| Show I 6atulo r ll1 hl b I I a r I 7 r A tlcular a1 3 J t tr EW YORK Who Is to beN be-N tho lucky man London matrons with eligible eligi-ble sons earls barons rid r p plain sirs are asking each other this Important quos tlon ivory day Who Is to bo the fairy prlnco who Is going to carry off the prlzo of the 1908 season beautiful Miss Margaretta Drexel only daughter daugh-ter of Anthony J Drexel Jr of New York Philadelphia and London Today Miss Drexel clever viva vlous rich Is regarded as the star catch of London society She Is called the best looking girl In London and since the marriage of Miss Jean Hold her chum daughter of the American ambassador Whltelaw Held she takes precedence among all the American girls now In the British capital It may be added right horo that her grandfather the late Anthony J Drexel Sr the Philadelphia banker loft an estate of 30000000 Fifteen years after his death it has much enhanced en-hanced Miss Drexel stands to divIde It with her two brothers Her father Anthony J Drexel Jr Inherited the bulk of tho great fortune for-tune Since then he has made his permanent per-manent residence abroad Ho and Mrs Drexel together with their daughter Miss Margaretta occasionally occasion-ally run over to this country They were herd last winter coming over In the Mauretanla But to Miss Drexelthe envy of every other London girl today Hors Is tho beauty of the exquisite patrician typo She has great limpid oyes of grayblue with long curling lashes and a complexion of Ivory white just touched with the roses of youth Two little dimples make their homes In her cheeks and there Is a Uny red mouth like Cupids bow She has the broad low brow that artists delight In all crowned with a mass of wavy chestnut hair She Is tall and slender her perfect figure makes her the admiration pf everybody wherever she goes Miss Drexel Is not of the butterfly type She Is devoted to music she plays the cello with distinct feeling She sings with admirable technique nnd poIseshe shows a voice that has been wondrously trained though It has only the strength for tho drawing room Perhaps she Is at her best in her own home accompanying herself on her guitar which she plays with all the fervor and grace of the Spaniard Moro than thistho Drexels have always been devoted to the church It was whispered when Miss Drexel was getting ready to leave the convent con-vent where she spent so many years hat she would eventually take the veil However her parents prevailed upon her to leave this for later years they Insisted upon her seeing something some-thing of life before leaving It forever And nowso It Is bald Miss Drexel has decided that she will not forsake the world forever but devote herself to doing her charities whero she Is bettor fitted to bestow them Mrs Drexel who was Miss Margarita Margar-ita Armstrong of Philadelphia herself n beautiful matron aprcclates clothes and spends a fortune annually upon her raiment and as much more upon her daughters She would look 1 lovely In anything laughs London but when she comes out In something from Worth or Don cot or Paquin It Is little wonder that she creates a sensation During the London season which has t now ended Miss Drexel has been tthe the admiration of all London society Few girls In the smartest set have over enjoyed tho buzz of admiration that has greeted her ontrancu Into a drawing room Few have met his majesty the king on such cordial terms Of course Miss Drexel has had more than one eligible suitor most of them with titles but she remains fancy tree and heart whole She Is enjoying en-joying tho delights of life close to the throne with all the ardor of a young girl just out of her teens She knows perfectly well that she mustnt be car I rled off with Itsho has the discriminating discrim-inating eye of a woman much older than she is herself M > d flmw dDwrn dR A fow nights ago her mother gave a grand ball at their home In Carlton House Terrace closIng the London season there Miss Drexel sot a new fashIonshe wore no jewels of any kind though possessed of enough transom o t-ransom a king She was In palest blue shimmering silk Her hair was simply parted and she looked tho beautiful young girl that sho was Moro than ono who has been In London society for years remarked re-marked that her entire costume was most befitting and appropriate to her delicate refined beauty Some hinted that It would be a good thing If other young girls out for