Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
OELAMAR'S LUCK
STILL WITH HIM
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-New York was
interested but not surprised to learn
out in a suit for possession of Nevada
mines said to be worth millions Of dol
lars. It was merely another evidence
of the "Delamar luck" which has long
been a byword among New York
financiers. ~,
Delamar, who has spent the greater
part of his time in this city during re-
cent years, is known as the modern
Monte Cristo. His career seems to JUS
tify the nickname.
Born in Holland about sixty-five
years ago, Captain Delamar gained his
title on the deck of a coast steamer.
Out in Colorado, where he engaged in
mining, politics and anything else that
came to hand, he was known as plain
Joe Delmar.
After fortune favored him in the west
he sought for wider fields, social fields,
to conquer. He went to Washington
and earned the proud distinction of
giving a number of receptions where
the band played and the walters wait
ed for the guests that never came.
Then he thought the air elsewhere
would be more congenial. In all things
odFO lildtlllHOiiy l1Oldilieil pIONcIOicl
luck stuck by him. But when he tried
his hand at the marriage game he
met with but poor success.
Meets Widow Sands
In the early '90s a feature Of the after
noon parade along Fifth avenue was
the acustomed stroll of pretty Nellie
Sands and her sequally handsome
mother, so youthful in appearance that
ch ha m hn H.
daughters sister. The widow Sands
was poor, and Nellie was badly gowned.
At this stage of the game Captain
Delamar appeared on the scene. His
chief recommendation was his money,
which even at that time amounted to
many millions.
1t is said that he was the mothers
devoted admirer until he saw her
daughter Nellie, and then he lost his
heart to her. Before the honeymoon
was over Mrs Sands concluded to ac-
cept the situation, and a happy three
cornered household lived in peace and
harmony for some time.
The Delamars went to Paris, and
Mrs. Delamar was considered the most
beautiful American there. Her beauty
became almost craze, and she gained
social success in the French capital
that she had not exactly succeeded in
obtaining on tnlS side or the water.
But Delamar was extremely jealous
of his beautiful wife, and apparently
without cause. He was a monomaniac c
on the subject of permitting his wife to
talk to anyone. He was particularly
jealous of the glances of admiration
thrown by young men at Mrs. Dalamar.
This idiosyncrasy did more to prevent
their social success in America than all
the other objections put together.
lnsaneIy Jealous
Capt. Delamara pparently could not
understand the social ethics which per-
mitted that his wife should receive the
acknowledgment Of an after-dinner
call from the men who had accepted
their dinner invitations. Much less did
he see the courtesy in the offer OF few
flowers or box of bonbons from the
men who had the honor of her acquain-
tance AS for holding a court of ad-
mirers at her afternoon or evening at
home, as the case might be, 1t was not
to DO thought of. Even in their box at
the horse show or opera his icy glare
was sure to chill the ardor of the unsus-
pecting caller
Finally the situation reached a climax
and the Delamars agreed to disagree
Capt. Delamar instituted proceedings in
Paris for an absolute divorce and the