The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-18
GOTHAM GOSSIP
(Ry Francis Phillips. Copyright 1910. by the National News Service. N. Y.)

(Ry Francis Phillips. Copyright 1910.
 by the National News Service. N. Y.) New York, Aug. 18-On the heels of
 the cabled report from London the
 other day that Claude Grahame White,
 the English aviator, who won the in-
 ternational trophy here last year at
 Belmont Park intended to marry
 Marie Campbell, the pretty daughter
 of Mrs. William Converse, of this city
 some surprise was occasioned by the
 announcement of the engagement of
 Eleanora Seers to young Harold Van-
 derbilt. At the time of the Belmont meet, Grahame White was much de- voted to Miss Seers, who accompanied him in several of his cross country flights and appeared to reciprocate the interest he made no effort to con- ceal he felt in her.
 A report was circulated at the 2 time that they were engaged but this was later denied. Subsequently it was stated that the aviator who was very popular here, planned to marry
 Girl'' of the Liberty Bells' musical
 comedy company Some strength was
 given to this by the fact that they
 sailed away for England together at the close of the meet Nothing has
 been heard of the matrimonial aspir- ations of the aviator since then. un-
 til the cabled report reached here
 here early in the week of his new
 conquest.
 The friends of the young man in
 New York are inclined to doubt it's
 authenticity in view of the frequency
 with which his name has been asso-
 ciated from time to time with differ
 ent young women to whom he has
 been erroneously reported to be en-
 gagged. Miss Seers, who is one of the
 most prominent heiresses, with an
 athletic bent in the country, has had
 somewhat of a similar experience, her . name having been coupled with no
 less than dozen eligible young men
 to whom she was reputed to have
 surrendered her heart and hand
 As in each of these previous cases. her present capitu1ation is denied, but -in this instance the general impress sion among her friends is that the announcement, while premature. as in 1. the case of the engagement of Mildred -cally correst. It is known that she has regarded the attentions of young Vanderbilt with marked favor for several months and that the possibil- -ity of an alliance with this family. of, which the Duchess of Marlborough displeasing to her. A formal an- nouncement of the young peoples engagement is looked for in the fall, with a brilliant society wedding in the early part of the year.
 { Much interest has been excited here by the story of Henry Kurt Steinruck, a handsome German actor, who says he is in receipt of $2,000 a year from some mysterious source in Europe. Steinruck is the son of a we'll to do merchant in Dresden and was banish- ed from Germany several years ago because of the interest taken in him by the Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, former wife of the present King Frederick Augustus. He affects to be much worried over the reports that the memoirs of the former Crown Princess to be published shortly in London, contain some reference to his incarceration in a 1unatic asylum and subsequently, led to his enforced de- portation to a retreat in the moun- tains. The actor is now happily mar ried to the daughter of a wealthy brewer of Hanover and says he fears any intimate portrayal of his adven- lures with the Crown Princess will involve him so deeply that he will never be, able to return to his native land.
 I happened to be standing beside a baby carriage in the care of a maid who was attached to a family with which my parents were acquainted" satd Steinruclx. explaining his relations with the Princess. 'aThe baby was crying. Imagine my surprise when the royal carriage containing the CrUwn Princess and her lady -in-wait- ing stopped directly in front of US, and Her Highnem offered some candy to the youngster, who Immediately oeased yelling. Then she turned to me and sa4d, is he yours?' The baby lopks so pretty thought you must be hiss father, for you are the prettiest boy in Saxony.' This remark of hers quite. turned my head, and was respon-