The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1909 Page: 3 of 10
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RICH YOUTH HAS
“GONE THE PACE”
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Picturesque Career of Young Man with
Plenty of Money
What Has Happened to Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown,
Son of Maryland*s Former Governor, Who Is Now
Facing a Suit for Divorce, With Many Charges
of Cruelty
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TEW York. — Give an av-
erage American boy, with-'
out the restraining lnflu-
ence of a mother, $10,000 a
year at the age of 14 and a
million when he reaches his
majority, and what will i be
Ills future?
This Is the story of such a boy
whose young wife Is about to hale
him Into the divorce Court at the ten-
der age of 24, as related by the Sun-
day World. This boy has faced many
charges—homicide among them—but
It Is' extremely doubtful If he has
ever passed through an ordeal so dis-
tasteful as that which awaits him
when he answers to the many charges
•of cruelty, brutality and, Infidelity his
pretty glrl-wlfe mentions In her bill of
particulars.
Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown, son
©f Maryland’s former governor, Is the
unhappy youth who has sacrificed his
brief and once happy married career
of the Baltimore American in his
beautifully appointed stanhope, with
coachman at his side and footman
seated on the rumble. His horses,
Brandy and Soda, wore blue ribbons,
and Frank was justly proud of his
turnout. The "millionaire reporter”
was told to accompany another and
humbler reporter on his rounds
through Baltimore’s Fast side, but
when he saw that his protege Intended
to drive through the ghetto In his
beautiful equipage, the mere re-
porter balked and told Fra'nk to meet
him at a designated police station, as
the street cars were good enough for
his. The policemen In the station
houses visited that day by Frank and
his mentor still possess souvenirs of
Frank’s first day as a-reporter, for he
scattered golden gifts with a lavish
hand.
Champagne for G. A. R. Veterans.
That evening Frank was assigned
to “cover” a banquet given by a local
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on the altar of pleasure. "Young
Frank,” as he Is familiarly called in
Baltimore, has been pleasure-bent
since he was a boy of ten, and his
pleasures, more often than not, have
been purchased at terrific cost. He
has had his fling, and when a boy of
17 he wgs blase and so satiated with
"the gayetiesof the Old World that he
casf about for new sensations and
new fields to conquer. Life for hhn,
even then, was one mad whirl, and
what he did not know about the “but-
terfly life’’ wasn’t worth knowing.
At 08tend he was the petted darling
of women of title, and otherwise, and
It was a prank that he played on one
of these while In her bath house at
this gay resort that made It necessary
for his father to spirit him out of
France and back to Baltimore. The
boy abhorred books and rarely
studied. He had the choice of any
university In America or Europe if he
would but say the word, but Instead
he preferred to run wild, do as he
pleased and give little, if any atten-
tion to the studies prescribed for him
by the tutors his father engaged for
hiin.
Started Work aa a Reporter.
About this time his father and his
•later, May Brown, who later married
■ Gordon .Hughes, a New York lawyer,
and. since his death married Alfred
' Dietrich, whose former wife had
eloped with Benehley, one of Alfred
G. Vanderbljt's stable
ned a return trip
ik was engaged In paying
to a Baltimore girl at that time.
,nd his father hold him If he did not
ccompany him to Europe he would
G. A. R. post. Beer was the only tip-
ple for the veterans, whereupon Frank
Invited everybody to have champagne
with him. Accordingly a dozen cases
were ordered by the Croesus scribe.
The hotel proprietor later sued to re-
cover the price of the champagne. As
a tipster to his* city editor on the gay
dog doings of Baltimore society Frank
had no equal. So disconcerting did
these tips prove that friends of the
Brown family in the Inner circle of
Baltimore society, cabled to Brown
pere to suggest spme other field of en-
deavor for his youthful son, and this
'he did. Frank’s journalistic career,
while brief, was quite as meteoric as
every other that he has since launched
out upon.
It was just three years ago that
“Young Frank” saw and met Miss
Mabel-Michael of Baltimore. The two
families do not move In the same set
and there was opposition from both
sides. The Browns had always moved
In that social circle which was known
tar and near as the “Brass Band,”
while the Michaels, In every respect
the social equals of the Browns, be-
longed to a more conservative ele-
ment. . -Frank's courtship was brief
and ardent. Serious opposition from
both sides but , served to fan the
flame, add when Prank proposed to
Mabel that they elope she with some
hesitation consented. -<■
hlJh, and, finding that Mr. Warren
was then living In West Ninety-fourth
Street, Frank, his fiancee and their at-
tendants repaired to Mr. % Warren's
home and, there the ceremony was
performed.
