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RDINARILY the somewhat busy
world would not be strenuously
concerned in the sentimental at-
thire of a young gentleman whose career
is confined to pugilistic endeavors, eyen
though those endeavors have a market
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Famous Beauties Have Ruled His Heart
Until—a Little Word From Home
value of a million or so and no equal.
But there is undeniably considerable
interest in the tutors bride of Mr. John
Dempsey, most often known as “Jack"-—-
especially since this br‘te. or. rather her
future identity, remains a mystery de-
spite repeated rumors having to do, in
turn. with the most desirable of New
York’s highest salaried and most beauti-
ful show girls.
Not until after Dempsey‘s return from . '
Europe did he reveal the reason for the
continuance, of his bachelorhood, and at
the same time he disclosed the reason
that he could not, if he would, issue any
news bulletins upon the subject—since
he didn't know himself.
The rest of the disclosure was even
more startling.
The champion may fall in love with as
me my of the highest salorei d thorns girls
as he (houses. lie may
vows he pleases, and as many young
ladies with 11111111 for beauty and charm
that reaches from one end of New York's.
Broadway to another may fall in love
with him 115 well— it 5 Mrs. Cecelia
Dempsey who will select from among
the bride for her son. Jack, and. not the
champion himself.
The aged mnthol' of the champion lives
now in a miniature palace just at the
edge of llollywuod. in California. It is
I house with large landscaped gardens,
with pernolns and a View of the Califor-
nia hills that border thz California dos-
art. ‘
Not so many years ago this same ngul
mother lived in :1 humble little cottage,
barren of anything but t'1c nccdicst 11cm”-
sitics. with scarcely more than two rooms
and a kitchen, and with a land~
lord who come many times. each
month. before ll.:_1ic'nll'tc'tl satis—
llcd.
. In those dnys Mrs. Dempsey
[lid the housework. washed the
dishes. mukr-l the lllellri,
Eci‘uliliml the burrs 1'11'! cleansed
the windvvrs. in la said she cri‘t'il
was willing. and then, to
help t‘hr‘neiti1imrs. \that 1'11;-
siste'litt- lu-r 51:11 ('11‘Jlal give, her.
he gave. but tl1'1t was little, for
in days y'.:1',11.' Jack was
touring: the country via {1‘ light
trains swkin'; 11,111 rtun itics to
fit in :15: n pro511n1n.1ry :1; such
mutt-111': 1:2; ht: could catch up
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with.
1'\'1'11‘. in lit‘l‘ California 11311111,
l‘v'Il'.~. lu-mpscy '11.: .1 butler, sov-
crnl 111.1115. :1 door 111:1:1. 1'l1n11f-
feurs 11nd 1::11'1'1 1151's and kitchen
boys. And ll11,'1‘:' i1 1111 landlord,
us the Ilt'ttl to the 11'1111tiz1l home
is in lmr own 1:11.111. Her 5111.
was always '1 '11". 41111.
In the 11hr r d11511ci;l1hor girls
mostly N's-«kiwi .111d 111th rugged
skirts, nnuorm'r'niously turned
up their snub use: :11 the hull;—
ing boy who occasionally tried
to make up to :211;m. Nowadays
the best that lltnm 12-111: affords,
young women with li111.>usincs of “W”
own, with complexion; that Clefilmlr"
might well envy, with ‘cwcis m1 their
necks and piled deep in safety deposit
vaults vie with (1110 another for the favor
i of the champions smile. One after an-
nther the mightiest of these mysterious
young ladies of the equally mysterious
domain known as “Broadway" have been
announced as the liaucwe of the chom-
pion And one after the other they have
passed into tho discard. '
There has been. in iced. a mystery. For
the champion is known to be sentimental.
and an easy devotee of feminine charm.
But Mrs. Dempsey has her son's prom-
ise—[he may full in love and give his
heart; but she must be satisfied before
the ring and the vows follow the love
and heart.
First. quite :1 long time ago, as time
counts in the spectacular span of a cham-
pion’s career. those who were close to
the champion spread the news that at
last everything was settled—any one
could see who it would be that was soon
to take the champion in hand and with
the authority of his wife teach him the
gentler manners of sedate matrimonxn—g
The young woman whose name was
added to this announcement was Miss
Bebe Daniels. '
To mention Bebe Daniels is to think
of lavishness. and luxury. and jewels. and
beauty of the sort that dazzles. Outside
New York there may be folk who know
Maude 'Adams and Mrs. Fiske and. per-
haps. Blanche Bates and Sarah Bernhardt.
In New York, however, folk know Bebe
Daniels. She graces the stage of the
"Follies" or the Winter Garden and
goes abroad when she chooses. She was
one of the most scintillating ornaments
of the famous Fifty-fifty Club, where
the elect of the midnight fraternity tore-
gathered. until that organization expired
as the result of a boxing match which
will be spoken of later on on this page.
And there Were many other places that
radiated the bright lights or the gay
make all the.
Miss May Devcrenux, one of the most successful
Her hrcther
was Dempsey's sparring partner.
of New York's chorus girls.
