The evening world., 1921-06-03
Malign Fate Seems 10 Bar Bos-
TONS Superiority From
Marriage Altar.
WAS 10 TINES 'ENGAGED'
Her Life a Succession of Ro-
manceS and Broken
BetrothalS.
Marguerite Mooers Marshall.

Is the leeting fancy OF Americas
most engaged girl, Miss Gladys Dea-
con, caught at last? or is Miss
Deacon destined to add the Duke OF
Marlborough, former husband Of
Consuelo Vanderbilt, to her line Of
might-have-been husbands,
Such a suggestion would seem un-
called for the very day after the an
nouncement OF her engagement TO the
Duke-the story of whose rnsuccess-
full first marriage, ending recently in
a divorce after years Of separation.
has been a topic of perennial interest
10 Amerlcans-were it not that some
malign fate seems TO intervene be-
tween beautiful Miss Deacon and the
marriage altar whenever there is d
report that she will approach it. In
the score or so of years during whlca
European society bowed Under the
irresistible charm of the eldest daugh.
ter Of the late Edward Parker Dea
con of Boston that society has hal
NiduSS ch5doSu anu dlScIlSdSSu no
less than ten times. according to the
published records, and no. counting
the Marlborough engagement of datt
current.
AS the older social soss,ps viii re-
mem oe-, Miss DeaCon's parents wa-e
involved u trasicLily tangled .ro-
nance bu' for which she herself
udgnt never have entered upon her
career d modern Europc's most nutu-
bic heartbrcaker. For her lunS resi-.
dence abroad, beginning IN babyhoUd.
probably Was tracGable % ;le sGpI t.l =
ton between her father and mother
after he sho; dead at Cannes n PIrist-
an clubman, NJ. Abeille, who had been
"a constant visitor at the Deacon home.
Mr.. Deacon returned TO America and
later was committed 10 a hospital FOR
the insane. Ms. Deason remained in
Se'r r.imposCd exile from her native
land, and Gladys and her sisters lived
with their mother Therefore, at her
debut she became a member of the
smur,est sets IN London and Paris.
The first engagement Of this tail,
willowy blonde beauty WAS reported in
the spring of 1900. when Miss Gladys
was in her late teens. f.ance No.
was claude LowtheT. called the hand
somest man in England.
six months later Claude must hav.
hceu mourning the perfidy : woman
for news came to New York from
Biarritz that Miss Gladys Deacon wa'
hetrothed TO the young Prince o1
I.ichrenstein, IA rich relative OF th'
then Kaiser -.
The following year. N 100, 1t was
owl Ipp nriS Hone
rnseessor Of the famous Hope dla'
mond, would pop the question TO MISS
GLADYS lust as soon as he iinishcC
getting h's divorce from May lohe
who Mad run away With Capt. Put
nam Bradlee Strong. son of the late
Nayor strong of New YORK. Perhap'
Lord Hope did propose. but he wa'
not the man for glorious Gladys Dea
con and he ended by marrying som'
one else.
In 1902 l., was ,.mored that the
then Crown Prince of Germany wa
50 enthral}ed with this super-s.ren o
Boston extra 2tion that he was VIII
inp ia renounce the succession TO tn
throne in order 70 marry her Ap
narently. Miss Deacon was not ever
fntfare1 by this report. for il wa!
Icnied vigorously. and only last au
tumn she won n libel verdict from ,
London paper. which asserted tha
eho was .Danished from Germany
where her name was frequentI,
coupled with tha, Of the Cr"wi
! Prince
! Miss Deacon does become the sec
! nnd American Duchess OF Marlbor
iuupb, II viii not be her first oppowu
! nlty 20 wear strawberry leaves, II III
gossips are TO be believed. They ha
| her about to marry the Duke uf Nor
! FOLK, not long after the Wn!SpelS anou
! The romance with the Crown Prince
II she had become Norfolk 5 Duchess
she would have taken precedence o
every other peeress But she hndll
/ said NO"
Next? Oh. ne was another English
man. Lord Brooke, son and heir q
the Earl OF Warwich, young, good
lacking. OF the inner circle at cour
| people really believed nat Miss Daa
con had lost her hea.. At last. but
was false alarm.
About this time her engagement t
James Hazen Hyde was announce
and promptly denied.
Then came Baron Antoine de Cha
rette. young, good-looklng, wealth,
OF a fine French amily-altogethe
one of the most desirable matches
y
was definitely asserted that a ma
, riage had been arranged between hi
and the all-c0nquer!ng American gll
The marriage never tool; pace. nov
ever.
In 1910 an Italian. Prince Eoffrcd
C5rfoni. Younger son Of 'NC Duke
CarmonCta, was reported to |
6.eperatc,y in ,oye with Miss Deaco
The next thing the matchmakc
l;uew Mss Deacon ieit Rome f.
paris and another love affair was o.
In 1911 announcement was made
the ppproach.ng marriage OF Mi
E Deacon 20 Lieut.. Oiphant Of Il
ROYAL \aNN. However Ia August
hat (ral another announcement WI
! made that the marriage had be-
, postponed owing to Mss Deacon
, NAME COUPLED WITH MARI
BoRCUcH'S EIGHT WEARS ACC
+ In 1918 The World correspondent
InndOn referred TO the fact that {