The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-24
REFUSED The RING
Miss Zimmerman's Queer
Notion About Presents.
SHE TOOK BULL TERRIER
As a RetrothaI Pledge From
Duke of Manchester.

ess, whose brilliant intellect and daring
exploits have made her famous on three
continents, will be the next American
duchess if she and the duke Of Manches-
ter have their own way
And no American duchess ever had a
stranger wooing:.
She met him first at a fancy dress ball
He wore pink feshings and bath robe
She would not accept an engagement
ring, but as a berothal pledge became the
mistress of a bull terrier presented to her
! by the beautiful duke.
| Orfginalties such as these do not as
tonIsil the friends of the girl who es-
poused the philosophy of a Hindoo Ma
| hatma and allowed her zeal to carry her
| to an emotional excess which seemed to
breathe Of something more than occult.
AS for the duke. he vii be following the
example Of his fathe if he captures an
American bride. His mother was the
beautiful Consuela Yznaga of New York.
Her married life was very unhappy The
young duke has been looking for a rich
wife since he reached his majority Miss
May Goelet and Miss Pauline Astor are
among those to whom he has paid his
addresses.
Helena Zimmerman at home in America
fighting obstinately for her lover; the
Duke of Manchester waiting anxiously In
London for cable dispatch Come"
those who have the outcome of this re-
markable love affair on both sides Of the
family in their hands wavering between
~ai1r fOa and IA fra To crixr
This is the situation.
Bets have been laid in London and
Paris ON both sides. AT present the odds
are heavily on the side of the duke
The young lady in question is in love
with the duke. There is no doubt Of that,
And the duke is in love with Helena Zim-
norman. This has been no family ar
rangement-" The young people did 1t
themselves, and the duke will shortly
take an ocean trip for the health of his
soul and certain family objections will
be overcome in his presence.
Helena Zimmerman is a contradiction.
A beautiful girl with golden hair, Of ar
tistic tastes, with no trace of affectation,
love of pale pinlzs and blues in dress, |
and a leaning toward the church, which
shows itself in the pattern of the stained
glass windows in her boudoir-this on the
one hand.
On the other, a golfer,a winner of six
prizes Zone with Tom Morris, the veteran
golfer at st. Andrews links, at St An
drews Scotland), a health culture girl, a
fearless horsewoman. owner of such
horses as Cloverdale and Rebecca S, mis- /
tress Of a stud farm with race course I
all its own at Hillsboro, Ohio and with
all the energy and resolution that have
always, from the time she stepped out of
baby clothes, bent all the members of the
family to her own will; the woman who
would have gone around the world to fol-
low a love that has never yet been I'M
derstood by her friends; the woman who
engaged herself to a duke with the most
unique engagement symbol that lovers
ever saw; the woman who is now bringing
all her imperious will to bear to bring
about consent to her alliance with the
house of Manchester.
From her mothers side Helena thinner
man gets the logged strain of the Scot
and the fire of the French Huguenot. Her
great-grandfather on her mothers side
was Squire lyon. From her fathers side
she gets her love of literature. Here the
lines run back to George Eliot
George EI0t's mother was a Pearson.
She married Robert Evans. George FL
lots name was Mary Anne Evans. Abra-
braham Evans. the father Of Helena's
mother, was Robert Evans first cousin.
1t was from her mother that Helena
zimmerman got her intense religious ma
ture. Every tabieau. chalice and glass in
St Pauls cathedral IN Cincinnati, with
the fine memorial window of St. Agnes
and St Barbara which fills a side of the
church, speaks of the munifcence of Ma
rietta Zimmerman, her mother.
Born 10 great wealth, with all her de- :
sires gratified, all her wants studied,
small wonder that Helena Zimmerman
grew up self-willed, masterful, rebel !.
Hous girl. Yet her natural sweetness
made her loved wherever she went. She
accepted the world as made for her. No .
pans were spared on her education.
Her mother died when she was but five
years old, and since then she has been
under the care Of her Aunt Helena, who
was her godmother. At seven she was
taken abroad and entered the Convent of
the Assumption at Auteuil, near Paris.
Here she had her own way with the sis
tiers. who adored. admitting 10 her special
comradeshtp only one giri-AIiss Ethel / ,
FORBES Morgan-whose father is master
OF the hounds at Pau. Later she studied
music under TrabadeIlo. who taught I
Eames. Sandison and Nordica I
1t was the advent in America Of that =
strange. mellow-mouthed Hindoo poet and
which changed the current Of Helena
Zimmerman's whole life To her intense =
temperament TO hear and see the Swami \
was 10 be interested. and to be interested '
was TO study. She attended his lectures 2
and read his books.
The Swami was from time to time Wis
tied by Hindoos from his native land. a
whose fine features and culture betokened [
them q superior education one OF these Il
vas a young East Indian prince. a de- 8
scendaat q long line OF rajahs-a man !.
of singular beauty and attraction To !.
just what etent the girl was attracted bv =
The Intellectual subtleties Of this strange
HlDddo prophet, and Just how much OF :
her growing interest was conferred in the :
Younger prince. was a mattSr q great :
speculation among her friends. Certain il :.
IS that with the lat,er's advent the inter
est watch had been only an intellectual =,
one vas quickly merged into a wave OF :.
net enthusiasm n her Rom she had :
"a inIea the four sayings Of the Swami +,
Each SOU IS potentially divine"
The gcsl Is 10 manifest this divinity ;,
within. by controlling nature. externaI :.
md internal"
DO this either by work Or worship or =
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