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Show 77 -Tini my S Y'yT f 1 ???nr-v-? try ft si? )i" t,. ; v . '--o r vv77i i I- IV V. j -:y i' - f vVAi' 7-X..7 N7 cUWsUs IL C- v C. k- '. m w' . 77, 17 3 ' t: ni''r;---. i V'S7 , .-'.-v., : ; ' . v ..'.. M V.) 1 1 ' . . ., -s. .. .- ... . .'..'.',.. ' . r -""". .- .. .T .......... - , ... .' ;:- --v-v ' .'. ' ': ,. .'v. V ) ':';''"- - . . . ..... . n . The Governor'a Palace, Mnili. Young Enougk to Be His Daughter, Miss Betty Insists on iVfarrymff Her Hero, tke Governor of the Philippines, in Spite of Her Parents Protest fO r.'.-irry :'.:e '.;ero s'-o w or?!'.:;pe;l I ier fe y-.v.-s is soir.K to '.-a tl'.o r'.or:oH ?: of p'.t-;.y botiy Wront-niL-re, ur.'rss her rsrcnrs, rroe??or iinj Mr?. C'.Arerce G. Vren:moi e sm-.-aeJ In tre-iai-i u? ultra r-.oiiern match. TUe herj is rr.tr. Ptsrtot: !Urr!f.-n. Governor-Ger.or.i! Governor-Ger.or.i! of the Vhi'.tpitio and n man oi ctuoh nta ;tt..c?. He udutits for;y-tive for;y-tive yojts ii'.J 1-..5 briJe to l o csn or.!" cot'.'..: c'..SCfti birthdays to her croJ.it. A'.'.hc Gj.crr'.or H.irr!on np.ouiiv'fJ his cr.ificorjor.L to this youug beauty s rr' nako was ii lons-lP8?i''d youn;;: Vr, v it U :;dse.J vi ciu'stiu:'. curls, Ms bluo ryes and feet t'.'.at si'.nr'y could not keep s'i !. Mrs. Harrison, wl.'o of th.- Oovertior-llfiiera'. Oovertior-llfiiera'. took n fancy to t'.ie ch:M and ina.'.e it a point to present her to tiio Governor. All t!iat S ".miner Ito.iy followed Governor Gov-ernor atotn. adorins liliu at u (l:-'...nee. No one. of course, paid uny at ten: ion to tl.e ch.iHl and s'.tc foann d at ill throt:.:h the "j'H'.aoo'" itrvur.ds r.n.l In nnd on', of the h.nic. No ono l:r.e v that the l!ur-eed l!ur-eed T0Uiigtcr was tul'etiri- a wott.'.i rful ,y '' ' . . , - . ' V . .. ' ' i , '-i'-; ."-- .' . t ,.-. t . .. ... . '' . ' -' :. . v 7 7'. ,-,.,. f ..- ' ". - ,, ' '':'', '-' ,-.."77,'":7 i ' .... ;, "-'.- . v--. . 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( ... . in Mr. Harrison v ' ' una on Klft nve- : , ' lived nh.ntst , lieins rh-e'ed to x - -' M n.a h him per- k ?. ; v; I'al. While there. f 'I ieism in t!:e be- " s I i only a year nnd i V- i : , d-ath and to -A ,- ' . , '- " 1:1k hrid", r.i ; t ffect. d. The sor- ' ' V ; '; ie a favorl-o and ' ' t 1 n Ideally happy I 1 i t . re born and tr..-n y ' , ' ....... 0 his post at the ' . v.-. . d hlfl lady held , r : the Governor s , ! , - ' ovo with the two . . ' . y' . t , a - - i and Iiahs, ;.p.d . ' '. . .' , - such roei.ay .s ' ' ' ' 7 1' " '"'" ,? '' "" ' "C ' - " '' s '' oils hand. Ju.t , . ' V--..- - . - ly s-'omr-d mot ' ' . ' " ' ; ' I .. ' -."-.. Mrs. Harrison - ; j fc 1 : . . - : ... . 1 sailed for heme . .' ' ; - . T -... - Gob.iip . . . . . .-. - . in, the .... . . . . ' v.,...- - k er, but . ' 7 - v. , i . ' ..-.... (nation .. -. . V ' yl . , ' . , - - ...... Jd was k v " ' " . " 1 ; 1 v -.. ' - . - . ,. : . r . teamer . ' : , feared . '. .. ' .-. ' ' .. '"' -: ion and . '; '"" '. ; " - . ... i' ' ' ' ". ' " re lost. 'y . . . . s . " ; : , - ' . .:..:- ..... :'. ., . v - . . . ' .; i ?k ' v v - . V - - v; ' ' ' . r; 7 ? . " V' 7 7 -7 .;,v.: pirn child, a girl of four, evidently it as a cise, of neiir-luve nt "rst r. I li t with hotli the widower and tho unhappy wife. Shortly Short-ly I'.ft.-r their first meeting Mr. Coj went to Kranee to await tho outcome of her nitl to"- divoree. Hi Nov, tnh'T. r.et. Mrs. t.',.'s motioT w nt to I'r.i! i-e to h. r her dauchter r."t to luatry Mr. ll.urit-oii in such, has-'r, hut her .".oris were of no avail, and t'no day that in American oid-" Mn. d the divorce de--ree t!:e n k n r . ttier.t of Mrs. Judson Col .;!!! i-'run is Ilinison wan formally iiti-" tt.'