"Bebe" Daniels, 11 beautiful and famous
whose engegemcnt to
“Follies" girl,
the champion has been repeatedly
affirmed. Mrs. Dempsey, how-
ever, has not yet consented.
street in whirl) Miss Bebe was more be
loved than ever Maude Adams; was in her
cotcrie. ,
When Miss Bebe and Dempsey met—
after he had definitely settled his title
to the cl1a111pionship—love was fast in
brewing. That is; it seemed as it love
brewed quickly, definitely, and with {cr-
vor not to be controlled by either side.
Wherever Miss Danie‘; shone. shone
there also the ruddy smiling face of the
champion.
it was announced that Miss Daniels
would shortly become Mrs. Dempsey,
and there were several midnight suppers
about it. semi-farewells as it were, at
which the friends of both wished the
couple good luck.
But, soon, Peggy Joyce seemed to have
entered the race—the same Peggy Joyce
who has been somewhat in‘the public
prints of late because at other affairs of
the heart. Miss Daniels returned alone
to her various places of favor. ‘Her nose.
delightfully retrousee. lr came more so at
the very mention of the champion 3 name.
She intimated all the things a practiced
stage eye can intimate. She went her
way. her luster undimmed, for mundane
things may not dim thr- luster of a Miss
Bebe.
Those same haunts now saw the Joyce
and the Dempsey, arm in arm. heart in
heart—it seemed. And then these haunts
did not see them together any more.
Few know that Miss Daniels's photo-
graph had gone to Los Angeles, to be
studied long and earnestly by the little
mother. alone with her butlers and. maids
and gardeners.
Somehow it seems, Mrs. Dempsey
wanted Jack to marry a girl who could
do the washing. it the worst should come
to the worst, and mend his hose and even
press his Sunday trousers—just as she
Dempeey at Longcl‘umpt. when: the most beautiful girls of Frt?‘
Above is the
~ mother before whom
have passed the pretty girls with
whom Dempsey hna fallen in love.
It is to her he has left the task of
choosing from among them his
bride to be.
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“Bee"
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surrounded him and registered joy like tins when
liedeigned to notice them.
used to do. And, too, every \1'11'e,l\irs.
Dempsey declares, should be able to make
a chomlate layer cake. ”Phat is the kind
of a cake her son likes best. And it is
so difficult to get them at the baker shops
really made with eggs. Mrs Dempsey
declares the bakers use something he
sides eggs, she is sure. And Jack' s wife,
she has determined, must know how to
make the kind of cake Wflh‘efigs in it at
least once a week Saturday afternoons—
for Sunday.
There is record as to whether or not
\lies Bebe Daniels could bake a chocolate
layer cake—Saturday or any other after-
noon. No one in New York who is so
fortunate as to claim acquaintance with
the beautiful Miss Bebe would admit
having ever tasted any kind of a cake at.
all baked by Miss Daniels. She could.
they said, fox trot divinely and' perform
any other terpsichorean evolutions de-
manded by the stage director of the Fol-
lies. with neatness and dispatch. But it
just happened that none was familiar
with her chocolate layer cakes. ~-
And as to pressing Jack’s trousers.
washing the dishes and scrubbing the
kitchen floor if the maid should quit
. At any rate, Mrs. Dempsey. even after a
little call from Miss Bebe herself who
chanced, about that time to have to go
to enlifornia on very important business.
did not kiss the sweet tears from the eyes.
his
.111 the little things about Jack that his
:uture bride should know ”9m
mother.
And as to the Peggy? Joyees adanwbil
ity to the requirements of Mrs. Denim!“—
:ake baking, floor cleaning. home laun~
dering. &c.—it is doubtful if Mrs. Demp-
sey even thought to ask about such
5.
11118111331153 Joyce went to Europe and there
remained l1ehind——May Devereaux.
Now, May Devereaux is all that Miss
Daniels is, in fame and dash and lavish- ~
- sees—doubled. Besides she has certain'
skills that are close to the heart of the
champion.
it was at the Firty— F‘if'y Club she first
attracted ‘the attention '0! the pugihstic
monarch. Miss Devereaux belonged to
the chorus of the Winter Garden. An-
other guest at the Fifty Fifty Club that.
evening. or rather early morning, was
lilies JeéSie Reed of the Follies. There is
’a perennial ‘ieud between the young
vmnien of the Winter Garden and those
of the Follies. They have much the same
general characteristics. luxurious tastes
and ability to charm, but to themselves
there is a difference.
Miss Reed 01 the Follies glared at Miss
Devereaux of the Winter Garden, that
evening~momihg.
A Follies’ girl is noted for the stoni-
ncss at her glare when she wishes it to
of the blushing Miss Bebe and tell her be stony. Just as she is famed for its
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Palmer,
who, lacunae she is happily married, some-
times chaperons possible future
Abbot Chocolate Cake Sen'ds
Off the Old Hove an'd
a mask clashing "Ftlliea" girl,
Mrs. Dempsey I.
Above is Mlle. Lucille La Joie, one of the most
beautiful mannequins of Plriay,ut whose feet,
it is said, Dempsey laid his heart dur-
ing his recent visit to >France—-—
conditional, however, upon
later approval by Mrs.
