Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 60

THE RICHMOND PAL?ADIUi AND SUN-TELEGRA3I, SATURDAY. SEPT. 27. 1913

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OLD FERRYWQMAN HAS RAFTJW HUDSON Nearly 80, Has Been At It For Twenty Years.

Sir David Burnett Lord Mayor of London

NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Times have changed since Charon had the monopoly of ferrying; women have entered the field. One of the pioneers is a ferry-woman of long experience and superior ability; she has steered her rait from shore to shore of the Hudson river for twenty years or more. The traveler who comes to the river's edge near Mechanicsville, wishing to he ferried over to the farms and village beyond, is puzled for a way to summon the raft at anchor on the other side. It is so quiet arid beautiful a place in the noonday stillness that transportation seems a matter foreign to the business of the day, and for a moment the stranger looks about him. He sees only green fields of farm land, misty willows by the water, red and blue flowers In warm, wahectic bunches and a horn hanging on a nail on an old elm by the dock. The raft comes slowly zigzagging across, held to its course by a cable, and' Mag appears, shading her eyes with a knotty brown hand for a look at the newly arrived. She is a woman between seventy and eighty, wearing a man's hat, men's boots, and a cotton dress. Her dark face is wrinkled, shrewd and humorous. "VV'al, who be ye, where be ye from, and where are ye going?" is her greeting, as she docks. As they move across the river Mag puts him through the third degree, and gossips lavishly aljut his destination and all the families for miles around, never failing i'i p:ir. the blame or praise where it belongs. Tome clown to my cabin tonight and ve'il talk collie more," she (talis after

hii.-i as h- starts up the hill;

veu're from Konton I guess we know roi.t' the tame things, and I'll be f ibd to see ye." And he wbn if: from Boston, being int ere 'fcd in bis fellow-townspeople, .. c)l as his. fellow-man. goes walk-

lr-K far down ,hr river bank in the

tiu;;k to the little cabin. Mag is on the doorstep, smoking her odorous coincob pipe. But their conversation is not news to him, for he has heard the

history of the woman through the day. ;

Mag, once Margaret, was tne daughter of a Boston clergyman. She was a musician, and, for a time, was organist of her father's church. The man looked at Mag as she sat, smoking, on her doorstep, and thought of whom he had been told. Margaret had married a farmer, and had come to live in New York state. The farmer was not a successful one; he was lazy. His wife's life was hard. She drifted with the tide ,and finally she ferried the farmers from shore to shore, lived alone in the cabin by the river, and was again independent. Old Ben Across River. Their evening was interesting; she showed him her house an odd mixture of unkept and a former taste for the beautiful and worth-while. A few good books were in the house, its best possession. They walked down the bank to the place where an opening in the trees showed another cabin on the other side of the river. "That's where he lives." she said, shortly. "Who?" "Old Ben. He's my husband." Her conversation was made up of bits of wisdom, acute knowledge of humnn nature, defiance of the world, mixed with a certain wlstfulness for Its approval, and an astonishing desire to know what was happening In that world somewhat mixed and unpruned, hut knowledge for all that. She was greedy for news. Her love for books and music was a deep and forbidden subject. After her guest had gone, Mag caught her, fish for breakfast, in the river. In the morning ehe was on hand to ferry him over. Goodby, Mr. Eston." she said, I'm going to shake hands with ye. So you're from Boston and you're going back! Wal, I'm going to stay right here. I'm independent, and I'm about as happy as any one is in this world." She gave him a quizzical glance; then released the raft and began another zigzag crossing.

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NUMEROUS BABIES IN WORLD CONTEST More than 200 Photos of Chicago Children to be Exhibited.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27. Photographic portraits of more than 20'. Chicago babies will be exhibited at the international beauty baby contest in the Temple of Childhood Et the Panama-Paci

fic exposition. More than 200 Chicago families have received entry cards from the managers of the exposition. The cards are presented at the studios of William Ixuis Koehne. 104 South Michigan avenue, who was appointed the official photographer of the Illinois contestants. Off;clals Select Prize Babies. Accordinfi to the rules of the contest representative children have been selected from the several states by the governors, the commissioners from the states to the exposiuou. by the I'nited S'ates senators and concressmen. ami other public officials. The pictures of the Chicago children will compete with picture of children from every state ii the union and every country in the world. The Tribune publishes today pic

tures of the folloming Chicago children, among those who ill represent Illinois in the competition: Joane Meyers. 6149 Vrncennes trrih ue: William F-odinus, 244S Northr Harding avenue; Mildred V. Beatty. 535 South Sheridan roa-1. Highland Park; Dorothy Dykes. 434 Reco street: Melvin Borgensen. 2519 North. HanMng avenue; IVtsy Gunderson, 2P51 Springfield street, and Baby Olson. 2'41 North Rtdgeway avecne. Ofer $'50,000 for Contests. "Mone than $l.t4.04 has been set 3side for the ooi.tot." said Mr.Koehn ho nade the photographs of the babies. Th winners will be awarded void metals and prizes in gold. Individual state or country contests will ais-o be held. It will be the worlds greatest contest of beautiful babies.-

DANCER SHATTERS FRITZ'S L0Vl DREAM Saharet Beats it Out of Chicago Ahead of Divorce Summons.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27. The love

dream of Fritz von Frantlzius,

wealthy La Salle street broker, has ben shattered. He has started legal

proceedings to rid himself of his "Beautiful Saharet," known in real life

as Clarissa S. Rose von Frantizius.