-tn.-. d itn. 1 tho wi-ddln,- follow..-,1 almost ;:t.U'.'.':..a;ely. lio-' sraiit-.ly hI;.'ory rrpeu's itt-.-lf! l'wi'lve years 'ran l. H:;rrlson ha I to i-.a.t f r his hrlde to he to secure h-r di-vor di-vor e f-"tn her h'j"b..ttd Itj ord-r to ntarry iin. Today ho waiting for that satii" ."-ride to secure a (li'orce from him -!f be-lore be-lore he can marry tho girl ho now loves! In his second marriage, Mr. Harrison t.'v; u: his tirs: v i.'e's home on Kifth nve-T'.e, nve-T'.e, p.i;d wi-.'n not travel:!.;; lived nh.ntst ti'tu'.y in V.'ai.!n?v.n. Ileitis rh-ccd to ,'et.K'i. c for m v.-ral 'ertn-i male him por-ee'.iy por-ee'.iy ;.l hi n e iti the c.tp'.'al. While thero .-.as a ," o! d--al of erllleisrn in the be-;!ittot.- tor hi" n.irr!it only a year nnd '. ttioptii r.tt.T Ms wife's d--at!i iuhI to his tivtrs ir.nue a 'livnrcen hr:d' r.i olCe nl rare.T w as not affect, d. The S"r vid Mrs. il.irrtsi-n became a favorl- aitd h-y v. i re cotist.h T"d an Ideally happy 'e.iple. .Two children were born and th-n i ;:r:. on w as a;-;-: lnt d to his post at the .'i.iltppincs. The, ne-.v Governor nnd Ms lady held tlt.iejt rcyal court in the Governor's palace." Manila f-U in lovo with the two ihier children, Virginia and Halm, r.r.d h"ir stepmother ruled such roei.ey .s tore was wrh a Rraeious hand. '.Tust -hnn everyihint; ostensibly s-emr-d niot leliplilfuUy satisfactory Mrs. HarrNr-n Kflvcd up her trunl;s and sailed for heme .vilh her two children. Gossip few wer..s ro. tr.o ir.sTtacj c s n n o t take place until his former wiio. Mrs. Ms':-:-; Jji:o:t C--. rcc t' her r::sl ,:- crce of d. c:: sc:-j o' Miv. lu the m- :::-::: 1 :. r: 1 Mrs. Wr, rttr.ore are dcinr tr.ic hc-.-t to ke-ri the :r.;rr?e ire-.a occarric? at a... T.tetr cl.itf -'-jc-ttts are the gro..t .Ktlrrettce it! ? i te'een Gcver-r.cr Gcver-r.cr Harrison, u:'-.l their darhter ar.d hi r-c?nT divorce. The Wrentraiores live in Manila, whet , Protestor V rent-ntere rent-ntere 1j r-?an ot l.'o. --e c f ."dat-l'ta, nr. i Lota are esctc i-i-.5'.r prpttlar anicaj the Antericans there. Miss Y.'r"rr,tmere is pe-f-e-iy frj! as to h?r ctti'Ude toward her parents' ohjec-ttoss. ohjec-ttoss. Si:? f?e'.5 that her mother is mor? against her hero than her father. "Mother doesn't realize that I r-ra grown up." Mio? V.'rerrtaor? said re- . cer.tiy. "She appc.r- . entiy believes that i 7 '-77.7 r.y.Vy,.y1 -1 t . , . - - t '''.'. 7 .- .'.-. ' -- ' . , ( h .v; -". j V.' X--7V ' : V.-, .:,.- . 7 . 7" ' . 7 Francis Burton Harrison, Governor General of the Philippines. hero out Oi tno 'American Goor:i.e. Mrs. Harrison lilted bavins !; around te.au; site was such a pood j.ay-niat.i j.ay-niat.i for her two step eh thlr.-n. Vir-ktnta Vir-ktnta ar.d Parhara. wlio were about Kefy's i. In tho Kail Lct'y vas sent back to the St.r-- to a boar.ifiR si.h'o', and ho-r ae jein'ar.co wt'h the Governor vts for-i t'.-n h- every ev-ery oi'.. 1: .t not by the rhrl I h.erself: A iare pho'.'ra-h of her l',e,.o o -cupa d a crtt-r of la r uft-ss-i f r, flunk -id by th..sn of h.-r parent's. And no-.v i;.. tty b -n to ir.a'ie a scrapbr.oli of cliptnss about her torn. This been. ne alnu st a sacrei lack, but it had its unf. r-tur.ate r-tur.ate side, for in the course, oi tinia F.etty read of the trouble lr. 