The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

& EW YORK, July 2s--TNe
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rrHII5oEss. Tmey also have
The love affairs of the
richest family in America are necessa-
rily interesting to most OF US. II Is
young Mr.. Reginald Claypool Wander
bilt, whose sentimental adventures are
especially interesting just now.
1t is a matter of general knowledge
in society that Mr. Vanderbilt is deeply
devoted to one of the most beautiful
young women in New York society
Miss Kathleen Nelson, daughter of
Mrs. Frederick H. Nelson, of No. 100
Fifth avenue, New York.
1t is confidently asserted by Mr..
Vanderbilts friends that the marriage
will take place before the autumn
leaves have strewn the ground. The
house is ready-a charming place call
ed Sandy point, just outside OF New
port
There are obstacles to the marriage
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, the mother
of the young man, is strongly opposed
to it for various reasons. Among 9TH
ers, she does not consider that her son
is old enough, or that he has acquired
the degree of poise and seriousness in
one entering into the holy estate.
He is the third surviving son of the
ldlG 1OIIGlluS V dllNCl OliAy anu Aebo just
begun to enjoy a fortune of $10,0O0,OOO.
Reggie has not been as good boy
as he might have been, as everybody
knows. A trife of 100000 odd drop
ped at Canadian fields and other gam
bling establishments, is one of the
items in his delinQuencies. Yale uni
versity has Just cruelty refused him
the degree Of Bachelor of Arts. He has
left a trail of broken automobiles,
broken records in spending money and
other evidences of unreStrained Sayety
along his brief career.
Many Of Mr.. Vanderbilts friends say
that a love marriage is just the thing
that viii save him from pursuing still
further the path of eXtravaga In
other words, love will save him.
Young Cornelius Marriage.
It is curious to recall that nearly all
the Vanderbilt boys have married
wives of their own choice, and married
very young Cornelius, the Oldest
brother OF Reginald furnished the most
famous chapter in the recent history
of New York society when he defied
his father and forfeited a fortune of
more than $100,000,000 in order to mar
~ Miss Grace Wilson. Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, who succeeded to that for
tune. married Miss Elsie French when
he was only twenty-five. Their cous-
gard before completing his course in
order to marry Miss Virginia Fair.
Miss Kathleen Nelson, the heroine
IF this romance, is what many would
describe as a Gibson girl in appear
Ence. That hardly does her justice.
She is tall, athletic, with strong, regu-
lar but delicate and intellectual feat
ures. Her hair is light brown of a
beautiful shade. She is a splendid
hOrsewOman and good at most sports.
The Nelson's are Catholics, while
the NanderbiltS are strong Episcopal
ians, which is another hindrance to the
match.
Although Mr.. Vanderbilt is only
twenty-One years old, he has been de-
voted to Miss Nelson for at least two
seasons IT was after a clambake given
at the Newport Clambake club by Mrs.
w. Dennison Hatch last season that
the knowing ones decided that the af-
fair was very serious. The young
people were again the observed of all
at tho last horse show in New York.
Recently Mr.. Vanderbilt has privately
announced his engagement to his
friends, although both families deny it
formally.
The Affair at Canfeld's.
In future, his friends say, he will
have neither time nor inclination for
such enterprises as the one that.-cost
him $125,000 at Canfield's gambling
place in East FOrty-fourth street. It
occurred on the night of March IA. 1t
was the climax of his sporting career,
and brought him more fame than all
his other. achievements put together
Of course the money was nothing to
young. Vanderbilt. a pleasant feature
of the occurrence was the calmness
with which he stood his loss which
won the admiration of all his friends
He knows how to play like a gentle
man, and lose, too, which is more i'm
pOrtant," they say.
L was after dinner at Delmonico's
with some friends in his class at col
lege that the episode occurred.
Let's go to Canfields," suggested
one of the men after dinner. It's only
down the street"
All of them seemed to have bad luck.
They only had a few thousand dollars
among them, and this was gone in
about half an hour. Then young Van
derbilt asked, rs my check good ?"
Certainly, sir" said the banker.
Good for any amount"
Young Vanderbilt took a thousand
dollars worth of chips, and played them
away in five turns of the wheeI-2O0 at