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Show The Butterfly Marquis of Anglesey London August 9 WHx does the joung Marquis of Anglesey refuse to live with 1 Is wife the former ady Marjorie Manners' Mjstery sunounds this desertion of the prettiest and most accom pllshed girl In English society by one of its richest young noblemen Certain facts are known however which make it appear probable that one of tl e most peculiar tragedies e er created by monarchical social conventions lies behind the separa tiou It Is kno vn tl at the Marqu s was formed) devoted to the Princess 1 atrlcia of Connaught the prettiest and most charming member of the Engll h loyal family It is uni e s all) belieed that the )oung people were in love and that they planned to marry as soon as they could over come the opposition of the bride s family This statement was pub llshed again and again and no evi dence was presented to disprove it Certainly the Princess has remained unmarried much longer than Is cus tOD ary with women of her rank But strange to sa) the Lady Mar jorle Manners v. as equally a fr end of the Prince s brother Prince Ar thur of Connaught. Society believed with the same assurance as in the first case that these two were deeply in love and were barred from happiness by royal author ty and conventions These circumstances drew the Marquis and lady Marjorie much together and finding that the desires of their hearts could not be fulfilled they decided to marry one another They why hae they parted Was it the Marqu s who deserted his prett) wife or the March oness who abandoned her noble husband? The facts suggest that It was rather the Marquis who took the initiative It Is believed that he kept on Bighi g and longing for the Prince s Pat whom he had lost and that as the months went on he found his wife beautiful though she was un endurable She on, her part was little Inclined to to erate a man whom she had never really loved and who could not now conceal his aversion ifor her The) were married on August 3 1912 and have one daughter Lady Alex ndra Paget Early this year the Marquis fell ill and after a period in a London sanitarium went with his wife to Aixles Bains the southern rrench watering place After a month there the Mar cblones went home to London alone The explanation was given that the Marquis needed a complete rest Persons who were at Aixles Bains Bald that the Marquis acted as If he were weary of life and looked at his beautiful and charming wife as though she were the most disgusting les Bains he went on to Naples ac companled only by a secretary Since then the two have never lived together Friends of the Marquis saj that he has declared in an agonized tone that he never will and never can live with her again He has nothing against her far from it he considers her the best of women Then he wrings his hands and sa)s that he can never never see her again Sometimes they hear him murmuring Patricia Patricia The Marquis is extremely rich He owns 30 000 acres including some valuable town property and In dustrial sites which bring him In about $40 000 a jear He possesses several beautiful old country places including the noted Plas Newydd near Anglesej in Wales He in herited his title rather unexpectedly as he was onl a second cousin of his predecessor who died young and without children This predecessor was a most eccentric young man w ho squandered vast sums In strange "Eight through the Princess Pat s heart jumped the Mar quia and then straight through that of Marjone Manners and he broke both ways His madness suggested that of King Louis of Bavaria He built a gorgeous private theatre and spent his time planning fantastic spec tacles He wore romantic costumes loaded with real je vels His vife obtained a divorce for a s ngular reason It was expected that the piesent Marquis who had be n a cnvilry of fleer would prove a very different type of man from his piedecessor but there Is now an impress on that he inherits s me of the family ec centricity In fact he his been dubb ed the butterf y Marquise His unhappy wife the forme Lad) Marjo e Fanners Is by mm) considered the mo&t charming figure that English society has known in this generation Not only Is she beau tlful but she is a skilled and c eper musician an artist and a remark able linguist For several years Lady Marjorie was the most courted girl in English society as was only natural Noblemen Noble-men with the most impress ve titles and the "biggest millionaires (were her suitors Several Americans fell victims to her charms Among them was the wealthy and dlstingiushed cotillion leader Craig TVidsworth He has never married and has hid h mself in distant parts of the wor d eer since The Wistful Unhappy Face of the Beautiful Marjone Man ners After She Became the Wife of the Butterfly Mar quis J Mil J- Because I i ....... Kik h v " ' i Prtoro SJ By i-At-e CA.tes Lohdqh Lovely Marjone Manners as She Was Before Her Marnage to the English Peer Who Has So Cruelly Abandoned Her Tor a time the leading figuies of a gay and hippy tt e soc al set were Prince Arthur of Connaught his sister Princess Pat Lady Marjorie Manners and the Ma quls of Anglesey The royal members of this group enjoyed a soc!al fieedom that was formerly unk own They welcomed to tl e r githerings a tisk and actors and all sorts of nln using people Prince Vrthur of Con augl t is, the oldest son of the Duke of Lonnaught who was Klig Edwards oldest sui lv ng b otl er and s no v the only u cle of the King In h s o th as tl e King s senior nephew Prince Arthur was of great import ance from the monaichial point of view but since Queen Mary has raised such a laige ram ly his impoit ance has diminished He is a ice looking young man wearing an ai as if the burdens of royalty saddened him Inexplicable and Heartless Conduct of the Marquis Who Broke Princess Pat's Heart and Who Has Now Abandoned His Beautiful Mate It was the attachment of Pr nee Arthur and Lady Marjorie Manners that fl st became known. King El waid put his foot down severely on all hopes of a marriage in this quar ter The King bel eved that mem be s of tl e rov i! family should (mix with inte esting persons of all classes f socletv but wl en it come to mar nige he stood firmly by tie ancient con e tlons Besides 1 e pointed out th t Prince Arthur hal little money to suppo t his rank and must many Then K ng Edward si Id that Princess Tats affair with the Marqu s of Anglesey urn t ccftne to an en 1 at once Obeying the Mi g s orde & the Duk of Connaught instruct el h s daughter not to lece ve the Mirquis or Because He "Can't Bear to Look at Her" even be seen in his company at lr,. soc al affai s Tl e king decided ! as the only handsome and dLs i gulshed Princess in tl e royal fam . she must marry a soveregn or It least an heir to a throne Soon after the PrlucesB Patrlrt. yielded to the almost irreVtethi authority of the King and h '! family by giving up the Marquis of Anglesey he was married to his o friend lady Mnrjorle Manners it is said that the Princess Pat" nnl the- Marquis had made a comnart that as they could not marry o0e another they would never marry anv one else When the Princess avo i ed marry ng 'one after another th. royal husbands proposed to her sh was obey ng this compact The Marquis was less faithful to the solemn love compact Men ha a less fortitude in such matters. Fee Ings of f nuul of lonellnesi snd d consolateness were too strong for the Marqu s and he married one whose beauty and charm were u miliar to him 1 The Marquis saw the change in his Pr ncess and the i he bltte j regetted that he had not been faith ful to the compact Recently sba be-came be-came engaged o the Grand DuU of Mecklenburg btrelltz a a nor German sovereign for the Marqu sa course had released her from the compact The Pnncess Patricia of Eng. land Whose Love for the Mar quis of Anglesey Has Kept Her from Marnage : of Prnce fSmf W1 le Manners if fe n "1 severely on liililsl SPfesaP if Q this quar & M that mem i rV, "t jtKr i should (mix 4 , tP. XW 1 f all classes t Mf? W me to mar niaC i 3 tl e ancient WT t kf pointed out x , 5 W ittle money V 4 4 m t must many sfS wH-f , Ptio-ro 3r Un PER wo OjE ?y At V j |
