The Washington times., 1904-10-16
MRS CORNELA BAXTER TEVIS
Actor Earl, of Monte Carlo Fame, Loses
Beautiful American Widow Worth
$4,000 Year.

Mrs. Phipps went abroad and young
Mckee followed, and it is said Mr..
Fhipps had detectives follow both until
Air. PhibDs obtained his divorce on
September a, 1904, on the ground Of de-
sertion.
Mrs. Tevis' Debut in Paris.
Mrs. Tevis was Miss Cornelia Baxter,
daughter of Col George W. Baxter. Of
Knoxville. Tenn, former territorial gov
ernor of Wyoming and a wealthy cattle
owner.
She was educated at a convent In
Paris. When Miss Cornelia Baxter,
eighteen years old, lovely as dream
and gowued 20 the last cry OF Paris
fashion. first appeared at LOngchamps
on the day OF the Grand Prix, the great
racing event of the year in France, she
was voted at once the supreme beauty
Of that year, 1900. For a Ehile she en-
joyed the delights Of the adulatiOn CT
IAN Paris" Then her father, who did
not like il. took her 10 his then home
soon after that Miss Baxter's engage
meut to Gerald Hughes. lawyer, young
and rich and socially favored, was an
uouuCed Miss Baxter went 50 lar as 10
have her rousseau MADE. Inen shte
II was said that her lungs were anected.
Woman in a Dash.
There she met Hugh Teyls, many
times a millionaire. forty years old,
formerly distinguished as an athlete Of
Harvard. He began a whirlwind court
ship. Hughes. who had attended Miss
Baxter dev0tsdly at the California
coast resorts, returned 10 Denver, and
his health was said TO be precarious-
Even then it was announced that Miss
Baxter was 20 be his bride early ia 1901
Then Miss Baxter announced that she
was engaged 20 Tevis. The marriage
took place April 10, 1901. two weeks prior
10 the date that had been set for heI
Tevis and his bride started on a round
the-WO"ld tour from san Francisco. Al
Yokohama TeVis died. six weeks after
his marriage. Mrs. Fevis had child
a boz, who was afterWaFd named Hugh
She spent last summer at Bar HarbOr.
Last spring Mrs. Iev.s won socla
triumph iu London and Paris. IheH
she feu W Of typhoid fever and hel
golden hair was cut or. She regained
her beauty I'm short Itme and when
she returned 20 New York on the Cedric
last month there was e real social huttel
over her. There was talk on her arrival
that she was engaged 10 LORD hossiyh
because he had seen her on on on In, tne
steamer from Liverpool and had mani
Tested a deal OF devotion on that coca
sion. The talk quickly died, however.
One Of England's AristOcrats.
No man IN the world has had a higher
social standing than Lord RossIyn
James Francis St. clair Erskine. Hi
sisters are two Of the proudest an,
most beautiful women in England, thI
/ Duchess of Sutherland and the Counties
of Warwick. They are nearly as Ic>s
erful socially as ever was King Ed
ward when Prince Of Wales.
He was born IN the north country
and he shows traces Of Il IN his face
+ His hair is that peculiar reddish-brOwI
with the slightest suggestion Of a cur
. I'm IL which has long been associate,
with men from the north Of England
and his face has the red burned loci
. which comes from a life Ga the open ain
HOsslyn has had more than a fair shar
+ of this, Tor much OF bis life has beel
spent out OF doors. lie IS an eScel.en
shot, and q fierce CTOss-COuntry rider
I and supported a pack of fox hounds 70
/ two seasons himself.
/ His eyes are his worst features. 10
4 they are rather small and without niue.
E expression, but this may be due 10 IN
B stOtcal expression which every English
/ man CultiyaIes as the only one permits
E sible TO good form. His teeth are SINAI
[ and fairly regular and white. He Coul
/ not be called "a handsome man. but b
is distinctly a manly one.
/ He Is muscular. about feet 2 inChe
/ tail. broad In proportion, and weigh
. about 100 pounds. He is "a splendid typ
/ of the Oarsmau. but devoted himsel
/ principally 20 cricket when he was a
/ college. Golf is another favOTite spOrt
/ He has a place near the most fansOu
golf links in the world, St. Andrew.
Scotland and he plays a great deal.
His Early Career.
The earl was predestined 20 a certai
kind OF fame from birth. At Elton h
+ developed celebrity by dressing ia We
mems clothes and proving that he c3ul
. execute d ballet dance as well as an
/ coryDhee iu Covent Garden. At OXfor
I he became renowned in amateur tht
atrlcaIs. His terpsichorean and thespia
studies ended he gained information,
reu0Wu as the author of an infalibi
. system 10 beat the game at roulette au
/ baccarat. An enthusiastic and mas
uetic young peer this. Every true-b0T
I lEuRlishman loves a lord. and when th
Earl OF ROsslyn announced that he Wa