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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Gossip Bitterest
Part of Her Tra0edu

And the public doesn't realize that
this attitude may be even a greater
tragedy than the tragedy Of Mrs. Al
sop's life that 1t Is this attitude which
FORCES perhaps the bitterest and most
unnecessary portion Of tragedy into
the days and the hours Of her life.
Mrs. Alsop feels this. She is poisn:
antly conscious Of 1t. And she begged
that no more lies" be told about her,
that people leaye her alone.
This woman who wants to be lett
alone sat in the roomy armchair, .
picture Of pink and flaming yellow. Her
mood needed black, deep broodiny
black. The contrast Of the picture the
eye saw and the picture the mind saw
was intensely dramatic.
"the lies don't hurt me 80 much. Ny
shoulders are young and strong enough
to bear all this"
Half lying In tho chair, her shoulders
appeared unusually frail--in the infor.
mality of her posture one was conscious
less Of strength than of resignation and
Indifference. One thought Of crushed
flowers, Of a soft bruised bird In tho
palm Of the hand.
but it's breaking the heart OF my
mother" A mist filed her eyes when
she said this. The cigarette In her
hand was forgotten. She leaned for
ward In her chair. :,
"My shoulders are big enough. !
suppose, to bear anything" she said;
Anything" There was something Oh
desperation in her voice. but my
msther's aren't. All this is breaking
my mothers heart-and that-tha'
breaks my heart"
Mrs. Alsop reused herself.
"But you needn't bother mentioning
that" she added quickly, as II to hide
what might have seemed weakening
Of will, disclosure of intims"
thoughts never meant for alien ears.
"But II 1t Is lies which are breasins
your mothers heart, why shouloh
your mother sec the truth In q paper
she was asked, especially since you
care for her 90 much? 2"
Her lips twitched. Tears trimmed nsF
"when you talk about my mother.
when you" Tears were In her voice,
and her hand went suddenly TO nei
mouth as II to stay the twitchihS "
It. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
She got up from the chair. ne. is.
fingers In her straw colored hair' ss sas
palm Of her hand resting over her ~
and forehead, she hastily walked 10 '
door. u.
At the door her kimono wrapped ny
self around her slim body ana as Sar
turned under the Intel into the osa .ast
room, It flowed out again, ike sfe''
flower, suddenly blooming. ,,r
A faint fragrance she left IN the a. a
She left, too. visitor who admire, ~
courage which can tight 10 keep
most excruciating OF pains SER -
the heart; she left o v's''"s ~'
somehow humiliatD6
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23

age of news writers-sob sisters
set out in the direction of the
"dingy-furnished room" And sub
seouent tales appeared of the
"decline" and dissolution of TINS
once most beautiful and charming
woman.
So that the tragedy Of Mrs. Etfe
Pope Hill Alsop has become not
only the tragedy Of temporary de-
feat, but seemingly the tragedy also
of distorted facts.
"These lies ere breaking my
mothers heart" says Mrs. Alsop'
and they certainly are roboing the
young woman of much OF her
courage.
"Why don't people leave me
alone? They hound me, they talk
about me, they write about me-and
I am forced to suffer their torturlng'
Why do these strangers hurt me-!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23

ate. The following summer they
lived together at their country place
in Beverly, Mass. Mrs. Alsop
claimed that her husband insulted
her friends, and she left him forever
in November, 1913.
In the meantime, Effie had tried
the stage. She attempted the triple
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Girl, N1ho at II N|ed millionaire Of IL Quai5 at
Fire of PubAcity after RomarceS UnhQp9y End,
Feayiug "IleddHng" NiN Kill Mother

