The evening world. Newspaper, April 30, 1920, Page 33

FRIDAY, AP i **Polly 8 the divorce suit brought by beau- I tiful Mrs. Pauline Le Roy French Wagstaff against her husband, Samuel J, Wagstaff, to be the latest chapter in the tahgled and jangled ‘eal life romances ‘of the wealthy French family which have interested New York gociety so often ‘and so ‘Yong? “Mrs, Wagstaff's is the fifth, Fiveyears before her marriage fretty “Polly” French wrote a paper Ou:"Man, the Obsolete,” and read it atc club meeting at Delmonico's. ‘Twelve years after her marriage) “Poly” French Wagstaff of No. 129: ‘Eist 82d Street appears to be revert- ing to her original idea of the obso- Yetences of the male—so far, at least, @ mere husband is.concerned. And} ‘Fer suit in Newport, based on charges ‘Qf alleged non-support, won't be the first, nor the second, nor the third Rime the Frenches have resorted -to the courts at the bidding of the geniii who stir the brew of matrimonial | “discord. The first French to be divorced, according to the records, is “Polly” French Wagstaff’s aunt, the lady who now is Mrs. Paul Fitz Simons, but who w: Elen French and Afterward became the wife of America’s richest young man, the } iuite Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Her farriage to the son and heir of Cornelius Vanderbilt was supposed “to be a love match, and there was a Bon, young William H. Vanderbilt. But when he was about six ‘years \old his mother brought suit against vis father in the New York courts, k i, although the details of her com- vaint never were made public, she foeived her decree, She was known br, years as “Mrs. French Vander- pi—sne previously had asked her friends to call her “Hisie” instead of ‘“kllen'-—but a year ago she sur- prised society by wedding a good looking friend of her son's, ten years younger than herself, Lieut. Paul Fitz Simons. it was the former “Mrs. ‘French Vanderbilt” in| opposition to another French i roiiunce—and its denouement seems | to have borne out her forebodings. She led the detectives who pursued jer niece (and the younger sister of | oly” French Wagstaff) the former Mrs. Julia French Geraghty, when that young Avoman startled Newport by. eloping’ in an automobile with “Handsome Jack" Geraghty, a good Jooking young chauffeur and the son of a hack driver Miss Julia’s family was adamant against her and she rotorted that she loved “Jack” better than anything in the world—so there! Unfortunately for the believers in the love-in-a-cottage theory, that who. was most strongly | For some time! RIL 30, ‘Those Five French Romances _ All Tangled and Jangled ’? Wagstaff’s La “Two Daughters, One Son, Father, Mother and. an 4 Aunt All Affected by the Genii ig “Marital Discord.’* . b By Marguerite Mocers Marshall. 1920 test responsible. for a third French matri- moniai failure-sthat of her own father arm mother, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Tuck French, who becama, estranged when Mrs. French, . at tie’ time Zof her grandson’ ty had five children, French received birth, insisted on forgiv~ ng Julia, oMr. and Mrs. French had yeen married twenty-eight years and but in 1914 Mra. a Newport divorce from her husband on the same old grounds © . French Wagstaff, have been. used French married again, telephone operator, of non-support, — which unting: the case .of Mrs, | “Polly’ three times, so far, by the French family. A few months: later Mr. the second Mrs. French being Miss Martha U. Beeckman, a. sister of the. Governor of Rhode Island, Another surprising romance in the French family was that of one of Amos. Tuck French's sons, the late Kdward Tuck French. Two. years ago this summer: he eloped with a Miss Lillian M. Harrington, sometimes known as “Tottie.” He had just been graduated from Harvard. She left him a few days after the wedding, following a quarre] in a Fall River hotel, then returned to him.after his threat to institute divorce proceedings, then left him agnin. He. enlisted in the Tank Corps, but after. the declara- tion of the anmistice his wife once more became reconciled to him ana was with him in Chicago when he dled suddenly, @ year ago And now Edward's and Julia's sis ter, Amos's daughter, Elste’s niece— Mrs. “Polly” French Wagstaff—wants the divorce decree whictt will prove her marriage as unsuccesrful as those inharmonious unions of “her nearest relatives. -.... a A MRS, ELSIE FRENCH YAN: DERBILT FITZ SIMONS, Married Alfred Gwynne Van- dert Tee nt ++ 1901 Divorced Alfred Gwynne Van- derbilt .... ne » 1908 Married Paul Fitz Simons. 