The Washington times., 1920-05-23

marriage of Mrs. Anne Ward Douglas al
williams p. Burden. known to his frien
as Winnie"
Winnie" Burden is one Of the most |
tractive men in sdciety, enormously nc
a man of mature years, but an athlete al
q sportsman. He IL also q man with
sorrow. for his past wife. Natici
Rives. died suddenly and mysterious
ly in their early married life.
What excites society just as much
as the fact that he has married Mrs.
Douglas is the fact that he has not
married Mrs. Howard Cushing.
Society watched Mr.. Burden and
Mrs. Cushing playing tennis as part
ners and beating all corners for sew
eral seasons at Newport. and they
said that. here was q match II ever
there was one, Many circumstances
justified the supposition that there
would be something more serious than
q tennis engagement.
But then ]. Gordon Douglas Of.
fered himself as tennis partner to
Mrs. Cushing. He proved himself SO
good that society began to doubt
whether Burden was the champion
Mr.. Douglas was freed by divorce In
1919 for further engagements. During
one Spring the lady played first with
one man and then with the other. She
wanted to play fair and 80 gave Doug
las her Mondays and Burden her Tues.
days and so on.
The interesting Mrs. Gushing is the
widow of Howard Cushing. the highly
original artist, who was born to great
wealth, a member OF one Of Boston's
Oldest families, but won distinction In
his profession on his merits.
His wife, who was equally rich and
of an equally prominent Boston fam
fly, is remarkable for her strange,
picturesque, almond-eyed Oriental
strange in one
OF New England family. A friend
said Of her:
"she is the type Of woman over
whom men go mad"
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]. Gordon Douglas, has for some year
been noted In Newport society as possess
ing a genius for wearing clothes. She
also gifted by nature with many persons
attractions. Mrs. Douglas was daughte
Of the immensely rich banker, Luthe
Kountze, who was Of Polish (not especial
polished) extraction. On her mother
side she was a descendant of the distil
guished Colonial families Of De Lance
and Ward.
After her marriage to J. Gordon Dougla
who was of good social position but mo-
est wealth, she was disappointed to m
that her father would not allow her a
the money she needed to crafty all III
highest ambitions. She was panied to fin
she could not have all the splendid dresse
her mind was capable of conceiving I
maintain palatial establishments OF tn
first rank in Newport and New York. TIL
discovery Is said to have embittered II
lives of this promising young couple an
to have been the principal factor In lea
ing Mrs. Douglas to secure a divorce lai
year.
And now we find ourselves in present
Of the interesting problem, "Is 1t better
be the kind Of woman men go mad ovt
or the woman with genius for wearin
cIothes?"
Mrs. Cushing's beauty was made famo,
by her late husbands work. Even in doir
the mural decorations for Mrs. Harl
Payne whitney's studio. Mrs. Gushing WI
her husbands theme. In the strikir
nymph on the dolphin, q panel that e
cited much pleasant gossip, the artist VIZ
still faithful to his favorite model, for HI
coloring and facial characteristics are u
mistakable.
One of the last paintings he did Of n
was the very brilliant woman In Yellow
which is still talked about as an inspire
delineation Of her fascination.
Mrs. Cushing's strange beauty has bet
a subject Of discussion and admiration
two continents. AS she was born
Cochrane, OF the old Boston family OF tn
name, people have often wondered how
stern Puritan ancestry could produce su'
tropical, Oriental charms.
Her eyes harmonic wonderfully wi
her red gold hair, and her pallor is that
old ivory. Wherever she went Eth
Cochrane was the star beauty, and no O
was surprised when Howard Cushing, q
talented painter, fell In love with q
flaming young debutante.
After marriage he used her almost {
clusively as his model and thus increas
his fame. Sometimes he painted her
brilliant crimson, again In emerald gree
but more often In yellow. In one OF
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