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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1913)
maha Sunday s Bee 1 f k I Copyright, 1913, by the Btar Company. Great nrltatn Rights rteterveo. TheO Magazine Pag t c Snapshot of Miss Jane Morgan First Photograph of MISS JANE MORGAN, tbe old eat granddaughter of the late J, Plerpont Morgan, pre sents a mystery that society has puzzled over for many years nearly all her life, In fact Although tho eldest daughter of the present head of the house of Morgan, who was the late financier's only son and principal heir, and the richest debu tante In tbe country, Miss Jane Is tho least known nnd tho most mys terious. With the enormous fortune and powerful Influences of the Mor gan family It would seem that this young girl might be one of the hap piest and gayest of human beings, that her life must havo been ono of complete freedom and happiness. The opposite has been true, how ever. There is no princess In Europe hedged about with the conventions that surround royal persons who haB not had more freedom and inde pendence than this American dollar princess. While society has realized that the Morgans were tremendous ly careful of this young girl. It was nover sure Just how far the grand father was instrumental in the espionage that puzzled them. Tho girls who came out last year, when Jane made her debut, speedily saw that Bhe was not allowed the privi leges that they were. She could not belong to tho Junior League, nor to the popular dancing classes; she never went to a big football game, to college sports of any kind where there would be great crowds. When she walked on Fifth avenue she was Invariably heavily veiled, and always walking a few paces back of her was a husky man sorvant or a special detective or two. This curious state of affairs naturally caused gossip among her friends, and the general public, which al ways hears snatches of social gossip audibly, wondered whether the young heiress to much of tho Morgan wealth was deformed or in 111 health. Since the- death of her grand father there has been Borne relaxing of the mysterious vigilance which has marked her life since she wsb five years old. For the first time in her life she has been allowed to visit away from home witihout a member of her family at her elbow. She has been visiting the Lewis Cass Ledyards at Newport. Mr. Led yard is the Morgan family lawyer, and there has always been a dose friendship between the two families. But until this season Miss Morgan has not been permitted to stay with them. She did not make the trip to Newport by train, but on board tho splendid steam yacht Oorsair, which belonged to her grandfather and which he left to his only Bon. This visit has roused almost as much gossip as the former vigilance land the peculiar care of the past (Was It all because the grandfather was afraid of some evil befalling bis favorite? Plerpont Morgan was iA areateBt financier In the world. Just Taken at Newport. The Her Ever Published. he was ono of the most powerful men In tho world, he naturally had many enemies, and among the poorer people all over the world ho was feared and hated for his wealth. Was he afraid that some ono of these people might harm tho. being he cared most for In the world? It would seem so. Else why tho great mystery? As a child, after her parents re turned to this country to live, sho was not allowed to play In the parks with other children of the same so cial standing and wealth. Just be fore the Morgan b left London their, house was ontored by burglars. Nothing of great valuo was taken, but there were evidences that tho burglars had invaded the nursery where the little heiress was sleep ing. They wore frightonod away by servants, and the supposition has al ways been that they wanted to kid nap the child. All the mysterious esplonago of this very mysterious young girl dates from that timo. Therefore, when she was brought to New York her grandfather had mado for her a special playground worth several millions, where she played under tho watchful eyes of half a dozen men servants and nurses. To do this he tore down the splendid mansion which he bad given to the Herbert Satterlees for a wedding gift, and on the site was created the most costly garden in the world for Its size. Her little cousins, the Sattorlee children, have never been restricted in the least: they play with other children as they please and are even allowed to stick their tongues out at strangers, as can be seen In tho picture shown here. What a contrast to Miss Jane, who until her visit to Newport was not permitted to walk unrolled on tho streets, and the camera man fortu nate enough to snap her would never have been allowed to publish tho picture. Hut, after all, Just why all this mystery? Can it be explained in a perfectly natural manner, or has It been because of a plain everyday fear of kidnapping, or has there been some deep mystery connected with it? There are friends pf the family who believe that the stars and heav enly bodies havo decreed a very strange destiny for Miss Morgan, and that her parents, holding similar views, are guarding her with spe cial care on that account In order to find out what the astrological view of MIbb Morgan's future might be, a well-known New York astrol oger, Professor Leo Bornart, was asked to cast her horoscope. After ascertaining that sho was born on June 13. 