1919 MRS, JULIA FRENCH k GERAGHTY. Eloped with “Handsome Jack” Geraghty. ‘ se 1911 Divorced “Handsome Jack Geraghty ORC Fre ae a 3 AMOS TUCK FRENCH, Married Pauline Leroy..... 1884 wus merely another Brench romance which “went blooey,” for young Mrs. Geraghty last Dec aiverce in Newport on alleged fail- mber obtained a | Divorced by Pauline Leroy. 1914 Married Martha C. Beeck- man sania 1914 EDWARD TUCK FRENCH. Eloped.with Lillian M. (“Tot- tie”) Harrington Wife left him severat time but was with him’ When he died in... haere ar) “POLLY” FRENOH WAGSTAFF. Married Samuel J. Wagstaff. 1908 1918. tire to. provide, and went baok to| a.to divorce Samuel J, Ser | $ Wagstaff oo... . 1920 it is whispered that her elopment was | § ” Can You Beat It! . Copyright, 1999, by The Prem Pibushing Co, (The New York Evening Worl’), The garr Jrimjly Ibe MI* Carde@ll. Copyright, AIR'S getting a little thin on top of the old bean, better let ne give you a treatment 4nd make you look like the Queen of the May that them poet jobbles Writes the songs about,” suggested Fred, the sporting barber. “Nothing doing in the profiteering and exploiting line, Fred,” replied Mr, Jarr, “You wasn’t in ahy of them over- alls parades was you?" asked the barber, as he proceeded per schedule. “My uncle Bushrod, a fine old stew as ever you see, tyrns out in them. He paraded in a. Mother Hubbard when Belva Lockwood run for Presi- dent back in the days when women didn't have a vote @nd-sugar and pork chops wasn't considered jowelry. Been to the games ye ‘Expect go this you'll cut it short quick rhetoric,” Mr, Jarr replied. “Well, I like baseball well enough, but it ain't what-I'll do time like 1 will the ponies,” said barber, “I'm waiting for the eé afternoon hale it and for the openiag ) Saying Wrong Things at Right Ti Copyright, 1920, by The Prem Pobiishing Co. (The New York Fvealng World) LETTHR comes to me which fs columns, that the one means to over- 4 J typical of many others in the gome this trouble is. to get away i ‘i from themselves. That is the surest same strain, way" ay re “Lam on@of those mortala "A woman once ‘wrote me, the wife , ‘who fare dissatisfied with themsolvos, Of a did man, how she 7 i va ust dreaded going out with her hus- AAt-Am euking you for gompadvics: § = tala He had’ a umber of ones “1 wm twenty-four. years old” and liye In a emall town, so I don’t meet imdny people. Now/the thing is if ouly 1 could be reserved and invite more respect. jut, somehow, I bubble ove: and say things at the wrong time. If I eould be serious, and not seem all on the wurface--in other words, be more polished, better poised—people would not ask me to do things they wouldn't ‘ask any one else to do, which is now the case. in short, they regard me ‘as being foolish, when | know it is ‘only my manner,” ‘The whole thing {is a matter of cofisclousness, This is true of mid- dio-ged and even elderly people as weil ae with youth, $s gan hs Salter ghia soon Ma ben ciates whom he enjoyed socially, and he was. very anxious for his wife to Hike them ag well, As this woman was very much of a homebody, and- did .not travel much in thé circle in which she found herself, she always felt. that ehe might say something or do some- thing different from what was ex- pected of. her She was continually. keyed up and keeping @ watch on herself, as it were, She never had a.good time and always dreaded these affairs, because she was 80 ill at ease, Finally she decided to “let go." She resolved she would forget about pos- sible mistakes and talk tq the friends about things she know. Surely she reasoned, they must be interested r told “aaa people, in shone infer to her Sule Ne® MAE ene f0- mes By Sophie*Ilrene Loeb And to her utter