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Show .TOE SUNDAY HEfiAlD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16,4023. 4 mm 'hi'- .1 n ' And Sponsored the' Arourid-the- - World HRonfsWte of ? the; Handsonte "Horsey ' Officer He Discovered 7in Bombay and the. " mI Beautyi ' i5TVIJ' JMl ' r T AVi - Jji " Ltert Portrait of Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe, Equerry and Friend to , ' "''- - - ... -- J 1 JT 3 ' the Prince ef Wiled, Decorated with ' Cupid's Winf a in Aclmowledg- - mint of the Fart That It Wu : Hfr Who Made Possible the .ff v. e 1 , , . if 41 '"" - t TV I v.. , . , V V 1 s - "5 Cunon and Major Jletcalfft AJexndr 1 ? - . V' "T v' 4 V b mr-- While Ladr Alandr Was Sdntinatinir in Un Society, Major .MetcfL W Coin Abort We Comparatively. ' -- rrt v- -? 6 ' f ; .1 Tediop. Dutie. rf Body- tuurd to the Governor, - . ' , , " . AVf -t , the Dauhtep of the Late vr .... 5 ' jirlir i - VjJ 1 UtI -Leiter, the Washington, I i vx- . of the Lata. ' ' D. C, Muiti- - ; Millionaire, "V, . V f-- M. V4 W . , f . ' Lady Alexandra Major Metcalfe, Photographed at Ascot While I V Ja? 4' . ; Wk ( - W sit t ii',tmmtm was seen frequently at dances and other social affairs with Prince George, young--e- st son- - of the Kingand. Queen, it was rumored that their engagement soon would be announced. After the rumor had been denied, gossip linked her" name with the Prince of Wales, i .was born' in India twenty-on. years agb when her father was Viceroy Her" second narne,"", f assisted by the Prince, who, it is said, played "Naldera, was chosen by her mother in.. ' Cupid in bringing ihem. together from the ends . memoryof the delightful Himalayan re-and piotmgHheirovralfair. rtreatrof that name, close to Simla. From" Lady 'Curton ii acknowledged to bfc one ot theL TJietfTrfe"eTfe in Londonbesran she has" been trie petted and leted darling of somost beautiful and socially distinguished young ciety, always surrounded by an admiring women in the. United Kingdom. She is the court "" --Young" Metcalfe is the'son of a Dublin daughter of the late Marquis Curzon pf Ke'dle-' ton by. bis'first wife, who was Miss Mary Leiter, Despite a brilliant war record, of Chieag. From her father she inherited the - family. he was somewhat buried in India, vhere , bluest of blue blood. And from her mother he served with the Bengal cavalry until granddaughter of Levi Leiter, the WashingtQn, . throe yeawagb; when .the Prince of Wales. D. G.K. and sister of Joseph ' visited that" "country "and took a likin'i; to Leiter, .Chicaero wheat baron she came by rare hini. After that many "seemingly imposand dazzling beauty. sible things happened. She is thr of Dowager .The real. story of the romance begins Alexandra, and three years ngo she was the most $ lack in 1907 when yoang Metcalfe was taiked-o- f debutante in London. Later when she graduated from Dublin University. He at, By ELIZABETH SHIELDS. LONDON. J , LL ofj London is talking about its prize romance of the season; a romance which will culminate soon in a wedding between beautiful Lady Alexandra Naldera Curzon and Major Edward Dudley MetcalfeT. dashing young soldierand intimate of the Prince of Wales. Their engagement, just announced, is con- " ' -- t ill'' ,' 3 er ... " r - I A m I 's". " 'w iOx V X L 1 4tQJ f TC? A A HVkiy- i- if i " y pjs Duraerwahis time Lady AHexaadra-w- as MaJor'Metcalfe and the Prince of Wales In the farine alons; her noDuIar way in London and Costumes of "Japanese Retainers,' Which . rumors of to considerable time denying devoting They Wore at a Costume Ball on . her engagement. Perhaps it la true that she has the liatUeship "Renown,"hadiiassed been threeyeanr since her debut and London society considers that was mentioned as a possible bride for hini Before a somewhat prolonged period lor May lair mala she married the Duke of York, and how the : to remain heart-frePuke's marriage appeared to give his illustrious Some of the gossips insist that Lady Alex--i brother umisual- - satisfaction. And there were anUra'a .close friendship" with the royal-fami- ly others that he helped along, it is said. several Prince to of her engagement gave rise to reports At any rate when Major Metcalfe finally was George, and was responsible for the linking of her name with that of His Royal Highness. presented to the reigning beauty of London society, no one had any further- reason to accuse Others,' however, declare that there always has him of being impervious to. feminine charm. been a warm, regard between the beauty and , Wales, and that 'it was. this regard which caused : Instead, his friends declared, after his engage-ment to Lady Alexandra Naldera Curzon had him to play Cupid when Alexandra and