1893, the astrologer imme diately remarked that her destiny was an extraordinary one. "A most peculiar combination of the celestial arbiters is presented in this nativity; a veritable Chinese puzzle, as It were," bo wrote. "The sixteenth degree of Cancer rising in this natal schema is thus commented Richest of Debutantes, but the Least Known, the Loneliest and the Most Unhappy --Can the Stars Explain Why This Heiress Is Guarded More Jealously Than Any Royal Princess? on by a high astrological authority: This Is a blank degree What this Implies I cannot say, as tho books are mystorlously silent about this degree. There Is mystery about tho number four and Its Bquaro. I may add that desplto tho favors accord ed by Fate, tho llfo Is dlsturbod by unforeseen incidents, .happonlngs difficult to bo guarded against "She is a lunar child, and tho in stability of that orb will bo peculiar ly manifest at Its different phases, bringing with them a nervous Irrl tablllty as tho result of oxtremo sensitivity, a concomitant of tho lunar and fluldlo nature. Many very palpably strange Incidents in tho past life, if looked Into, will bo found answerable to this synodla law of the losser luminary. "JuBt as strango and unaccount able will be Bomo of tho future de velopments, but evor along that mystic plane so little understood or deferred to by tho pseudo-scientist An external and a subjective con sciousness belong in a measure to ovory individual the varying per centages especially to this horo scope. Sho lives much in tho past, with a retrospective view given to every problem. Tho antlquo and tho historical havo a particular Interest, and in this connection I would say that sho Is a child of that remark ablo grandparent much more than of the immediate lineage. Tho blood of many nations courses through her veins, making of her a child of most Blngular destiny bocause of this pe culiar blood amalgamation, and tho outworking of past or karmlo prob lems." Tho astral affinity between young Miss Jane Morgan's Horoscope Cast by Prof. Leo Bernart, Which According to That Eminent Astrolo ger Shows That a Strange Destiny Awaits Her. Miss Morgan and her remarkablo grandfather referred to by tho as trologer Is very noteworthy, and Is confirmed by all who havo bad an opportunity to study the family. Can It bo that tho curiously reserved and thoughtful naturo of tho young girl Is due to her absorption in the Na poleonic plans and ambitions of hor deceased grandparent? Sho has spent hours and hours In the wonderful city garden which lies, between tho houses of hor The Corsair, Pierpont Morgan's She Is Guarded father and grandfather, and tho beautiful library built by tho latter, These buildings are filled with the treasures of art which absorbed all Plerpont Morgan's interest in later life. If ever a man returns to earth, It is here that tbe great collector's disembodied spirit would corao- Wo can imagine his flonsltlvo young granddaughtor Ungorlng In tho gar den In tho twilight communing with him about tho things ho loved bo well. Miss Morgan Is tho oldost child of J. Plerpont Morgan, tho only son of tho noted financier. Her mothor was Miss Jano Norton Crow, of an old Boston family. Her fathor re ceived tho greater part of his fath er's estate, which was worth prob ably $200,000,000- She Is dostlned to inherit a largo share of this. In early childhood sho llvod In London. It was thcro that an Inci dent occurred that caused her family much nnxloty. A man gained ad- mission to tho Morgan houso at No. 13 Prince's Gate on tho pre tense that ho was employed by the telophono com pany. His peculiar actions at the telephone aroused tho suspicions of an intelligent servant who caused his arrest He turnod out to bo a desporate criminal named George Howard, who maintained a fine country house on the proceeds of his crimes and robberioB in many places. Afterward the family came to New York and occupied the house on the southeast corner of Madison avenue and Thirty-seventh street The elder Great Yacht, in Which Miss Morgan Has Spent Much Time. with Extraordinary Care Aboard the Vessel. Plerpont Morgan lived In tho house Georgian style. It Is understood on the lower corner of tho block, at that thu older Plerpont Morgan's Thirty-sixth streot. Between these placo, Cragston, near Highland Falls two houses was ono which Mr, Mor- on the Hudson, was considered an gan had given to his daughter, Mrs. unsuitable placo for Miss Jane, as Herbert L. Satterlee. It was exposed to wandering in- It was largely to provide a play- truders. ground where his little granddaugh- Now let us hear what thtV astrol Mabel Morgan Sattorlee and Helen Sattorlee, Also Grandchildren of Pierpont Morgan. They Have Been Allowed to Play About Like Ordi nary Children and Even to Put Out Their Tongues at People. tor Jano could play in socluslon and security that Mr. Morgan pulled down tho 11,000,000 Sattorlee man slon and laid out there a splendid Italian gardon, protoctod by a hoavy bronzo fence and a thick hedgo from curious oyes. On tho south side of tho block ho built bis library, and east of that a new house for tho Satterloes. It Is estimated that ho spent upward of $5,000,000 in real estate on this block. Tho strong doslro of tho Junior Plerpont Morgans to keep their daughter secluded was again shown when they started to build a now country house two years ago. They built It on East Island, on Long Island Sound, a placo that could only bo reached by & private yacht Tbore they havo Just completed a splendid but severe mansion In tho oger's horoscope has further to sa; concerning MIbs Morgan's futuro: "Danger confronts her on tho wn tor; yachting cruises had best U avoided In so far as tho social exl genclos will permit, and when In contact with that oloraont I would suggest particular caution'. This peculiarity entors into oven tho nor vous organism, tho corrospondonco bolng psychical, with a susceptibil ity to organic allmonts of which tho