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How Anita Stewart's (She's the Duchess
of Braganza) Brother Is Seeking
With His Lovely Sister's Picture As
Model, a Queen of Beauty to Share
THE days of roraaucc aro not
entirely dead; tho age of
chivalry is not absolutely a
tiling of the past.
Young Sdr. William Khlnelamler
Stewart, tho only son of Mrs. James
Henry Smith and, of course, brother
of Anita, tho charming ami beauti
ful Princess do Uraganza, is n
modern American typo of chivalry.
Young Mr. Stewart, whom his
friends call Willio, is spending his
days and nights in the quest of a
golden girl, a queen of beauty who
will, when found, become his queen
of hearts, If she bo willing. Ho
has met the most beautiful girls In
England, In France, in Spain. In
London, where he spends half of
each year with his mother and sis
ter, ho has searched In vain through
all tho ranks of society. Nowhere
could he find his Ideal.
By what standard does Mr.
Stewart measure femlnino beauty 7
Hy his sister Anita, who Is con
sidered ono of tho most beautiful
young women In Europe.
"My wife must bo as beautiful
and as charming In every way an
my sister," said young Mr. Stewart
not long ago when some ono asked
him why, at twenty-live, ho was
still unifiarrlcd.
Mr. Stowart Is handsome, his
maimers are courtly and full of
grace. lie is highly educated, he
dresses with perfect taste and he
has in view a fortune of thirty
millions. Ho hclongs by birth to
half a dozen of tho oldest and ni6st
Important families of New York,
and ho is as well known and liked
in Europe as ho Is In Newport and
New York. With all these ad
vantages he may marry where he
pleases. Ho docs not need to go
forth to find his queen of beauty;
he might wait at homo and she
would gladly seek him out. He haa
boon courted by poor girls and rich
ones, by short girls and tall ones,
hy homely girls and pretty onos. hut
nono so far has met his standard.
Mr. Stewart has lived In tho lap
of luxury all bis life and In the
lap of beauty also. His mother, be
fore sho married William Rhtnc-
Inndor Stewart, senior, was the
beautiful Annie Armstrong, of Ual
tlmorc. She Is still u beautiful
woman. His aunt. Mrs. Tony
Drexel, la ono of the handsomest
women In London to-day. HIb Bis
ter nnd his cousin, the Viscountess
of MaidBtone. uro noted bcuuties.
From his youth up his soul has
been stooped with beauty.
Mr. Stewart Is an epicure. He
does not Jump hastily from one
beauty to another. Ho devotes many
weeks, perhaps months, to tho care
Till study of each type. Therefore,
at the ago of twenty-five, when main
iikmi might have a dozen elasHlflri
mous
Fortune
Gabriellc
Ray,
Now
Mrs. Eric
Loder,
Actress,
Whose
Charms
Fell
Short
of the
Duchess
of
Braganza':
When
She
Proved
Herself
a Poor
Sailor.
affairs locked in their breasts, he
has only four. Hut such a four:
One English girl, an actress, and
three well known American girls
form this quartette of beauty.
But let us begin at the beginning
of Mr. Stewart's search for femi
nine pulchritude. It began In Lon
don four years ago, just uftcr his
sister married the Prince of Dra
ganzu. In England Mr. Stowart
was known as an heir to many mil
lions of dollars, and ho was very
cordially received by members of
the smart set there. Ho also know
many mcmbors of tho royal family,
had danced nioro than once with
tho lovely Princess Pat and. young
as he was at that time, was a great
favorite. Thus his search for
beauty, at tho start, was made only
among the maids of the highest
social rank.
"Othor men may not agrco with
me In my Idea of beauty," he says
very often. "All men do not think
alike. I do not oxpect to find any
girl that looks like my sister, but
I must llnd ono that is as beautiful
In her way as my sister is In hers.
That Is tho task that I have placod
before me."
It was In London, however, that
Mr. Stewart first thought that he
had found his own queen of beauty.
His chase led him one day to the
Gaiety Theatre, to see ''the pretti
est girl In London." Thoro ho saw
tho fascinating and beautiful
Gabriellc Ray, probably tho very
prettiest of George Edwardcs's
Gaiety girls. Miss Ray at that
time was the sensation of London.
Sho was the Idol of all tho young
bloods of the town. Mr. Stowart
looked long In her dazzling brown
eyes and said:
"Thls Is tho end of tho chase.
Hero Is what I long have sought."
And straightway he gotbusy and
began the study of Miss Ray's beau
ty at short range.
