The Washington times., 1921-09-11
End Of the Amazing
Romance of the Beautiful
Spanish Dancing Girl Who
Became the Favorite Wife
of the Maharajah Of
Kapurthala, Richest

ever uneasy at the thought d competing ~
openly in the harem with those other dark M
skinned, lotus-eyed beauties. who rested MA
languidly the harem cushions and XXX
invited their common husbands attention y. \
with infinite allurements especially appeal
ing to the Oriental. Thus, she explained
to her friends she kept him away from
them-kept him in Europe where the only
rivals would be of her kind-"white wo
men"-whose appeal to him could be no
greater than her own. -.
And now, after years Of what now The M
seems to have been fruitiess struggle of Kar
the Maharanee has divorced her prince the
The woman of her own race whom she did Dances
not fear seem to have proved her undoing Rems
Tor she asked her divorce upon the RomaJ
ing ground OF white inhdeIities' End
Would II not have been far different had Unh,
the Spanish bride docilely taken her place
the principal wife IN the harem of five
others? Would she not have held her place .%-
as foremost in her husbands affections
without effort. simply through the novelty
Of her foreign ways and his Consciousness
that in her he possessed jewel that none 1N"t
other OF the Indian princes could boasti M
Conscious of her super Mxz
iorfty she might have al 81
lowed her husband SsNzE
caslonaI baskng in the
smile of another and less zk.
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wife, knowing that upon ~ zx
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would realize with added go zSzR
gratitude the marved II <3za 4sS S
her greater. more satisfy 2Ek
ing love. 49,
II is not at all likely /A
and her friends admit zS@S%
this-that under such cir. 49,
cunstances the Maharaja EMN SN z
would have wandered 49,
afeld-that ne would have NJ
broken that promise to DO
loyal to her alone. That Na
inherent desire for MNMz~
slant novelty would have
been, to extent, XW 49, ~
taken into account in the p(NsMX g
Maharanee's household. L2M
In Paris there was the kkN.a.A.s1N -
excusve-and extremely ~ -
unconventional - Oasis"
conducted by Harry Pilcer. who was the
dancing partner Of Gaby Desys. Here coz ~
gregate the professional beauties Of Paris a.
and pretty American women who over ~
come by the Partisan whiri put aside many
of those modesties which become them -
at home. The Oasis" is the brightest
spot in the night life of Pars-and here 49,. \
the Maharaja was beset by countless beau
ties of the stage and hafworld. who we're
much more than willing to give dozen
kisses for a pearl or ruby half the size Of
the hmallest in the Maharanee's necklaces.
And at Deauville-there. indeed was d..
feast for the regard of such cosmopolitan f.:
as the Maharaja and Of one whose Golfers
were SO well filed Here were slight fra
gile beauties with decately moulded faces
and penchant for daring costumes. t
And there Others younger and a.r
much more vivacious than the regal Ma @'.. -.
haraneeG Beauties such those who .sE.s %
brought to Deauvile each year by Henry ..
Letellier the principal host at the racing Ill.,
resort, who not long ago replied to some
American women who protested at the ... ...
scantinesss Of bathing costumes on the s.1-s.
Deauville beach: - 3.
This is place for pleasure, and those a.. r.. 81.
who come may enjoy themselves as they r. 1M
will Those who have too many scruples v..
should depart" y, s..f a
The Maharaja. leaving his beautiful wife
in Paris often was seen at Deauville. ~ \
He had kept his promise to the Spanish ~. n
bride4-nsofar his harem concerned. ESNs3I
He had been kept away from his little W/AMI
wives at home so long that he forgot them, 49,
and they we're in no sense rivals OF his \41E
foreign wife But here he was, thrown In
among the worlds most fascinating beau.
ties-young women who make Il a business A.
to make the most out of their lovelinessi I
So the Maharanee gave up her battle and
applied for divorce. She could not make
the usual charge--since having married
the owner Of q harem she could not ask to
be divorced on the ground that he had
other wives. t% SOL .bt ~
But she might legally expect that there
be others. The courts held that she
might well complain II the Maharaja spread vkH
his affections beyond the wives that u M
legally his, and so she given her free - =
dom. Inc