I got to my room here I was in bor,,h,.
pain--almost unconscious.
Il called to the lady in the sp.rt.
ment next to mine. I asked her "a
please get me doctor. And a doctor
came-or rather a man who was mn.
posedly a doctor. This man who ws !,
supposedly n DOCTOR" Mrs. Alison .sid
this with the suggestion Of a smear
did nothing for me, and l called %,
an ambulance. thought I was soins o
to die. s''"s
'They say I fought like a tiser when
the ambulance came. You can sav I
fought like a tiger. OF course I d,d
They said they were going to tax. n ma
to the Bellevue Hospital. OF course
fought like a tiger. I'm neither moor
nor drug addict. and I wasn't druni nj
II stayed in the hospital only fortv.
eight hours. It's ridiculous to sav 7
stayed there ten days, and that I AM
under the care of a doctor. I'm under
the care of nOhodv Ne'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
AlsOP Didn't Leave
Her Pauper, She Savs

And I'm not poor, and I never wa,
stenographer nor a telephone oper.
atOr, and am not on the stage. Goo,
Lord, Mr.. Alsop didn't leave mo n
pauper! / have few stocks and bonds
and some real estate"
Whatever she has left, it bellies I'm
fact that only ten years ago ahe hsd
riches, a home on Fifth avenue, friends
among the very wealthy and the verv
old Knickerbocker families, servants ~
many that they became retinues, leisure
and enthusiasm. In her young heart
ten years ago there was little sadness:
even the disillusion Of her marriage aid
not Immediately dispossess her Of her
dreams. '
Today she has leisure left and great
pain. That seems to be about all. She
Is still very young; most women Of
twenty seven with talent as she has
are laying the foundation for careers,
and yet she must feel very old.
Allusion to her marriage with Mr.
Alsop and mention Of the ten wears
since drew from her sorrowful, though
smile fccked:
ago." 'A' ''
What has made It seem thousand
years she did not say. Was it defeat,
dreams unrealized? Her life was meant
to be happy and rich, az all children's
lives are. Today, whether she feels it
30 or not, she gives the appearance OF
irrevocable defeat. Her heart has been
trod upon, her life has been trod upon,
crushed by gossip. scandalmongering
and perhaps the thoughtlessnoss Of
friends.
Her ten or fewer years since Mr.,
Alsop divorced her is not a story she
will tell, at any rate. Whatever those
years have brought her remains locked
within her breast. Whatever they have
taken from her, her loss is somehow
manifested in her disgust with the In.
tolerance. the cruel thous Of
people.
she cried. There I am left alone.
And I want to be alone. l want to
live my life with some Divinity dom
want to be fayed by the everlasting in.
decent meddling Of other persons.
bling me?'
1t gave tho public a generous oppor.
tunity to gabble, to predict. dire re.
sults--as the public always does when
one Of Its children does "the extraOr.
dinary." And now there is little
question that the public viewed with
mingled satisfaction and horror what
seens to 1t the defeat Of a person
who dared do otherwise, what seems
to 1t a confirmation Of its always "dis.
interested and well meaning prodlc.
tionS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23

tango with two other partners, but
her husband protested SO strongly
that she was obliged to give up the
work.
In 1915 Alsop successfully sued
for divorce on the grounds Of deser-
ton.
Mrs. Alsop's "dingy-furnished
room" is on West Forty-seventh
street, up four flights Of stairs. The
apartment house is q comfortable
and a clean one.
II am sorry, but Mrs. Alsop is
indisposed," said a young woman
from a neighboring apartment.
"Under no circumstances will she
see any one. Reporters have said
so much that isn't true about her
that she is afraid to see them."
The rather long and weary climb
down the stairs was begun with a
sense Of defeat; the second floor was
no sooner reached, however, when
the woman's voice on the fourth
- floor called out:
~ MRS. Alsop will see you for
two minutes-only two min
utes!"
, Back again to the fourth floor to
receive the invitation to enter the
"dingy-furnished' room Of Mrs.
Alsop, veronal addict and alcoholic,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Denial Of Addiction
Borne Out bH Face

