The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-11

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NJ the lucky man?
~ London matrons with eligi'
BILE sons, earls, barons and
" plain sirs, are asking each
. . other this important ques
ton every day. Who is to be the fairy
prince who is going to carry Off the
prize of the 1908 season, beautiful
Miss Margaretta Drexel, only daugh-
ter of Anthony ]. Drexel, Jr, of New
York, Philadelphia and London.
To-day Miss Drexel, clever, viva
vious, rich, is regarded as the star
catch of London society. She Is
called the best-looking girl in London
and since the marriage of Miss Jean
Reid. her chum, daughter of the
American ambassador, Whitelaw Reid,
she takes precedence among all the
American girls now in the British
capital
1t may be added right here that her
grandfather, the late Anthony j.
Drexel, Sr., the Philadelphia banker,
left an estate of $3O,OOO,OOO. Fifteen
years after his death it has much en-
HANGED. Miss Drexel stands to divide
1t with her two brothers.
Her father, Anthony j. Drexel, Jr.,
inherited the bulk of the great for
tune. Since then he has made his per-
manent residence abroad. He and
Mrs. Drexel, together with their
daughter, Miss Margaretta, occasion
ally run over to this country. They
were here last winter, coming over in
the Mauretania.
But to Miss Drexel-the envy of
every other London girl to-day.
Hers is the beauty of the exquisite
patrician type. She has great, limpid
eyes of gray-blue, with long curling
lashes and a complexion OF ivory
white. lust touched with the roses OF
youth. Two little dimples make their
homes in her cheeks and there is
tiny red mouth like Cupid's bow. She
has the broad, low brow that artists
delight in, all crowned with a mass of
wavy chestnut hair. She is tall and
slender; her perfect figure makes her
the admiration of everybody wherever
she goes.
Miss Drexel is not of the butterfly
type. She is devoted to music; she
plays the cello with distinct feeling.
She sings with admirable technique
and pose-she shows voice that has
been wondrously trained, though 1t
has only the strength for the drawing
room. Perhaps she is at her best in
her own home accompanying herself
ion her guitar, which she plays with all
the fervor and grace of the Spaniard.
More than this-the Drexels have
always been devoted to the church.
1t was whispered when Miss Drexel
was getting ready to leave the con-
vent where she spent so many years
that she would eventually take the
veil. However, her parents prevailed
upon her to leave this for later years
they insisted upon her seeing some
thing of life before leaving it forever
And now-so it is said-Miss Drexel
has decided that she will not forsake
the world forever, but devote herself
20 doing her charities where she is
better fitted to bestow them.
} Mrs. Drexel, who was Miss Margar-
sta Armstrong of Philadelphia, herself
a beautiful matron, appreciates clothes
and spends a fortune annually upon
her raiment and as much more upon
her daughters.
"She would look lovely in anything"
laughs London, but when she comes
out in something from Worth or Dou-
Get or Paquin, 1t is little wonder that
she creates a sensation"
During the London season which
has now ended Miss Drexel has been
the admiration of all London society.
Few girls in the smartest set have
ever enjoyed the buzz Of admiration
that has greeted her entrance into
drawing room. Few have met his
majesty, the king, on such cordial
terms.
OF course, MIS- Drexel has had
more than one eligible sutton. most
of them with titles. but she remains
fancy free and heart whole. She is en-
1oying the delights of life close to the
throne with all the ardor Of young
girl just out Of her teens. She knows
perfectly well that she mustn't be car
Ned OF with it-she has the discrim-
mating eve Of a woman much older
than she is herself