The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-10-16


tised Her.
The 81, 0O0, 600 soon to come to Miss
Ola Humphrey Of California will go
far to assuage the sorrow of the half
year spent behind the lattice of an
Egyptian harem as the Princess Ibra-
him Hassan.
From Great Britain comes word that
a considerable portion Of the confis-
Gated property of the prince will go
to his erstwhile American bride. lbra-
him Hassan, an Ottoman prince Of the
blood royal, is first cousin to the form
er khedive of Egypt, and during the
recent upheaval, which cost the khe-
dive his throne, he also lost his prop
erty. The suit instituted by Ola Hum
phrey for a slice of the seized wealth
of her discarded but u~ndivorced hus-
band was answered promptly and gen.
erously by the British government.
Miss Ola was born at Oakland. Cal-
the daughter Of Thomas Marshall
Humphrey, a prosperous manufacturer
of fine furniture.
1t was not so long ago that she was
a theatrical star. She lent her auburn
beauty to 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda,' to
1.-THE Little Gray Lady" and to "The
Fatal Wedding" In those days she
was the wife of Edwin Mordant, her
leading man, who was one of the stall
warts of the actors In their recent
strike. But 1t was not long before a
divorce came and she faced the audi
ence and the world alone.
Wins Love Of Prince.
Then she crossed the seas to faunt
her beauty from the English boards. 1t
was in 1910 In 'The Man from Mexico"
she won the heart of a stout, swarthy
gentleman who came night after night
to see her play. He was Prince Ibrahim
Hassan.
They were wed.
She was taken to the seraglio of her
royal husband. On the banks of the
ancient Nile, under the shadow of the
throne of Cleopatra, the occidental
bride was forced to live the life of the
native woman Her brilliant hair was
hidden--a dark veil draped her and
the lattice Of the orient was inter-
posed between her and the freedom
she craved.
And SO came discord.
The prince then took his pining wife
to Pagan Paris. Here he ~endeavored
to impose the customs of the East upon
his recalcitrant spouse. When she re-
belled, he chastised her. He pommeled
her soundly. That was enough for the
princess Ola. Watching her chance SHE
fed to London and refused to return.
"It became clear to me after we
were married." she confided to her
friends. that to my oriental husband
| was only a thing apart from the
rest Of his life-an amusement, per-
haps an expensive luxury, to be taken
into account when there was moth
ing more serious on hand. His real
interests he never shared with me"
swears of for Life.
About marriage in general of the
East and West. she had only a word,
she said:
Don't. 1t is a losing game"
Soon after this. in 1914, the war
started and the Ottoman empire lined
itself up on the losing side. The khe-
dive then on the throne of Egypt looked
to Turkey and Germany instead of the
allies. So also did Cousin Ibrahim
Hassan. The khedive was promptly
relieved Of his throne and the prince
Of his holdings by the British and
some one more loyal to the British
empire substituted.
So 1t was that a portion of the
money taken vas set aside for the mis-
treated wife In settlement Of the sui
which she had instituted some time
before. The war over and the govern
ment free to consider civilian affairs
a golden million Of the fortune of the
prince Is to go to Ola Humphrey.
And she says that marriage with
orientals does not pay.