"I'll swear that I haven't taken
yeronal more than twice in all my
life."
Mrs. Alsop did not look like an ad.
dict Her face was painted not wisely
but too well underneath the cosmetic,
however, one could catch the softness
and the freshness Of her cheeks, and her
eyes were neither the dead nor hectic
burning eyes of drug addict-they
were bright and intelligent and dis
arming.
"They said was moved by force
from a dingy room" Her lip curled
a. little. She pulled lingeringly at her
cigarette. and then with half gesture
Of impatience resumed:
but III tell you the real truth about
that disgraceful business the Othe,
night. went out In the evening. II
was a party Of six, and we had a couple
Of drinks. There's nothing wrong In
that, is there'
1T was vile stuff, however. I didn't
know It. had only a couple Of drinks
but became suddenly very sick. Wher
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Age Gazes at Youth
With Wistful Eyes

Thirteen wears ago little golden
haired child was playing on the
porch of a hotel at Lake Toxaway,
N. C. Her mother, Mrs. John J.
Hill, widow of prominent physician
Of Washington, D. c., smiled at her,
her ewes for a moment lifting from
the pages Of book.
AS the mother looked up she was
conscious that another pair Of eyes
watched her daughter. They were
those of a white-haired gentleman.
His name she found later to be
Edward B. Alsop; she learned
besides that he was a millionaire.
Alsop was then seventy-four years
old. In little Effie he saw all that
was beautiful in youth. December
gazed at May with wistful eyes. He
had children of his own--two boys
one as old as this little girl, one
younger. But he had never had such
q brilliant little child, such merry
one.
Alsop soon became acquainted
with Mrs. Hill and then with Ettie.
Their friendship grew. He gave the
. little girl many gifts, many courte-
sizes and three years later, in 1912,
when Eflie was seventeen and he
seventy-seven, he married her.
~ married Mr.. Alsop," his young
wife is reported to have said, "be-
cause have the greatest admiration,
the greatest respect and greatest
faith in him-more than | ever had
In my life for any other man, and
30 why shouldn't | have married
him?
"As long as we live | shall never
regret the step, for he is all good
ness, and has been during the three
years | have known him-two of
which have been engaged to him"
She called him Dad SO gossip
goes, and even "Ra-time Kid" be-
cause he was so spry and active for
his age. His two sons, in 1912, then
both students at Harvard, entirely
approved of their stepmother.
But two months after the wed
ding December and May were re,
ported to be estranged. Mr.. AlsoE
at that time transferred sl,000,00t
worth of his property to his two
sons.
So quickly had she gotten married
80 swift was the determination
which carried this strange pair post
haste to Trinity Church, New York
that the new Mrs. Alsop declaret
she "even forgot to tell her mother
Y about it until it was all over"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Kisses Drive Her
Into SanatOriunl

Later, in her attempted petition
Kor divorce, Mrs. Alsop asserted
That he so showered her with kisses
and caresses that she was forced tn
enter a sanatorium, victim Of
nervous prostration.
She said she went to sanatorium
at Litchfield, Conn.,, on April |, 1912,
remaining there twelve days. She
returned to him, but, according to
-. Alsop was even "more violent
- before" In June of the same
year she went to Europe to recuper-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23

and we'll. '"'''
~ didn't want to talk with Won. "
she began. II don't want to talk with
anybody. The only reason | am seeing
you now--and it will only be for two
minutes--is a hope I feel that perhpp,
] can find one newspaper that will
publish what is so, and will not lie
about me. ''~
1T Is terrible! Why do peoplc
trouble about newly don't they mind
their own business? If you believe
what most persons are made to think
! am drug addict and q drunkard. I
am neither.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
EEFFIE ALSOP FINDS GOSSIP REAL TRA
OF "DECEANBER-NAY" LOVE-SHA77EREL