Ho did not have a clear field, for
there were a hundred other men
who thought that Miss Ray ful
filled their ideal, too, and they
courted her whonover they got the
chance. For three months, how
ever, this heir to thirty millions de
voted himself to her and even per
suaded his sister to call upon her.
In order to study her under as
many conditions as possible ho pic
nicked with; her on the Thames,
drank tea with her at quaint coun
try inns, dined with her at the smart
hotels and even went shopping with
her In the Strand. Undor every con
dition ho seemed to And her beauty
perfect. Rut, alas, ono day hn wont
hailing with her, and the famous
Gaiety beauty waB overcome with
mal-de-racr. Her beauty went at
ouf fell blow, The quest for tho
golden girl began all over again
"My sister never gotj seasick, my
queen ot beauty must bo immune
also," was the only comment the
beauty hunter made. (Miss Ray a
few months ago married ErJc Loder
after having Jilted him at tho ur
church door.)
After his experience in London
Mr Stewart returned to New York,
hoping to And his ideal here In his
own country. Ho went to Newport,
where he stayed with his wealthy
bachelor uncle, LIspenard Stewart.
I he pride and despair of the circus
set. Every one in tho Newport
olony uas aware of the fact that
oung William Hhinelauder was to
be his uncle's heir, nnd LIsponard
Stewart Ib worth some twenty
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millions In real estate and stockB
and bonds. As heir to Ills undo
and for his own suke tho young
hunter was given every chanco to
llnd his queen of beauty. He met
all the pretty girls and many who
wcro not protty. Evory time he
spoke to a girl every one wondered
If the lucky Sho hud been found at
last. At the end ot a month oj.
desultory flirting ubout ho settled
down to study Miss Angelica Drown.,
the "Girlie" Drown who once dlp
ruptcd Francis Durko Jtocho's
heart. Glrllo la a raroly beautiful
blonde. Hor hnlr 1b as gold as but
lor, her eyes as blue as tho skies
on a Juno day and hor cheokB have
the fjUBh of the wild rose In May.
This telling description Is a para
phrase of Mr. 8towart's fourteenth
sonnet to Miss Drown.
In his dosiro to study Miss Drown
under every condition young Mr.
Stewart declined every Invitation
that did not include her. With vtho
sad ondlng ot his romance with MIbs
Ray In mind, he arranged a sailing
party tho very first thing. Several
of tho young members of Newport's
circus set were invited for a week
end cruise. In tho Narada, tha
Pembroke Jones steam yacht. A
gale sprang up and "Girlie" was
tho only- girl on board who did not
suffor from tho storm. Mr. Stowart
was happy; ho felt that his chaso
had Indeed ended.
All things seemed to bo run
ning most smoothly when tho
modoru knight met Miss Olgu
Wiborg, a granddaughtor of tho late
Genornl Sherman and daughter of
tho Frank Wlborgs of Now York.
This meeting was Mr. Stewart's un
doing. Here wcro two remarkably
pretty girls, each ono perfect in hor
way, and - ho simply could not
chooso between them. Miss Drown
was a perfect golden blonde. Miss
Wiborg, on the other hand, was a
perfect chestnut blonde. Hor color
ing was Just tho color of chestnut
burrs before the frost has touched
them. Was ever a man placed In
such an unhappy position before!
Here were two perfect beauties, ench
ono fitted to become- his queen; but,
alas, ho could not decldo which to
place above the other.
In his struggle ho went to Mrs.
Oliver Harrlman, herself a great
brant y and an Intimate friend of
his mother.
"Tell me, pray, which shall I
choose; tell mo how I can tell whleh
is really my own queen of beauty?"
"Whichever ono you cannot live
without Is your quoon of beauty
Whielumir ono fultlls your Ideal
oven under tho most trying clrcuin
stances." hIio answered.
"Urn-Urn," said the hunter, "I
seem to bo able to llvo without either
, of them! It Is not my honrt, but
my sousq of tho beautiful, that Is
concorned In my chase."
Just when things wcrp apparent
ly In n hopelexs stale, when polyg
amy seemed tho only outlet, the
Duchess of Drnganza sent hor new
est photographs to hor brother. In
the year since ho had scon her she
had grown even more beautiful, and
all at ouco he saw Unit neither MIah
Wiborg nor Miss Drown could
measure up to hor. Hut ho deter
mined to glvo tho lovely "Olrlio"
unother eliHiice. Among tho pic
tures of his slRter was ono taken
on the toboggan slldo tit St. Morltz,
Switzerland. It wan un cxqulHlto
picture. Tho Duchess's piquant
beauty sparkled and Bhono even de
spite tho costume sho was wearing.