orthodox physician will know little and understand Iobb. "Mars rlBes In her houso of life, showing a predilection for the gym nasium, though by no means athlet ically constituted, and not a llttlo dangor arises from this point In the way of calamity or explosion. Her llfo on shipboard will over bo fraught with rooro or less anxiety, though fortified against disaster till 101G, when grave dangor arises from a eoafarlng trip. This will be in Orien tal waters, and Implies a shipwreck. "In tho same anglo of tho horo scope sits Venus in conjunction with Morcury, a tendency to tho quaint and tho antiquated, and which would have mado hor a right-hand helper to tho grandfather in his ponchant for articles of vertu. "A groat humanitarian work lios boforo her, but a crisis In tho life will nood be passed ere this inter est manifests. Tho Summor ahead promlsos a depletion of the physical vitality, but moro pronounced In this respect In June, 1014, when Saturn crosses her Sun, somewhat anticipated by a similar transit over tho Moon, In tho moantlmo tho health calls for caroful attention. "But abovo all is this peculiar, fateful tendency to happenings of mystery, so prominently' Indicated in the zodiacal degree rising at birth. This will bo partially cor roborated in an affectlonal attach ment that enters hor llfo in 1915, a mesalllanco that will be precipitated because of social reasons, and which wll.' demonstrate to hor that tho lamp of Aladdin cannot include ev erything in the compass of Us rays. This union, while of social promise and duly inscribed In tho codex heraldla, will be surrounded by somo Inexplicable arrangement that falls to hold, and with an aftermath as a means to bring her Into the char itable and humanitarian grooves to which her later life will be con secrated. "This latter will come through an .anate mothnrlv intJn "They imagine the Jqhely; young girl to be commun ing with the spirit of her venerable grandfather concerning the art objects that he loved so much." It would ltko to enfold tho whole world. What tho grandfather did for art sho will do for tho general upllttment of tho mass. Tho nun nery will appoal to hor much mora than tho drawing-room. Her llfo la essontlally mysterious, tho pendu lum that moves tho hand on the dial of destiny swings hlthor and yon, nnd tho bont moro ofton than not will bo toward tho quarter of tho unconventional and tho unexpected. "I am much dlsposod to Judgo this 1015 lovo affair as bolng tho great disappointment in hor llfo, but Just tho same an open sosamo to tho moro serious perspectives an opl sodo marking a transitional process that will havo a much deeper sig nificance than will bo qulto under stood at tho Urao. "Somo marked disturbances show In tho next two months, particularly at or noar tho closo of August. An engagement will bo announcod in tho early Fall; tontatlvo and unre liable. It will occur on a foreign crulso, with hor directional Moon nspootlng Uranus from that quarter. This lncludos unusual social activ ity, with proformont of tho samo naturo. Decombor brings 111 health; likowiBO loas of a vory dear friend," Tho celestial bodies are apparent ly qulto posltlvo In predicting excit ing adventures at pea and moro than ono sontlmental encountor for Miss Jano boforo 1910. Ono might arguo a probability from thoso pre dictions that sho would bo wrecked on a desert island and bo roman tically reBouod by a young man, who would recolvo tho roward ho do sorvod. Tho stars do not supply all thoso details, and It is useless to question an astrologer too closely. As MIbs Morgan 1b tho rlohest do butante In Amorica, It Is safe to pre dict that several gentlemen with coronotB will bo paying attention to her beforo 191C. It Is, noteworthy, that sho Spends a groat deal of tlnio uppn the ocean. Sho crosses tho Atlantic usually twice a year. Since tho- death of her grandfather hor father has becomo tho owner .of tho Corsair, one of tho largest private yachts In tho world. Sho haB always spent a great deal of timo on this. When aboard tho Corsair oho is always guarded with remarkable care and never allowed on deck without a special com panion. Old Mr. Morgan lovod to havo little Jane with him on tho yacht, although ho did not care for largo family parties. Tho members of tho crow were always soteoted after long Investigation by tho captain, who had been with Mr. Morgan for twenty years. It was noticed that after tho accident to the little Russian Czare vitch on the Czar's yacht Mr. Mor gan took even greator precautions than ever. The coal bunkers wero searched boforo sailing, and It has beon said that every bit of fuel takon aboard was carefully screened under tho eye of a detective. Strange to say, the Titanic disas ter occurred Immediately after her debut last year. As hor grandfather was the principal owner of the lino and know intimately' the ill-fated Captain Smith, tho tragedy threw a shadow over her coming-out festM ties. Some of them were abandoned. Tho astrologer concludes witn somo further .interesting observa tions about Miss Jane: 1 "Her horoscope Implies longevity to the father. Certainly a marina disaster In 1916, when Saturn crossed her Mara In a watery sign- "Sho could easily develop tho lit ,' erary faculty, and .will contribute to the literature of such movements as she becomes Interested in. "Sho will wear a coronot and eventually throw It in the dust-heap. She has too much of the grandfath. ers practicality to admire tho tinsel, and too much of the humanitarian to wasto time on a butterfly existence. "I don't get the father's influence very strongly in tills horoscope some barrier there. The senior J. P. Morgan was her idol, and ever wll