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Show PAGE FOUR; " THE EVENING HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923. n pz2-z-- anix . n 7 " - ; i MM mneviCi f 7 ffh n i - .... - .- Though He Has"Tbee." Marriages Behind Him He'.Can Never Really Be Certain That" His Latest Bride Will Please ' ; r Mamma. -- TSobby : V-- - : 7 -- .ilxt;,; ,- i Arr himself vu frankly apthat prehensive hit mother would tnra thumb down upon Bride Not-jttut as aha did upon Bride No. F 7 2.' ehf agentcent of HEN' the VV Jhe Former Willard, Newport beauty, to the rich Mr. Robert Wilson Goelet was announced the ,oher day the engagement which culminated in a triumphant wedding at "Fairhaven," the Wil-- v lard home wjiat Society said didn't concern the bridal pair so much as it did the groom's mother. ; "How will Mamma Goelet toko it?" asked the gossips, Arid..the predictions wer tnade tKaLthe formidable Mrs. Odgen. Goelet would not take . ' it at all well ; was frankly apBobby himself, they declared, prehensive that his mother would turn thumbs down upon his new bride.twhb is No. 8 in his matrimonial career, just ai she did upon Bride No. 2, and persons close to the Goelets were" frankly expecting some such development to come to pass. Indeed, for a while it looked as if an open rupture between mother' and son migat be one of the results- f , :, So, when Mamma Goelet actually invited Roberta to attend a party at Ochre Court, Bobby was credited with feeling an immense relief a feeling, however, that was eonr Koberta- - Willard, "Glorified --, Native" of Newport, Who Crowned Long and i Interesting Career Social With Marriage to Robert .Goelet f ' 1 Roberta Miss' iI 1 i K 4 ., . it began to siderably modified when Mrs. Goelet became SO ill that she couldn't attend the wedding. On, account of this latest development, those who have made a' study of Mrs. Gbelet's Nnperi? ous character, are saying that Bobby had better not place too much confidence in Mamma's "per , - . . look as . . v her. The fact of tfie situation Is that the still youthful Bobby, said to be the wealthiest man in New York society, always has wanted to please his mother in the matter of daughters-in-law,- " but so far has had little success. Everybody de clares mat an tnree or ms marriages have been the result of his determination to keep on good terms with Mamma Goelet. First there" was his union with Elsie Whelen, of Philadelphia whom he had good reasons to believe" would be satisfactory to everybody, since'. she ' had beauty, charm and high social standing. . But they wound up in quarrels, recriminations d divorce. The ltfvely That lady, who ' claimed to be the daughter of a professor of art Rt Perugia University, came to America with ber first husband, Prince an she ' -.- k . if seperation were Imminent Bobby bought and developed a million-dollar "picture estate" in the beautiful country, near Goshen, N. Y. He hoped thus to lure "back the affec . tion of the wife with whont he was very much in love. He offered her everything ho owned his fortune, his Newport mansion, his house on Fifth Avenue, his opera box, and all the Goelet jewels, if ' she would return to him. r But she continued'to protest that she could not endure the "Goelet pride." Nine years after they were married she secured a divorce in Paris. Later she married Henry Clews, Jr, Five years of grasa widowernood .apparently brought renewed longing for domesticity to About Bobby Goelet this .time he met the Princess Fernanda. al A--- :n , . ' When mother-in-law- : ELsie 1.1 they knew that Mamma has made no such drastic . . as yet When Bobby married Miss Whelen in 1 SOS.. was a match with enormous wealth on one it side and family and beauty on the other. He showered her with Jewels and gave her a house in town and a Yilla at Newport, afid everything her heart desired.' Two sons were born. But alwSys in the background was the dominant personality of Mrs. Ogdea Goelet She, it was BaJd, attempted to rule her son and his wife with an iron hand, frequently