Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-14
"B0bsled Romance"
Ends in Marriage

LNUO Ve INWs sSSOS
Her third marriage was the climax
Of a "bobsled romance at fashionable
st. Moritz in the Swiss Alps. There
the lovely American widow SURRENDERED
to the exotic charm of Prince Nourcd-
tin Vlora, Il Moslem by birth and cdu-
cation. II subject Of Turkey. \ son OF
the grand vizier to the notorious Sultan
Abdul Ilamid; himself Il candidate, for
the throne Of Nbahia. most turbulent
of Balkan Irincipalitics.
/ Their wedding came at time when
tho Near East and all things pungentlr
oriental Were the rage of European So
ciety.
Prince vlora and his American brIdc
fitted pcturisQuely into the general
scene But It was not long before So
cicty began to whisper that all was rot
proceeding smoothly in the Nlora house
hold. Their palatial home In Paris was
Hooded with bizarre rurios and per.
fumes: the Prince talked m.Orc and
more Of Albania and it's attractions:
: he seldom missed II performance at III"
Olympia or the Casino dc Paris, wher"
sloe.eycd Levantine maidcns whired
and writhed in their native dances.
\ husband steering II bobslcd down
the snowy slopes Of st. Moritz was
admirable: but Il husband who ap.
plaudcd with frverish enthusiasm thc
daring exhibitions of dancers imported
from the dives of Constnntinoplc was
different picture entirely.
The gossips agreed that the "bobsled
romance" was ali but on tho rocks when
the story went the rounds that Princess
Nilora: her face pink with indignation,
left the box of one Paris theatre be.
cause the Prince suddenly seized her
corsago bouquet of orchids and tossed
Il to the stage, where IL landed at thu
bare feet of the seasons most daring
Oriental dancer.
Maurice Roche, with whom the rrin.
cess name is now linked. is the son
OF james Boothby Roche, soldier Of for.
tune and third Baron Of Fernoy, and
Fanny Work Burke Roche, daughter o.
tho ate Frank Work, eccentric mil
llonaire sportsman.
lie and his brother Frances inher'
hut only on condition that they take tbs
name OF Work. never see their father
and never visit Ireland. For Grand
father Work had never forgiven the man
VINO 'stole' his daughter, and after
their divorce he spent his days hatlnS
Burke Roche and Ireland and trying
to stamp out the twins love for both
ih'h"r anu 1atherland.
Maurice dcticd the will. Ilo wen, '"
ireland, saw his father, kept the maine
Of Burk" Roche. Francis followed suit,
Other heirs. Of tho Work estate, inrlnd'
ing Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, elder
daughter, took no legal action. Bi'
even today. according to legal authorl..
tifs, they could go into court and lnsiM
that the twins forfeit the millions they
n have been enjoying from year to year
y in defiance Of the will.
Maurice, the millionaire who risks his
. fortune daily because he will be Irish.
> was bcsct by match making man'lnas
:, when his father died aud he became
y fourth Baron Of Frrinoy. Ilc and his
Il II 900 acres and his castle In Cork wers,
~ tempting catch. But Maurice. ndofe,i'
Il OF the debutantes, reached Paris s'll!
y Mncaught, gazed into the blue eyes 0!
= Princess vlora and In their depths ~
q the spirit that was Peggy Kelly's.. ~
n'riSht there the Princess made hsr choies'