II the newspaper stories were cor
rect.
Mrs. Alsop's apartment was not
dingy, though it was not in any senst
grand. The furniture was new. the
wallpaper bright and clean. 1t might
have been the reception room in which
anybody could live comfortably-it had
no individuality. 1t was neither
suggestive Of picturesque life, nor of JOY
or sadness--until Mrs. Alsop enterct
from her bedroom.
A Boyish Figure
in Loose KimonO
In her slim fingers she carried q
lighted cigarette. White arms extended
from the looseness Of pink. hand
painted kimono. The kimono was oper
at the breast. revealing the dainty edge
Of a camisole or something Of the sor
and her pearl white throat.
Her figure is boyish and graceful
One expected q face as boyishly fresl
and pink, but 1t was not. It wal
rougetl--one felt, unnecessarily ant
rather badly--and her head was haloe,
in tangle of yellow, frizzed bobbed
hair.
She dropped into roomy armchair
her head resting on the back and hel
cigarette hand hanging loosely over th'
arm of the chair.
Don't mind this kimono, please.
paint--little pictures--not good ones
and I've smudged up this old thing"
She spread out a fold or two Of tn
Her voice is resonant and carries tn,
drawl and softness Of the South--sh
was born in Georgia. She broadens he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-23
Once W2ealthy Child Bride, Called Drug Addi
Retutes RecriminationS by Brightness of
Her Eyes and Crimson Cheeks

IrE has not dealt kindly Mrs Efie Pope Hill Alsop
- Life whred of wealth and happiness and life has
whirled the depths again. :,
determinations that addict dunkad have robbed
h Of much Of the people the earth reverses
have stripped her Of her wealth. 90
Hp there remains take from her. 1t is
her love her under the seems to be
the trick life could play
Today alone and friendess earod Ee Pope Hill
cries from the depths of her tortured heart:
"Nv shoulders can this crueltyal these esbut OH
MOTHER
Not appeared the columns Of the country
this item:
The former Pope m Of Macon, Ga the girl who ten
the bride Of Edward
wealthy manufacturer Of Pittsburgh and
furnished and taken
t Pae Hospital suffering alcoholism and drug poisoning
bit pilgrim
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
How the Yelie Performs

An editor Of one ot me daily news
papers had read great deal about
the Nelie. He finally decided that he
would like demonstration to see
just what the car actually could do.
He accordingly went to see George
Garland, the local distributor Of the
Velie. He was shown the new Nelie
Model So. which is a five passenger car
of 1l6-inch wheelbase and which gives
lot of the big fellows stiff argument
when it comes to sheer ability to per-
form. He hadn't gone far in the car
before he realized that there was that
positive" and easy response to every
requirement and detail of handling
that one generally associates only with
the higher priced cars Then he drove
to the Niaduct on Riverside Drive,
which is a level stretch, and tried her
out on acceleration. From three miles
an hour in high gear she leaped to
twenty-nine miles an hour in ten
seconds, and from five to thirty three
miles in the same time On the 14Sth
Street hill from the Drive to Broadway
this Nele slowed down to fve miles an
hour at the bottom in high and went
over the top at twelve miles an hour
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Massachusetts Detours

