The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28

M. c. P which signify Mary Cav
endish Pangborn, will adorn the top of
the trunk in gold.
The gown will lie in a nest Of pale
blue satin, quilted over down. II is
even intimated that when the box
the compartments viii be found some
thing from the jewel section of the
French exhibit which viii cause her
eyes to open wider than even When
the king sends a box as a mark of
especial favor to his eyes-she whom
the king delighted to honor.
And now for the reason for this cur
ious mark of distinction. Investiga-
ton at once uncovers a romance. Mon
sieur La Grave, the French commits
sioner general sent over by the French
government, turns out to be very de-
voted admirer of Miss Pangborn; their
acquaintance dates back to a meeting
abroad many months ago. He IS
bachelor.
When the appointment came to NJ.
La Grave as official representative OF
France to the St. Louis exposition he
saw his opportunity to pay memoir
able compliment to Miss Pangborn- At
the opening Of the French department
of the exposition ne should beg her
condescenSion to act as a sort of spon-
sor and christen the building. AS
mark of appreciation, as unusual as II
was Irresistible to the feminine heart,
he would beg her to accept an official
Observation-Disclosures gown most pleased
ner in the French mOdistes' exhibit
should be hers.
And so it came about that during the
building of the exposition Miss Pang-
born spent many months in St. Louis,
/ first as the guest of Mrs. William kaV-
anaugh, whose seven thousand acre
estate, Selma Hall, is one of the finest
on the banks of the Mississippi, and
later as the guest of Mrs. ABBY Chou
teau-names to conjure with in St
Louis. And on the afternoon OF May
/ 16 Miss Panghorn was the guest Of the
French commissioner general, NJ La
/ Grave, at the glorious tete IN IhS
French Gardens, which was the oficlal
opening of the French section OF the
| exposition. NJ. La Grave named new
and very lovely rose, planted in the
| Gardens, Mary Pangborn, in honor
of the Baltimore girl, and then num-
bly, made known to her the addltionaI
and unique compliment alleauy SA-
Mary Pangborn. of Baltimore, VINO
| has been SO particularly distinguished,
| is a direct descendant of the Mont
nickets Of Scandinavia, who on Has
| tings battlefield fought for William the
| Conqueror and lived to see him crown
ed king. Her hand has held the
| throttle of a Russian locomotive IN a
| drive of sixty miles across the Tekka
/ Desert of Persia while high servants
of the car applauded her- Sne mas
guided a young and untamed ara a.
horse over the battlefield of Alexander
the Great and before the day had end
cd 50 won the heart of the beautiful
animal that it begged as plainly as a
horse can beg to remain with her al
! WAYS In Baltimore at smart rune
lions she is socially as spirlted-ano
always as graceful and tactfuL
| Miss Pangborn during trips abroad
with her father, Major Joseph G.
Pangborn. on official and semi official
errands. has often been called upon
to be the hostess to her father
guests and the manner in Whlch she
acquitted herself in a difficult role at
tracted everywhere sincere admira-
ton. For Mary Pangborn, be II IN
derstood is not only a woman OF more
than ordinary good looks, but she
Possesses a ready wit and the smart
ness and the innate adaptab iIlty tht
true American girl somehow always
has and one hopes always Will have tc
| astonish and charm those Foreign tc
Major and Miss Pangborn hav,
now taken up their residence in st
Louis Their new home is at S75i
Westminster place, one of the pleas
ATTEST residential sections OF the olC
; city. Major Pangborn is in charge o.
the Baltimore & Ohio's exhibit in th'
transportation building and the di
rector of other interests with which
the officials of a number of hrst-clas
powers are interested
Miss Pangborn's exploits in drivinl
= / a locomotive across the Tekka desert
and of her tanning, by her magnihcen
horsemanship, a fiery Arabian steed
on the famous battlefield outside tn
ancient city of Merv, were in the com
| pany of a party which included
Prince Hilkoff, imperial minister o
ways of communication for the Rus
the president OF the Field Columbian