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Having
Acquired
Husband No. 4,
They Would Be
Neck and Neck in the
Race for Matrimonial
Stakes, but for Superior Speed
Shown by Daughter's
Past Performances
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Mamma Lillian's Record,
Initial Event at 18 Years.
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Dorothy Russell Solomon, as She Appeared
in "The Country Girl."
S It perfectly proper for the daughter of a
touch married mamma to publicly throw
down the rage of rivalry? Can it be
called seemly for such a daughter actually
to make the pace and aelze the matrimonial
record which the whole world has proudly
accorded to her mamma T
Should the . recent conduct of Dorothy
Russell be declared unflllal?
Ought a loyal public to extend aympathy
to Lillian Russell with a vote of confidence
la her future?
Or, ia the proverb, "All's fair In love and
war," to apply also to that supreme event
with the fair sex the Matrimonial Stakes?
In that case, all hats should come off to
daughter, for mamma, at last, Is clearly out
classed. If you are sceptical, and doubt that
such a thing can be, Just cast your eye over
the "dope sheet" printed elsewhere On this
page. Not only respecting the most recent
event, but past performances show superior
clasB for Daughter Dorothy over Mamma
Lillian all along back, including even the
initial event in each case.
This amazing and unsuspected situation
was precipitated when, ou August 19, Lillian
Russell's daughter added No. 4 to her pro
gressive collection of husbands, thereby tying
her mother as to number of husbands, but
as the above "dope sheet" plainly indicates
beating her hands down "on points."
The newest husband in the contest Is
Edward D. O'Reilly, a young broker of Pitts
burgh otherwise unknown to fame. It was
very sudden, by way of an elopement to
rieasantvllle, N. J. Just why Daughter
Dorothy should have eloped la a mystery-sunless
to gain another point over Mamma
Lillian, whose record ia barren of that ro
mantic element The marriage permit was
issued at Vcntnor, N. J., where there is a
Lillian Russell Bummer home. On the fol
lowing day the happy couple returned, con
fessed and were forgiven. Certainly, they
are rorgiven else how could Mamma Lillian
have written for publication such things as
this: .
"I Relieve in re marriages. If the adage,
Tf at first you don't succeed try, try again.'
applies to every other condition in life, why
not to marriage?"
Matrimonially speaking. Daughter Dorothy
has caught up with and outstripped her
mother at an age when Mamma Lillian was
still trotting amiably along with her No. 2-
the same being Edward Solomon, Dorothy's
father. She Scored a point at the very start,
In 1903, by marrying young Louis Einstein at
the tender age of seventeen, whereas Mamma
Lillian, in 1879, when she married Harry
Braham, ber musical director, was at the
ripe age of eighteen.
It must be admitted, however, that our
only Lillian was, even at
that early period, handi
capped with an artistio
career. Already a stage
favorite because of her
voice and her beautj she could
not give her whole mind to the
marrying proposition, as, pre
sumably, Daughter Dorothy
could, when, fresh from school
In France, her heart was cap
tured by the son of a well-known
New York lawyer.
An analysis of the aforemen
tioned "dope aheet" shows that
from the initial event to the
present time Daughter Dorothy
has held her lead in the Russell
Tamily contest for the Matri
monial stakes.
In each case the tlrst event
was disqualified by a Judge of
the divorce court. But mark
the difference in elapsed tlme
Hve years for Mamma Lillian,
who divorced Harry Braham In
1884, and only four years tor
Daughter Dorothy, who was
rreed from Louis Einstein itt
1907.
Mother cut down that disad
vantage slightly by starting her
second event in the same year
that she was off with the first
one, whereas Daughter waited a
whole year until 1908 before
entering her second race as Mrs.
Acha Mura.
But it was at this stage of the contest that
Mother had her sharpest Setback elapsed
time of ten years till 1894, before the event
with Edward Solomon was judicially disquali
fied; a corresponding gain for Daughter
Dorothy, whose elapsed time could have been
only two years, for the records show her
started in her third event, with Robin
Dunsmuir, in 1910.
Mother's third event with John Chatter
ton, professionally known as Slgnor Peru
gini resulted in disqualification, in 1898, in
the usual manner, elapsed time four years.
Elapsed time for Daughter Dorothy's third
event was also four years, as it is In the
present year that she starts her fourth event,
with young Mr. O'Reilly, of Pittsburgh.- But
It is with respect to these fourth events that
Daughter Dorothy gains her invincible lead
no hiatus between the collapse of Event No.
3 and the start of Event No. 4. Now, lust
look what a setback Mamma Lillian had at
this stage disqualification of her Event No.
3, In 1898, then a hiatus of fourteen long
years before the start of Event No. ,4, with
Editor Alexander P. Moore, in 1912!
It is true that the "dope" is a bit vague or
Daughter Dorothy's past performances in t j
particulars, affecting Events No. 2 and No. 3.
