The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-12
Miss Jennie Chamber1ain's
Engagement to a Gal
liant British Captain.
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
She Was the Most Beautiful Of the
Prince of Wales Set, and the
Most Popular American in
Europe.

The Editor Of the JERSEY CITY
NEWS presents has compliments to the
ladies of Jersey city, and respectfully
dnoites their cooperation IN making
this column a feature Of general inter
est and utility. Information and sag
gestions are earnestly solicited, and
assurance as g5oen that all congananad-
cations soiU aeceSce Immediate and
careful attention, and WSU be regarded
as strictly confidential If the wqSters so
desire.
The announcement of the engage
ment Of the American beauty, Miss
Jennie Chamberlain, to Captain Lay
lor LELAND of the British Army,
brings up a lot of talk about the
young lady. The prospective groom
is said to belong to a good family and
owing to some shooting scrape in the
Orient he is known as "Bagdad"
LELAND
1ho OiiaLuoeIldiiio, as o'O OO
knows, belong to Cleveland, Ohio,
ol+borob tbev have not COMMUNICATED
that pretty place much by staying at
home. Mrs. Chamberlain was the
daughter of old Judge Wilson, after
whom Wilson avenue, in Cleveland,
was named. When the Judge died he
left the old wilson homestead, Wnlcn
was some distance out OF town, TO Mrs.
chamberlain. This large farm has
been Drougnt INTO tne Guy. by une
growth OF cleveland, ana on IL now Is
one of the finest residence streets OF
the city.
The Chamberlains have three chill
married to an iron merchant named
Wick. The Others are Jennie, who is
now tWenty-Iouf years ola, anu d son
who is twenty-one.
A VISION OF BEAUTY.
1onnia chambar,oin,s baa,,+n . If
tho b1onda fvna. Che il fall slioHt and
-dist;nonisbad IN addition fo ner-
factIv regular faatnres sbe has q snIen-
Ala oom~n1ayion and yUondorf,l1 hire
a1yos ond oraat charm of manner II
!! Odd that ike MANY other hand
soma women sha was NV no means q
nra+tv cb;ld m to the time when she
no. &ftoon yaore did wban har mother
took her first to E1rone
The family soon acGI1ired q taste for
lie on n oIner sue ana estaDlsneo
sllaeain.'a s ~ y - +h = Tsntinan4 anS
only occasional visits to this country.
There is very little doubt that all the
talk 9 the Iflnce OF Wales, ad-
Lna nta nxa~rara+ad Adhe.+ "a
ward has an enormous fund of admjra-
tion to draw on in favor of every
nrettv woman and likes to be con-
sidered a connoiseur. No doubt he is
seen in the Chamberlain's box at the
onera and ENJOYS being talked of in
Connection with the beauties of the
dav
Some vaar or two since Jennie
Chamberlain was supposed to be in
love with and engaged to i 8 Cairns
a wealthy cattle dealer of Wyoming
II was rather curions That althonoh
ali E,1rope had rayed about her for
three YEARS and hat she is undouht-
ed1v fhe most nonnlar oirl IN the
prince of Wales, set in I,ondon when
she was ia New York She was very
ooldIv receivad However that naad
not worry her at all, as she is far and
away handsomef than any person
here IN society.
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RI, - 49, NJ AIl"I
lie Aauy Aueia ritA-Aioahy oe
Palisser at the age OF eleven was weary
of the hollow mockery of fashionable
1ifo ona so+ad xv;+b nc a,mn+u . -,
- S
She scorned TO reVei IN the wealth.
which others had garnered and longed
for the independence OF a ~self-earned
crust.
In the dead of night she stole noise
lessly away from her fathers castle,
and ere morning broke, with the only
hundred pound note she had about
her, she purchased the scanty attire
and the stock in trade of a homeless,
wandering flower girl
For the first time in my weary life"
she cried, shall l taste the sweetfruits
of labor
But the Lady Adela forgot two
things. The blood that flowed in her
veins was of the deepest azure and ma
ture had indelibly imprinted upon her
lily arm the strawberry mark of a
ducal coronet.
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