Their marriage came as a great sur-
prise to th'elr respective families, but
the young pair was soon Installed In
a beautifully, appointed home and
many predicted that Mabel would
make her young husband more con-
servative. But her charges against
him do net confirm this hope.
His wife says he never settled
down. In fact, he became gayer than
ever after his marriage, If that had
been possible. His chosen companions
were as gay as himself, although few
if any of them had the funds to
squander that Frank ever had at com-
mand. His escapades became more
daring each day, and “the governor,”
as he Is still called, was compelled to
admonish and Intercede more than
once.
^ Accused of Killing Child.
Automoblllng was this lioy’s passion
and he waB never satisfied unless he
was bowling through Baltimore’s ten-
derloin at-top speed. His arrest was
of almost daily occurrence, and when
Baltimore awoke about eighteen
months ago to be told that Frank’s
car had killed a negro child the night
previous thq "I told you bos” got busy.
It was not openly charged that
Frank’s car had killed the boy, but
the newspapers hinted so strongly at
the Identity of tha driver -and owner
of the car that within 24 hours the
trail led to Frank's door and he was
arrested and formally accused of run-
ning over the little' pickaninny and
then running away without the for-
mality of stopping to ascertain the
seriousness of the Injuries Inflicted.
The parents of the dead child re-
ceived $10,000 to drop the case against
Frank. This frightened Frank for
awhile, and he did not break into
print again until his friend Lester
Bresee, who had figured in almost all
of Frank’s escapades, was committed
to Mount Hope, a private asylum for
the Insane and Inebriates.
Lester had been going the pace for
several years and when his mind gave
way none was surprised. Frank sore-
ly missed Ills chum and often motored
out to the beautiful retreat on Charles
Street avenue to spend an hour with
him. In thtr course of one of these
visits Lester complained of his en-
forced confinement and begged Frank
to devise some means of effecting his
release.
/ “I’ve tried tb^t already,” said
Frank,N“bpt the courts won’t stand for
It, so I guess the only thing I can do
Is to kidnap you.” ,
“Go as far as you like,” said Lester,
“but for God’s sake get me out of
here. I haven't had a drink for a
month.”
Kidnaped Chum from Aeylum.
The next day Lester,. while out for
his afternoon airing In the hospital
tomoblle, or tooling his coach and four
than of playing roles upon the stage,
no matuTr how inconspicuous they
werq. >J
Perhaps It, was the Inconspicuous-
ness of these roles that Induced Flank
after a try at a part In "Cyrano do
Bergerac” to abandon the stage as a
profession. His wife was deeply hu-
miliated at this, venture, and she did
all she could to dissuade him when he
told her that he wanted to be an ac-
tor. This, she says, brought down his
wroth upon her pretty and youthful
head, and from then on trouble came.
thick and fast for her.
Wife Tells of Midnight Orgies.
It Is the alleged midnight orgies at
her home that-Mrs. Brown most bit-
terly complained of In her bill for ill
vorce. Frank and his Tenderloin
friends, she declares, would wander
into the house at all hours of the
night and from then until the gray
dawn make night hideous for her and
her neighbors. It was impossible for
her, she declares, to make her escape
from tK§ house, as Frank would in
sist upon her presiding at the table
and serving him and his guests with
whatever their fancy dictated, despite
the unseasonableness of the hour.
Then, tpo, Mrs. Brown asserts that
Frank preferred her to be at the head
of the table during these bacchanalian
feifsts. Inasmuch as she made a good
target for his ribald jests or the platis
or glasses he chose to hurl at her.
Sometimes, according to Mrs. Brawn's
complaint, the glasses were empty,
but more often they contained cham
pagne, for Frank -was ever jealous of
his reputation as a "wipe opener,”
and he would never ,foy a moment
have It thought among his Tenderloin
friends that anything else but cham
pagne graced his table or his wife's
bathtub, for that matter.
Another sport of which her husband
was passionately fond, Mrs. Brown
charges, had to do with a most vll
lalnous-looking and savage bulldog
which Is ever at Frank’s heels.
