Show Who's S the the Lucky Man to Get W y w SiT fi s I 1 the Silken inthe Night Bight Clothes ro rod roY t d F r Y Y t Jt Named d in the e Beautys Beauty's 1 lt b tt Disputed Dress Dress- P makers maker's Bill tr r I H Ha a 1 f FA L Ls s b A As Ax s x wl r Y Yv Yrs v rs f 1 j y yA A rT T IS nothing unusual for famous IT beauties to have ha trouble with with- their dressmakers and so nobody tt nos as as sur sur- surprised surprised when heD Kitty Gordon and her herda da daughter the Hon Vera Beresford were ere haled baled into a New Kew York court the other day t to answer er to a suit for brought against them by Mme Froese a fashion fashionable able French modiste But before the case had bad gone very ery ery far It developed de eloped a number of surprising fea features tures which bich cleal clearly showed that It was as quite different from others of Its kind One of the things which put the case caseIn caseIn casein In a class all b by itself was the testimony gisen en by Mme Mine Froese regarding the al- al alleged alleged al alleged violent lengths to which the Hon Vera had gone in upholding her end of the argument which preceded the bringing of the suit The modiste charged that her young oung customer not content with Ith expressing her feelings in noisy language landed Ii a punch in her face bce The blow staggered he her so that her glasses fell to the floor and as she stooped to recover the them she charged that young oung Miss Beresford leaped quickly forward d dand and bil her wrist In support of the latter atlon Froese held up her arm and showed court the the-co the court rt the sear scar s ar on her ber flesh which she she claimed was vas left there by the lIon Hon Veras Veraa sharp teeth But there was waa a still grea greater r surprise then than the the persona personal violen violence o oMme Mme Froese claimed to have suffered at ather ather ather her charmi charming g oung customers customer's hands hands- hands and mouth It was the interesting mys mys- mystery mys- mys mystery mystery tery revealed by one of the items in the disputed bill according to the court r records cords the Item which has stirred so much specula specula- speculation speculation speculation tion read as follows For For Fo Robert Randall No 11 east Dast sixth sixth Fifty Street SIC BIX pajamas making 60 0 Now No 12 East Last sixth nifty is right next door to the New ev York Yolk home of Kitty Gordon and Tier her chug but dill dili dili- dili diligent diligent gent search has failed to bling bring to light anyone any one by the name of Robert living at that address The house at No 14 is however occupied by Robert Ran Ran- Ranlet Ran let let a prosperous Wall Street broker and his n name name me was as recently linked with Kitty Kilty m in such a peculiar wn If that many suspect he ht is 18 the man who ho in 10 the disputed dressmakers dressmaker's b bill l land find and for whom the c six pa pairs rs of of f lu o q I it k i t A t s 1 Jf L v g sd t rN r ry y d 1 t t i lw u v d p a e b ba o r MH t tO a O w k t l 1 gt aR aRt 1 t of v vr r eL eLF F e 1 11 1 i 1 Z p ph h Y 4 4 tt l t Above i jy r the Hon YV R d r f tl t 1 Wf is Y t Vera Berea- Berea Berese i ij Jt r ford and andon on I- I KJ the ri right ht her M f it if N 1 t-t t charming and andY 1 lw famous mother t l II rl Kitty Gordon t h t 4 ti t I r- r X ft silk NJ r made to ma to or t der t f p pajamas a Jam as asi i A Af b t tt f 1 ff were ere intended k f f t l A few months w r tp 11 i p r rh i h f f f ff ago when hen the b I J American public public Jt I propped Its news news- Y t tt t L f tt 7 w N 1 J cr ss v paper up against sQ f i r il y c its morning cofi cof- cof cofi i tZ I r ft f Z It 11 i 1 i t fee cup It read It sat t h f t a surprising state m At t y ya a 4 Gordon ment from who Kitty hap is Jt f I ft just then ry 1 Bi t to be filling the the- theW the W i W 1 tt Itt rs j jr r Cl x 4 itt sY mt engage engage- r d ii J menu ments In the Far lid 0 t- t tl l Q f fk J t West 4 t l Zt Y M t Through the theY ear car 01 a news- news papel reporter Miss lIss Gordon shouted to the public the announcement of her coming com com- comIng com coming ing She told the world with Ith evident ident pride that she was to become the wife of Robert Robel t Ranlet aNew a New York broker ju just t as soo soon as certain necessary detaIls could be arranged The dispatch that quoted Miss Gor Gor- Gordon's Gordon's Gordon's dons don's announcement neglected to state that one of the tho necessary details involved in- in in involved was as the consent of the 0 bridegroom This as later developed was al a serious oversight sight AS soon as the palpitating telegraph wires had brought the news of ot K Kitty GOldon's dons don's matrimonial intentions to the New York fork newspaper offices reporters dispatched to Mr were Ranlet's home and office to offer congratulations and obtain concerning the tho com corn corning coming ing ml happy event event ent But when they located hint him they met meta meta a surprise tar than the news s dis- dis dispatch dis dispatch patch from rom the Far West had brought Mr Ranlet knew knew nothing about hIs marriage to to Kitty Gordon or any other Reporters who saw him