Dempiey.
warmth when she wishes it to be warm.
And Winter Garden girls do not wish to
be glared at by Follies girls.
Miss Devereaux eke-used herself to her
escort, bowed to Dempsey, whom she
knew very'sllghtly, and walked over to
the table at which Miss Reed was ren-
throued amid her sycophants. Miss
Devereaux is noted for the softness of
her speech, and her modulated intona-
tions are inspiring when she. uses them
to captivate _ her audience. VBut 'she
wasted no inflections upon Miss Reed.
She said something that seemed to be a
hiss, and which caused Miss Reed to rise
hastily.
“Come on out here where there‘s
room,” said Miss Devereaux when Miss
Reed was on her feet. Miss Reed is tall,
willowy, but not at all fragile. No Foi-
lies girls are fragile. She draped her
ermine wrap across her chair, smiled to
her friends, and went out where there
was room.
whereupon Miss Devereaux hit her
fair and square between the eyes with a
compact and well doubled fist—a straight.
over ”hand blow.
Miss Reed staggered; but recovering
quicklyffeinted with her right and then
swung home an uppercut‘ with her left
that sent Miss Devereaux reeling. _
By this time Dempsey was on the spot.
He swung the excited spectators'back into
a circle and took charge of the ceremon-
ies, ready to act as reseree.‘ But his ser-
vices Were not needed. for whon‘he called
“time” the two young lwolnen'fl were box.
lug each' other so excitedly that neither
”distanced him.
.
He manhunt to sepa-
Brings On the New
rate them, as‘a referee should, when Miss
Devereaux landed full upon Miss Reed’s
chin and the Follies girl toppled down
and took the count. .
When Miss May went home that even~
lug-morning—it was Dempsey 21-110
escorted her to her car.
And it was Dempsey in the stage box
at the ‘Winter Garden the next evening
and the evenings after that until the
count was lost.
Again a photograph and press clippings
and a long description were sent to Mrs.
Dempsey in Los Angeles. Meanwhile it
was again announced that the champion
was engaged. There was much corre-
spondence between mother and son. Per-
haps Miss Devereaux was salted her
favorite recipe for the cake. At any rate,
’ the engagement languished. 11:11 there
is some indication that Miss Dere-
reaux has really learned to make that.
sort of < .1110 She was not $0111 much
in the rhnnipion' s ('1 .tpam durin 6' the
weeks just pr'mious to his departure
for Europe: and immediately follow-
ing the correspondence with his
muther. But since his return it seems
—1vell. Mrs. Dempsey just the other
day sent her butler out to mail :1 long
letter which she had written the night
at her dvsk in her own room
Devermux, and inclosed in it
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ll t.‘.a:1t is yet known.
before-
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was one to
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The”) wore several young ladies
abroad who. tin uglit for :1 time
they 11'~:'r1‘- about to be Chose-11.
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intere» ' 1111 '111125 of the dif-
iit'uitics c1:x'=..'11111.:1‘c1l by Mlle. L11.
Jule in attempting. to learn Mr.
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§:cll‘.§ about it.
But Ellie. Lu .loie was left he-
hind and there are 1111111: who are (Ame to
the clmxnpicn who will Say that ‘1e has
his return. -1liss
declares emphati—
Silik’t‘
written to. her
Devereaux. however,
cally that he has not.
‘il'zn going to marry pretty soon now,”
Dempsxv declares “but when I do my
mother 11111 be satisned~ and that’s that.”
Z & creatuie that uses of his own
initiative any kind of tool. indeed man is
represented as a "tool using animal."
But there is. it appears, a certain species
of wasp which has been Seen to make
seemingly purposeful use of a tool. 'It
is that friend of the farmer, the solitary
wasp, 1vl. :e scientific name Ammo~
phéla anzarm.
This wasp digs a tunnel ;n the ground
wherein the female deposits a worm or
caterpillar, stung either to death or t.) a
couditic n of 11.. trulysis within the $11110
tunnel she then less an egg. W11 :1
grub hatches it feeds on the calm; 77'
until it passes into the pups stage.
it becomes a full iiedged 11::1Fi‘.
way out and follows the cx;::'.pln
forebears.
When the wasp has made its
and deposited both caterpillar and
it puts a nest lid on the outlet by running
down pellets ol’ earth and tiny pebbles,
and it is during that process that the
wasp sometimes makesuse of a primitive
hammer.. Both in, Wisconsin and in Kan-
sas the insects have been seen to take up
small pebbles and use them to pound
down the loose earth at the mouth of the
tunnel with numert us rapid strokes.
Birds are known to make use of the
principle or the anvil, for sea gulls regu—
lax-1y carry shellfish to a. height and drop
them 011 the rocks to break the shells;
but-that. is a trick that would. be learned
through a very simple association of
ideas. Th 65 use of the hammer indicates
a much higher order or intelligence.
3103 G . 1.1tu-ralists it is rather well
agreed taut 111.111 is t'1e only living
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Norwalk Chronicler