Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
Newport, Sept. %.
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w soonest and richest
widows OF New York, say Yes" to
that modern Croesus of interna-
tional society, James j. Van Allen,
and thus cause his charming daugh-
ter, Miss May Van Allen much an
glish of mind, negative all her STEP
mamma-against stratagems and
battles, and destroy once and for
all time Mr.. Van Aliens fondness
for widows?
In the clubs on Fifth avenue
and in Newport odds are three to
one that she will.
There have been many widows
in Mr.. Van Aliens life. OF all kinds,
there have been a bakers dozen.
All have been pretty.
Mr.. Van Allen, son-in-law OF the
late Mrs. Aston and oldest brother
in-law of Colonel Jack Aston, is
most desirable parti. He has
houses and lands, stocks and
bonds. He owns a gray stone man
sion in Newport, palace in New
York and a castle in England. He
is so rich-he can wear monocle
and an old Panama hat! He keeps
a flock of sheep to crop his New
port lawns, and he could pave his
driveway with diamonds II ne
wanted to.
The widows who have interested
him have known all this. It looked
good to them.
Miss May Van Allen, who values
her liberty and papa's as she does
her life, knows it, too. A little
widow is a dangerous thing and
eternal vigilance is the price OF
freedom OF words to that effect
oh, the times daughter has had to
crush papa's romantic yearnings!
There, for instance, was the
beautiful Countess Fabbricotti,
luscious and lovely as any peach.
ready to fall into his mouth. Sue
cess seemed ready to perch on heT
treetop when william K. Wander
bilt, senior, appeared as a rival.
In playing one against the other
the lovely Countess lost both! An,
the poor Countess! :,
She has since consoled herself,
but she is the only one OF James
Us widows to do so!
When the Fsbbricotti episode
closed James ]. came back to New
port. III try widows" he SAID
"but they must be home bred,
In Newport he found the stump
tuous Mrs. Gambrill. This was
great find for Jimmy! Mrs. Gam
Drills husband had died, leaving
her one son and several millions
of dollars. Some of this money
she spent in building a genuine
French chateau on Bellevue avenue
and in developing some wonderful
gardens. -
Mr.. Van Allen looked upon her
and found her good He likewise
found a rival on the doorstep. Mr..
Egerton Winthrop, senior.
Oh, the fun Newport had! The
two well-dowered handles strug-
Cling for the smiles of the charm
ing widow. , =
earnest. He courted the widow IN
daylight and moonlight. He fairly
lived in her lovely rose garden,
wnere there was a secluded sum
mer house. Mr.. Winthrop. blocked
every move his rival MADE. ne
widow had two steady cavaliers.
and apparently enjoyed IT,
The public bus drivers even
scented the fun. They would stop
their buses in front of the
chateau and shrilly say, Here
lives the, Widow Gambrill, who can
have Jimmy Van Alien if she wants
him, but she also likes Egie Win
thropi"
This is actual factor was until
the police stopped it. Have you ever
heard the bus drivers at Newport
explaining things to the marvelling
tourist? No?
Just when all seemed propitious
for Jimmy, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs
appeared on the scene and the
humorous bus drivers changed
their tune! Here lives the
Widow Gambrill. who let Mrs. Her.
mann Oelrichs take Jimmy Van Allen
away from her!"
The season closed. Mr.. Van Allen
returned to England still uncaught
and unwed. And there he found
widow number 4--the dazzling.
dArhssyed brunette. the fascinating