The evening world., 1903-11-06
This Time Beautiful Nellie
\ Sands, After Five Years of
Single Life, Becomes Wife of
James R. Hatmaker.
WAS PRIVATE SECRETARY
TO CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
Wedding In Paris Recalls a Fa-
nous Romance and Divorce
The Present Nuptiais Are the
Result of Love Alone.

rho wedding Of James r. Hatmaker
Dor many a private secretary to thu
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Mrs. Nclli,
Sands De L. Mar. news Of which wal
eabled from Paris. has caused untoit
gossip IN the upper circles Of society
Asrs. where both principals are well
Known.
Mrs. De In Mar has for several years
been the acknowledged beauty Of the
american colony in Paris, and rumorl
Of her engagement to men Of title,
wealth and social prominence have been
numerous since her divorce from aged
Capt. De Ia Mar.
Her life has been full Of q and
tn incidents would furnish tho material
Cor q lengthy society novel. and like the
tcmances Of fiction q happy chapter
seems to mark the end Of her career as
Mrs. De Ia Mar.
Founded on Love Alone.
Her marriage with Mr.. Hatmaker L
believed to be the elimination OF an
attachment that Ia founded on love
nlore, for he In not known to be
wealthy. that is, al wealth Is reckoned
In these days of multi-millionaires. He
vas, as said. for years the secretary
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and IL supposed
20 be one of the best posted men in
was left 5000 In his former employers
will. For h last four years he has
resided In London.
Mrs. De la Mar was originally Nellie
Virginia Sands. With her mother, the
widow Of a well-to-do druggist. she was
summering at Narragansett Pier In 1892,
when she met Capt. De lar Mar. She
wal e~ighteen-little more than a child
and he was fifty.
Capt. De la Mai had beer the favored
football Of fortune. Born in Holland of
= French father and a Dutch mother.
DO had eany taken to the sea. He drift
I'd to Chicago and then to the West.
where he located a mine which he final
Sy acquired full control Of and which is
estimated to have made him a fortune
of $500 900.
Promises of Luxury.
He was captivated by the beauty Of
Nellie Sands INT won her heart, It Is
said, by the promises of wealth and lux
ury he made her. They were married
May. 1898.
Both desired social position, and the
t'aptain purchased a magnificent home
on Madison avenue. Society was cold,
however, and they moved to Paris. Here
Mrs. De la Mars beauty swept the field,
End abroad she war ,1ken UP and made
u pet of by the most exclusive circles
" the French capital.
Capt. De la Mar was intensely Jealous.
N when he was recalled from the
orient, where they were spending the
winter. ON business. he CHANGED upon a
packet of letters in his wife's desk. He
possession of their child, AND
then sued for and secured q decree Of
divorce. That was In 1898. He made a
settlement on his wife and to
provide handsomely for her whether
me married again or not.
Since then Mrs. De la Mars engage
ment to various men prominent in So
ciety has been rumored at intervals.
he marriage to Mr.. Hatmaker
proved a complete surprise. She is pos
OF wonderful beauty, having a |
slight, superb..y moulded figure. titan
ladr and deep brown eyes. She has been
by nearly all the prominent
portrait artists of Europe.