The Washington herald., 1916-01-30


iinx whose job is to roost mid the
81 branches OF an ancestral roof-tree
and therefrom chuck obstacles in the
way OF life of everybody connected with
the family?
And If there are such jinx persons,
why? And has the Drexel family one?
And is that the reason there's been so
much wild racing round and round the
trouble bush by Drexels, their husbands
and their wives for the last few years?
This jinx isn't a family skeleton jinx,
understand. Though skeletons are in
convenient they can be managed They
can be shut in a closet and the door
barred and guarded, which creates a
common interest and bonds everybody
together unitedly.
The jinx under consideration won't be
managed. He-she-it-what's the sex of
a jinI anyway?-is there and is not
there It's called and won't come.
Feminine feet are stamped at it; mas
culiDe swear words are hurled at its
ugly head-and it grins 1t disappears
for brief moment or two. and turns ND
Unexpectedly on the opposite side of the
world to start something with some
ooh. else-the newest sOr-in-Iaw, or
Anthony -paterfamilias- himself
OF course It may be ONLY coincidence
It may be ftfuIness of d:snceftfon or
temperament. or boredom. resulting from
undisputed 1rst-rank social position and
a perfectly absurd amount Of money
which combination leaves nothing to be
desired or striven for Or il NAV he that
family members are too well suited to
each other. so failing to create the pleas-
ant little differences which do so much
to stimulate household existence.
1t may be coincidence, or such other
AnH -
Jinx Anyway something disagreeabIe
seems tO have happened to about every
one OF EN-. Anthony ]. and Mrs. Mar
gartta Armstrong Drexel are in the di
yorce court, to say nothing of being on
the tongue-tip Of every gossip: Mar
garita Drexel Finch-Hatton, and her
noble husband, Viscount Maidstone. are
no less upon the gossips' tongues; and
Mrs. Marjorie Gould Drexel, called most
beautiful Of American women when she
married Anthony J. Drexel, Jr, six years
ago, has brought her weary and care
worn self to America from London, with
a vow never again to see that city until
her mother-in-law has left it. It's de-
clared by those who knew the daughter
Of the Goulds when her gorgeous we'd
ding startled two continents, that she
has aged twelve years in just half that
time, and that she's about as gay and
nappy as cemetery-dWelllng rabbit.
Be that as it may, commotion struck
Marjorie when she first became identi-
fed with the Drexels. 1t came in the
way of a true-love obstacle at least she
thought 1t so at the time.
1t was back in 1909 whom she was q
debutante and all New York was going
crazy over her beauty, that Marjorie and
Anthony, Jr., fell in love with each
other. Then began turbulence right
away. One thing happened and another
thing happened, and 1t looked as though
they'd never, never be able to meet on
the kneeling cushion. And when other
things were finally cleared away, Mamma
Gould. who'd been the beautiful Edith
Kingdom, tossed a fat mo" to any matri-
monial alliance. Some said that she
considered Marjorie's dark, graceful
beauty, accomplishments and education,
to say nothing OF the wealth that would
be hers, worthy Of at least title. Others
said that she considered her daughter