The dates of disqualification are absent But
something of the kind must have happened,
else how could there now be an Event No. 4?
As to the Acha Mura event. Daughter
Dorothy made the announcement herself, as
reported in the newspapers. In so dolnt
she exhibited with great pride a diamond
studded watch, with her own name engraved
upon It in Japanese characters. Her new hus-
Flrst Kaee (Harry Braham)
Disqualified (by Judge)
Elapsed Time, 5 Years.
Second Race (R. Solomon)
Disqualified (by Judge)
Elapsed Time, 10 Years.
Third Race (J. Chatterton)
Disqualified (by Judge)
Elapsed Time, 4 Years.
1884
1894
188ft
Fourth Race
Alex P. Moore)
RTART, FAIR.
1874
1684
1894
1912
Daughter Dorothy's Record.
Initial Event at 17 Yean,
First Rats (Louis Einstein
Disqualified hr Judge) 190?
Elapsed Time, 4 Years. x
Steftnd Race (Acha Mura)
Disqualified (Records Obscure)
Elapsed Time, 8 Years
Third Race (Robin Dunsmuir)
Disqualified (No Records)
Elapsed Time, 4 Years.
Fourth Race
(Edward ti. O'Reilly)
THKY'RE OFFI
band Wat of the noble Samaurl, but also
enough or a business man to have nccUmit
lated 1200,000. She regarded Acha Mura as
her soul mate, Ta, ta. They were Just tak
ing the boat for Havana, whence they were
going to Japan via San Francisco. . .
This circumstantial account sent a chill
down the spines of Daughter Dorothy's
friends alnog the Oay White Way. What,
"Dottle" to go and bury herself in Japan with
a little brown husbands! Scouts were tent
out In all directions.
By and by a tcout returned with a ttory of
having found a chum ot Dottle's who said
that she (Dottle), had been very much
shocked at the report that she was Mrs. Acha
Mura, and that there was not a word of
truth in it. And with all this whip-sawing
over the fact of the marriage, it is any won
der that nobody seems certain about the date
of the divorce?
But that everything was "quite regular" was
made evident when, in December, 1010,
Mamma Lillian herself announced that
Daughter Dorothy had Womft the wife of
Robin W. Dunnmulr, a son of the LiPutenant
Governor of British Columbia.
Hart Robin Ininnni'ulr secured a divorce from
his first wife?
"He had," said Daughter Dorothy.
"He told me so himself." said Mamma
Lillian.
Shortly bnfore this Robin had Med hlmseir
away to Far Cathay that is. to the mining
regions of Peru. When his opinion was
Sought whether or not he had been off with
the old before he was on with the new lie
was still In Peru.
But Is that a sufficient reason for casting
asparagus at Daughter Dorothy's Matrimonial
Gtakea record?
One thing is certain Mamma Lillian ac
cepts her defeat amiably. She bears no
malice. On this page you Will see hr pic
tured in her capacity as an athletic Mamma
Lillian allowing her little niece how to train
for probable matrimonial events in her
own future career.
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Lecture,
"How
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Protecting the Public with Vacuum Street Sweevert
N Manchester, England, the municipal au
thorities, realizing the grout dangers of
ordinary street sweeping, have been ex
perimenting with a vacuum street-sweeper
that proved so success: ul It has been widely
recommended Ihrouphout Eng'-ond.
Of course, the dry sweeping of streets ls
abominable and danferotis to the public
health, especially when drn durlnic the day
by tho rotary brushes. Done at night after
first watering the street Is much better, but
It cannot all bo denned up; next day s sun
dries that which remains, and wind and traf
fic stir the unhealthy dust about.
It scarcely scums possible thnt dry sweep
ing of streets would be allowed theje days,
but It is done. One ot the big streets run
ning through East Oranse. N. J., owned by
the county, is swept by the dry process aud
in the forenoon. At times it is necessary to
close the windows of houses, although thoy
set back thirty-five feet from the street, to
prevent the dust from pouring into the
windows.
With the vacuum street-sweeper all IUI8
danger Is r"one away with. Also the neces
sity of first watering the streets It don
away with, and this, ot course, saves a lot
of money. This vacuum street-sweeper is run
with a motrr. The mechanism Consists ot a
cylindrical brush composed of a series of
email brushes which revolve in an airtight
shert iron shell In an opposite direction to
thst of the wheels of tlio sweeper. These
brushes In th airtight Shell revolve at th
circumferential speed cf 4,C0 feet per mis
ut. and in turning two-thirds Of a revolu
tion Inside the Khell raises the sweepings
and diechBrges them Into boxes In the re
ceiver at the back of tho vehicle During en
of the tests the machine swept 120 square
yards of street surface per minute, collect
ing one-ninth of a ton of material, and all
this , time the air about the tweeper waa
dustless that is. there being no more dust
perceptible than there was when aa erdlnaryi
carriage drove along.
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