The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-13

duchess of Manchester" It required
very little common sense and certainly
no self denial on the part of a sensible
young woman to refuse the duke of
Manchester.
1t is rumored that Miss Goelet's next
sutton was Prince Francis of Teck-
frlnce Francis was not bad looking, but
ne was very much older than Miss
Goeiet He was so poor that his fam
lily mad to stOOp to selling the ancestral
furniture to keep up appearances. He
was avowedly in search of helDmeet
who could drag him out of the slough
OF poverty. He sued for Miss Goelet's
hand and fortune, but was rejected.
Prince Henry of Orleans has been
rumored to be the next royal sutton in
line for the hand of Miss Goelet. Prince
Henry's weakness for the green baize
and the footlightS is phenomenal. His
hlghneSs is not much of scholar and is
nothing of a conversationalist The re-
ports of his eScapades have been food
ror some of the richest gossip of Paris.
AS title Prince Henry is attractive,
put as husband he really doesn t
qualify, and it was folly to suppose
that clear-eyed American girl would
overlook what even young French
woman with the European awe of his
title and the European belief in the
marriage de CONVEYANCE could not ac-
ceDt. So Miss Goelet repealed his ad
Nalces ana he went back to Europe
without his coveted bride
Little Lord Scott, son of the Duke OF
Buccleuch, who was next mentioned as
sutton for $40, 0OO. 900 and Miss Goelet
may be passed over with a very few
WORDS He is a very tiny Young man
trying hard to raise rnustache He
reminds one of a cigarette advertise
ment. He met the fate of his Drede-
cessors VINO knelt at Miss Goelet's feet.
Next came the Earl of Shaftesbury
a young, amiable and good looking gen
tleman. 1t is claimed for him that all
ne needs is tanner" Miss Goelet de-
clned to perform that office for him.
Ihe duke Of Roxburghe is perhaps the
most eligible man from an American girls
point of view, who has ever sued for the
hand of Miss Goelet- He is thoroughly
| dlgnifed, not bad looking, not poor even
for duke. His family and the title are
even more influential than those of the
duke of Marlborough, and his duchess
would be received in the heart of the roy
al family. The duke is even interesting
but not interesting enough to win Miss
/ Goelet's heart
Two German barons successfully paid
court to this fair young American, but re-
/ turned to the fatherland disconsolate
Then came old Prince Hohenlohe, who
despite his historic lineage was unable tc
win the heiress.
Out of the long list of triun1phs which
have followed her all over the worl6
there have crept rumors of three ron1ances
in the four short years of her life in So
/ ciety. The hero of the first was the voune
| vlscount Crichton, reported the handsom-
est man in London. 1t was said that Miss
/ Goelet sent him to South Africa with tn,
| promise that If he returned with the Vic
toria Cross she would marry him. Then
gossip had it. that Captain Ames, tn,
tallest and one of the bravest officers il
the British army, whom Miss Goelet me-
at garden party, was in favor. The las
report was that young Craig Wadsworth
attache at the American legation in Lon,
don, popular cotillon leader and an ex
/ rough rider head nd ba
fore all others These three men are very
much of one type and, if rumor is true
it is easy to see what sort of man Mis-.
Goelet likes.