The following statement a, to CON.
dition of highways in process of con.
structlon and repair, under direction
| of the Massachusetts Department OF
! public Works, Division Of Highways, is
! issued monthly during the season OF
| heaviest travel:
ABINGDON HANOVER ROUTE. Rock
! land -~Resurfscing about one half mile
| May Is, 1922
BOSTON N-NANTASkET ROUTE: Hing
m--construction about four NTH mile
IN iength; detour about two miles in good
| ]. 1922 "'''
BOSTON TO NEWBURYPORT-TIIRN
PIKE ROUTE Construction from Andover
street. panvers, 10 Newburyport line. sew
enieen miles in length; completion expect
ed December .. 1892; closed to travel de
tour. % miles, in good condition, to Shore
Yer Street to fNewburyport Via turnpike,
80 miles; distance to Newburyport via
uonal distance by detour. ~ miles.
BOSTON PLYMOUTH VIA SHORE
ROUTE: Hing ham m--Construction about
four ffths Of mile in length; detour
about one and one half miles in good con
dition; completion expected about July
l. 1922.
BOSTON ON-PRoVIDENCE. r. L.; Boston
construction one-third mile on Washing
ton street between Rosiindale and Ded
July !.
EWSTER- HARWICH: Brewster
2.ioi feet. open to travel; about two fifths
OF mile in length probable date Of com
pleiion May s, 1922
FALMOUTH CHATHAM ROUTE: Fal-
inouth Bridge under construction in East
falmouth; road open to travel completion
expected about July !. 1922
GREENFIELD -NORTHFIEI.D ROUTE
observation-disclosures OF about one
half mile in village of Bernardston short
detour.
Nh: HAhWARn,AYER tan.tsI,.., ROUTE; narvarde.
using road during construction; should ex-
pect short delays
holden N-PRINcEToN ROUTE, Holden
Highland street traffic, to Princeton
should continue along State Road TO JEFF
fferson, thence northery across the Central
Massachusetts Railroad. thence westerly
on Maple Spring Road across the Boston
d Maine Railroad, Peterboro branch; CON
erly side. thence easteriy to the main road
to Princeton, distance of about hve miles
or fourth mile longer than the direct
route along Highland Street.
HOLLlSTONM1LLI ROUTE. Holliston
Central Street open to travel. length 4,5O0
feet
LOWELL FRAMINGHAM ROUTE: Ac,
ton Maynard road. open to travel. length
NATIcK- K-coNcoRD ROUTE wayland
Main Street. detour. condition good
length one-third mile.
PALMER BARRE ROUTE: Hardwick-
From Gilbertviile toward Hardwcit VII
lage; construction two and one half miles
long; road surface completed from Gilbert
Vile northerly. distance of and
hrce-quarters miles; traffic using the re-
mainder of the road while construction is
in progress: short delays should be ex-
pccted. WinchendonT Templeton - Road
surface completed about two and one hair
miles northary from Baldwinsvile, con-
struction two miles long, OF which one
mile is across cut off and one-half mile in
NatpfNille dPtOur along the old
starts about one mile north of Lake Den
nison; thence bears mort herly about one
mile. thence easteriy about three fourt hs
of mile TO the end of the off line
thence over one half mile of construction
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

Leave shelter Island G1h p. IN. Due ga
Harbor - y. nj. and ;ao p m tsummer
and fall1 49,
Nav @'es,s e. 10 %" october-- leave Greenwich g
ll85o, 9. a;so and |. Leave Oyster Bay ~
1890 3, b:30 and 3.
New England
Badlyme to Chester, conn.~-on signal
saunderstown 81 to Mewport, r, T. .,,y,s vita
jamestown lslanh--Boats leave hourly
Bristol to s.s0' aays Very Asoat saz Is syess ss
hour from a m. to o:ie p. m Sundays; !;
About every hour from n. M. to 1o:1o
Across the Hudson River
Tarrytown to Nyack tNorth River Fer.
ny Company EVERY hour hour .o,. a. m. to *. ~.
half hour from Tarrytown; additiohaI
trips in summer. , r,
Tarrytown to Nyack tNorth RIVER sa
rytown. on the half hour from, Nyack.
Garrison to West Poinnt--Ab every
forty-five minutes from :55 n. m. to $40
Newburgh to Beacon--Trips every Afteen
minutes from p. M. TO p m. ana on
boats every hour from 6:lS a: m. on weeK
days to 1l:a5 p. IN. and on sundays at y
7:4o. $40, $40, s:o7. 9'to' 10 10. lMo;to, M
poughkeepsie to Highland-Boats from
Poughkee psie run every ten to hfteen min
utes from r. m. to 0 p, m every thirty
minutes from . p. m. to 40 p m. and at
& n. m. 6:2b a m. 80 n. m, 1880 a. M,
a. m. and . a m. Leave Highland 6:l5
a. M. $40 y m. 7:t6 a. M. :45 a. M,
Sl5 a. M AZ a. Thereafter every
ten to fifteen minutes until 9:15 p. m.
every thirty minutes to lii5 n. M. and
last trip from Highland at II 40 p. m.
tTheso schedules effective May rs to
October 16).
Rondout to Sleightsburg- Every five min
utes. (Note-Rondout Creek Bridge now
''f' Rhinecliff to Kingston--About every
forty minutes from a. m. to 40 p. IN.
Saugerties 10 Tivoli-About every hour
from GAS a m. to 6;2o p m. Sundays:
Additional trip at 1875 p. m. from SAUCER
Catsllill to Greendale--About every half
hour from .:1S a. m. to 37 p. m. Addi-
tional trips signal to connect with
trains.
Hudson TO AihensAbout every half
hour from 6 so a. M to 7 p. m.
Coxsackie to Newton Hook-About every
thirty to forty minutes, from $50 a. m to
$40 p. IN.
Miscellaneous
New York to Long Branch, N. J.--week
days only: Leave Gansevoort Market
pier. Little West Twelfth Street, North
River, p. m; leave Battery Land
ing 2;30 p. M: arrive Highlands about
4;SO p. M; arrive Sea Bright about s
p. M. arrive long Branch about :35 p. m.
leave Long Branch "a. m; arrive Sea
Bright about $50 a, M; arrive Highlands
about 10 p M; arrive Gansevoort pier
about l0;30 y. IN.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Ferry Schedules

