PART TWO.
SOCIETY SECTION
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PART TWO.
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VOL. XLIX-NO. ' Z OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27, 1919. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
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If the Prince of Wales Were to Look Through Gabby s
Eyes Fpr a Bride He Would Seethe World's Choicest -In
This Group of Intelligence and Charm
She has charming eyes; she knows it;
Side-Long glances oft. disclose it,
Warming me with passion tender.
Ink's no medium to render . ,
All their beauty don't suppose it! '
I've no other, hence I chose it,
Madly hoping as it flows it
1 .May plead for me.
Doubtless she has other 'beaux it
Matters not: her manner shows it
Is not vain for me to send her
Little gifts; this rondeau slender
She, perchance, will not oppose ! It
May plead for me!
Howard Willard Gleason in The Villager.
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By GABBY DETAYLS
N A VERY short time the young
prince 01 Wales win be sailing
the deep blue sea bound for
America the country from whence
so many of his titled countrymen
have plucked the nation's fairest
flowers fo their brides and the na
tion s greatest fortunes for the re
building of their own treasuries.
Ambitious mothers in the east are
fluttering around Newport and
other fashionable resorts in anticipa
tion of the young prince "Charm
ing" with plans for elaborate enter
tainment during his sojourn in the
United States.
But now we understand- that Ne
braska has extended an tnvitation
to thexking's son to visit and hunt
game in our wonderful western
state.' We have an idea that if the
prince comes to Omaha he will see
something far more attractive than
"big game." . .
If the prince were looking through
Gahh'l eyes he would see himself
surrounded, as in this picture, with
beauty, intellect, originality, charm,
domesticity, fashion and youth, and
in some of the young women he
would find all of these qualities
combined. Indeed, he would have to
go no farther than our awn city to
meet romance and wealth and
beauty and his heart's desire.
Simor has it that it is entirely
ible the Prince may select an
American girl for his bride and
well, you can't blame ambitious
mothers can you?
And, speaking of royalty America
bound, there are also the Duchess of
Roxburghe, the former Miss May
Goelet, who is due to be the guest
of her mother, Mrs. Ogden' Goelet.
of Newport; the Countess Nada
Torby, one of the' most beautiful wo
men in England, and Lady Decies,
the former Miss Vivien Gould. So
ciety has it that Lady Decies expects
to be in Newport to take part in the
proposed festivities to be given for
the prince,
So, with such a notable quartette
as this coming over, is it any won
der that in New York the Blue Book
is being scanned, dressmakers and
tailors being worked to death and
caterers and . decorators being
swamped with orders? Royalty is
coming, especially the prince, and
society stands breathless . breath
less, perhaps, because it has' leaked
out that the prince intends avoiding
focial functions and formal affairs.
But above everything else is the
report that the prince has a mind of
his own as to what sort of a bride he
should take unto himself and that it
is more than possible that his choice
will be a niece, of Uncle Sam. , '
American girls nurses in ,the
American army) canteen workers
and telephone, girls danced with
the prince at Coblenz and they de
cided that he was a regular fallow.
They have written back ever so
many letters about that dance and
just what they think of the prince,
and -they have written so enthusias
tically -that American girls -are just
hoping that the supply of eligible
princesses now said 'tobe limited
to the Italian reigning family will
be completely exhausted before the
prince makes up his royal mind as
to which one he will marry.
If he does not choose an .Ameri
can he may make his choice in
Canada. f
There is no question that a great
part of the British public would
much' rather see the prince married
to an American or a Canadian than
they would to a princess of one of
the comparatively unimportant king
doms of the Old World.
It is generaly assumed that if the
young -prince finds a wife here it
will be from one of the socially
prominent, well established families.
There are several charming
young heiresses of the New York
set who are of a suitable age to
make a match witb the prince.
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Prominent among., them - is Miss
Flora Vanderbilt Payne Whitney,
the debutante daughter of Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney. The latter
was Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the
elder and favorite daughter of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt. Her hus
band, Harry Payne Whitney, was
the oldest son of the late William
C. Whitney, the greatest street rail
road magnate in America. '
Miss Flora Whitney is one of the
greatest heiresses in the country,
destined to inherit a large part of
the Vanderbilt and Whitney for
tunes, representing an enormous ac
cumulation of railroad property and
real estate in New York. Through
he Payne side of the house she will
also receive a share of the VStand
ard Oil" millions. .
Another attractive Vanderbilt
heiress is Miss Grace Vanderbilt,
daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vander
bilt, jr. She "would be a debutante
this year but for war conditions.
Miss Muriel Vanderbilt. daughter of
Mrs. W. K, Vanderbilt, Jr., and
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, daughter
of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, arc
two other charming young heir
esses who are just approaching de
butante age.
Miss Caroline Stevens of the
noted Castle Point (Hoboken) fam
ily, and Miss Helen Fish, daughter .
of Hamilton Fish, are charming
members of families that not only
possess great wealth, but have been
prominent in New York since colon-
ial times. The Astor'and Harriman
families can also offer a winsome
selection of young buds to attract
the prince.
But in this entire list o New
Yorkers, none of them compare in
beauty, or charm, or originality- to
the bouquet of beautiful blossoms
surrounding the Prince on this page.
And yet Gabby wonders if they are
looking for Princes these modern '
girls whose fancies run, not to titles,
but to real "men and world events. ,
Whether or not they are seeking
a title, Omaha is proud of its young
womanhood even more proud than
England is of her young prince.