The Washington times., 1905-07-30
BARRYMORE
:. MATCH CURIOUS
Both Could Have Done
Financially Better.
PURE LOVE is BACK OF 1T
He Has Great Social Prestige and
E Shows Evidences of Consid
erable Talent.

LONDON. July 1s.--somethir6 Of a |
mild sensation has been caused in social
circles here by the announcement. of the
engagement between Capt Harry era
ham and Ethel Barrymore.
Financially, the captain is not much of
a. catch. He is, however. a swell of the
first order. is received at court, moves
In the best circles, and is a great lady's
man.
As he is no devotee of the strenuous
r life by which fame and fortune are
achieved. it was generally expected he
would solve the problem of getting
: through this world in the easiest and.
most comfortable fashion by marrying
money.
Might Have Had Her 2ek.
And Miss Barrymore, with her beauty
and wit, and the social prestige she en-
Joys here through her intimacy with the
/. Duchess OF Sutherland. might have had
. the pick of a score of wealthy bachelors,
and thereafter would have been able to
crafty the most luxurious tastes with
so,rt any necessity Of having recourse to
the stage.
Even cynics, therefore. are forced to
the conclusion that it is a love match
on both sides.
But no date has yet been set for the
wedding. The old adage about the fire.
8. auent slips that occur between the cup
j and the Iip may again be verified.
= According to ruraor, Miss Barrymore
has twice before been engaged.
Under Contract
At present she is under contract TO
!. Frohrnan TO play the role of the mother
: in "Alice, Sit by the Fire in America
this fall That engagement takes pre-
I cedence OF her matrimonial one, and she
: will start for New York in August to
: fill It. ~ 5
the theatrical profession altogether after
= her marriage. She can command much
larger salary in it than the prospective
s bridegroom has yet been able TO earn.
He is now filling an easy billet as prl-
~>vate secretary TO Lord Roseoery VINO
since he elected TO plow a lone poiltlcai
furrow, has not counted for much in the
game of partisan warfare
= On Minto's staff.
Prior to that he was for over five
q wears on the staff of Lord Minto when
he was governor general of Canada. It
was in that most aristocratic of regi-
i ments, the CoIdsream Guards, that he
. attained the rank of captain, but ne re-
signed his commission some years ago,
He has a good figure for soldier
standingzwe well over six feet, ana ne
reaI1ys{s Clever He has published sew
eral Volumes OF nonsense and satirical
verse the best known Of which Is en-
..NTiSraT1raSRr9Ta tive Men.
They reveal an ability capable OF
much better work if he could be induced
: TO take himself and life seriously But
there is plenty of time for that, as he
{ Is only thirty.
. His father. Sir Henry John Iowndes
Graham, has a $4,000 year billet in the
, house of lords, being officially styled
''cIerk of parliaments." That means he
= Is head clerk of the whole establish
ment-
Dignity and Prestige
The office is one of considerable dig
! nifty and social prestige and among thu
: : perquisites attached 10 IT is a superb
] suite of apartments in the upper house
: There Captain Harry makes his hom'
s with him
Sir Henry has been twice married HE
> first wife was the daughter OF Ear
: Cranbrook and his second a daughre
OF the Marquis Of Northampton.
Captain Harry is a second son by th
2 first marriage, He has host of aris
tocratc connections. and, so far as in
: fuence can help him along, he cal
= count on a lot of it.
- For some years Miss Barrymore ha
E been IN the habit Of spending her sum
i ners in England. While in London sh
is invariably the guest of the Duches
OF Sutherland at her Dalatial town res
= idence. Stafford House. II was ther
: the captain met and wooed her.
- But since the engag cement was an
nounced she has taken private apart
8 ments in Charles street. Mayfair, pre-
r sumably that she may be nearer 10 he
fiance The house is only o. short dis
! tance from Lord Rose5ery's town resi-
{ ; dence in Barclay Square. where Captain
Graham goes daily 10 attend 10 hi
secretariaI duties.