The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29
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WASHINulC-'' f""J bildes
"a instead of BRIDE was the lates
.Io M assigned to Miss Katherine Elkins
~. attendant at the Townsend -Gerr,
~sdding on May 26. Some may see il
',s picturesque situation dispositio,
I ,ha mart of the bridesmaid to wed al
-o-;can man herself, but just nov
r..hipgton is filled with exciting ru
or, 10 the contrary. a sudden reviva
,,rest in the International romance
a Miss Elkins and the Duke de Abruz
hos come about through reports from
.rnes tbe water to The effect that King
srdward's death has removed Il power
III har 10 the union of these unfortun.
sss Ioyers. King Edward s opposition
ann through his desire 10 see the wilful
pr;ncess ? Patricia Of Connaught welded
i u a member OF the Abruz2i family, and
III Influence strengthened the already
%ronp disapproval of Queen Marghar-
stfa 10 the marriage Of the duke and
me- American girl With the king IS
5sstb continental interest has awak.
sred in the long delayed match. and
|TashinctoniaDs just back from the
\ other side have much interesting gossip
/ h relate as TO the possibility Of .
happy denouement.
A Miss Elkins has taken her place in
Washington society this winter with
4 tho dignity and poise which speaks
we'll for American womanhood, for no
etAer eirl in the land has been so tried
4 Sy the fierce light of publicity, which
4 |kas beat upon her private lfe She is a
|jgmiliar figure these pleasant summer
'days riding her favorite mount in Rock
|Crtek Park, Occasionally she meets a
e7rtain carriage. driven at leisurely
race through the leafy aisles The
khite headed coachman on the box
bows low, and the elderly footmau
gins like Cheshire cat as Miss FL.
kbs calls checrlly in passing. How
',re you, Quade? | am glad 20 see you.
Alfred a" "That S Miss KathwYn FL.
'kips." lisped ycheeked, four
|sarold inside the carriage. to the gov
|tmess sitting beside her. 'Quade used
|to dwivc her when her papa was the
stretary.h for the carriage is the one
applied by the government for tho use
u the secretary OF war, The little
|itls who usually occupy it arc Martha
1nd Helen Dickinson. the grandchiT |
iftn OF the present secretary, who are
|riensely interested in the young lady !
tom Quade used to drive in the park, |
sisn she, too, WAS little girl
u Happy, Though Married.
."Why does not someone tell abouE
ne happy marriages between American
|{fb and foreign men7D exclaimed
|rtuber of the diplomatic corps the
Ehr day 'There arc the Duc and
|IEehess d'Arcos," he added, with an
t'quent gesture. In vulgar parlance,
;lE Is enough said, for the Due and
'Ehess d'Arcos. whose romance was as
<fsble in its day as that of Miss FL.
Ins and the Duke de AbguzZi. are an
|lhlly happy couple. and after ten
|ur of married lifo their happiness is
potent argument in favor Of intcrna
Enal alliances. especially love matches.
ne due and duchess, who ar. said to
extremely popular members of the
fsnlsh nobility, arrived in Washington
isw days ago on a visit 10 the dnch
p former home, The Duchess d Ar.
3 was Miss Virginia Bowery.
'asnlngton beauty in her first season.
'ae twenty years ago, when a slender
ing Spaniard of blue blood and great
psctatlons came as attache TO the
Canish legation. His first Official acf
Is 70 orlng about an international
[1phcatlon by losing his heart to the
E5ltehlng American girl, and he lost
ume IN calling on her father after
nne old fashion Of the Spanish
hndee.
Marry my daughter? No, indeed,''
pflaImed the irate parent, Inst the
Ae parent In an old-time novel. elf
q we're the spanish minister. j might
-sader your offer, sir, but an attache.
lts fathers refusal put blight
y" sae young couple. ard the love
1 aItache soon got himself removed
post; lt Is really charming love
G% Inc American girl would not
-~pey her father. even to marry
cSsPeetYe duke, but she refused TO
v anyone else, and the due served c
|plgei time for his bride than Jacob {
~u 1or the woman Of his choice.
~ YEARS passed and after the Span y
ameriean war n new minister came Y
n,sP'eseht Spain at the American /
a sh;'he Il. Duo d'Arcos. plus his title S
ns inheritance. Again he sued c
us hand of the girl he loved. now q
@u 10 be a beautiful. but sad-eyed S
a The Spanish minister won the n
'1ISsss denied to the Young attache, &
.us newly welded couple sailed
n iof their very own castle il
,irv duchess d'Arcos has speaking il
~ a. sweet and dulcet as the flute o
M. nightingale. 1t was this voice h
answered an old friend S greet |
The telephone lust after the o
afriya!. ami the happiness in t
2 ~ s 20 uumistakable that the friend p
4, ,JSns:lfalned TO -n"rmur, "And this, a
yas ".iug married 70 a SpaniIrd FOR q
Enter the Rianos. - =,
kssl.sa diplomats seem to be rather q