The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-08-10
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" to bloom forth as decorative and
floral as Pomander walk, even though
still bit more sophisticated. Land
scape gardening is to be applied IN
earnest and the plans sound almost
like the return of days and the mood
of the Dresden shepherdesses. For
among other features of the beuatify-
ing, there are to be baskets OF ivy and
Towering plants hung on every cleo
trio lamp post from Twenty-hftn
street to Fifty-ninth, and the low wall
bordering Central Park from F1fty-
ninth to 10th streets will be adorned
with dwarf plants and vines. And all
that is only part Of it. The merchants
along the way will bear the expense Oh
the baskets and Of keeping them filled
Ny
Extreme cruelty to his automobile Is
entirely sufficient grounds for sepa-
ration, believes Frank H. Peck, or this
city. In his petition for a Decree the
aggreived Mr.. Peck complains that
lMary Frances Peck, his wife, is con-
slant source Of danger to his car, espe-
cially when something has displeasea
her and every once in awhile some
thing does. he says. She has system
atically and maliciously injured it. he
AYERS. In addition to this brutal treat
ment of his priced auto, Mr.. Peck men
tions that Mrs. Pack made him seleep
on two trunks and called his IAN edu-
Gated goody-goody;" but these Things
were personal; he could have endured
them. They injured only himself
When It came to his automopiie'
though, well-the Supreme Court was
.alled in to sympathize.
u Ny
Air flight insurance at last. III spi'e
of the fact that England and the con-
tinent has had flight insurance FOR a
number Of years, 1t was only last week
that American airplane voyageurs
were able to obtain insurance covering
their flights. Now under the policies
issued by the Travellers Insurance
Company an air passenger was insure
his life and limb at the rate Of 20 per
day. These policies, which are sold ex-
actly like flight tickets, are the resui'
of the advent of the great five-passeh'
ger Fokker airplanes in this country
These Ships which recently were
brought to New York City, have made
such extraordinary record for safet'
and dependability in passenger carry
ing that their performance made II
possible for insurance to be issued Al
last week the Half Moon" the first o
the great Fokker planes, has peei
messenger carrying in Washington
Several hundred flights were mad
with a total of more than 1000 passen
gers In connection with the insur
ance phase of aeronautics. many pilot
are taking out policies and it has be
come the ordinary thing for the pas
sengers to spend the additional fiv
dollars for a policy when flying lon
distances.
Ny
New York is about to have its ricf
est bachelor free again, according I
reports from Paris. When Alex Cocn
ran married Gamma Walska, the Polls
opera star, New York Society felt hur
So much monuey and SO much eligibi
ity and all that going so far away =
speaking not only Of distance, byt
clioues! It seemed to said N. Y.
that her prize catch had done ne
wrong" But now 1t seems that tn
spanning of all that geographical an
temperamental distance was indee
too much of effort, and the plan hs
been abandoned via the Paris divort
courts.
Ny
= The Brrymore family manages 4
hold the attention of the public suf1
.tootI,, IN hava tho neYt aaasOn's Mai