(Note--All Hudson River and East River
ferries TO and from Manhattan not listed
hare arc on - "a hour schedule. e.,
they run both night and day with such
frequency as to make publication of their
So chedules uOnccesSarV
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Poultry Raising Taught
FrOn,MOfori5edSchoOls

Sheep and poultry schools built
on motor trucks and travelling
through rural sections have been
organized by the United States
Department OF Agriculture in CO.
operation with the state colleges
of agriculture of North Carolina
and Texas.
Officials of the Department Of
Agriculture say that more of this
method Of education is needed so
that information on the latest
farming methods may be carried
directly to farmers, no matter
how inaccessible the community
may be.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Piston of Aluminium

One Of the principal engine changes
in the new Hudson super has been
the adoption of an aluminium piston. 1t
is almost identical in design with the
Essex piston, which has worked out
successfully. and 1own as the con-
stant clearance type. The new piston
Incorporates diagonal slot in the
skirt and slot below the lower ring
practically giving the effect of slipper
type piston. The object of the slot is
to provide a means of absorbing the
expansion of the aluminium, thus per-
mitting the piston to be run with a
very small clearance, even though that
metal is used
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21

to Wsterville detour distance one half
mile longer than cutoff line.
SPRINGFIELD -SOUTHW1Ck ROUTE
Akawam-~~R Road under construction for
about 1.S9 miles: detour about one-half
mile. in good condition
sSTOUGHTON- CANTON ROUTE: slough
ton--Pear, street, construction and
one third miles on route from StouRhton
Square to Canton. ending at Canton line
closed TO through travel; detour over town
road; completion expected about July s.
WORCESTER ER-SPRINGFIELD ROUTE:
Palmer Monson -Wilbraham -- Now con
struction two and one half miles long west
OF Palmer; work proceeding on cut off
lines: traffic using old road, in good cond-
tion. without Inconvenience.
WRENTHAM Nj MWOONSOCkET. r. l.:
Wrentham CONSERVATION one mile on road
from Wrentham to Shetdonvllc closed to
through travel: short dctour over town
road: completion of work expected about
Ialia
New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
Road Notes

The Tribune Will be glad to dasiocr
,oritten queries regarding road co,,di-
tioas. Address all inquiries to AUTO
mobile Department, Room sIs, New
York Tribune, 1874 Nassau Street, Neg
York City. Self-addressed, stamped Gu
relope should be inclossa. Fer The bene-
1T Of automobile tourists The Tribune
reprints in it's Automobile Section COM
ptete reports Of road conditions as COM
piled periodically By the different State
Htghway Departments in the East.
Ferry schedules also WiH be jouad in
this section.