'he Harrison Har-rison household, and eventually all about her hero's marrkd lives, the first of, which began most brilliantly in 19'.'0. Hack in the nine-- nine-- ties, bciore Francis 15'ir'on Harrison iiti-ished iiti-ished his course at jimiu'u io uum.aoi wumau, ttie of an artillery officer, but Mrs. Harrison's only explanation f her lea', inn her husband w as l desire for more payety. Oa her way home the steamer .vat; wrecked, and it was feared 'or a tltno that Mrs. Harison and Gossip ! . an, the ....'. er, but M : anation . . . 'a nd was k v "'!'..' V " '''' ''; ''' ' iteanter . '-; .-- ' !' feared ' ' "'' ' . son and , " ; ' ?re lost. ; -: J, ;' V t ' ? a-j ;' Sit' -( ! :va7v:;7-:Li?:'7" V':;:7t7.- ;:;!- ; '':'777-J &"-'vV;;,'-;.V' f;;7 7,:'; ;7v!;7'!!7v.''.i ' ' f'f i 7.:v? Miss Betty Wrentmore, the Child Friend and Playmate Play-mate of Gov. Harrison's Daughters, Who Is Determined Deter-mined to Become the Third Wife of the U. S. Governor-General of the Philippine Islands. r 'A . . . ' ." ' s . " ' ,"'- a- .-- " " . V .- - 1 - " : .;..'- ." ... "' a. :' -.-- " 1 - 7 - T Photo-&t ;mall son and daughter we They o v e n t u a 1 ly reached Xew York, and the next thing society heard was that Mrs. Harrison had settled set-tled in California and . was about to sua for divorce on the charge of desertion. While all this was polng on over here Governor Harrison was leading a fairly pay bachelor life in Manila. His large fortune, inherited from his first wife, permitted per-mitted him to live "like a lord," and he made tho most of his opportunities. Ho has always been fond of hunting, even during his first honeymoon he took long trips in Canada after bi? game, and as noon as his second (ivife left! him he spent most of his week-ends on hunting hunt-ing trips. Occasionally Occasion-ally a very beautiful , woman, called the ' "Princess," would be i in the party, with her husband, and Manila I bought nothing of it. officer or two, but they only made a necessary part of the scenery. When September came I'etty was again shipped back to California io complete her college course. She went happily to her hero, and her proudest possession was hi3 "frat" pin, the emblem of the Psi Upsilon of Vale. Then ,too. she knew that her hero was to make a visit to the United States within a few months. Not being entirely blind to what was going on, Mrs. Wrentmora was glad to soe her daughter sail away. A'hMc not realizing the seriousness of the affair, she had begun to feel apprehensive, because she did not like having her young daughter, her little girl Belty. to eonstantiy in the cornunr.v of a man so much older of worship than she had ever dreamed. Last Spring Miss Betty, in her sophomore sopho-more year nt Berkeley College. California, was taken ill. and finally betook be-took herself to Manila lo convalesce. She took her hero's photograph and' her scrap book along, and in her girlish girl-ish heart hoped that she would ouce more see him face to face, and perhaps hear him speak. And almost the first person she met in her father's home was the Governor-General. Ho was there for her 'first . 'puppy love' on my part and that I'll soon forzor all about Governor Harri.-on. "This isjnot so. I love him and he loves tr.e." she went on. "Why. I have made hirn tav hero ever since I was thirteen vears old. Mr mother also thinks it is v.