The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02
By RODNEY r. BUTCHER Leased Wire To The ACe-HeraId. !


 CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-Irene Castle, who took her first husband from | England, found her second in New York state, and has just married a third in Chicago, is still headed west ward in her search for welded hap- piness
 Somewhere out in the great open spaces Irene and her latest husband. Major Frederick M. Mclaughlin, are installed on the rear platform of an 1 observation car watching the stars twinkle as they begin a honeymoon, the great part of which will be spent in China, if you want to believe one of Irene's Chicago confidantes.
 Meanwhile Chicago, which never even suspected that the best known i dancer of them all was here and much less that she was going to run away with one of her two or three most eligible bachelors until they'd left town, is considerably unified, and even those notorious moth h-enticing bright lights of Broad way are reported to be blinking double time at what seems to be one of the biggest matrimonial surprises of 1923.
 As Mrs. Castle may or may not have remarked on some recent oc- casion, this was so suddenl The name of each had been mentioned in connection with many other possi- bilities, but never linked up with each other, and both Chicago or Broadway might have remainder for weeks ignorant of what they'd gone and done had not cub reporter been snooping around the county building Friday and discovered the record of their names at the marriage license bureau.
 Wanted To Avoid Publicity.
 Then it all came out. McLaugh- or6 ba have been given the night off Wednesday night when the marriage occurred in the masters Gold Coast bachelor apartment, but McLaugh- lin's secretary confirmed the report readily enough, and added that the publicity possible. Mrs. l.. Monte- fore Stein. with whom Irene gen. erally stays while here, also admit ted it, but refused to shed any light as to how this romance started or how it developed.
 No; didn't introduce them" she informed reporter. q have known for some time that they were inter- ested in each other, and, of course. being Irene's confidante, I was a party to their secret. They have gone to China for their honeymoon" In case Mrs. Stein happens to be | mistaken about this Chinese honey moon, it might be observed that Me Laughlin has spent many vacations at Coronado Beach, Cal, and un- doubtedly knows most of the cosy hooks and bowers down there, which might come in handy for honey moon. Anyway, it won't do the re- l porters at Coronado Beach any harm 1 to watch the incoming trains. l Major Mclaughlin, hereinbefore re- ferred to as one of the best of the l Gold Coast catches, is as well known | locally as Irene is internationally. He l graduated from Harvard in the class 1 of naughty as they say in Cambridge. and is a son of the late W. F. Mclaughlin, the Coffee King" An elder brother took over the of flee business, while Freddy as the | girls here and their fond mamas cell him, took to collecting Japanese prints and Persian rugs, and playing golf and polo. He eXcelled as a horseman and polo player, and de- butantes have skipped many a heart beat over his spectacular falls. Dur ing the war he became even more