Smyrna times., 1933-03-08
BROKEN TROTH
STUNS SOCIETY
Lady MOira Forbes of London
and Marquis de Brissac
Not To Wed
COMMENT IS WITHHELD

New York. Society has new
topic for speculation, an old topic
for regret since it was announced
recently that the engagement Of
Lady Moira Forbes of London and
the Marquis de Brissac has been
broken.
The upper crust Of three coun-
tries was interested in the engage
ment and anticipated the marriage.
Lady Forbes, twenty-five, is one
of the richest young women in Eng
land. She is the daughter of the
earl and countess of Granard and
the niece of Secretary of the Treas
ury Ogden Mills The Marquis de
Brissac, thirty-five, is a descendant
of one of the most illustrious fam
lilies of France, and great-grandson
of the Dowager Duchess D'Uzes.
one of the grand DANES Of France
Inserted Advertisement.
Why the engagement was broken
no one in Paris, in London, or here
would say. The marquis inserted 4
paid notice in the court column Of
the London Times, saying, '.The
marriage arranged between the Mar
quis de Brissac and Lady Mora
Forbes will not take place" He de-
clined to comment further.
DOwagers with long memories re-
called that Lady Forbes mother, the
former Jane Beatrice Mills Of New
York, caused a furry of English
heartbeats and heartbreaks before
she settled her affections on the
earl of Granard, and they wondered
if Lady Forbes was perhaps taking
after her mother.
1t was widely reported at one
time, for example, that the beautf-
ful Beatrice Mills, heiress to the
Si0,000,0OO Mills fortune. would
marry Lord Howard de Walden who
at that time was the wealthiest peer
III England. The engagement vas
to be announced at any moment. ac-
cording to printed reports on both
sides of the ocean. But no announce
ment was ever made.
Instead, Beatrice Mills married
the earl of Granard in one of the
most brilliant weddings of the 1909
season. The event took place at the
Mills town house, ? East Sixty-ninth
street, Manhattan.
Nor did the brilliance of her life
abate one jot when the American
girl transferred her residence to
England as a British peeresS. For
years her jewels were the talk of
London. ScribeS asserted that she
was never twice in public wearing
the same gems. Her tiaras were
more brilliant than those of Queen
Alexandra some of her gowns were
literally encrusted with diamonds.
At the opening of parliament in
1909, Immediately after her mar
riage, she appeared in the press gal
lery so dazzlingly arrayed that the
then prince of Wales made special
inquiries to ascertain her identity.
On her fluffy golden hair she wore
a crown with u glittering spikes,
each topped with a huge solitaire.
Around her throat there was a deep
collar of diamonds and below that
a necklace of vari-colored large
stones suspended from chains of
ones. Beneath that was a
necklace of sapphires
Annoyed at Joke.
There were some who said that
the countess OStentation betrayed
an annoyance with certain of her
friends who played
practical joke on him just before the
wedding, and told about it just aft
erward.
1t seems that Granard was cap
tain in the Scots guards and no
more when Zimmerman was chosen
prime minister and was called
upon to form his government.
Thinking to have a joke at Gran
ards expense. his friends sent him
n telegram over Bannerman's name
him to the prime minis
ter's residence and informing him
that the prime minister wished TO
make him lord in waiting. Granard
hastened to Belgrave square, where
the prime minister then lived I.
and presented himself and the tele-
gram to Bannerman.
The prime minister. recognizing .
the canard, but equal to the situa-
tion, promptly appointed Granard
lord in waiting. Shortly afterward .
the king bestowed on him the honor .
Of master of the horse, a coveted /
place in court circles.
The countess of Granard might
well have resented the joke even
though it turned out so happily. for
all England and America heard ana
smiled over II.