutenant
and eventually went overseas. His record
as a fighting officer was splendid, and a
few weeks ago he was ordered to a Cali
fornian army camp as Instructor.
Shortly after war was declared Mrs.
Pratt concluded that literature would be
an outlet for her feelings, and she began
to write. This career was closed to her
by the unsympathetic attitude Of her fam
lily, and so back she went into the social
arena. Although Lieutenant Pratt has not
been living with her, and although she
now claims that he refused to support her.
she did not change her mode OF living or
dressing. Naturally, the money left by
her grandfather came into excellent play.
This Summer her entertainments
reached an unusually high water mark.
winding up with the now famous luncheon
where Ogden Goldman called George Pea
body Eustis several unpleasant names, and
the next day Eustis, meeting Goldman, sew
eral years his senior. knocked him down
in front OF James G. Van Aliens house on
the Cliffs.
And now is the GROWING act Of Mrs.
Pratt's sensational career-her suit for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08
Mu!d6't Support Ii
MuIti-MiIIionaiire
Wife
Mrs. Pratt's. Own Income.
S6,OOO,OOO at 5q6-$3OO,OOO Per Year
100000 Per Years., 1928 Per Week

Mrs. Vanderbilt Mrs. Pratt is quoted as
having told her hostess that Viewpoints
intelligence is disgustingly overrated. -
Mrs. Pratt's wooing was as unusual as
her divorce. At the height Of her debu.
tante season Miss Benjamin, or "Bea," as
her intimates called her. surprised society
by cancelling several dance dates and 60
ing off for well-chaperoned weeks cruise
on the Dallas Bache Pratt yacht. She
returned in wonderfully radiant mood
with the son of the family as her fance.
Mrs. Benjamin planned to announce the
engagement with formality due to her
traditions and sent out cards for a large
formal reception. She left the sending of
the cards, however, to her daughter, and
when the handsomely engraved paste
boards were received by society they bore,
in heavy black letters, This means that
I'm going to marry Aleck Pratt. Wish us
luck"
What mattered it that long before the
reception everyone in town knew Of the
engagement? "Bea" achieved a seusa.
ton. and so was perfectly happy.
From worldly viewpoint the marriage
was very satisfactory. Dallas Pratt was
a man of great wealth, a well known
yachtsman as well as a nnancier, and his
son would eventually have large fortune.
He was tremendously popular in Newport
and considered great catch. The Ben
jamins we're equally prominent, although,
despite their wealth-Mrs Benjamin was
H. H. Rogers's older, daughter-they cared
little for society. In fact, they considered
Newport impossible and very nouveau
richie. Their daughter had her first real
Newport season as the wife of Aleck Pratt
There never was more strikingly beau.
tiful bride than this tall, slender girl, with
the great dark eyes, bright red lips and
glossy black hair. And she grew more
beautiful after her marriage, for she was
then able to give full sway to her indi.
viduarity. AND here. oerhaps,
say her friends, Is where young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-08

divorce in the Rhode Island
courts. Having been a resident Of
Newport for two years, spending not
more than six weeks at a time in
New York, the is privileged to sue in
the courts Of that lenient State.
She says that she will &. find com
plete happiness in being free from an
unsympathetic husband. Her mother
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
PLAZA

fhe much-heralded expensive pro- gram at the Plaza drew capacity audiences last night and all seemed very much pleased with the features offered them.
 Walter Hayes, billed as 'The Yap- town Baggageman. D played almost any kind of instrument that came to his notice and played it well.
 Byron Lloyd and Company, four of them-the sexes divided equally offered a skit that, from the nature of it and the lack of more appropriate billing from the theatres press depart ment we should call "Cannibal Isle" A couple of would-be man-eating can nibals, a darkey and a beautiful white girl, make things pleasant for each other on the isle and the laughs fol- low one another in rapid sequence.
 Baker and Rogers, couple of tramp comedians with voices have clever parodies that bring them rounds of applause.
 Inspiration is the big number. In it are nine very clever and fashiona- bly, costumed young people present ing musical comedy that is as differ ent from the average of it's type as day is from night. One thing the pro- ducers did not forget and that was to put real team of comedians in the cast.
 Real Folks" a limitation of the story that won the s1,00O prize offered by Triangle recently and starring J. Barney Sherry, is the main screen at- traction
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTE BOOK
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By LEE PAPE