testified that he was quite overcome by the intelli intelli- intelligence intelligence gence that ho had been picked as a husband hus- hus husband hus husband band by one ono of the worlds world's greatest beau beau- beauties beauties tle ties and that the announcement of his engagement ement to marry nairy nal r her had actually been actually t i b by her 0 own awn n lips While he was Voas careful to mountain maintain jn oln ans s y attitude of polite appreciation of the honor that had been upon hIm he let it be understood that it was all news to him and that lie he was not ready to gl give gle e it th the slightest confirmation matlon So the ne newspapers instead of adorn adorn- adorning ing ing their front pages with pictures of the beauteous Kitty Gordon and her to bc husband to were forced that evening to content themselves with printing a statement of his non-committal non attitude which left his lis friends as well cl as hers very ery much puzzled I in m the West to induce Miss GOI Gordon to elaborate te her original an- an announcement announcement an announcement an and e explain pl m Mr Ranlet's reception of it were unavailing The beauty who who ho only n a few ew hours before had j been so genially communicative and ap- ap ap apparently apparently bubbling over with sith Ith joy at her engagement was as suddenly silent as the sphinx The world was left loft to wonder whether the announcement ement of her engagement to the Newt New York man was merely a n freak of her lier temperamental imagination or the thought was as actually y In- In fn by the earnest wish that some somo day she might call herself Mrs Ranlet At any rate no further urther I of the names Ran lt of Kitty Kilty OI d and Robert t Ran Ran- l ht t was as heard hoard until the tha other Ather day when hell Robert Randall figured in III the dIsputed dres bill bin binas billas as asT as the the- the prospect prospective e a re- re I Mme Froese hurried into the tIle workroom and there she he alleges allege she sh surprised their Vera BeresFord in the act of removing several gowns From hangings She already already had had two or three of them draped over her arm and was wa apparently about to make her escape When the modiste tried to block the uw she l alleges u that i Miss ILI I If way Vera vigorous f a u vm Dempsey punch in in her right eye and bit her on the arm I I 90 it do doj j r I I 1 I 4 L I I aI I t tI V I IL Ih h III II L I I 1 I II 91 I t I 1 i iI I Il I l l I I 1 II I I II I I R J I I I II II I I I k l I II 7 I 1 for turned them the ther r righteous e eI to keen ia pathy She agreed to 1 k kt ks kix r q s t b bt bf 1 t t tt ix f s sN t N it V Vr r M eT pt t i 1 9 t I 3 tz i n fi L LL L Miss Gordon returning from a shop shop- shopping shopping ping ping tour of SL six SL pairs of off hand ed silk w e paJamas That made the world sit up rip p and 1 lubits its lis eyes and wonder ondel if this could be the same ame ma mal mai i whon Kitty Gordon had an- an announced an announced she he was going to marry and be understood that she sh ho had let it qUite positively wasn't If It it was then what hat had llad happened to their romance Why was liS it so delayed delaye m in transmission Nobody could understand how even en a nerved sted-nen sted steel ed Wall Street bl bicker could ro- ro re resist the appealing beauty of ot Kitty Gor Gor- Gordon Gor- Gor Gordon Gordon don or h why if he ho had res resisted sted it lt she sho should feel called upon to shower him with silk pajamas of her own selection The squabble over the dressmakers dressmaker's bill that was as taken to court the other day began way back last June dune when beautiful Vera Beresford and her even more beautiful mother required some new spangles to refurbish a few of ot their dollar thousand dollar gowns ns They ventured Into Sixth Avenue and found in Mme Froese the woman oman they thought exactly the one ono to do the job In fact so 50 fascinated were they by bythe bythe bythe the evidence they saw siw of the modiste's cleverness that besides instructing her hel herto herto to mako malte the necessary repairs on the d frocks they placed an order for a number of enchanting and expensive expensive sive creations ci including a half halt dozen pairs of sIlk sill pajamas pt amas mans man's size and andall andall andall all made band From that on a according toMine to l hn Mine Mme her little establishment Y knew no mote peace 1 The trouble reached a aLM- aLM climax that required s I the intervention of the the T fy s va rJ y law the lion Icon t l t tr y r j Vera Beresford d offered i 1 check chck in part t S y ment went of the account d The 1 ed gO goons gOn n s kha the Sl sic silk pajama Suits aits and the theother theother theother other items ordered hung ready leady for de- de delivery delivery de delivery livery in 10 the oom one morning when hen the fair Vela armed etl with a check in her hand The checkas check was as for so Vera Veri Ver said but the mod ste was not hot pel more than a hurried lance ance at the slip of That glance was sufficient sufficient she claimed d later laler n ri court to shoe sho hei hi that although made out quite as usual thele was soi thing sons