River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-09-10

PEW YORK.-Who is to be
NJ the lucky man?
~ London matrons with el1gl-
BILE sons, earls, barons and
plain sirs, are asking each
~ ] other this important ques-
tion every day. Who is to be the fairy
prince who is going to carry OF the
prize of the 1908 season, beautiful
Miss Margaretta Drexel, only daugh-
ter of Anthony J. 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, ST., the Philadelphia banker,
left an estate of $30,000,000. Fifteen
years after his death it has much en-
HANGED. Miss Drexel stands to divide
it with her two brothers.
Her father, Anthony ]. 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, just touched with the roses OF
youth. Two little dimples make their
homes in her cheeks and there is a
tiny red mouth like Cupid's bow. She
has the broad, low brow that artists
delight in, all crowned with 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 poise-she shows voice that has
been wondrously trained, though it
has only the strength for the drawing
room. Perhaps she is at her best in
her own home accompanying herself
on 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
to doing her charities where she is
better fitted to bestow them.
Mrs. Drexel, who was Miss Margar-
tia Armstrong of Philadelphia, herself
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, it 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