expressing disapproval of her daughter-in-law- 's actions. Elsie, who was artistic, spent a great deal of time painting in the studio of Henry Clews,. Jr., and this interest served to widen the breach between herself and husband a breach caused in the beginning, according to their, friends, by the interference f the ' 1 . f unctory" indorsement of her new daughter-te-laThey maintain that time alone will tell whethet he has, at last made a choice that suits vv Now if ' stated that' fiftUld sot VA A r?;A : " 4 A-- ri ' . Robert Wilson Goelet, the d Mrs, Ogden Goelet and' Brothr of Duchess of RoxburgKa. . I, Sea of Thrice-Marrie- Ui - - . and disgust at her 'strange, xotlc Heufbiir-- i "jwwhereupon all fashionable BOciely lewtd t the decree and closed their doors ,to the' ,, bridel ' ; Then began the game' of social f reezebut which discouraged and embittered Fernanda and do--. .veloped uito dissensions netween her and her wt husband. Wheri Bohhu hfnno-America,., the Dowager Mrs. Goslet sliut np her town house and her Newport hone and moved to Great Britain whov settled herself as the guest of her d?ush--- l "x vasne, acotiand. ' Not even When she was notified of the birth of a ... grandson did she relent 'iw Finally hi began to be told arouna tnr sne had made a new will. It wh, id that the had m . completely disinherited son Bobby and that sho hadleft her seventy- five millions of dollars in trust for her grandsons," Ogden and Peter, whose mother was Elsie Whelen. ; J Meanwhile Bobby was 'moving heaven and earth' to win $ocial recognition for hit wife. He ook; her to. Newport for a seasons they tried the country house she attended fame; andindustriously other public affairs where society mingles with, the And while Mrs. bourgeoisie.. Goelet was greatly idmirecT by men, few of the women dared ?he incur Madame Goelct's dis' pleasure, by being irisndly. It was said that her husband offered princely donatint-t- e his neighr borsof the Tuxedo colony jf they would put her name on the list - i I IX ' rly .WS fkJ; VV-H- - X .'X '5s, r ' The Second Wife of Robert Geolet, - FormerTv he Prlnrnan lmnHo Rlabouchlnsky and Now the Wife of Don Viadlmlro VillarosL Her Social Ostracism at the Handa of Mrs. Goelet Is Considered Responsible, v for Her -Divorce; , ; ;,:; i. V i: . t 1 ' - . " Ai': 7 . f 4 w, w ' out Fernanda; playing-abou- i e mother-in-laafter Mamma Goelet had snubbed her exotle daughter-in-lafor five years, taking good care that Society followed suit Fernanda later, found consolation in nn- otner auiance, wnen she married in Paris Don Vladimird Notarbartoli di Duchi di VillarosL : "Now what will be the Slmtna nf RrAerfa?" people ask. Ani.there ian't any answer, for the vmy one wno snows, witn uie exception ot Mrs. Goelet' herself, it possibly Bobbyf sister, the Duchess of Roxburghe? And f course neither . of them will tell! ffhe fact remains that while Roberta has more fecial standing than did Fernanda she --by M " J I f J atand the, "Goelet pride." Those fa the know, however.'stated that it was ease of too much mother-in-laNo s.uch riwback beset his Inar-- " riace to the Princess Fernanda Rncri Riabocchinsty, 'a somewhat, mysterious Italian" beauty vrho divorced her first husband, an elaborately Uwhiskered Russian, shortly before her journey to the altar with young. Goelet Their union weiit n the rocks, it was said, because of too-littl- '. nt . r: - f - . ' v , Roerta was . ' the fringea of V ' ' t ' society, still liked and petted , , . ; ,' . A but patronized aa a "viUaM M girl." It is said that she some' times was referred to, though v J,... . , V ., ); VV -," .Hnkin(lly. M Jhe "per--' , f ennial debutante.'