-rnuz to marry a man who is divorced. I think it is better to be divorced half a dozen times than to live with some one one ha'e3 or is unhappy with. We shall certainly be married In May." Governor Harrison, who is now in this country on a vacation, ia likewise positive that the marriage will take place. He 13 as impa-ient as his child fiancee to have the court hurry his divorce to a finality BE'! snrliir.gly discounts the Vi'rentmores' objections. "Betty and I adore each other. A3 soon as Mrs. V. rentmore realizes how deeply In earnest we are she will relent. The Dean is a fine man and always agrees with his wife, so in the end we are bound to be happy," is the way the Governor explains things to his friendn in Xew York and Washington. In looking back Manila now realizes how Poetic and altogether romantic the Governor's Gov-ernor's latest, courtship has ben. No setting set-ting couid be more beautiful than the ,ropic background of this corner of the Orient. There are good roads for motoring, motor-ing, and Miss Wrentmore has driven her own roadster for a year or two. Last Summer the Governor usually occupied the company teat. But a large part of the courtship was Put through on horseback. There are won-tler'ul won-tler'ul bridle paths ' on the outskirts of Manila and off iu the hills, where the V. renimores have a charming bungalow for the "rainy season." Incidentally, Mi?3 Betty looks marvelously fit in hr riding 1pg'-t of coarse woven linen. The tiglit little knickers and snug-fitting coat, with t's short, sporcy tails, are bewitchlngly becoming, be-coming, for Miss Betty has a slender, girl-is.i girl-is.i figure eminently fitted for Just such a costume. In a way, however, we are getting a bit anead of our story, for this love aiYair, like all o'hers, had a real beelnning. Back in ie Hummer of 1914 the Governor and his handsome wife gve a garden party. J;v'-ry one in Manila was bidden to the overnor's "palace,'' and among the gucsls vtre the Wremmores, but recently come to the Philippines. Trotting in her moth- Yale University, he fell In love with Miss Marv Crocker, older daughter of Charles V. Crocker, of Pan Francisco, and a great heiress. At 'he time Harri.-on was a great favorite in Xew York and Washington society, and he was already showing an inclination for politics. His meeting with the San Francisco heiress and beauty almost changed his whole career, for he wanted to drop college col-lege and marry hr at once. Miss Crocker was living with her aunt, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, of Xew York. She had a number num-ber of suitors and could have married any . ove of several millionaires, but ber love for young Harrison was too deep- withstand. with-stand. And he was ardently in love with her. She acrreed to an immedialo marriage, but on the condition that afterward lie return to Yale and finish his course. And so in June the heiress became the bride 'of her young lover In her aunt's beautiful home at Tuxedo Park. They were gloriously glor-iously happy for several years. Harrison finished his college work and then they settled in Xew York, where Mrs. Harrison bought a spldndld home on Fifth avenue and entertained royally. Two children were born, Virginia and Barbara, and Harrison Har-rison began to shine in 11 political light. In the Spring of 1905 Mrs. Harrison look, a country place on Long Island, and shortly short-ly after opening the house for the Summer Sum-mer she was killed in an automobile accident acci-dent while Journeying to her home. The accident was a terrible shock to Mr. Harrison Harri-son and to society, for this wars practically the first motor tragedy to touch fashiou-b'e fashiou-b'e society. Mrs. Harrison's fortune was divided between be-tween her husband and her two children, each of the latter receiving about two million dollars. These funds, by the way, have greatly increased under their father's trusteeship. Six months after Mrs. Harrison's Harri-son's death Mr. Harrison went lo Cuba, and there met a most charming lady who was living apart from her husband! Dr. Rowland Cox, Jr. Mrs. Cox was the daughter