The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06

ionable society cannot conceal such an
important thing as an engagement or
even a courtship.
Young Vanderbilt's devotion to Miss
French has been very plainly exhibited
in Newport this summer, and one or
two attempts to mislead the gossips
have failed signa1ly of their object
The obvious depth of his attachment
to the young beauty was doubtless the
excuse for bloOdthirsty rurnor which
has circulated in Newport to the effect
that he had fought duel with q rival
The facts, as furnished by the Newport
correspondent of the Sunday Journal, are
these:
About three weeks ago the first hop of
the season took place at the Casino. All
the Vanderbilts were present, including
Alfred and Miss French. During the
evening very young man bearing one
OF the best known names in the "400P
danced with Miss French twice in sue
cesston and monopolized her attention
for some time afterward to the complete
exclusion of young Mr.. Vanderbilt The
heir to countless millions sat opposite the
pair and glowered at his supposed
rival. Miss French appeared happy and
| unaware that anything unusual was go
Ing on. Fhe other people In the ball
room noted the sulkiness of young Van
derbilt.
During the following week there were
many rumors that the Vanderbilt scion
| had met his hated rival and fought
| desperate duel with swords. There is no
| truth in the rumors. Mr.. Vanderbilt
quickly recovered his good temper and
had no occasion to shed any blood blue
or otherwise.
farewell picnic was given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt last week at
their farm outside Newport in order that
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before going round the world Miss
French was among the guests, but it was
remarked that Alfred Vanderbilt had
Miss Gerry on the box seat of the coach
which drove to the picnic. This was re-
garded merely as an amiable subterfuge
to avoid confirming what everybody be-
neved to be true.
The picnic was a delightfuF affair, for
Oakland, as Mr.. Vanderbilt's farm Is
called, has every requisite for such an
entertainment. 1t is beautifully situated
as to scenery and it supplies all the lux
uries in the way Of fruit and vegetables
that go to The Breakers, the great Van
derbilt house in Newport.
This was the last large entertainment
given before the young heirs departure
for foreign lands In leaving America
and the object of his hearts desire for a
lengthy period, the youth follows lis IA
Tiers advice. Mr.. Vanderbilt IS extreme
ly anxious that his son should not marry
without due elaboration and he con-
sidered that world voyage would be
the best means both of charging his
mind and keeping him happy and amused.
On Wednesday last young Vanderbilt
started on his long journey from the
Grand Central depot in New York. He
was accompanied by three friends, who
go with him as his guests. These are
| Williams P. Burden, son Of James A.
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Iselin Jr, and Douglas Cochrane. The
| last named was a classmate of Mr.. Van
| derbfIt at Yale and end rush on the foot
| hall team. Mr.. Burden graduated at
Harvard this year, and Mr.. Iselin was Of
! the class of '9S at Columbia. Outside of
| Mr., Cochrane none Of the young men
are remarkable athletes. When they find
themselves in trouble among the heather,
| it will be his duty to lead the rush.
| Three hundred pieces Of baggage, in
! charge of four men servants, accom-
panied young Vanderbilt and his friends.
| They began their journey in the palatial
| private car belonging to Cornelius Van
| derbiIt This is a combination Of Wagner
sleeping car, dining car and observation
car. It contains ten berths. The interior
! is in old gold tapestry and old oak. AT
| one end of the car is an observation
platform, boxed in with heavy plate glass.
At the other end is the Kitchen Be
! tween the two are the dining room, state
rooms, smoking room, gun lockers rug
gage cupboards and clothes presses. Inc
car is vestibuled, and it's number IS 493
| Among all the costly and multtfarious
luggage which Mr.. Vanderbilt takes with
\ him there is doubtless nothing half as
nrecious as a certain photograph, twelve
by eighteen inches in size. 1t Is that Of
Miss French, and arrived from the pho
tographer only last Tuesday. 1t is stout
| tn, leather and
| nv the same material, so that it may SUI
fer no damage in the vicissitudes OF
! travel.
Young Mr.. Vanderbilt's car will carry
him straight to Montreal and accompany
him straight across the continent TO the
Pacific coast. In Canada he will be the
guest Of Sir William Van Horne, presi-
| dent of the Canadian Pacific railroad.
After reaching Vancouver he will make
| short excursion into Alaska and the
KIondike, and then he will return to Van