? Never' ' V ' 1 ; theless she won the admiration and f riendBhin Of Bobby ' . ; Goelet. He liked, say the 4 tabbies, to pour the tale of patronesses of a'great benefit, ft hit troubles-- into fat iTwpa-thet-io , but in, vain. ear. And when he was . , was not greatly, sur . oocieiy .t N. Aa in divorced by his Prinoess, v. jr ' prised, therefore, when the dash- -began to spend a lot of his ter yonng Italian woman sailed-fo- r Paris time with tha BmtHr "mMm and, after less than four years of married Bobby's hobby is emeralds. He .makes a fad life, last February obtained a divorce. Her V of presenting Uiera to his fiancees, Th emlrald ' ' . or m ra. marriage too place at about' the tiara Elsie Whelen Goelet wore was famous on " tame time that Goelet g engageraeiit was two continents. Ogden Goelet, Taken When She Was First And while Fernanda's 'green i The wise ones say that, rue his now a Social DkUter. " and glittering ffems were "hot sd splendid,, they Making Herself Felt definitely bid farewell to all thoughts of social means ever has moved In the "rarlfleJ tmos- were sufficiently gorgeous to excite considerableprominence and only hopes for the boon bf hap comment and envy.. phere" surrounding Mads me Goelet and her ; Nicholas Rlabouchlnsky of Russia, who figured piness and security. It wasn't more than a ' as So when. Roberta appeared with a large m - Artists and clan; anitmosphere which became very rare connoisseur. month later that Newport began to pre3ict , an, art sculptors indeed when that dowager put over her greatest erald placmie. Newport blew a sigh of expectsi- raved about her beauty and Arnold Genthe, f marriage , between - Goelet , and Roberta social coup, the match between hex daughter May tion. Ana almost immediately the appearance . , whose specialty is photographing women, de .Willard. , ; ' of the jewel- was followed and the Duke of Rexbnrghe, . the announcement No-- by to be the most beautiful woman whe M"- her clared, Mrs. current the 2, W is Hn,e Roberta the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. of her engagement to Bobby. ' 'V ' , jv ; ever sat before his camera. Goelet has an established tilam In' Nwnnrt Kh. Joseph Willard.- - She comes of good stock but "Perhaps their marriaga will heal the breach As a srincess the fared none too well finan haa her own circle of friends, and while they are tittle wealth.; Her family is what the Bailey'i ;. that has existed between mother and ton for so cially s Indeed she was glad to sell her "beauty . uu ma is! eBl iiies wnose motors oisturo the Beach crowd calls "glorified natives"! that is they Bam. cm iney went secrets" to a newspaper, and .she was about to crcryuouy iuii)f. gravel walks at pchre Court, but represent the in the spend Tear round on to speculate upon whether Mamma; Goelet Newport accept- - a job from Morris set of the resort, ahey all will she was When a youngster she was to pretty" ' ever wouia do quite sausnea wiut a'aangnter-In-la; . Gest to appear in "Aphrodite" when people berally enthusiastically to the 'support of their that the wealthy Summer colony- made not pick . herself . ' ForvMamma sheid remark' her to with gan upon favorlte.x Bobby friendship t rather a pet of hel and encouraged her to play , Goelet If reputation means anything- - is a nat GoeleC Suddenly she divorced her Prince and, Still it has been said "thaf Mamma3 Goelet hal with their .childrSn. This was in the days when oral ; born matchmaker, They wondered If, ' - after a whirlwind became Mrs. been Goelet . courtship very much averse to welcoming-'third Bobbyi just but .of. college, was honeymooning when Bobby escorted his bride into the dowager! No. 2i Their marriage took placo in 1909 in daughter-in-la- ; Taking It all !n"alL the plht . with his first wife. that august person would extend her .Paris.!,';'- k presence , the of rich Mr. Goelet, who seems 'afwtyl to be Abnut tK t!m thm 1oi.f vim iff greeting. Only to give And Mamma Goelet, from ber throne as social . trying to pick a bride to suite Mamma, is conngnt hand as ..Uan"n. fioejet in tha process of freezing 1 the newlyweds though a shock with the slghnsf her " queen; promptly expressed her royal displeasuro . ... -- 5 - . sidered most pathetic t ' , . :' ' ' " ' u : . Vet . ek "merry-go-roun- w and-swee- t , r !" , . ; Jf. - - v- -r ;.,-.,- : r - - v .w.r,: ' v - t ... .;;. ,.; v v m'; - .". |