The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-14
Approved Lord Granard's
Wooing of Miss Beatrice
Mills From The First.
ONE OF FAMOUS TWINS.
Kings Master of Horse Guest
of Mills at Newport
in September.

Ogden Mills, the father OF the Mills
twins, not only confirmed to-day the
announcement that his daughter Bea-
trice the elder by minutes of the two
beautiful young women. had engaged
herself TO wed the Earl OF Granard,
King Edwards Master OF Horse. but
expressed delight at the betrothal.
Seem in his Offices in the Mills Build
ing the millionaire parent of the IA
NOUS TWINS beamed with a radiant smile
when asked about the report from Lon
don that his daughter had consented to
become the Countess OF Granard
'Yes. It is true" said Mr.. Mills, and
II was only through an unfortunate
error that the report was denied from
my home at Stats burg ou-the- Hudson
An over Jealous servant did not know
that we were about to announce the en-
gagement and thinking that we wished
It kept quiet, went TO tho extreme of
denying it.
Mrs. Mills to Fix the Date.
..afy daughter Is now AZ Staatsburg,
where the Earl will Join her In a week.
He will sail In a day or two. Just
when the marriage will take place and
where, l cannot say. That is all being
controlled by Mrs. Mills.
I'VE all thoroughly approve Of Lord
Granard. We have had an opportunity
of studying him at close range and adj
mire him immensely. lie is very high
type OF English gentleman and has ex-
tensive ancestral estates in ireland.
From the first / considered him n
worthy suitor for my daughters hand
and 1 am thoroughly convinced that
they love each other devoted!y.
Before my daughter left England
It was arranged that the Earl should
mako the first announcement of the
engagement IN London. All OF our
friends have known about It for some
time and the denial made at Staatsburg
must have set them wondering"
According to the London newspapers.
the Earl of Granard himself sent the
telegram to the papers requesting the
announcement of his engagement to
Miss Mills. The Daily Mail this morn.
ing. after making the announcement,
adds:
This interesting authorized announce
ment confirms the rumors in circula-
ton last september, when the Earl OF
Granard was spending his birthday an
niversary in America"
Sir Bernard Arthur William Patrick
Hastings Forbes is the Earl of Ora
nard's full name.
Miss Beatrice Mills is tall and
stately, an ardent admirer of golf and
tennis and an expert horsewoman. In
1900 she carried off the silver loving cup
offered by Mrs. Herman b. Duryea in
the Newport competition.
She made her debut in society with her
twin sister. Gladys. now Mrs. Henry
Carnegie Phipps, OF Pittsburg, and once
II was reported that Miss Beatrice was
to marry Lord Howard de Walden.
Earl Was MiIls's Guest.
The Earl of Granard. in his capacity as
Master of the Horse, attends to the
cream colored six of the King as he
drives to the House OF Lords. lie is a
colonel in the English army. The Earl
is tall. dark compleNioned, handsome
man OF thlrty-tOur. lie succeeded his
father in the eardom in 1889.
When Mr.. and Mrs Mills returned
from Europe last August they were &C
Companleu oy the Earl, VINO was their
guest at Newport for few weeks. be
fore he started on tour of the United