Evening star., 1938-06-26
Extremely Sensitive,

wedding wearing q purple CurpAn.
Among the guests At her 22nd BIRTH
day party were princes, = duchess,
three barons, Is counts, = lord and
two baronets.
She looked, some one wrote, like
a queen on the Lido" Once she and
her young cousin sailed home from
Europe with II cabin trunks and five
suitcases, and at rs she bought q
81 900, 900 collection OF emeralds.
These are glimpses from the life
Of the former Barbara Hutton, one
of the worlds wealthiest women, who
went to Bow Street Police Court in
London this week TO get . legal order
safeguarding her small son, after .
dispute with her second husband,
handsome Danish Count Court Haug.
witz-Reventlow, over the boys future.
Many Tragedies In Life.
Other glimpses from her life that
has been touched, at ~. by more
tragedy than the average $l0-a- week
shopgirl has experienced:
Her mother died when she WAS 5.
She nearly died herself after child
birth. in = great London house, at
tended by four doctors, one OF them
the Kings physician.
Her first marriage, to dashing Prince
Alexis Mdivani Of Russian Georgia
ended In Reno divorce when she
was ~.
She heard OF her first husbs nd s
death in an automobile accident in
Spain while she was on her wedding
trip with the Count Haugwitz- -Revent-
low
Her child, by her second marriage,
apparently is the greatest Joy of her
life. She returned from Europe last
September with gay anecdotes about
HIM
Hes = sweet baby-he's learned to
say 'mama'-he calls everybody mama
even long-bearded old men,"
But the child, Lance, who had 4
"germproof" nursery in London,
brought worries. too. Last spring
came letter offering to disclose for
&200 plot to kidnap the boy.
In May, Alfred Molyneux, 81, of
Lancashire swas sentenced to four
months imprisonment on 4 charge Of
attempted extortion.
Renounced U. s. Citisenship.
December came, and "Babs" again
crossed the Atlantic, TO spend the
holidays with my father in New
York" The next day she sailed back
on the same boat. and A law firm
announced she had renounced "abso-
lutely and entirely" her American
citizenship.
She sincerely regrets" Cir
cumStances beyond her control"
Her dual nationality has resulted
in various legal complications affect
ing her status as we'll as that Of her
child"
.. Finally felt obliged. as in the
case of number of other American
women similarly situated. to forego
United States citizenship in order to
alleviate this anomalous and unsa tis-
factory situation"
Sensitive, easily hurt, eager to be
understood. the blond young countess
sometimes grieves over criticism.
James w. Gerard, former United
States Ambassador to Germany, once
criticized her, saying she spends her
money abroad" and "rushes about
gathering titles" He said. mo one
has done more to foment sentiment
for a wealth tax than this young
woman"
She once donated $1,000 for 4
Christmas dinner for needy children.
Criticisms followed. She was hurt
and bewildered.
Furore Over Birthday PARTY.
AWe-stricken Parisians said the
22nd birthday party Prince Alexis
gave for her at the Ritz cost nearly
$4,000 and that the food was i'm.
ported
Barbara denied it vehemently.
"Ridiculous!" she said. who wants
imported food?"
On the other hand. warm friends
always met her when she arrived
from Europe. Baggage men called
her Your Highness,' and said later.
Shes nice girl"
Her French maid, on her trip home
to seek her divorce from Prince Alexis
quelled the curious by saying vigor-
ously: She is entitled to live her own
life and seek her own happiness like
other girls.
She is kind and considerste to all
and she feels the entire world Is down
ON her. Let America show its appre-
cistaon of her generosity by allowing
her to marry whomever she loves!"
Fantastic things happened to Bar
bara long before she met the marry
ing Mdivanis," who tried to promote
oil discovered in the back yard of Mae
Murray's home.
Fortune Tops S2O, O,e0o, 900.
Her inheritance-one-th third of the
fortune of the late F. w. Woolworth.
chain store magnate-was at least
$20,000,000. and at times has been
estimated as high as S4O,O0O,0 900,