The Iola register., 1902-08-15
AN AMERICAN GIRL
Ihe Crown Prince of Germany Would
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Paris, Aug. 12.-The Paris Matin
which printed a story yesterday to the
effect that the German crown prince
had had violent interview with his
father, in which he expressed the de-
sire to renounce his rank and give up
his claim to the throne in order to
marry for love, says today that Miss
GLADYS Deacon, daughter of the late
Edward Parker Deacon, is the object
OF the young princes affection.
The paper adds that Miss Deacon
told Prince Frederick William that
she would never consent to a morgan
attic alliance and IL he desired to
marry her full religious and legal
ceremony would be necessary. Three
days after Miss Deacon's avowal the
crown prince gave her a ring which he
had sworn to give to nobody except
his wife. 1t was present he had re-
ceived from his grandmother, the late
Empress Frederick.
The Matin says that at the last
meeting of father and son the emperor
stamped and swore Hohenzollern
prince should never marry, inorganic
tically or otherwise, girl of common
American clay, however beautifully
nodded.
The prince and Miss Deacon met at
Blenheim palace on the oscasion of
the princes visit to his granduncle,
the king of England. Both prince
and fair commoner are of the same
age, and it was case of reciprocal
love at first sight. The emperor had
asked the king to see that the prince
got an insight into the rural life of
the English aristocracy; and the king
secured him an introduction to the
Marlboroughs, with whom Gladys
Deacon was visiting.
The young Hohen2ollern unduly
protracted his stay, led n cotillon
every night with Miss Deacon, and
returned only when ordered to do so
by the emperor. Last spring the
prince got permission to visit Lucerne
for three days, which he extended to
ten days because he met Miss Deacon
there. Being chastised by the em-
peror for his disobedience, the prince
threatened to do as did the Austrian
archduke, who took the name Of John
Orth and renounce his rights to the
throne for the sake of the woman he
loved. The prince said he would
rather have the heart and hand of the
American girl than rank or purple, or
even the throne of the German empire.
The Matin is regarded as conserva-
tive, for a Paris paper. 1t prints
more telegraph news than any other
French newspaper.
Miss Mary Gladys Deacon, who is
credited with having won the affec-
tions of the young prince, is the old
est daughter of the late Edward
Parker sDeacon, who, February 2l,
1892, at Cannes, France, shot and
killed Emile Abeille, a wealthy French
clubman, whom he suspected of being
his wife's sweetheart. Deacon was
imprisoned at the time, tried at Nice,
committed and sentenced to one year S
Imprisonment. In September Of the
same year he was pardoned by Presi-
dent Carnot and released.
Mrs. Deacon is a daughter of the
late Admiral Charles II. Baldwin, Z
S. NJ, and was a New York belle al
the time of her marriage to Deacon in
1879. Shortly after the marriage the
Deacons moved to Paris, where they
lived until the time of the scandal
that broke up their family life. They
moved in the best society and Mrs
Deacon was favorite. Deacon him
self was retiring by nature and OF &
somewhat eccentric mind but the
marriage seemed to be happy. Foui
children were born TO them, all daugh
ters and were named Marie Gladys
Ida Audrey, Dorothy Evelyn anC
Ida Audrey and Edith florence. Al
soon as Deacon was released from
prison he went to Paris to bring sui
for divorce and custody of his child
len, who, till then had remained will
the mother.