their first season Dr so would take their hint from the American girl who had everything nnd drop their tendency to vie with their mothers In their display of marvelous mar-velous Jewels At another dance given by Mrs Drexel at which royalty was present Miss Drexel was equally simple In her attire She wore soft pink tulle Scattered Scat-tered over It wore tiny pink rosebuds In the petals of each lay a tiny diamond dia-mond dewdrop A wreath of the same rosebuds nestled In her fair hair and In her hand she carried a bunch of little pink rosebuds PrInce Francis of Teck was her devoted admirer and Miss Drexel accepted his attentions with easy aplomb as she did those of a full dozen of other titled ellglbles Miss Drexel has two devoted attendants at-tendants In the persons of her brothers bro-thers They have taught her to sail n boat to golf and tennis to bowl and keep a wicket at cricket and to swim Were It not for her mothers wise Interference sho would have taken an aerial expedition with them They mado balloon a ascension some months ago nnll sites Drexel wanted to go along but Mrs Drexel put her foot down and that ended tho matter The Drexels entertain lavishly on their groat yacht It Is really an ocean steamer tho Margaritaand the king and queen have visited them there at Cowes and at other yachting centers Miss Drexel has the prettiest cabin on the yacht and Its chief decoration dec-oration Is a signed photograph of Queen Alexandra which she gave Miss Drexel herself But the yacht Is nothing to the great town house they has Just taken for the next season In London No 22 Grosvenor square In May fair Tho Drexela havo secured a seven years lease at a rental of 20000 a year and move In within three months Tho lease of the house of Lord Caie dot which they have occupied for several sev-eral years In London has now expired ex-pired It Is here that the Drexels with illimitable il-limitable wealth at their command will do their most notable entertaining entertain-ing chiefly for Miss Drexel King Edward and Queen Alexandra will bo there next season and some of the affairs there will rival anything in Europe paid for out of the great fortune for-tune manta by line grandfather of Miss Drexel In the banking business No 22 Grosvenor square Is taken unfurnished and it Is estimated that the now tenants will require to spend 500000 to furnish It Mr Drexels ten Empire wardrobes are the pride of his home at the present pres-ent time lie has one apartment filled with sixteenth century Italian chests nnd ono of those has etched paneIs attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci The new house Is to bo a marvel of tastd Tho 22 bedrooms are to be furnished Louis XV stylo tapestries of rarest value lire to bo sought out for tho hall and staircase to hang against tho whlto marble walls T1 drawing room Is of a peculiar L airs icd will I require a vast quantity of nun hit s to fill It As It now stands 1U va I are undecoratcd but Mr Drexel Intends them with pill French tends to cover brocades nnd Italian silk tapestries In accordance with the style chosen for each room All this is to provide a temporary homo for Miss Drexel his only daughter daugh-ter lie proposes to give some great entertainments for her next year as his Carlton House Terrace home could only permit parties of limIted size Across the square at No 41 Mrs Drexel will have her sister Mrs James H Smith widow of Silent Smith which house she took from lord I Wlnburnholme some time ago No 22 however stands alone at the Junction of North Audley and Upper Brook streets The Italian embassy Is opposite on the other corner It Is the largest available mansion In Mayfalr It has more sleeping accommodations ac-commodations than Dorchester House the home of tho Reids Thirty servants arc needed for It The mansion was rc intro gulf and now ornaments the desk of the mayor of Tampa IB same miniature of a marine monstrosity with habits i like those of the spirit tree Tampa Times I o n M r Y I e A I i + c 3 1 > 1 O t 9a3 t war t ti pj 1 NTHONYd DrPTXfIC J In such request for great entertainments entertain-ments this year that the owners were obliged to refuse It to anyone until after Reginald McKennas wedding which was held thereAt there-At the wedding Lady Jekyll was able to entertain SOO guests with ease In Its spacious rooms The wide mnr bio staircase and minstrels gnljeryon the mezzanine liner are special features fea-tures |
