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Show Society Girl Third Eloper In' Her. Family Miss Dorothy Phillips Wator3. 'ELOPEMENT CAUSES II CREraiTl Miss Dorothy Phillips Waters of-New York-Weds-Benjamin Gatins. By International News Service. NEW YORK, April 12. Society circles cir-cles in this city and Philadelphia wore in a turmoil of oxcitoinent today over the elopement of Dorothy Phillips Waters, Wa-ters, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jason Waters and sister of the Baroness Jacques do St. Marc, and Boujumin Gatins, a 22-ycar-old stu-deut stu-deut at Yale. This is the third elopement elope-ment of the family of tho beautiful beau-tiful young brunette dobutaute. Tt has been a saying in Quaker city society that from the time she wore pinafores and pigtails "Dorothy Waters Wa-ters could be depended on to keep things moving." It proved so iu this case. Young Gatins, who is a son of Joseph Jo-seph R Gatins, a millionaire stock broker, entered the lists for the hand of the young woman moro than a year ago. Tho parents of the girl laughed at his suit and suggested amiably that (Continued on Pago Nine.) ELOPEMENT CAUSES A GREAT SENSATION (Continued From Pago One.) ho secure a little more schooling; and "come around in live years." This did not suit, the young man and lie became more persistent than ever. About four months ago it was learned, plans were made for an elopement. Girl Sent Abroad. Tn some manner Mrs. Waters received a hint Hint "somethiug was on,'' aud she immediately cabled to her (laughter, (laugh-ter, the Baroucss De St. Marc, at Nice (hat Dorothy and her older sister Ruth would arrive on the next boat for an extended visit. Then she ordered the two to pack their i ranks, bundled them into a cab and hustled ihem aboard i a Transatlantic steamer, t Mr. and Mrs. Waters breathed eas-1 eas-1 ier for threo months, Gatins was resigned re-signed to his fate, they thought. Then suddenly- they received a shock. The Baroness Dc St. Marc cabled one day that Gatins had appeared at the country coun-try club at Nice with a string of polo ponies and a lugh powered touring car, and was making desperate efforts to see Miss Dorothy. "Cotno home at once.'' read the answering cable that Mrs. Waters sent to her daughters, "very important. ' TIii; girls arrived in New York last Tuesday. At. the pier Dorothy Waters denied that (she was engaged to Mr. Ga-tins. but, admitted that she had seen him abroad. Returns and Elopes. On Wednesday morning Mips Waters loft her homo iii Madison avenue "for a stroll.'' It was learned afterward that she hadttuken all hcricwelry with her. film joined Mr. Gatins who was waiting nearby in a motor and drove witlt him to the city hall where a license li-cense was secured. 'Miss Waters gave her ago as 21. Gatins gavo his occupation occu-pation as "gentleman." The two hastened to the church nf the Blessed Sacrament where thry wore married and on that night they left for Atlnnta. Tho only immediate relative of the rouplc; who took Ihe marriage calmly todnv was Gatins. Sr. lie said at the Waldorf that he was delighted with his new daughter and that he would bujld them a home in Atlanta or any other place they selected to live in. Mr. Waters sputtered when a correspondent corre-spondent nsfcod about the, elopement. "T have not been tnken into the confidence con-fidence of Mr. Gatins and my daughter," daugh-ter," he said. "I know nothing except ex-cept what I rad in tho papers." 'Whnt notion will vou take?" "When I get back to New York there will be something doing," replied re-plied Mr. Waters witli a snap of hi ,iaws. ' |