Mrs. Brown asserts that when
Frank was especially deep In his cups
he would set the dog on her,'" For
some reason, Mrs. Brown declares, the
dog entertained a violent dislike for
her and was only too glad to do his
master’s bidding.
Finally Driven from Her Home.
It was the dog episode that proved
to be the parting of the ways. While
In a drunken frenzy, Frank, It Is
charged in the complaint, set the dog
on his wife, and it attacked her so
savagely that she fled In her night-
clothes and never returned. That was
last January and slncd then, she vows,
Frank has not contributed a cent
toward her support and this in the
face of his wife’s statement that he
had torn and cut up all her hats,
gowns, lingerie and pretty boots and
slippers, Just prior to having the bull-
dog charge her.
Mrs. Brown sa/s It Is lack of homo
influence that Is responsible for her
hUS W/TE CHARGES THAT
HE THREW CARDS AT HER HEAD''
. . r suit my purpose."”0^!"* dinner
same evening he announced that
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Eloped In TOurtng Car.
Just before midnight on October 23,
1906, Frank and his fiancee met by
appointment. His touring car was In
re&dlness and was geared up to Its
highest speed. Frank was attended
by one of his many chuma, while Miss youthri
Grlsiner accompanied Miss Frank.
The party bundled into the
lie and Frank instructed his
to cut oat for New
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grounds, eluded the keeper, climbed
over the high fence and dropped Into
Frank’s waiting car. Frank was at
the -wheel, and he let It out, and in an
hour or two was beyond the Jurisdic-
tion of the Maryland courts. And once
more It became necessary top Brown
pere to get busy and square things
for Frank.
Meanwhile Frank’s affairs at home
had been going from bad to worse.
His wife says she was left much to
herself, for Frank was so busy with
hip other friends and associates, that
he had little or no time to devote to
l-bride. Frank’s gay friends of
sexes were ever welcomed at the
outhful Brawns’ home—-that Is by
Among these, his wife says,
were many actors and actresses, and
his girl-1
both sex
many actors and
then it was that Frank conceived the
idea that he would like to enter upofi
husband’s waywardness, and she
further avows that “the governor" Is
mainly responsible for this. She de-
clares that he has alienated Frank’s
affections, and now she is suing the
governor for heart balm to the tune
of $100,000.
In the mean time Frank Is continu-
ing on his merry way. With ample
funds at bis' command, and with the
prospect of sharing with his sister the
several million dollars Gov. Brown is
said to possess, young Frank has a
lively future ahead of him.
Will he reform? Ask his wife.
Use of the Eyes In Reading.
Most people, according to the Opti-
cal Journal, believe that the eyes in
reading follow the letters In a steady.,
movement clear across the column,
but If the reader’s eyes are watched
closely while In action It will be seen
y make a series of jumping
each Jump correi
THE CHILDREN'S. BREAD-LINE
C>» help the poor!" but
.why should we
I-eave all to God?
We are his agent*. dally
* trend the path
• His feet have trod.
Read what Ho says In
Gospel clear—
“Go, feed my *h»ep!"
"The children's bread line"
Is It thus
Hl» Law we keep?
"The bread-line of the children!"
This is one of the pictures to he
seen any day In Chicago; row
of hungry, ill-clad1 children of all
ages, sexes and colors, with baskets
on their arms, standing In line at
the door of one of the large, whole-
sale bakeries. When the door opens,
they file In with a pitiful order—
pitiful because It shows automatic
obedience and sullen fear. They re-
ceive the stale bread and left-over
cake and cookies and file out again—
where? The Imagination follows them
—where?
Now to some onlookers this picture
speaks volumes for the charity and
kindness in the world; how much bet-
ter than wasting that bread; how
thoughtful to provide those starved
children with such a good meal a day.
At least one meal of wholesome
(stale) bread a day!
But the cynic might laugh; the
thoughtful will grieve; the pessimist
might see In this the worst arraign-
ment of our social order; a pictorial
presentment of economic blundering
displayed by our most effective ac-
tors, the children.
Indian Ktfdgerie.
This recipe was obtained in India
by Mrs. Clinton Locks and she found
It popular with her friends the world
over.
