The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-11
GOTHAM GOSSIP


 1 (By Francis Phillips, Copyright 1919. by the National News Service. N. Y)
 New York, March 10-With the ad- l vent of Lent and the enforced sus-
 pension of all formal social entertain
 ments, society is finding exhlaration l in following the matrimonial ambi-
 tions of young Alfred Gwynne Van ! derbilt. By those who pretend to
 know his mind, he is imputed-by | some-to cherish desire to marry
 the divorced wife of E.. Rollins Me
 Kim, of Pittsburg, daughter of Col.
 Emerson, the Bromo Seltzer King of l Baltimore, and by others to make
 Mrs. George Law, of London and New
 York, mistress of his manse. His ap-
 parent interest in Mrs Law, who is
 the widow of the late George Law,
 one time owner of the old Sixth Ave
 nue Railroad, has supplied the gos- sips with much food for discussion for many weeks She was a handsome, vivacious widow. when young Wander l bilt, strapped to his high chair, was learning how to eat terrapin without | spilling ii over his bib. Because of
 the wide disparity in their ages, the
 marked attentions shown during the i last year to the pretty widow, upon
 whom time hangs lightly and has
 
 young man to no end of idle chaffipg at the hands of his friends. The re- | port disseminated this week that the widow was jealous of the constant ly reiterated rumor of his intention to marry Mrs. McKim has added to the interest in the millionaires plans for the future To dispel the susp- l cion that he had cut loose from the apron strings of the widow. Wander
 bilt went to the steamship pier on Monday to greet her as she disem- parked and escorted her to her ho- | tel. Despite the conflicting stories that are being banded about concern l ing him, Vanderbilt is said to be dis posed to incline toward Mrs. McKin, i who has shared a good deal of his company since her recent return from l the South. If he should finally de- eide to marry her it would be no sur
 prise to society. She is about the
 same age as Vanderbilt and has tastes
 that are much in common with him. But in the absence of any authOrita- erything at present is up in the air and the curious are keeping their ears to the ground.
 1 Frank J. Gould, who made hur-
 ried trip to this city from his chateau | in France in order to prevent, with
 his brothers, George, Edwin and How ard, the passing of the control of the Missouri Pacific Road from the fam
 fly under conditions: prejudicial to its
 interest, reaffirms his intention to build theatre in Paris, for his sec- ond wife, who, it will be recalled, was
 Miss Edith Kelly, of "The Girl from
 Havana" company, prior to her mar r1age to the youngest of the late Jay l Gould's sons. The new playhouse, he
 ayers, will be constructed this spring in conjunction with a hotel, the com h fn Iic has picked out the site for the build l ing and the contracts are about to be given out. Young Gould during his stay in the city has had little social l intercourse with members of his fam | fly. He still feels keenly the slight | imposed upon his present wife by the George Goulds, who omitted the form CT chorus girl from those invited to the recent wedding of Lord Decies to. Vivien Gould. His two little children by his first wife, with whom the family are still on the most cordial terms were present at the nuptials and were made much of by Helen Gould and the rest of their aunts and uncles, who have never taken g. fan cy to their step-mother and-feel that l their brother made a mistake in throwing over his first spouse Young Gould who has been disposed to be impetuous in his matrimonial troubles, takes the stand that his differences with the first Mrs. Gould, who was a granddaughter of Eugene Kelly, a New York banker, who made mill lions in devolping trade with South America, are of his personal concern and that his brothers and sisters have no business to meddle with them. In this position he is backed by his brother Howard, who married Rather inc ClemmOns, the actress and ward of Buffalo Bill
 A revival of the report of an en- gagement between Miss Katherine FL kins, daughter of the late Senator FL kins, of West Virginia, and William F. R. Hit, son of Robert R. Hit, who was a Representative from Illi- nois, has followed visit paid to New York this week by Miss Elkins with Mrs. Hit and her son.
 The party registered at the St. Re gis Sunday evening They remained until Wednesday night. when they re- turned to Washington.
 Miss Elkins did good deal of shop ping, and wherever she went Billy went, too. Even when the arrange ment of a marriage between Miss FL kins and the Duke of the Abruzzi seemed most probable two years ago, Billy. Hit was the most devoted of the admirers of the stately West Vir- ginia heiress.
 In the summer of 1909. when the rumor spread that AbruZZi was ready to renounce his rank for Miss Elkins' sake Hit followed her to Europe and he was constantly in her com pany at various places on the Con- tinent that he was compelled to make formal denial in Paris that he was en- gagged to her.
 Reverting to the days of our from tier grandmothers who found solace in the pipe, Gotham's leisure loving women have extended a warm well come to the smoking feature through which the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel ex- poets to impart a Partisan atmosphere to American hotel life. Ignoring the protests of many women'S organiZa- tions, the management of the new English establishment have opened one of their large tea rooms to the