The broker believes he has discov

ered the reason why his wife preferred quarters in the Bismark hotel instead of sojourning at the Von

Frantiius residence 828 George street,

during here theatrical engagement in

the loop last week. Mrs. Von Frant

lius, under the name of C. S. Rose, registered in room 324 of the hostelry. Her dancing partner, Jose Florido, occupied room 326. Makes Unexpected Visit. Ton Frantzius paid an unexpected visit to his wife's room Sunday afternoon. He found Florido there. There was a scene and Von Frantzius sought his lawyer, Sidney Stein. Lawyer and broker then paid a joint visit to the dancer and discussed "an equitable adjustment of their matrimonial affairs. Von Frantzius, it is reported, offered her what he considered a big sum if she would consent to being divorced, but the danseuse refused. Saharet Goes to Coast. Attorney Stein learned that Saharet tvas ticketed to leave Chicago for San Francisco with Florido. Accordingly he rushed into the Superior court with a divorce libel, naming Florido as co-respondent. As soon as the record was made a deputy sheriff dashed to Bismark to serve the defendant with the summons. He was too late. Saharet had gone.

Sir David Burnett, present lord mfvjof the dark ages. Sir Vansitarf Bo-j geous lord iiiy..r"s coach, with its footor of Londan. in his magnitioent rorm.-Tl water, sonied alderman, will be the men and mnco carriers, as it appeared . ... ... , ,i , . , ., ,. , ., , tin the coronation profession of King of office. His sucessor will ho elected; new lord mayor, for the election al-1 (orge Aj, offl,,ia, (.nlls by the ord tomorrow with a ceremony that is ! ways goes to the alderman in order of I may(,r are made in this magnificent

magnificent, but nevertheless a relic ! seniority. Above is shown the gor- but antiquated vehicle.

MRS

PANKHURST'S

AGENT JSAT WORK

Miss Joan Wickharn, Never

Arrested and Decrying Brickbats in N. Y.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Miss Joan

Wickharn, red checked, blue eyed and

with an athletic aspect not acquired

by hurling brickbats and things at

British institutions, so she says, is in New York. She is the advance agent

of Mrs. Pankhurst. and never has been

in prison, which is a distinction among English militants. Miss Wickharn talks like a cultured young woman and can talk well. Several male reporters tackled her aboard the ship, and one of the most persistent had a verbal conflict with her. He asked here what she is going to do if Mrs. Pankhurst is held up. She replied she and American friends of the militant leader would "use freely the precedents established in the cases of Irish political refugees and Russian bomb throwers." Miss Wickharn declared that the alleged crimes for which Mrs. Pankhurst has b.oen imprisioned were purely political and she believed that her

leader would noot bo barred from this country. Won't Teach Arson Here. "Mrs. Pankhurst," the young woman said, "certainly will not in her lectures teach militancy to the women of America. She will explain why militancy is necessary in England. For fifty years we have been nice to the men, inviting them to tea, with pretty girls present and all that sort of thing and have been trying by argument and persuasion to convince them of the justice of our demands. We got nothing for this. Now we have to do something else. We have been forced to make war." This remark inspired the persistent reporter to remark that war was unjustifiable under the circumstances. The young woman flared back at him: "Were you justified in America in rebelling against England? So are we justified. We do not destroy human life." The reporter ventured the remark that the militants had destroyed many objects of antiquity and other precious property of the government. Miss Wickharn said she believed that very few such objects have been destroyed. If that had been the object of the militants, she said, they would have done more than merely to smash the glasses over pictures in the museum. Decries Face Smashing. "Do you think it right if a man does not agree with you to smash him in the face?' "We don't smash him in the, face." What do you do?' "In war you don't run ahead and tell the enemy your plans. Militancy has advanced our cause in England

and has made the battle for equal suffrage known all over the world. It has waked up all the people of England. I believe the majority of the people of England are with us today." Miss Wickharn said militancy is not needed in America, where the women obtain suffrage through state action. That method, she said, is impossible in England, where it is necessary to win "federalwise" that is all at once, all over the country. American men are so different, she said, from Englishmen. The Americans treat their women with greater liberality and mee tthem more on d plain of equality. Miss Wickharn said she believed the "cat and mouse tct" was not working out. After Mrs. Panhurst was discharged she spoke openly twice an 1 was not arrested.

BREHM'S MILLINERY

Courteous treatment and fair prices

are responsible for the growth of the Brehm millinery establishment, according to the proprietor, Mrs. Cora Brehm. Mrs. Brehm opened the store in 1900, at 313 North Eighth street,

with two assistants, and as the busi

ness augmented tne location was

changed to 35 North Eighth street

where Mrs. Brehm now employs

twelve assistants.

How Scandal Grows,

"What's this? 1 hear yon had your

face smashed in a barber shop."

"You heard it wrong. The barber merely broke my mug." Kansas City Journal.

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