The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1915-01-29
FORMER COUNTESS
VISITOR TO CITY
ON PREVIOUS VISIT HERE SHE
WAS THE WIFE OF COUNT
DE BEAUFORT.
BY RAMBLER

~ NAM u 4ftN,
Miss Irma Kilgallen, formerly the
Countess De Beaufort. OF Chicago
accompanied by her mother, arrived
here yesterday. The pretty Chicago
young woman was greeted by a score
OF her friends in the lobby of the Ar
lington hotel She was gowned in
chick dress made in America" and
incidentally said that the dresses de-
signed by Americans were superior
to those turned out by the Paris de.
signers. Miss Klgallen believes
| that the war in Europe has opened an
avenue which will eventually dis
pense with so-called imported goods.
The Chicago woman is of the opinion
that the dress designers of America
are as capable as those abroad Miss
kilgallen should be an authority on
women's wearing apparel. She has
often been abroad, studied the styles,
and is a fashionable dresser. Sew
era years ago Count De Beaufort
landed in Chicago. He was taken ND
| by society and introduced to Miss
| kilgalen. 1t was soon rumored that
Miss Kilgallen, whose father is a
| millionaire steel man. with vast
property interests in East Chicago,
Ind. would soon announce the en-
gagement OF his daughter to the
count. Society awaited with interest
the announcement. AT last, official
announcement was made that Count
! De Beaufort and the young Chicago
society woman were engaged. Their
marriage took place and then the
| troubles of a young American SO
ciety woman who seeks foreign
title began. Countess kilgallen and
her husband began to quarrel For
a time their domestic troubles were
kept a secret. but when De Beaufort
one night threw his wife downstairs
in fit of rage and broke her arm,
the public became apprlsed of their
lquarrels. The countess was secretly
| removed from her Michigan avenue
hcme in Chicago to the St Luke's
hospital 1t was several days before
lit became known that the countess
was a patient at the hospital. Then
society asked what was her ailment
and why was she placed there. One
evening Count De Beaufort demand
ed entrance to st. Luke's hospital.
The countess father had given in
structions not to permit the count
into the hospital. But the titled gen
| tleman thought different. He threat
! ened the hospital authorities and
| finally reached the bedside of his
| wife. Then it became known that
the count had broken the arm OF his
wife From that time on the two
lived very unhappily.
The count and countess came to
Hot Springs. The count was always
walking the mountains with his Bos.
; ton bull. one afternoon he saun-
tered into a gambling house on Cen
trail avenue and began to play the
wheel He lost $1,000 and it was al
legged refused to make good his
marker On the afternoon that
the Count and Countess De Beau
fort were about to leave for Chi
cago, their baggage was attached
| by the owners of the gambling
house The count refused 10 pay anu
he brought suit for damages in the
| United States district court in Little
| Rock. The suit was compromised
and the gambling house owners paid
| him several thousand dollars as dam
ages to his character and the humili-
alton and notoriety which resulted III
the seizure of his luggage The DE
Beauforts finally became estranged
and the countess brought divorce pro
ceedings against her husband on the
grounds OF cruelty and was granted
a decree. Following the divorce,
Count De Beaufort remained in Chi
cago, appearing in vaudeville and in
moving pictures. He is now over IL
Europe fighting with the Austrian
army. Some time ago a rumor was
started that Miss Kilgallen was to re
marry the count. Miss Kilgallen de