The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-18
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New York. - For the first time in
the history Of this particular nation,
at least, women and girls prominent
in Society have witnessed-openly-
real boxing bouts. 1t was no amateur
circus affair this time. The great ball
room of the Hotel Commodore fur
nished the arena, with 24-foot ring
set up In 1t. Harry Sutton, feather
weight champion Of the Atlantic fleei,
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jr., and William
Spangler, light heavyweight, were
among the stars Of the evening, and
there were six bouths by the gang
sters of the Bronx bronch of the Mar
shall Stillman athletic clubs. Rev.
Herbert Shipman was master Of cere-
monies. and Mrs. Vincent Aston, Mrs.
Herbert Shipman. Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson and dozen other women OF
the fashionable world were patron
esses. The Marshall Stillman associa-
ton, organized for sane working
among the vagrant gangster boys Of
the city, was in charge of the affair.
And they say that New York lacks
sympathy and humanity. especially
when It comes to a matter OF BUSH
ness! The other day l stopped in at a
delicatessen shop. A woman in geor-
geous fur coat and a grieved look
came in. Apparently she was fire.
quent customer "I'm blue tonight"
she confided to the delicatessen man.
Ell looked suilden.y earnest. at went
do you no good to go home and eat
them things.".he advised her serious
Ivy. "A good dinner is what you want.
Let me taxa nthem back"
There's Ole innovation that surely
cannot be charged up as due to the
war. Gold mesh bags for men! res,
them are existent, saw one l. was
not much Of = has and 1t wasn't much
Of man. Nevertheless He bought
ten Christmas seals of volunteer So
licitor, and from out OF his foun.a IN
pen pocket drew littlo chain. And
the end of 1t hung the small sJld mesh
bag-from which lie carefully select
cd his dime.
Fifty-five years ago, Mrs. Thomas
Whiffen started playing old lady parts
on the stage. Some theater goers can
even yet remember her in Hazel
Kirke," away back in 1880. And since
that time she has never played any
thing except the one type-or age, at
least. Now she's here in "Just Sup
pose" and grandmoahtrs are exclaim-
ing, Can that be the Mrs. Whiffen.
remember" 1t is, and she loves the
stage as she did SIS years ago. and the
audience love her as audiences loved
her then. There's something almost
thrilling about her record and her de-
light In the work after more than hall
q century at it. It's worth an epic.
George Carbone, chauffeur, has
great respect for the sinews of the
church. The otoher day his car and
one bein gdriven by the Rev. H. N
Hancock, pastor of the Huntington
Long Island, Methodist church, came
into conflict. Carbone's car overturn-
ed. He got out Of 1t and punched the
clergyman in the face One of his life's
surprises followed. Instead of turn
ing the other cheek, the pastor sailed
into him and emerged complete victor
Of the scrap.
There Is q rumor that Lionel Barry.
more win dos"Macbeth" next spring
and 1t has aroused more interest
among the people Of the stage and o.
the theater-goers than any theatrical
rumor In several years. Arthur Hop
kins and Robert Edmond Jones will
be the producers.
Charles Galewski broke the rules Of
the landlords union and the record o.
the world the other day. His tenants
at sos W. 10th street. found in theil
mail boxes the landloard-notice slip.
which they. with few million othel
renteds drea dfrom day to day. Blu
these slips announced, not an increase
but q Decrease, in all rentals in thu
building. They were SO excited tina
seven OF them rushed to the phone Il
ask what was the reason.
Old Dutch architecture Is makini
its appearance once more in lowe
Manhattan. Years ago, Of course. I
dominated. But 1t long SINCE disap
peared. H. Duys & Co. tobacconists
have Just had completed an almost ex
act heplica Of the building where thei
ancestors did business In Holland