Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

preciative that showgirl was interested in
the world beyond the theatre that he took an
immediate interest in me
He paid for my lessons while I studied
dramatcs. We were like one big happy
family, and all used 10 go out together
Mary Alice Rice, Flo Sullivan, my mother
and Mr.. Guggenheim."
Miss Borst declared Flo Sullivan was a
secretary and photographer for Mr.. Guggen-
helm and added that he had financed the lat
ters singing lessons.
Il met his wife and son, William, some
years ago. feel kindly toward them. 1 hope
they feel the same toward me-"
Miss Rice a soft-voced Texan, was UNDER
study in Music in the Air" when she met the
aged benefactor
When l spoke to Miss Rice, she said that
Mr. Guggenheim-w whom she visited in a New
York hospital during his illness-was the
most philanthropic man / ever knew"
ours was the incest sort Of friendship"
the pretty 24-year-old asserted, for when I
took voice lessons he watched me work. And
when 1 played in stock he came to the shows"
The girls often had get-togethers en- masse
in the elaborate Guggenheim mansion on
Riverside Drive. In his will, the millionaire
stipulated that his home be put on the block
to swell the legacies to his charming
protegees.
However. his home has been so heavily
mortgaged, that it is doubted whether it's sale
VIII greatly increase the reputed total value
Of his estate
Liyan Andrus. Miss America of 1929"
and widow OF the late boy wonder of Wall
Street Henry Kornblum, who shot himself
through the head in his New York office in
1884 following the loss Of his millions sound
ed the only sour note in the tender tributes
to the deceased philanthropist. Obviously,
she was surprised at the news. Telegraphed
at her Van Nuys, Cal home her sister quoted
Miss Andrus as saying, 1T is all just pub
licity stunt"
Scion of the vast Guggenheim mining for
tune, VIII was the seventh and youngest son
Of the late copper and silver king, Meyer
Guggenheim. Charging that his brothers had
fleeced him Of Sl0O0O0O0 in profits from a
Chilean mining venture Mr.. Guggenheim
brought suit in 1915 but settled for an UNI
disclosed sum out of court. II is believed
that ne had a fortune of at least So 900 900
when he retired from active participation in
The family industries in 1901.
He was a member a. a host of fashionable
clubs as well as such diversified organizations
as the American Philosophical Society. New
York Academy of Science and the American
Society Of Royal Italian Order When Italy
brought it's forces into the current European
conflict with Germany against Great Britain.
the copper king returned a decoration ordain-
ing him commander Of the Order Of the
Crown of Italy. which was one of his many in
ternational honors.
William Guggenheim married twice his
first venture into the matrimonial sphere with
the former Grace Brown Of Illinois which
suited in divorce in 1901. His widow, Mrs.
Aimee S Guggenheim, whom he wed in 1904,
and their were at his bedside the other
day when he died
In the ten years he a backstage figure
and generous benefactor, he sought the cheer
ing company of youthful sprits-the gallant
old gentleman endeavoring. no doubt, TO instil
the artistic expressions, that were stifled
within him for so many years in his youthful
protegees
The colorful personalities Of such benevo-
lent playboys are missing from Main Artery
haunts nowadays their eccentric gen
erosities VIII always be A legend whenever
ambitious and dreamy young starlets con-