Take equal parts of halibut and
rice, with red pepper to taste (the
taste, of course, depending on the
country). Add cream sauce. The fish
and the rice are separately cooked
and stirred with the sauce Into ths
pepper.
A Cool Beginning.
A nice beginning for a dinner Is a
mixture of fruit (any kind), well
chilled and drained, and served In
small glasses or compotes with a dash
of sherry and pulverized Ice. A pleas-
ing combination Is made of berries,
pineapple and .oranges. Grape-fruit
may be added, and grapes, too. But
tbe grapes should be seeded, and the
trouble Is scarcely worth while.
Menu Suggestions.
“Cut-and-drled menus!" Of these the
average housewife speaks with dis-
gust; they seem to her conventional,
tiresome, stupid. They make of living
a bore, and of planning a sort of clin-
ical operation. To all these objections
the modem scientific cook answers,
that stereotyped, planned menus are
but the rational result of Increased
knowledge of the art of household
science, and hygienic needs of the
system. Haphazard menus compris-
ing things most easily prepared and
most cheaply obtained are the rule,
but It is a false Idea of economy; a
false Idea of the best use of time.
In making a menu oare must be ta-
ken to select one dish rich enough In
nitrogen to supply the dally waste.
This dish may consist of beef, mut-
ton, eggs, fish, chicken or old peas,
beans, or nuts. Any one ef these .will
afford the necessary nitrogen. There
should always be also a small amount
of fat—either butter, olive oil or
cream. (The healthful fats are those
which may bu oaten without cooking ;
the cooked fpts of meat are Indigest-
ible and would not come under con-
sideration In a hygienic menu.) We
must have some form of starch; pota-
toes, rice, hominy and white bread.
Any one of these, but not necessar-
ily more than one as they are all
starchy foods. We must also have
mineral matter and acids; these are
supplied by the green vegetables and
fruits.
Above all, remember that a menu
mky be well-balanced, well selected,
but to be hygienic—really . healthful
—It must be well cooked.
Testing Flour. /
Flour should be yellowtsh-white In
eolor; not of a bluish cast. Throw a
little flour against a dry, smooth sur-
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A LONG WAY BACK.
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DOLLY’8 FRECKLES.
HEY say how pretty Doll
would bo
If Only she weren't
freckled;
But do we think the less
Of Heaven
When with light clouds
’tla speckled?
And 'la the sunlight less
because
Upon hla cheek are
spots?
la not the fair moon fair-
er for
The shadows and the
biota?
And Dolly—with her per-
fect nose,
And Dody—with that chin!
And eye* with sorrow, gayely
And, mlschlaf, all thrown In.
And Dolly'e hair, and Dolly’s voice!
(More angel she than woman),
X love these freckles—they are all
That makes my Dolly human.
wn
If it sticks,
It Is
George—There’s Miss Passay. v She
claims she's never been kissed.
Harry—Why, I’ve kissed her myself,
years ago. She means not since ah*
can remember.
And the Old Man Grinned.
“Duke,” said tbe heiress, eagerly,
“did you see father ?“
“Yes ”
"Well?”
"We talked about the weather.”
"What? Lose your nerve again?
Why don’t you brace up and talk like
a man?—a subject of a king on whose
domain the sun never sets!”
"Can’t,”., moaned the duke. “All the
time I . was in your father’s office he
kept grinning at a big painting.”
“What painting?”
“The battle of Bunker Hill."
Either Way.
Mr. Wilkins had been sitting quietly
on a nail keg. perusing a paper which
he bad found on the counter. The
date of It be had not noticed. Finally
he looked up with a puzzled expres-
sion.
"Wbat’s this wireless telegraph sig-
nal, this ’C. O. D.’ they’re talking
about?” he asked.
"I guess It's 'C. Q. D.’ ain’t It?’ sug-
gested Holbrook, the grocer. "Any-
way, it’s a signal of distress,” he add-
ed. moodily.
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Sweet Eighteen,
A professor of the class in English
history was telling his young men oi
the Impressionable age abeut the Eliz-
abethan era, when suddenly turning to
one of the young men who seemed to
be In a dream, with a faraway gaze
he aald:
“And how old was Elizabeth, Mr.
Casa?”
"Eighteen last birthday,” came the
Instant reply.
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Satterwhite, Ed. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1909, newspaper, August 6, 1909; Teague, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110046/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.