Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-19
ABRuzz| YIELDS CHANCE FOR THRONE
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formal announcement Certainly h
will not be delayed later than that
Miss Elkins' Washington friends
have always felt that it was merely a
question of time when the engage
ment would be announced, and they
all feel sure that that time has now
arrived. They point out with pride
that it is not merely rank that Kath-
arine Elkins is marrying, but brains
and achievement that would have Won
distinction in whatever position the
man had been born to- They do not
i believe that settlements will figure
| to any extent in the preliminaries
/ They feel sure that even the consent
Of the king and parliament will not
prove stumbling block; that every
thing was arranged before the duke
eft Italy last month, and that it is
merely the courtesy that demands
| hat the king should have the frs
news that keeps the public snnou ace
ment for the present in allegiance
Once in while it happens in re Il
life just as the romancers tell about
| il in their novels.
Here is the royal Duke of tie Abruz-
| I'll cousin of the King of Italy who
might by not at all impossible chain
Of circumstances be called to the
throne himself, in love with a charm
ling American girl, forsaking hi, OH
cias duties, and preparing 10 rehopnce
his benefit of royalty for hes sake
travelling secretly to America us plain
Mr.. Sarto to enjoy the nappla q Of
her society, and eagerly declaring that
lie will not return to his native eoun-
try until he can take her with h5Es as
Ibis bride, at the same time asserting
that he will start for home soon i'it-
or Easter.
Members of the family Of Miss Ell
kins still decline to either affirm OK
deny the truth of the rurnor Of the en-
gagement, although it has been said
by intimate friends Of Mics T,lSins
that there is no definite engagement
vet to announce. 1t is believed by many
Of their friends that the duke and
Miss Elkins came to Washington tc
get the consent IF Ler father, tie sen
ator, and that his consent has not as
vet been Forthcoming. Neither the
Senator nor Mrs Elkins, nor airy mem
Tier Of their family, likes the idea OF
an international marriage. and they
will be slow to consent to the mar
| rage Of even so famous foreigner
as the Duke Of Anruzzi to their Young
| er daughter.
| Washington believes that any delay
| in the expected announcement Will De
iue only to the conditions arisins
| from the difference Of faith. The duke
| las made it amply evident that ne
| stands ready and anxious to waive the
/ claims that devolve upon him from hts
roval connection to the Italian throne
without the least hesitation, but IT y
recognized that he formality OF thai
proceeding requires some delay.
| Any difficulties that might arise from
the difference of faith, it is expected
there, would be readily removed
through the close friendship between
Cardinal Gibbons and Senator Elkins
The cardinal is always entertained
at least once season in the Elkins
home here. Senator Elkins' daughteg
lby his first marriage, Miss Elizabeth
Elkins, became Catholic during her
fathers service as secretary Of war
Her marriage to the late Edward
Bruning took place in st. Patrick
cathedral, New York, during her fa-
I+ba,.,s raaidence there