astonishment she found thera were many interesting things “that knew which the other people anxious to learn’ something about Thus, before she knew it, they were anxious for her opinion on this, that and the other thing. It was not yvory long before she felt very much at home, And when. she got very we'l auainted with them the women of | party confided in her that they h all along wondered. what was the mat- ter with her when she first met them, They thought she didn't like them and was rather diffident. about cul- tivating their friendship. The fact was, she was very de sirous of showing a friendly spirit but was hampered in doing so by her own view of herself, The thing to da in all such stances, is to try not to act a part -to forget one's own view of one's own self; not to talk when you have noth- ing to say of any value, and when a subject comes up that you ara famil- jar, with then state. what you think i) as you would at home. in- 1920, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) of the racing season here, and 1 hopes for fine weather for it; and 1 deserve it, for I'm a guy that's been food to his mother 'n’ everything. But peek at that goofer at the third hair—that’s Skelly, my side kick. Skelly’s so ocoftie about Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb and the rest of them big league mechanics that he even give them human mattresses, the House of David Band, his kind ap- plause when they played here in vaudeville, because he hears they has an amateur ball team at Benton Har- vor, Michigan, where their anti barber religion has its headquarters That's how Skelly got his wife." # a religious community that neither shaved or cut its hair?” asked the curious Mr. Jarr “That not a religion that presents any novel points of interest to women—but maytbe Mrs. Skelly was a bearded ix! She was as cute a little 4s ever wrecked 4 bamk roll,” the sporting burber, “It was son's baseball apening he done Skelly wanted to get off to see games and didn’t let the boss in time, and we was short of wren suid last se it the know hands on account of two of the boys having laid off through eating onions or getting pinched for running a handbook or something. Aud us Skelly knew the boss wouldn't fall for any of the old fairy tales, he puts up @ holler as he has to make a get- away a8 he's dated up to get mar ried this day and forgot all about it." Who to? asks the boss. ““Pessie,’ 8 Skelly, right quick, thinking of the little manicure he is stuck on, “And the and says, you and boss goes over 10 Teasie ‘Why these nuptials with Skelly toad: and me not maged a wedding present?’ “And ‘Tessie, thinking’ Skelly is pro- posing this way becnuse he's bashful, says ‘Oh! It's & secret.’ And so they went off and got marricd by an Alderman and spent their honeymoon at the ball grounds.” “A great idea," remarked Mr. “will you get married to see the races if you can't get off any other way.” “Well, I'n @ desperate guy, but I'd hardly go as fur as that,” answered ing barber. “ut Skelly'’s got twins the other day, and as a real pel he's holding off the christening till the opening «lay of the races, and I'm to be godfather. I'll put a bet down that day for both of them, “Want it gpund in the back?” Recipe for ware Ae TEP right up ladies and see newest novelty in economy h gear. Yes, of course, it came from Paris, but several New York women have already adopted the Shavings Hat, a by-product of any lumber yard. can buy this hat on Pifth Avenue, or you can resurrect your Yankee ingenuity and make one yourself at a great shaving in price Persuade your husband or friend t stop off at the lumber yard and bring back a poke of pine shavings, Pur chase 0 few slugs of shellac, a paper of tacks, and then go to it. N.C. Smolin, the original dosigner of the wooden lait, balleves the 8 Hat will appeal to Americar want to cut the high cost of living but who are not yet ready to don ‘the overalls, The hat will be mart as you are capable of fashioning it There's nothing dowdy about th Aureo styles above, is there only Do You Know That Discarded phonograph ree: ° client substitutes for Vigures ¢ i n England