of the Henry I. Judsons, of Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, and her marriage, Just five years previously, pre-viously, to the young 'doctor bad been a most brilliant social event. Mr. Harrison appeared on the scene in Cuba at a moment when Mrs. Cox was bitterly unhappy and ready to stue for divorce., She was very beautiful and had. The Ssccncl Wife cf Gen. Harrison, Who K3 Sued for Divorce. She Herself Her-self Is a Divorcee Woman. P HOTO-MARC AO. The First Wife of Gen. Harrison, Harri-son, nee Crocker, Who Was Killed in an Automobile Accident. and of so much real fascination. Due to her anxiety as a mother. Mrs. Wrentmore arrived in this country shortly before the. Governor, and when he told her of his love for Betty, she firmly refused to countenance it. Governor Harrison, however, who is as determined as he is :rdent in his love affairs, tock the mailer in his own hands, and told his most intimate friends in Xew York and Washington of his engagement. en-gagement. And speedily the whole world knew his romance. Naturally, It will be a great marriage for the young girl, whose life has been bounded by the salary paid a college professor. pro-fessor. She will become the wife of a millionaire; she will have a beautiful home either in Washington, Manila or New-York, New-York, and wonderful Jewels to bedeck her chesrrrat curls. She may not rule as the first lady of Ma:i'".a. for rumor has it that Harrison is eager to resign his post, but she will, at let st. achieve a worth-while social position The two Harrison girl?, who are s-pc r.O:V,t; the Winter with their wealthy Crocker relatives, are her firm friends, and she. will undoubtedly h?.va them in her household. As each girl has a fortune of about three millions to-day her position as their stepmother will b9 unhine. But all this a wail? on the final divorce decree, to ihe sfcond Mrs. Harrison, which should be handed down some time ia May. The Governor-General is waiting as Impatiently Im-patiently for 1 1 1 i - to happen as lie waited twelve years ago when the boot was 00 the other foot. hire also aueuaea frequent dances with both her husband and the Governor. Suddenly sho dropped from sight, and (he next thing Manila beard that Mrs. Stella Dunn Kimberly was getting a divorce di-vorce from Captain Kimberly because she was tired of being poor. When, last May, 'Mrs. Harrison received her interlocutory decree, gossip immediately immedi-ately recalled the name and history of Mrs. Kimberly. With the passing of time, however, since then Ihe gossin died away, because Governor Harrison did not appear in Mrs. Kimberly's life at all. And now we find Miss Wrenlmore's scrapbook becoming exceedingly personal! We are reaching the days when she again met her hero and found him moro worthy Copyright, 1019, by Star Company. day afterward. He placed a saddle horse at. her disposal, and hardly an evening passed which did not. seo them cantering slowly into the town from some picturesque pictur-esque backwoods frail. Very often the Governor's two daughters made up a foursome four-some for Mrs. Wrentmore was strictly c.on-venlional, c.on-venlional, and, anyway, she assumed, like all Manila, that Betty was a friend of the two daughters rather than of the father. Kvery one now knows that it was a love Idyl, that the rides In the sunset plow, the long sailing trips along quiet wooded livers, the Jolly picnics along the shorn and into the fascinatingly grim interior were blissful little Journeys with, t'no world of love. Babs and Virginia were! always somewhere around with a young Great Britain Eights Reserved. |