Me and Puds Simkins wawked down town last Satidday aftirnoon jest for sumthing to do, and we wawked in- side of a. big high biIding and watched the people getting into the elevators me saying, G, it must be fun to run a. elevator all day long.
 They proberly get tired of 1t after a vile, they proberly woodent do it | if they dident get paid. for it, sed Puds.
 Wich they proberIy doodent, and me and Puds stood there watching a vile longer, and then I sed, Wat do you say we get in one just for ride? Wien we did, so meny people get l ting in after us that me and Puds was squeezed up in a corner, and by the time the elevator got all the way up l to the top there wasent anybody in it but me and Puds and the man, and then it went down agen so quick you mite of thawt sumthing had broak, and the man termed erround and saw us, saying, Are you kids still here, ware do you wunt to go? 11th floor, I sed.
 They aint ony 10 f1ors, you must wunt to go to the roof, don't you? sed | the man.
 I meen the 10th floor, I sed. And a lot of more people got in and squeezed us in a corner agen, and the people got out at diffrent floors, and after a kiIe the man sed, 10th floor, 10th floor. vile the man sed 10th floor, 10th floor. and the man sed, well, if you kids wunt the 10th floor you better take 1t before you get it on your ear.
 Wich me and Puds got out and the elevator went down, and I sed, We better pertend to be looking erround for sumbody. If anybody asks us twho we are looking for, lets say MT. Smith.
 No, there mite reely be sumbody by that name, lets say MT. Dumbells, sed Puds. Wich jest then a man with <. buckit and mop went past, saying, Who are you looking for?
 MT. Dumbells, sed Puds
 never herd of the name, and l Idoubt if anybody elts ever did, sed the man. And he started to mop up the
 door. and Puds' sed, gess it's the rone Ibilding, and I sed, I gess it must be And we went and pushed the elevator button and rode down agen and wawked home, seeming much ferther than wawking down.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
COUNCIL VOTES
 TO EXTEND TIME

w. A. Redden of the Charter Re- vision committee made a report % the Common Council last night in which he said his committee would have it's work completed some time in April and by vote of the council the time was extended to Monday May 6.
 The report of the Board of Ap- praisal of Benefits and Damages on the proposed plaza was tabled on the motion of Alderman Malcolm Mac Fayden.
 Men in the service of the United States, who encounter hardship in paying their taxes, will have all taxes abated according to a report of the miscellaneous committee that was re- ferred to the ordinance commit tee.
 Funds of the Park Department are apparently at low ebb, for at last nights meeting the board applied to the council to transfer the sum of $1,- 100 on deposit in the James Staples & YCo. bank to the departments payroll The money on deposit, it was report ed, had accumulated during the year from various sources.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF THEATRES AND AMUSEMENT
LYRIC

Few audiences were better pleased or more thoroughly entertained by the PoH Players than that which last night witnessed the wonderful produc- tion of 'fBrewster's Millions" the big Broadway triumph by Winchell Smith and Bryon Ongley at the. Lyric the atre.
 Scenically the play is one of the most pretentious ever attempted by any stock company while the gowns worn by the ladies in the large cast are the final dictu1N from those great arbiters of fashion, Paquin, izmmer- man, Worth and Lady Duff Gordon Lucille"
 Dudley Ayres as Monty Brewster" is seen at his very best in this If'o- duction. He seems to be quite at home as the man who has to spend one million dollars in one year. Of course the whole story centers around him, but there is a wonderful little heart throb woven through the entire story of frenzied finance which keeps the audience Spellbound.
 | Wanda Howard, as Peggy" in love with Monty" is just as charming dIu WlISOIIle dS SIlS oLI W ely 4oy oLI1u hOI role this week calls for an exceptional display of cleverness.
 From opening to the fall of the final curtain, "Brewster's Millions keeps the audience on the edge of the seats. Sensation follows sensation as the man with one million dollars does his utmost to dissipate the fortune within a twelvemonth so that he might win a fortune seven times greater.
 One of the most tense scenes is the second, the interior of Monty Brew ster's" Wall street office Here the ticker is going at full blast showing him how fortune is piling up no matter how wild his speculations in the market happen to be. He even gambles on the ponies in a mad en- deavor to get rid of his money, but no matter how rank the outsider or how long the shot the rose would win and he found himself with more money than he started out with.
 At last the brilliant idea of charter ing a yacht strikes him and he de cides upon a trip around the world with all his friends. This act is one | of the most beautiful and realistic scenes ever attempted by a scenic ar tist and comes in for a big hand at the rise of the curtain.
 Finally through getting ship wrecked and having to pay huge sum for salvage Monty Brewster" succeeds in spending the million dollars in a year and coming into a fortune of seven millions and marrying Peggy" the Igreatest perfume of all.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
POLES

