Smyrna times., 1932-11-23
II WOMEN AT
NEWPORT RICH
ContrOi Fortune Aggregatine
About Half a Billion
Dollars
ARE ALL UNMARRIED

Newport dozen women in
Newport control fortunes a--reg4t-
ing about half 4 billion dollars. ANA
all Of these women are lit present
unattached fieyel are widows:
one has never married.
1t would seem, therefore tLat
cavaliers of the old school sAoul
find a happy hu:tins ground along
the world famous Gift Waia1 and
Bellevue avenue, where these fem-
inine millionaires have paLa-id
homes.
Perhaps the most celebrated of
the glittering dozen is Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. Nor is Mrs. Whit
ney's fame based wholly on tie
wealth inherited from her husband,
or upon the internationally famous
racing stables they founded.
Has Artistic Flair.
Her fame is based on her Prov
ess as a sculptor, early won after
years of drudgery. Even when she
was Gladys Vanderbilt she was
known as the poor little rich girl"
who wanted TO become an artist.
Her efforts in this field at first
amused her friends, and then won
their respect.
Probably the most exclusive Of
the dozen is Mrs Hamilton Sick.
Twombly. in whose drawing rooms
at "YinIand' on Ochre Point one
never encounters newcomers to So
ciety.
No less famed as hostess is
Mrs. Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, wild
ow of Cornelius Vanderbilt. who
reigns at The Breakers" as dow
ager mistress of the colony.
The old Vanderbilt. home at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty
seventh street, in New York city.
was sold some years ago by Mrs.
Vanderbilt for the record-breaking
sum of $7,1OO,OO0.
One of the twelve is a princess.
She is the former Anita Stewart,
now the widow of the Portuguese
Prince Miguel de Braganza. Her
home is The Moorings."
The princess inherited from her
father, William Rhinelander Stew
art, lawyer, financier and philan-
thropist, over sl.OOO.OOO, while her
stepfather. James Henry Smith,
left her S1O,OOO,OOO.
Mrs. Moses Taylor was left an
estate estimated at the time at
S1OO,OOO,OOO when her husband, in
ternationally known banker. died
in 1923.
Winters in Morocco.
Mrs. Taylor, who is active in civ
ic and philanthropic matters, spends
her summers at THE Glen and
her winters at La Saadie Marrakad,
Morocco. Her husband is remem-
bered for being the first to bring
the game of polo to America.
Another of the sensationally
wealthy is Mrs. James B. Duke,
whose husband, the North Carolina
tobacco king, left an estate valued
at nearly S90,0O0.000.
OF this estate about S2O,OOO,OO0
went to Duke university in North
Carolina and a large part OF the
residue to the daughter. Doris.
Mrs. Duke. who was Nanaline
/ Holt Inman, was nevertheless left
a woman of wealth. She makes her
summer home at Rough Point
Miss Julia Berwind has never
I married. She shares The Elms
i on Bellevue avenue with her broth
er, the coal magnate, Edward J.
Berwind.
Then there is Mrs. Nicholas
Brown, the elder. whose son, John
Nicholas Brown, became the
"wealthiest baby in America" when
his father and uncle died within
two weeks of each other, leaving
him their colossal fortunes.
The wealthiest baby now. how
ever. probably is Mrs. Brown
grandson. born to her son and
daughter-in-law July /. The Tor
tune is variously estimated between
SSO.OOO,OOO and S1O0.0o0,000, a com
Portable sum in either case.
Other fabul6usly rich unattached
women include Mrs. james Laurens
van Alen of "WakehurSt" Mrs. l..
Shaw Safe OF ocean Lawn Mrs'
Edward V. Hartford Of "Seayerge
Mrs. James B. Haggin OF lll'
Rosa.