The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-29
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New York. = Mrs. Adelaide johnson
American sculptor, arrived home from
Italy the other day, with a seven-ton
monument in Carrara marble onn the
ship with her, commemorative Of the
victory Of woman suffrage in the Unit
ed States. The creation, which Mrs.
Johnson went to lily for the purpose
Of cutting, Is seven feet high and car
ried portrait busts of Lucretia Mott,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.
Anthony. 1t wi be placed on the ro-
tunda Of the Capitol in Washington.
It was undoubtedly due to the in
fluence of thrift week, which we have
Just passed through in this state. At
the end Of the week, when all the Ben
Franklin slogans and officials appeals
had had time to sink in James Liston
Of Brooklyn was arraigned on a
charge Of assault in the third degree
ut amt fair" he protested, when he
was sentenced to six months in the
penitentiary. 81 don't want to go
there. want to 60 to Sing Sing. When
you leave the pen, you get nothing"
The Judge explained that the charge
was not a sufficiently serious one to
warrant his being sent to Sing Sing
but that II he wanted to change it
to assault in the second degree, and
get Ave year sentence at Sing Sing,
he could be accommodated. He made
the change, and Liston will get the ten
and the suit as per custom, when he's
through.
Ben WEIGH, playing in Jimmie" now
on the road, is one of the latest and
most deserving heroes of Broadway.
For It has just been learned that this
CHEEKY actor has been stricken blind,
incurably blind. And he is going on
in his part Just the same, singing and
dancing with the same spirit that
helped to put the show across on its
opening night. Shortly before 1t Is
time for him ogo on "a fellow actor
takes him to the proper stage entrance
in the winge. A piece of carpet is
placed on the part of the stage where
he does his dancing, so that he can
tell by the feel of 1t where to stay and
not be in danger of stepping over the
footlights. With this much assistance
Ben takes care of the rest. And the
audiences never knew until he had
proven for several nights his ability
to 90 on. When the blindness first
came on, an understudy was taken on,
but the other night the actor made an
ultimatum to the manager. 81 don't
want that understudy hanging around.
Fire him or I'll get out"
Staten Island threatens to secede
from New York city. "They don't care
anything about us except just as so
much boost to their population" COM
plain the taxpayers and Borough off,
ials, land we are not going to keep on
letting the rest of the city use us a
stepping stone to glory. Well no
longer be a stepchild. Treat us. better
of we'll un-annax ourselves" Parks
and transportation and matters of
that sort have brought the issue to
the rebellion point.
Seventy-five thousand dollars worth
Of cash and valuables are left an
nually In clothing sent to the hotel
valet in Just one big New York hotel,
according to its 1920 report. Twenty
thousand was In cash last year and
approximately $4,000 in jewelry. One
forgetful person got back thousand
dollar bill, which he had left in his
evening clothes. From there, the in
dividual forgetfulnes stapered down to
fifty cent pieces.
A $250,000 Rembradt landscape,
supposed to have been stolen from a
private collector in Hamburg, is be-
ing sought in this city. There were
reports that 1t had been Struggled
aboard the American lined Mongolia,
which arrived the other day, but
thorough search failed to uncover it.
II is impossible for even a club to
be liberal on twelve dollars. Conse-
quently the Liberal Club, that haven
Of discussion and dancing for the
extremer OF the Greenwich Village
radicals, has faded out of existence.
Only twelve dollars could be gathered
into the treasury, explain the MEM
bers, and te hclub's liabilities had
reached $4,000. due to the capital
istic system" 1t is difficult to struggle
against odds Of that kind. especially
when there are no capitalists in ones
midst. So the club gave up. Among its
early members were Floyd Dell, Max
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