how that the it naumption Hortic ntists have Lever oding a species of emon as large as a grapefruit ) protect trousers from mud a Frenchman has invented a guard be atiuched to a shoe like a V a ha been 4 ed for oil y nine St hile Aton t ded us Ant H hn is a vest et nuor about the sige und resembling 4 elgurette case % 5 ZL FRIDAY, Quits Tips for Literature, Ex-Waiter Turns Writer; — Knows Books and Authors © Fees From Guests Not What They Were-— May Second William De Morgan. By Fay S Copyrieht, 1920.) ty The Pree HIS iy the story of a man who has been a walter in New York hotels and restaurants for forty yeare—the story of a walter who used his tips to bay books, with the resuk that he is ope of the best edu- cated, and well read men of the times. But since the death of John Barleycorn he has found that the best tippers have ceased to haunt his ta- bles and the books are not coming In at the rate they used to. So this waiter has decided to go in for liter- “EVERYTHING COMES ature at the age of fifty-five. He has read so many good books that he feels equal to writing’ a fow just like them. We shall henceforth refer to him, as Mr. Literary; but, of course, that {sn't his real name. He is a waiter at the Park Avenue Hotel, with a good old-fashioned Irish name, but just because he is a waiter his wife would rather that his real name be not be disclosed, As Mr. Literary so aptly puts it: “Vanity, all is vanity! My wife belongs to a score of clubs and church societies and if my name should come out as a walter she thinks she would be in pretty bad, As my old standby Cowper says: ‘WHAT DOTAGH WILL NOT VANITY MAINTA WHAT WEB TOO WEAK TO CATCH A. MODERN BRAIN#” “But how did you find time to read 80 MuCh?" L asked, “Hurely # waiters life is no easy one and after you had worked into the stilly hours of the night I should think you would have been too tired to read,” When I had enough tips in my pockets,” replied Mr. Literary, “ta buy books I nover felt tired, Be- sides’ to quote my old friend Tom Moore: ‘THE BEST OF ALL WAYS LENGTHEN OUR DAY. TY 10 ATHAL 1 PEW HOURS PROM THB NIGHT, MY DEAR?” “Perhaps another reason 1 enjoyed reading so is becauso I met such in- teresting people,” continued Mr. Lite- rar: ‘At the various hotels and res- taurants In and around Broadway T have met some wonderful people, col- lege men, artists, playwrights, musi- cians, actors, writers and all types of brain workers. Sometimes when I o2 Evening World Ouljakdinr Asks ~ 1920, by ‘The Press Publishing Co, Covrristit, H, boy! Also, oh girls! O We'd hate to be Rutherford, Veteran, The morning's mail to-day brought envelopes calling him every name that the girls of New York could think of, But we find there's a big difference of opinion, Hew about you? WOULD YOU KISS A GIRL WHO PAINTED HER LIPS? =| It's a big question. There's much to we said on both sides, A lot to ve sult for both lips, But-—write your opinion to-day and mail it to ‘The Ouija Editor, The Evening World, N. Y. G. Some recent letters from reade G, B, McC, to E. M. McQ. nt a woman in every sen ort you Will not find he ler Lips or giving soul Kisses “Wagyy," Watson Avenue, New- ark, N. J. I'd kiss one g with lips of nt, but kiss te ria with lips Knowhie, Brooklyn, N. Ye—If a 1 an art gallery of his arms, really do love her. Do you think why can't a girl make @ portrait of 1 should give her up or will I nat ere change M. R” a An Unlucky Male, Brooklyn, N. ¥.— — If you really loved this young lady A Ouija, ob, oulja, where ave the old, I do not think her wardrobe would t t girls? where can I get worry you very much, However, the / k of any 1? man who admires a stylish girl makes + onstant Reader back to a great mistake to wed a girl wha oa England, Veteran Rutherford, and to cares very litte about clothes. i¢ you |) 0) your "hiwky" beauties. Don't knock notice these things now when you are the American girls, who far t young and “love is blind” 1 am afraid 90) God to associate With your kind, So they will grow far more irritating ag 0 you did all y fighting in Kngland? time goes on, ee von've mot & super nerve to sign “Dear Miss Vincent: About a ea