The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-09-23
AN IvANHoe TEST FOR LOVE.
Miss Ellenors Sears Requires Valorous
Deeds OF Two Suitors.

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Deeds OF Two Suitors.
Newport, Sept l7.-Miss Ellenora
X. Sears, the society girl, who plays
polo, golf and tennis, rides to the
mounds, shoots hunts, boxes, fences
and goes in for divers and sundry 9th.
, er sports with vim and dash that
! have won her worldwide reputation
has two rivals for her hand. Paul j.
Rainey, the arctic hunter, and Harold
| S. Vanderbilt, the son of Mrs. o. II.
p. Belmont. 1t was rumored today
that she had made her choice. but she
declined absolutely to discuss the mat
| ter.
Inc rivalry between the shooter of
polar bears and young Mr.. Vanderbilt
| is said to have reached a stage where
they are going to be put to the test
not unlike those to which the ladies'
fair Of the middle ages subjected their
knights. In other words Miss Sears
is going to make the lucky sutton go
some to get her.
Rainey she sent almost to the north
pole to get her some bear pelts. Be
fore he sailed toward the top of the
world early in June it was rumored
he had begged the young lady to give
him letter to be opened in the ice
fields in which he would be informed
how he stood in her heart. He wanted
a yes" or 'no" in this letter, and he
got letter, but, judging from the at
ttude of the much-sought.afte maid
upon his return, it contained neither a
yes" nor a mo-" but probably told
him that after he got the bear pelts
she wanted he would have to 90 a bit
more
And while young Rainey was away
amid the aurora borealises, II. S. Van
derblt has been having his turn at
going some and by rapid strides is be-
coming an athlete like unto which no
one has yet appeared in his distin-
guished family. To follow the foot
steps of the light of his life, Harold
has had to play tennis in the broiing
sun, golf till the soles of his feet
cracked and tryout an occasional
bucking broncho when he would ave
much preferred reclining upon a silk
en- divan,
Miss Sears is not the sort of girl
who cares to sit out dances or loll
back in the cushions of a Victoria
while her SWANS whisper sweet little
things in her ears. Said sutors can
whisper their sweet things as they
take a Shared fence or a water jump
with her, if they are skillful enough,
or they may murmur their love plants
over tennis net if they can get the
ball over and past Ellenora's terrific
back and forehand. Also it was al.
lowed to Mr. Rainey, who has been a
guest here to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Hartman, to relate his thrilling tales
of arctic hunting at some length, and,
if he were shrewd enough worm in a
word or so of love between killings.
Although a Bostonian, Miss Sears
does not go in heavily for Emersonian
culture. In fact, she is all for out
door life and is regarded by many as
the most robust girl of her genera
ton. She is an expert swimmer and
what she doesn't know about horse.
flesh has yet to be learned. She is
leader in almost every contest of skill
and strength that interests the ath-
letically inclined. She can run like
deer and outwalk all the Westons and
OLearys, her friends declare, and is
now turning her attention to aviation.
Miss Sears plays polo in trousers
and walks in a divided skirt She has
taken Harold Sterling Vanderbilt out
on some walks lately that have brought
him home in a state of weary wilt,
while his adored looked fresh as
daisy. Whether or not Miss Sears has
boxed with Harold has not yet come
forth from the buzz-centers of Cos
sip, but there are other young men
with whom the young lady has crossed
mitts who come off with the small
end of the encounter. The young lady
is just as expert in the Gym as
she is in the field, and has proved her
nrOwaSS at MANY nrivate eYhihitiOnS