Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19


NJ the lucky man?
| ~ London matrons with eligi-
- bic sons, earls, barons and
i y y | 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 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.OOO,O00 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
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
Iashes and complexion of ivory
white, Just 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 poise-she shows voice that has
been wondrously trained, though II
has only the strength for the drawing
room. Perhaps she is at her best in
on her guitar, which she plays with al
the fervor and grace of the Spaniard.
More than this-the Drexels have
always been devoted to the church
1t was whispered when Miss Drexe
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 year:
they insisted upon her seeing some
thing of life before leaving. it forever
And now-so it is said-Miss Drexe
has decided that she will not forsakt
the world forever, but devote hersel
to doing her charities where she il
better fitted to bestow them.
Mrs. Drexel who was Miss Margar
tia Armstrong of Philadelphia, hersel
a beautiful matron, appreciates clothes
and spends a fortune annually upol
her raiment and as much more upol
her daughters
ssShe would look lovely in anything,
laughs London but when she come
out in something from Worth or Dou
Get or Paquin, it is little wonder tina
she creates a sensation
During the London season whicl
has now ended Miss Drexel has bee
the admiration of all London society
Few girls in the smartest set hav
ever enjoyed the buzz of admiration
that has greeted her entrance into
drawing room Few hare met hi
majesty, the king, on such cordia
terms.
OF course, Miss H--1el has ha
more than one eligible sutton, mos
of them with titles, but she remain
fancy free and heart whole. She is Ell
joying the delights of life close to tn
throne with all the ardor of a youn
girl just out of her teens She know
perfectly well that she mustn't be cal
ried OF with is-she has the discrin
mating eye of woman much olde
than she is herself.