Major been annuonced, he seemed to be a prime Metcalfe finally were brought together. favorite of the little love god! They point out that it isn't the first time the Prince has appeared in the role of love promoter. . "That's what happens when the Prince of The remember how lovely little Edwina Ashley Wales plays tCupid," all of London ia. saying. . "atountry." hardiOT-pleBser-F- tl e. i.wf V : . . i - 1. T up a magazine or illustrated paper, her face smiled at liira from the .pages- He saw her pictured in coart dress, in hunting togs, in tennis costume. Probably he became well with ber family history as it was set forth in captions, the story of her mothers ""the American girt, famous for her beauty, who married the Marquis and became Vicenne of India and died when Lady Alexandra was but two years old. Of two other daughters, one is Lady Cynthia Mosley, while (tie eldest. Lady Irene, is stui unmarried. Eight years ago Lord Curzon married another American Mrs. Duggan; widow ot the late Alfred Duggan of Buenos Aires and daughter of the iate Monroe Hinds,- United States Minister to Brazil. Major Metcalfe saw the picture of Lady Alexandra as she looked when she attended the wedding at Lambeth Palace with her sisters. And this was the way things stood three years ago when the Prince of Wales visited India on his tour of the world. It was Just before Eng-lnnrl'n Rnpftacnlsr vounsr man transDlanted the army officer from obscurity to high visibility and made him the hero of a story, as strange as any Arabian Nights tale. It was because of Metcalfe's record as a expert knowledge polo player, together with-hiof horses, that he was appointed temporary equerry to His Royal Highness during the stay in Bombay. Drawn together by this common inter-- : est, they became fast friends. And finally, when the Prince was ready to continue his tour, he took Major Metcalfe along as, a member of his .' , staff. Then began a life of change and adventure for the young officer. He went with the royal party to Siam and China and Japan, where he was photographed in native costume with the Prince. They visited Australia and New Zealand. And everywhere the Prince went, Major Metcalfe, like Mary's lamb, was sure to go. . They went to Canada and stopped for a holiday in Paris when they .passed .that way. And always they were surrounded by the beauties who collect wherever the rnnce nappens w oe ana who, failing to register noticeably or permanently with the royal youth; were perfectly "willing to emile upon his handsome staff officer. It wa when Wales paid his famous visit to Long Island and Major Metcalfe accompanied him to take charge of Kittle, the little black mare, together with the eight other ponies of the Prince's stable, that everybody began to say the Major was impervious to feniinlne wiles. The pick of American femininity flocked to Long Island and exerted, every art known to pulchritude, vivacity and charm upon the English visi tors. But Metcalfe alone of them all remained unimpressed and, " some declared, even a little uninterested. s fend .fib- 'JWDiAJ ' ti a Attending the Races. . I . i Sf-V- i' V. ft X I '. , ... After ttyj war he ifent back to India. And vrhile Lady Alexandra was scintillating in London tociety, forming a close friendship vith Princess Jose, daughter of thS King, and Queen of the social BelgU ns, ' and Tvith "rfther j distinguished figures, Metcalfe wag going about the compare- - . tjvely tedious duties of bodyguard to the Governor of Bombay, practically cut off from social life as it is understood in London and other West . ern capitals. - He devoted himself to his horses, and managed to win .a reputation as a polo player. Perhaps It was during the lonely monotony of those days that the handsome young officer began to be interested in the London beauty... Of course he had never seen her, and it didn't seem that he ever would, isolated and relatively 'obscure as he was. But he heard about her continually. And almost every time he picked " 'MarquI Corzon of Keddleston and Great ' J ,ssx.!r.-j'. -- ' , 'V'IT- ' - "V A once enltred the Indian cavalry and as sta-tioned in Bombay with; kinnfer' Horse: He was major in the Indian 'army at the outbreak of the World War and served both hi France and in action Mesopotamia, so distii&uishing-himsel- f that he was uiontioued'iri dispatches and awarded I,a3? J'VVv''vA;'',v-'.l''!,- V I'.'. - , AY 257fciV (OT - r r"V-- ft - 1ST l) 7" j Naldera Curron, - ) Um Frince. .. tin nwa! lllehnert m4 f " v. & ; ' 1 f. of Loridoif Society. rrv? t " . ". "' ' ' - 1,1 "c iff . multi-millionai- 0n . . NFirsTMper Fevbin Bcrrteiv 1023. i I f illl 1 HI If 111'. W II II II U!II Ul II Vi ll II II ' V 11 .II .l ill I U Wlllll 1 if |