The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-04
.IO GRACE HIS HAREA
Young New York Widow Is
WOoed by a Rajah.
SHOULD SHE SUCCUMB
To His Establishments She
Will Be mo. ST."

| AOiiOnIHS-
The most extraordinary courtshp tina
has ever taken place in the fashionabl
society Of New York is that of the beau
tiful, rich and fascinating Mrs. Algi
Law, widow Of the eccentric muld-mil
lionaire George Law, and the Maharajal
of Kapurthala, prince of India, who ha
offered to make her his ffty-first wife.
His wooing Of the g.rlish widow o
George Law is the wonder of New Yorl
society.
Mrs. Law is considered by many people
the most beautiful woman in New York
She has been the rage Of the better Pari:
for six months. Her romantic marriage
| of less than four years ago, her brie'
welded life, her contest for her husbands
millions, her percarious illness after his
death, form a sentimental history tc
which her extraordinary beauty and
youth lend a tender interest.
The Maharajah of Kapurthala is per
haps the richest prince in all India He
is the favorite of Queen Victonia's regal
| Oriental subjects. Another notable dis
! tinction which he possesses is that's OF
| having been the favorite of a Newport
| season four years ago. Jewels and silks
! beyond price ne showered upon Mrs. Oil
yer II. P. Belmont and his other hostesses
of the elect in the Summer city by the
| sea The dubantees, the bellies of several
| seasons, and even the grave chaparons
| forgot, though they had heard of, the ex-
| istence of his half hundred wives in the
! Punjab. The Maharajah was the fashion.
! He would remain the fashion If it pleased
| His Eastern HighneSs to return to New
! port.
But the Maharajah has forgotten New
port. He prefers to linger at Paris and
WOO the woman whom in rich Oriental
phrase he styles the beautiful black
pearl of the Americas"
The beautiful young widow and the
Prince of Kapurthala met in a studio in
Paris. She had called to see what pro-
greSs the fashionable painter of the hour
had made with her portrait. The Ma
harajah had dropped in in the hope Of
finding something to interest him. He
succeeded. When Mrs. Law glided out
Of the studio he had lost his heart, but
he had gained an invitation to dinner
w ll-l lllC dODT ClOSCu pom LcT ne ldlhCu
at random of tie eclipse of a star.
He was the first guest to arrive at the
dinner the next evening. He was the last
to depart. This is true of every social
function at which Mrs Law has been the
hostess for the past TIRES months. He
has always been an honored and adoring
guest. He has been seen driving with her
in the gay thoroughfares of Paris. He
has been sen as a dark and constant
shadow in her box at the theater.
And now he has proposed A letter
from Mrs. Law to a relative in this city
confirms the Paris dispatches to that eff
feet.
81 reminded him that he had more
swive than I could conveniently count"
writes Mrs. Law, "and he answered in
differently: All, that is nothing. 1t is
necessary that we marry young in India.
Custom requires it to insure an heir to
the throne
Mrs Law has not ben ind@erenr TO her
Oriental sutton. Parisians-Americans 90
not hesitate to say that she has been daz-
zled by the magnihcance of his Indian
jewels ad the spendor of his Oriental
imaginary as shown in his ardent WOO
ing They boldly predict that she will
become the pearl of his seraglio.
If Mrs. Law should we'd the Hindoo
prince she would secure proprietary inte-
est in his $5,OOO0OO worth of jewels IAN
amount that is double her own large for
tune, her dover right to the wealth of
the late George Law.
The Maharaja's diamonds alone are
worth 100000 When he appears in prince
ly regala on occasions of state he wears
a necklace of the white beauties repre-
sentinE half that sum. over the snowy
folds of his white cloth turban he wears
the magnificent crown of the rajahs a
crown that startled Queen Victoria from
her accustomed calm at sight of it. In
the golden mesh that is the foundation
for the crown is set double row of dia-
monds that rival in splendor the queens
own priced Kohinoor Flaming from the
large circular design that forms the cen
ter of the front ornament Of the crown
is n pigeon-blood ruby large as a mans
thumb nail, and glowing like neart Of
love. This gem alone cost score OF lives
nv = tAt lt WIN MA ttuIllS uatlECsS. = no
fell upon the mounted guard bearing IL
from the mines. Smaller rubies form the
centers of other circular and oval figures
that form the circle Of the crown They
glow amid diamonds and pearls. like
drop OF blood imprisoned in a network IF
frost. \ counoisseur of gems pronounced
the intrinsic value OF the crown. aside
from the added value Of its axe and dig
nifty as the century-old crown of the
Maharsjas Of Kapurthala. to be S9)o0el.
he aesthetic taste Of the Orient does not
admit of a necklace solely Of rubies. Teh
effect OF ru5.es alone is hard. They re-
quire a foil of diamonds ID soften and re-
fine their fierce red light. say The skilled
lspidaries of America and Europe. The
Maharaja of Kapur, ha.a c,.ugs 10 Orien-
raj tradition and revels in the barb8ric
richness of ruby necklace OF eighty
stones set in dun sid. splendid bauble
upon which no conuoissuer has ever Cad
the termidijy TO set a price.