te- te thing peculiar shout about bout the signature signature- signature something qUIte qu te unlike the signatures on other che checks ks signed by Vera Veras Vera's mother Kitty Gordon You sit right here bere and wait walt while I run over to o the bank an and ca cash h your our d ck said tre the modiste When hen I come comeback comeback back with the then we will pack Jack up the gowns and pajamas What folo ed was as the liveliest li seen the usually placid Froese establishment had ever ncr staged Indignant Miss h s Beres Beres- Beresford Beresford ford is said to have torn the check to shreds and to have thrust the of paper inside the neck of Mme Im Froese's blouse Mme Mine Froese swore that as she shedid shedid did this she gave ga vent to anent SUSpICIOUS and unreliable ablo clients that were ere far from ladylike lad like Presently the tho oung ladys lady's rage sub sub- subsIded subsided subsided sided and find a after ter a private view of the completed frocks and pajamas she swept sept out of the establishment In an hour or so she w-ia w back bringing this time she said the necessary cash Make me out an nn itemized bill biU sho she commanded and the dressmaker sat down don to cast UP up- up up-h up h her r accounts An instant later Inter Mme Froese looked up from her ledger to find herself alone In the office She burned into the ad- ad ad adjoining joining workroom and there she alleged she surprised Vera Beresford in the act of removing several SO eral gowns from their hangings The young woman already al- al alHady leady al-leady ready Hady had several se draped over o her ller arm armand armand armand and was apparently appal about to make her escape When Mme Froese tried to block the theay the and where fore ay vs ay and demanded why fore she alleges that Miss Vera landed n a vigorous Dempsey punch in her rIght eye and bit her on the arm The fright fright- frightened frightened frightened ened modiste's screams brought her ber son sonto sonto sonto to the scene and he summoned the police At sight of a coated blue-coated patrolman the tI-e Hon Vera Yera Beresford dissolved in tears tealS and the story she sobbed out out- out how she he needed the gowns ns for a II stage the money to pay 4 let her young customer i rue no part of ot the gowns nS on condition that ho h W would recur at al once and pay a little on account Mme lIme e alleges that Vera Beres Beres- Beresford Beresford ford lord took the gowns goons cheerfully enough but dismally failed to sh show w up Ip i p with the cash ash So the modiste te had her and her mother summoned to court Justice Ellenbogen devoted demoted several se hours to a patient consideration of the sanous anous items item Itell in the disputed lIl in bill the tha a a s pans pails of ot mens men's pajamas e Thc e Mme Ime Froese alleged had been or tiered by Miss Goi GO don as a present for tor forthe orthe the bloker and she had taken the pains to bring a sample of ot hs favorite fa night as a pattern The justice justi a finally ordered that Vel Vets a Beresford and her mother must Day all allbut allbut allbut but 0 O of the several hundred dollars the fhe modiste demanded of them But he failed to clear up the the nij I s telY of the mens men's p pajamas Wele they I tailored to fit the man Kitty GOldon is eager to marry And if so then why have not the wedding bells th chimed med long lone before this Kitty Gordons Gordon's fiat fir t and thus far her only husband was as the Hon Henry de laPeer la laPeer Peer Beresford a II member of ot one of England's proudest families and a 1 brother of Lord Decies Decle who mauled married VIvien Gould the American heiress He went to war or as a captain in the English army and was killed on the battlefield When the Hon Henry fell eU in rr love with Ith Kitty Gordon and declared he was going to marr marry her in spite of everything the were wele not at all pleased They felt there was no place in their family for a II mere stage beauty Buthen But when hen young Beresford finally made her his wife and they saw how lovely she sho was as they let it b bi understood that all might be forgiven if she would 1 e from the stage This Kitty Gordon GOldon agreed and for a time tried hard to do Eventual Eventually how however ever aver the tho lure of the footlights proved too too strong to resist The admiration which her loel lovely back and the other outstanding of oC her pulchritude excited in London's fashionable draw draw- drawing ins ing rooms gave o her nothing like the thrill she got from displaying them night after night in a crowded theater So back to the stage she went to the deep chagrin of her husbands husband's family And as soon as liS her daughter was old enough she sho trained her to follow in her footsteps Only a few months ago Lady Decies and the rest of the were distressed to learn that Kitty Gordon was about to accept an engagement as ae asa aea aia a cabaret entertainer ThIs Thia plan pIan fell feU through and now the famous stage star is conducting a beauty shop in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York where she undertakes to teach other women omen to be as a entrancingly ly lovely ely as herself henell t tM L M |