yourself "S an.” Mack, Bondman Avenu: N. Yeoif the Kind as to give names and addresses of young who pant the und who d ° be kissed, I shall be glad to call and rt. W. Ha Flatbush- My loyal lit na pair of red lips are up.urned to your own With no one to gosslp about it them qlone? Well, maybe you would, but 1 doubt it Y. U., Brook! rn. lend color to ine Certainly, it would situation. R. N. New York City—T have kissed almost every healthy and good- ooking Kitl T have termed a friend, but I have never kissed a girl wita painted 1 Painted lips are re pellinggand make me feel as if some- Lhing ugly were covered with paint, APRIL 30, Publishing Co. i) 1920 a ‘Al a £) eM %) ‘tevenson. (The New York Evening World.) heard them talking about the ye things I knew 1 became excited and” expressed by opinions. Most of men encouraged me, but one th fellow looked at me with bis on one side and sald> ‘What do you know about that You're only a waiter.’ } “I made him @ bow and rei "Bruce learned from a spider.’ “One time Mark ‘Twain and daughters came to my tabie and I the pleasure of serving them. the dinner I began quoting @r ‘Huckleberry Finn,’ and then 1 Mr. Clemens how much { had ¢ TO HIM WHO WAITS.” his works. He sald: tell you, to hear this from # math with your education—a man who cai quote my very words better than. who originated them—-this means morg than I can say. a “Then another time,” contin Mr. Literary, “I was talking to a about Jack’ London. ‘I don't much for his writings, any of th I said, but 1 think his “Walley of Moon" his best book The looked at me a moment, and ti he stretched forth his hand. ‘Shak said he ‘Tm Jack London and Yom Y hear a square opinion of mys’ 7) wolf.’ . 3 Asked about the modern aly compared to Dickens, Thackeray Dumas, Mr, Literary shook his h “There no comparison,” sighed, “There aren't any such old writers. My wife likes R W. Chambers. “Sho likes to things on the instalment plan, but | like a good, old-fashioned novel, ful of descriptions and choice English, — I read all the modern books to keep up with the times. 1 especially like Joseph Lincoln's stories and those By Gene Stratton Porter. I like them bes)” cause they have a happy ending and homes are never wrecked, “However I chiefly admtre the old writers,” concluded Mr, Litérary, “and there is only one thing I would change.” And that ts?" “That Ten Jonson had written, DES te ME ONLY WITH THINE AND | WILL PLEDGE WITH MINE, OR LEAVE A KISS BUT IN THE! AND I'LL, NOT LOOK FOR WINB’ in this day and age instead of when he —~—- did. 1 think it would have been more. appropriate. Now Mr. Literary is going to quit being a waiter and take his pen in hand. Perhaps we shall have a second William De Morgan! (Toe Rew York Brening World.) B. E. A., Bronx—Eleanor B., Albany, is very narrow minded, for I know @ great muny girls who paint their Jips to better their appearance and they would not think of smoking at any time. L, for one, am one of them. Ase nap gelcgei iatp ttinerlnaretgs Batty Vincent Commit, 120, by ‘The Prem Publishing Qo, (ihe New York Brening World.) es “ “AR MISS VINCENT; & 73g@ m eighteen and [ have = been going with @ : young lady about the same age for two years. We love eaeh other very much, but there are times when I am provoked with She is very untidy and goes + business in clothes which my sister would not even wear im her own home on @ rainy day, 4 However, when L overlook this I year ago I met « young man who had just arrived from California I became attached to him and shorily after that he declared his love for n My parents have met this young man upon mony usions and like him, but as he is student of modicine it will be at least three years before wer ean marry. Do you think our love} will grow cool in that time? t “WORRTE ‘The three years should be a test of your fove. By the end of that tha you should have a niuch deeper, finer love. ‘ ‘Dear Miss Vincent: Tam in love with a young man whe at times tells me how much he loves me and then grows very cool, Do ai) young men act that way? "A. M Perhaps, you expect him to his love tye frequen tty, Do pect him. tell you how doves you every