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Show WAy ?$ "Always on the f "XflC? TD 111 PC C p Move' frGl Crmg d 1 l L-u l I n LrtV P Innocent ' -j 'B fiance with ' ,i bB II WTITH the arrival of the beau-X beau-X tiful Princess Patricia ol Connaught at Government ' House, Ottawa, a most astonishing E ftate of affairs has developed in Canadian Eoclai circles. There has T been a. great social mix-up. and the I former belle of Ottawa, tho pretty I Lucy Bigelow Dodge, wasn't I there to greet the royal visitor, y There's a curious and in- V foresting story back oT the I present slate of affairs. All the world knows Prln- h Cess Pat! She Is the one ro- Knantic princess of the entire f. British Empirp. She Is a 1 daughter of tho ruko nf Con- r Baught, uncle to the present i F King of Eneland. And she B.88 Kd ward's favorite nlecb.' Ctnd bad more privileges at court j than any of tho other royal prln-Ksiie prln-Ksiie refused to marry King At-M At-M Bfcnso. Kin?: Manuel, and a dozen B dukes and princes She Is the tom-fh tom-fh mO? of the royal family, and a3 un- jl Conventional as any girl can be. ; Miss Dodge Is the only daughter j of Mr?. Lionel Guest by her first ; husband. Mrs Guest "was Flora , Bigelow, the younger daughter if th late John Pigclow i 1 'While Lucy was growing up, Mrs , F Dodge spent the greater part of I'OBr RCh ycar 171 En;1:inf5 As a daugh-i'W daugh-i'W r f Tl'n BiPlov'- she natural!-IB natural!-IB as on intimate terms with the B-Brltish royal family, and as Poult-Sney Poult-Sney Bigelow's sister she was on fftbe warmest terms with the Ger P lnan Empress Mrs Dodge could go Jnformallv HIS L vIs?t olfhpr 1h German or Eng Mlsh royal families. As Lucy grew 1KP. sho h.Tri a wonderfully brillh vii'lBtorial career in London and Berlin! , In the meantime Mrs. Dodge ving divorced her first husband' BCbarlea Stuart Dodge, married the Honorable Lionel Guest, a younger ,or) ' the Baron Vrimborn and 'IllK Kld,V OTln,,h British ana German E society dd not frown! I After her second marriage Mrs Guest took a house in Groavenor IBquare. and entertained all r asse of Engl-sh society King Edward frequent visitor. Then Lucy gme out. She attended various , ''royal bails, way presented at court h! ,mi became great friends with thn I,!Im, Princess P,-j( Perhaps because of III! ''HI' . ly Pat'B !oVe of ;reedom she . nap always made friends eagerly IiIIIbM Am9r,can Plrl- ! wj,hrn carae fateful nieht! Tb I : Uess of Westminster Bave one WP ber sumptuous balls at Grosvenor Souse. Princess Pat was guest of BWnor, and the American Beautv gas also a guest. At this ball was ,j i Be handsome, debonair. extremlv j j Wealthy Marquis of Anglesea, For feonths London had gossiped about I i 2f Marquis and the Princess. At Ittli ball fuel wts added to the fire -f rumor! "Handsome Charlie" j j ;BBfOe the rules of royal etiquette Of asking the Princess to dance s Wh him. He should bave bung back until a plunh clad flunkey announced an-nounced in his ear that "the Princess Prin-cess graciously gives you privilege or the next dance." Instead. the Marouis stalked bravely up to the Princess, bowed, and said: "This is our dance. I be-L be-L lleve," and happy Pat smiled and said: "It is, and so are the next BlX, if you want them." Well, when the Marquis finished the seventh dance, L all the duke3. duchesses, counts, countesses and flun- kies decided that "Hand- y some Charlie" had won against the King of Eng- X land. Bvt ' And oh, what a change this little word makes! But, at the end of the seventh dance, the Duchess of Westminster dragged him away to meet "a pretty little Am- erica n." And when "Handsome Char- He" looked at pret- ty Miss Dodge he V straightway forgot all about Prinoess Pat! And he devoted . , . himself to Mies Lucy; and London turned a deep purple. 01 course, every one. from King Edward down knew that -Handsome Charlie" was bckle. Had be not paid ardent at- 1 tentiors to BiJlie Burke. Gladys adebilt. Lady Ivy Gordon-Len- nox and a dozen other beauties and heiresses. King Edward was bitterlv angry and suggested ro the Marquis that he go abroad indefinitely. He went to Austria. 1 The next move concerned the Guests It. was intimated to Mrs Guest that the English climate was disagreeing with her charming oung daughter! Almost immediately immedi-ately Miss Dodge left London and came to New York to stay with her venerable grandfatner. The Guests hastily closed their Iondon house and exiled themselves In Canada The Honorable Lionel., who was several yearB younger than his wife, owned several large ranch proper-ties proper-ties in Canada. It was announced officially that he had to live in Canada Can-ada to look after his large interests there. So far, so good! Miss Lucy grieved sorely for her English friends. Whether she has ever been In love with "Handsome Charlie" no one can say. After a few weeks in New York, she joined Princes Patricia of Connaught, Who Won't Be Married Until She Can Get the Man Shm Wants. her mother and stepfather in Canada. Earl Grey was Governor-General. Government House at Ottawa as very brilliant. The Greys made much of the Guests, and pretty Lucy rapidly became the belle of the Government circle. For two Win'ers Mis? Dodge led a most farylike exls'once. Then, oh. woe! The Greys werfl recalled! And who was chosen to take the place of the popular Greys? Why. the Duke of Con-naught! Con-naught! Was anything ever queerer? Here was the enemy invading the retreat of thf Amerir?n queen! Canada, to this day. does nrt know why the Greys were recalled. re-called. No deep political reascn was glvn. Out of a clear sky came the recall, and the Dominion hardly recovered itself before the word came that the Connaughts were to succeed. Mrs. Guest has announced that she will go to England In February, taking Miss Dodge with her. With the Connaughts in Canada, there is now no reason why the late exile ! should avoid London. What a queer state of affairs! The American beauty driven from England by an angry princess seeks a haven in Canada. And now she Is driven from Canada by the still angry priDeess! And all on ao count of a marquis! 1 |