One of the most patriotic, vivid and realistic of all battle pictures that has been shown in Bridgeport this season is that now offered at the PoG theatre under the title of 'The IUnbeliever." It is a magnificent reproduction Of Belgium during the German invasion. It shows big battle scenes in which the United States marine corps, both officers and men, participate in reg1- mental form. They are opposed to the German hosts. Thousands of per- sons participate in the battle and real guns, large and small, are directed from the observation posts high in the trees, and elsewhere. Throughout the whole a romance is written.
 On the vaudeville stage Emmett De voy's big company of talented dra- matic artists appear in "The Call of Childhood This sketch deals in a philosophic way with eugenics and there is host of comedy infused by media of children.
 ODonnell & Blair, Bridgeport's own in remarkably clever and funny tumbling act, triumphed on their re- turn engagement in this city last night The new vehicle for their sue cess is '"The Piano Tuner" '
 Permaine & Shelby, two boys in . concoction of musical nonsense 'ant artistry, entertain.
 Moore & West in a novel pantomimt and singing act, brought some origina comedy of well designed sort.
 Texas Comedy Four are harmonist' of the first water. Their dress-suitet class of style as well as voice added 10 their attraction last night.
 With a. big release of animated news showing the big Victory parade al New York where thouhands of sol diers from Camp Upton marched. H. ouid fire attacks in France and trencf scenes, the Poli offering is one to at tract widely this week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
GYMNAsTIC MEET AT Y. NJ. c. A.


 Gymnastic meet is to be held Tues day evening at the Y. M. c. A. gym nasium at eight o'clock. The recent circus held by the boys demonstrat- ed to the public some of the most diff ficu1t exercises upon the apparatus. Lyons, Gould and O'Nen and several other youngsters have been doing a lot of gymnastic work but they seem to have hit their stride. Their work is done with the best form and they should be strong contenders for a place in the contest.
 Hanson, a, member of the Senior Leaders corps and very much inter- ested in heavy gymnastics is also in gcod form. He is a good high bar and parallel bar performer, as we'll as capable tumbler. He stands out as an uusual strong favorite in the coming contest.
 The contest will be an aH-around one, on the following pieces of appar- atus: high bar, horse parallel bars and tumbling. Medals to be awarded to the three best all-around men. The admission is free and the public is in- vited.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
EAT WHAT YOU WANT
 WHEN YOU WANT IT

People who consistently deny their appetite some particular dish appealing especially to their palate,
 because indulgence has always meant subseuent suffering, will think this strong statement. It is a fact, however, that most people can,
 without fear of distressing conse-
 quences, indulge the appetite with
 in reason if the bowels are active
 and regular.
 Heavy dinners and late suppers
 can be enjoyed with impunity if,
 before retiring, one will take spoonful of Dr. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin, mild combination of sim pie laxative herbs with pepsin that druggists sell for 50 cents a bottle. Gentle in action and positive in effect, it regulates the bowels in an easy, natural way, without gripping or other discomfort, and is the ideal family laxative. Get bottle of Dr. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin from your druggist and keep it in the house. Use it occasionally and you will find you can eat almost anything you like without fear of consequences. A trial bottle can be obtained free
 of charge by writing to Dr. w. B. Caldwell, 456 Washington St., Mon ticello, Illinois.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-05
STEPNEY

The Red Cross auxiliary will meet on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Charles +. Nichols.
 Miss Grace Fredericks returned home on Sunday after spending a few days with relatives in New Haven.
 Frank Perkins of Waterbury is ill at the home of his father with a se- were cold and threatened with pneu- monia.
 George H. Lyon and Marshall Beach have been summoned as jurors for the civil superior court, Bridge port.
 Schools were not in session on Fri day afternoon as the teachers attend ed meeting at the Center school.
 Clayton HaWley is riding III a new Chevrolet car purchased through the agency of Peck and Lines, Bridgeport.
 A party of young people visited Claude Lewis at the Bridgeport hos pital on Saturday. MT. Lewis was badly cut on the foot by his axe while at work in the woods last Thursday. A physician was called and it was found that the bone< of the great toe was so badly injured he was immedi- ately taken to the hospital.
 David Fairchild spent Sunday as the guest of his mother in Newtown. Wilson Tyrren has improved in health and is now out of doors after a few weeks illness.
 Frederick Sutherland, who recently returned from Pennsylvania has spent a few days with his family here Fred Laborie of Bridgeport spent Sunday as guest at the home ot Mark Curtiss.
 An accident occurred on Friday ev- ening when a car driven by Paul Gotche and a team collided. The wind shield was entirely smashed an6 other slight damages done but for tunately the occupants of the auto and carriage were uninjured.
 Mrs. Turney Northrop visited Mrs John Wheeler who is i'll in Bridge port, on last Thursday. 1 Frank Olmstead has sold his place here to MT. Trip, who is employed a: station agent at the depot. Thirty members of Harmony grange were present on Thursday ev. ening, and an interesting program was presented by Miss Lewis. the lee 1 turer.