The Washington times., 1927-06-03
VANDERBILT I
WEDDING
NEAR

NEW YORK, June 3.-Severance
after many years, Of the marital
ties that so irked Mr.. and Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt, I'd. as an.
nounced in cables from Paris, in
stantly bringA into the spotlight the
charming M Rosamond Lancaster
Warburton, Formerly Mrs. Barclay
H. Warburton, jr.
It is popularity supposed that some
time this summer, IL not sooner,
Vanderbilt will take the vivacious
young Divorce as his second bride.
His intent to do SO was confirmed
only recently in a statement at
tributeA to the young woman's
mother, Mrs. John Edward Ian
caster. formerly Of Worcester, Mass.
Romance In South Seas
Very little Is known Of the 70.
nance which led the famous Ameri-
can society man and sportsman to
offer his hand to Mrs. Warburton.
It's beginning. some surmise, may
have been when the then supposedly
happy Warburtons voyaged to the
South Seas as mutual guests OF
Vanderbilt aboard his yacht, Ara.
That voyage, however, gave no
hint Of the approaching rift in the
young warburtons' affairs. They
were photographed on the cruise in
attitudes of devotion.
However. not long afterward Mrs.
Warburton unexpectedly appeared
before the Seine tribunal, friend of
go n py unhappily welded Ameri-
cans, and sued for divorce.
She also asked custody Of her
children, one of whom Barclay H.
Warburton, Sd, bears one Of the
proudest names in the social reg.
lister. Mrs. Warburton 5r., charged
desertion.
EIOpement . Surprise
Mrs. Warburton, whose attractive
ness Is everywhere conceded, has
strongly romantic streak. This was
shown when she eloped December
10, 1920, with young Warburton,
who is a grandson of John Wana.
maker, the renowned Philadelphia
merchant. Rose Lancaster and War
burton, jr.'s sister, Mary Brown
Warburton, were chums.
It so happened that three days
later, the Barclay H. Warburton's
pere ct mere, whose social sway in
the Quaker City is indisputable,
were giving a dance for Miss Lam
caster. No one, save the. bride and
groom, knew that they had been
married. A few days later the
wedding was formally announced.
Worked on N. Y. Tabloid
Society smiled as it seemed an
ideal match.
During the war young Warburton
had distinguished himself, first as
a cavalryman: and later in Poland
with the Hoover commission. Later
on, young Warburton followed the
lead of another rich young man,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., by going
into the newspaper game. Warbur.
ton worked on one Of the New York
tabloids. but 1t failed to hold his
interest. ~
He later came into the news
papers transiently when he was
listed as among those who attended
the party which preceded the death
OF Rudolph Valentino, screen star.
AT that TIME Mrs. Warburton, jr.,
had obtained her divorce.
Following the fateful cruise Of
the yacht, Ara, Mrs. Warburton
and her mother were guests on a
second cruise, which took them and
other guests OF Mr.. Vanderbilt
along the romantic reaches Of the
Mediterranean.
Following this voyage came the
definite word that, could he obtain
his legal freedom, Vanderbilt would
wed the young divorce.
Then society everywhere was
startled by the announcement that
at last Mrs. Vanderbilt would d.
yorce her husband. She who is to
become the second Mrs. Vanderbilt
II Is noted as a golfer, an euues-
trienne and for many other social
graces.