The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-14
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All and Singular Mr.. Duncan
EIIiot'S VaIorouS Deeds
WIN NOT BACK THE LOVE
Of the Wife He Neglected Un-
til She Hated Him.
WIN NOT BACK THE LOVE

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she will begin suit for diverse against
her husband.
At the same time the stalwart Lieuten-
ant Duncan Elliot is on his way to the
Philippines. He has just obtained
Iieutenants commission in the ocular ar
my. 1t is GENERALLY believed that he is
! going into battle to avoid his wife.
Thus has another romance of the -Four
| Hundred ended in domestic tragedy.
New York society once more shows how
| lightly it regards the marriage bond.
| Sallie Hargus, now Mrs. Duncan FL
/ lot, was but a few years ago one OF the
| handsomest, richest brightest, gayest,
most admired young woman in the up
permost circles of society.
Duncan Elliot was one of the handsom-
est, biggest, most athletic and most pop
ular men in the same society. An i'm
portant distinction between his situation
| and that of Miss Hargus was that he had
no money while she had plenty.
When the two were welded. in 1881, 1t
was considered an ideal match. 1t was
the affair of the season. Youth, beauty,
strength, health, wealth, position, pop
ularity belonged to the couple. In view
of subsequent events there must have
been something lacking in the union, but
no one could discover it at that time.
The social drama which has led I'D to
the distressing denouement we are now
witnessing has been varied, picturesque,
brilliant and romantic 1t includes many
intrigues. the rsecue of two children from
a burning house by a heroic mother and a
series of thrilling adventures in war.
1t is now more than year since it was
first announced that Mrs. Duncan Elliot
had separated from her husband. Then
came the war. and Duncan went to Cuba
to win back the love of his wife by deeds
of valor in the field. He went there and
fought well enough, but he did not win
back his wife. They have never lived to-
gether since.
Miss Sallie Jeanette Hargus was the
daughter Of Louis Stanislaus Hargus, who
made a large fortune in Mexican silver
| mines. He left three daughters of whom
| two are now Mrs George B. de Forest, of
New York, and Mrs William Appleton,
| of Boston. These two made brilliant and
| happy marriages.
There was also a son, Robert Hargus,
| better known as "Bobbie," who enjoyed
| great vogue in New York for time. But
| his very realistic and artistic dancing IN
| ball costume did not meet the entire ,ap-
! prevail of society, and so he withdrew TO
the more congenisl atmosphere OF Venice.
| All the Hargus girls were handsome
and clever, but "Sallie" was the most dis
tinguished of all of them. Her beauty
! was really of the Spanish type so over
worked by romancers. She had an olive
complexion, great, deep, dark eyes,
splendid figure and an exquisite graceful
carriage. She SAT horse splendidly.
"SaIlie" Hargus was the life OF her
social Ste She was witty and daring.
| She entered society at period when 1t
was good deal more lively than it IS just
now. and when entertainments OF sur
In addition to all her intellectual ana
physical attractions. she had a hand-
| some fortune of her own. 1t was there-
fore natural that everybody should ex-
pect her to make a very brilliant match.
Her sisters had done WELL and she was
| exnected to do some thing phenomenal In
the matrimonial line.
Then Mr.. Duncan Elliot appeared on
the scene. He was as fine man 10 look
upon as she was q woman Iney were
of exactly opposite types. While she was
small. 1.-the and dark, he was tall, heavy
and blonde.
Duncan Elliot is the son of late emf
nent Philadelphia PHYSICIAN. Although Of
excellent family and social position, he
had no money In spite of this defect he
entered with ease and celebrity into the
/ %
had some pleasant sort of business po-
scition. which enebled him to pass most
of his time in the windows of the Knick-
erbocker Club and the rest in the coun-
! try.
Duncan Elliot stands six feet high. IS
broad-shouldered and quite handsome
At. one time he weighed over 200 pounds
| but now campaigning has made him thin
| ner and harder. He is particularly noted
| for the DEVELOPMENT of the biceDs of his
arms a picture of which once appeared
on certain brand of soup tins. He is
a Columbia man.
1t was in the society that centers about
the Weschester Country Club that Dun
can EIliot's courtshiD was carried on
Miss Hargus's relatives were to some eX-
tent opposed to nm because he was poor,
but love won the day for him.
The Weschester set was very brilliant
then. The Waterburys gave their fam
Gus circus. in which society men and
women figured as trick riders. clowns and
so forth. Duncan Elliot and Sallie Har-
gous were among the performers.
Johnny Furman gave a party at his
cottage. at which "Bobbie" Hargous
arrf IL n.1- =
ed this later at the Westminster Country
Club with merely pink lamp shade for
skirt People thought he rather over
did it that time.
Saliie Hargous and Duncan Elliot were
married at Newport at the close Of the
season OF 1891. Then men said he was a
lucky dog. and the women said that she
had got the handsomest man OF the day
for a husband In short. they were the
object Of almost universal admiration.
They went % live a charming cottage
in the grounds OF the Westchester Coun-
Try Club. Here they continued 70 be con
! spicuous in the local set. A shadow fell
over that set when the CordaEe Trust
smashed. and the waterbUys an many
! OF their friends lost all their money. A.
this time many Of the giIded youth r.
formed and Went 20 work. One Of them
even became a plumber Duncan Elliot
took temporary interest IN q pea-sGuE
canning venture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot had two children
who were christene3 Duncan aaa Rob
ert Hsrgous. Il was rot long after ths
birth Of the second child that society BE-
gan to notice s:gnes Of dissentIon IN the
Eliot family. The husband was poh,ic-