Tho beauty hunter separated that
o ! the others and said to him
nelf :
"At Tuxedo next week I will see
how the prettiest blonde of New
port measures up to this picture."
And so, while staying at Tuxedo
tho following week young Mr.
Stewart made a tobogganing cngngc
wlth Miss Drown. They spent u
gay morning on tho slldo and had
tho Jolliest kind of a time, but ulas
for tho hunter and tho hunted. Un
doubtedly Miss Drown did not com
paro In tho least with tho beautiful
picture sent over by tho Duchess.
After that week-end the hunter had
his chase still boforo him.
Last Winter, or rather early in
the Spring. -Mr. Stewart's god of
luck apparently found him again.
Ho fell undor tho spell of the "most
beautiful brunette In New York so
ciety." Miss iluliii Robblns, daughter
of Mr. Julian W. Robblns. Miss
Robblns was a debutante last Win
ter. She Is a perfect brunette; her
coloring Is the very raro ollvo that
wo associate only with tho beauties
of Italy. Hor eyes nro so brown
that thoy seem to bo black, nnd her
cheeks aro flecked with faint roso
blushes. All last Spring young
Mr, Stowart dovotod herself to hyi
miss
Angelica
Brown,
Newport's
Prettiest
Blonde, Who Failed to Measure
Up to Mr. Stewart's Standard
When He Went Toboganning
With Her at Tuxedo.
Dut tho hunter had grown wary
through his experiences. Ho de
cided to mako ono last test before
enthroning the beautiful Miss Dob
bins as his queen. He went to
Europe for tho Summpr and visited
his sister for several weeks, refresh
ing his momory with her charms.
Ho remained away until Novorabor.
returning to Now York Just In time
for tho Horse Show. Ho atteuded
tho show many times and always he
was with Miss Robblns, with Mrs.
Harrlman as chaperon.
Slnco that week Mr. Stewart has
been Miss Robblns's shadow, but no
engagement has been announced nnd
thoro is a very decided rumor that
tho huntor has ono more tost to
mako boforo ho publicly proclaims
tho most beautiful brunette In New
York is his nueen of hnntv
brS He lBarjSt'whonS William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr.,
the girls he moots lose their hearts to
him. He has a serious purposo In
life, that of llnding tho girl who is
as beautiful as his sister and thon
muklng her his wife.
Brother of the Duchess Bra
ganza, Who Is Searching for
His Ideal Beauty.
America's Typhoid Plague More Deadly Than Cholera
1
ME discovery of a single caso of cholora
on board an incoming ocean liner fills
tho American public with alarm. Yet
this same public' displays the most surpris
ing Indifference toward tho ravages of
typhoid fever, which is year after year taking
from us tho heavy loll of twenty or more
deaths for every 100,000 of our population.
From January, 1907, to October, 1911, there
occurred in Russia 283,684 cases of Asiatic
cholera. This Includod tho appalling epidemic
of 1910. According to a conservative estimato
the United States had during tho same porlod
1. '.'50,000 cases of typhoid fever, or more thun
four cases of typhoid fever In this country for
evory case of cholera In Russia.
When Italy was ravaged by cholora In tbo
years 1910 and 1911. there wore 10,000 cases of
me disease, with abdut C.000 deaths. In the
United States, during tho Bame period, wo hud
more than 000,000 cases of typhoid fover, with
50,000 deaths.
Although tho death rate from cholera Js higher
for tho same number of cases, typhoid fover is
really a more serious nnd a far more costly
pest. It Is transmissible In moro ways; It is
more expenslvo on account of lu habitual
lingering course, anil It is infinitely more dis
astrous in Its nfter-offects than Asiatic cholora
The 20,000 deaths from typhoid fever annu
ally by no means ropresent our total loss. There
nre 250,000 cases of tho disease every year, and
each case necessitates an itverngo of four to
eight weeks' absence from work. This waste, of
energy, together with tho cost of medical .at
tendance aud hospital care, and tho loss due to
decreased earning capacity during convalescence
bringB the amount which typhoid fover costs
us every twelve months to not les than
J 100,000,000.
The complacency with which the average
American citizen views this prodigious waste Is
all the more remarkable when we consider that
typhoid Is, to a very great extent, a preventablo
disease. Attontlon to tho simplest requirements
of sanitary science would reduce tho'nuntber of
cases by 175.000 a year, nnd the number 0f
deaths which could be so avoided would rech
a total of moro than 16,000,
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