| Show y C k 2 r r i Y JV rf J J I J 3 1 14 p 9 LEAP Y YEAR YS S a B n e aF tM 1 N H i i Y W ff i Who zo o Iy S the t e Best eSt Catch atc Among mon d 1 S 1 Famo World Famous s Single M Men en n Who o May ay Be BeH e J l H tV j JJ b Separated This New From Year r His by a Blissful Daring iss u Solitude Maiden o itu e y Ati r i Exercising the New Prerogative r j J i 0 of f Woman W Prop Proposes Proposes' r o oses ses J I J i ry 9 These beat beauties i are e not ca candidates t. t p for matrimonial proposals from X F f 9 Gene Tunney S r The champ champion ion N r r 1 it heavyweight is is' is merely trying to r N select a leading lady to play op OJ opposite 4 al su a p t a him in a P photoplay hoto 5 1 Iz p J a y ay a. a ya j t S d' d 1 7 w r t L 1 W t. t 19 o t tS r A r y k ir SA rA It f i. aS ow t t iri w k S h It v I 1 ifo i i G 2 K 1 ji 1 t 9 y V Y y l i x i By Margaret t tyl- tyl Lukes u es mIlE year ar 1928 arrived bright and shiny 1 this morning In Iri close pursuit of the L baby year are the prettiest girls America has to boast 1 Or at least they should be And with rf butter butterfly y nets lariats salt sugar and every known variety of bait or trap that exists I r For 1928 is leap year car and and never has the year of feminine privilege dawned when the parade of eligible young bachelors I 1 was more alluring J y Once upon a time it was rich man man poor man beggar man thief thIef doctor doctor lawyer lawyer law law- 4 cn i yer merchant chief u But this years year's crop of that husbands might-be might in includes ludes only heroes millionaires million million- aires acres a presidential possibility world fa aviators the champion prizefighter 14 of the world a United States estates ates Senator a if literary star not to speak of a new six six- a foot movie Idol who wore half a million l. l r t hearts around his belt even even while de debutantes debutantes de- de butantes and matrons watched him in his street cleaners cleaner's suit in the Latin quarto quarter quare ter to of Paris I 1 n i FOR Tj OR the maiden who prefers her hero r i young and nd goo gool looking good l and a comI combination com corn Shelley and Hercules who could I ask more of life or the marri marriage ge market than Gene for the I Tunney Or rapturous V co young debutante who begs nothing nothing- further 1 of fate than to sit for the rest of her j y i. i days and watch the per perfect and rom romantic features of a tall tau young movie hero lero who t could fit more per perfectly in the picture f th than n Charles Farrell the newest great lover of the screen to cause a furor in hi I vi feminine feminine hearts t y 5 l rt Does the girl of the hour want a handsome hand hand- r i s j. j 1 some lome hero explorer-hero who has trekked the thet t H lonely places of the earth and ridden in ina a great ship over the icy top of the world ti And would it matter to her if he had l r. r 11 h millions a castle astIe in Switzerland and fa famous famous fa- fa f American ancestry to boot Well h P then for her theres there's Lincoln Ellsworth Elisworth U il W ui who rode to deathless fame with Amundsen Amund- Amund sen wen in hi the great airship Norge For For- Forthe the American maiden who has a sneaking desire in her heart to move in hi gubernatorial mansions and sh h h sh-h keep this tills dream dark dark to to be mistress of the i l' l White House some same day theres there's the fa famous famous famous fa- fa bachelor Governor of Maryland Albert Albert Albert Al Al- Al- Al bert C. C Ritchie mentioned as a Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic presidential possibility r. r s And for her younger sister what could be nicer than to walk down some flower flower- decked church aisle with young JohnCo John X Co Coolidge charming looking good-looking a hero heroin heroin heroin in his very ery own way and already possess 1 ing much of the common sense of his re renowned re- re 3 kt father t A third makes up this trio for the leapt leap- leap r year ear girl with t the e public-life public complex t He's Hes the youthful Senator Robert La Follette HO wants a looking good-looking young polo WHO z star who has galloped down the field with oth the King of Spain and whom the gO gods have given good looks fortune and family but not yet a wife Hes He's Robert r E. E Strawbridge Jr For the young lady who's patient and fond lond of angling of-angling angling theres there's a famous VanA Vanderbilt Van Van- A derbUt left left Harold Harold who may be pe had but hut not simply for the asking I IFor Y For the girl with literary ideas theres there's H. H L. L The prize of the leap year does not notI I t require more more than one guess He is isA A Colonel Char Charles es A A. Lindbergh of course When did heaven ever ever make a more complete com corn I 4 hero Handsome daring in heart r c A 1 J. J i 1 it I l r. r i. i i iV J V r I i p. p i l r i 6 r modest modest- modestin in in in nature amazingly winning in pers personality unruffled a dreamer a doer sincere and unspoiled in inthe the face of adulation n such as no man of his generation generation genera tion has ever known Cities nations empires went mad over Lindbergh Men and women wiped away honest tears tears at the sheer sight of pf l him m. m It would take two two Y years rs to go go through the letters which came to him as as s tributes Eight million dollars' dollars worth worth of offers were made to the young man who wh fin finally lly tur turned ed them all down and wept and wept went out to tour the country to promote aviation One offer for and and nd not an undignified fi d offer would offer would have taken no more than thim fifty minutes of his time Yet he s said ld no Tl Tills This s is the hero side of Lindbergh this coupled t to his lonely ride across the skies skies' in ill his silver ship which is is is' destined to forever Here is is' the other side of him He Is 15 Isa is isa a tall blond pink cheeked young man shy of girls extremely fond of He has a good disposition disposition is is easy to get along with wIth when when men an and i women are not all trying to make a a- fuss over him l m at once He He has all the the- fine h healthy l happy tastes that would make l him him-an m. m n ideal life companion for any girl lie He would be be loyal true sensible and probably possesses possesses pos pos- pos poi a hundred other splendid qu qualifications qualifications for being the Ideal Ideal husband Bu But But But- The hero side of young Colonel Colone Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind- Lind bergh so overweighs the human human- side that it is doubtful if the year leap leap girl has the courage t to do anything but dream eam that some may have the good for tune to imprint the f faintest of kisses on his blushing cheek But maidens turning away from from Lindy Lindy with a sigh need not despair HOSE heart heart would not give a an extra t a WHOSE pit-a-pat pit at the thought of Lincoln Ellsworth rth The hero side of Lincoln Ellsworth would tell how after attel years of hoping and dreaming to go on a a. polar expedition with Amun Amundsen I he joined forces Roald n and how howl the explorations s of these two at atthe atthe atthe the top of the world held all mankind spellbound On the occasion of the first trip of polar exploration they did not reach the Pole Each piloted a plane for weeks they were lost lostin in in the tIie North and the story of perilous adventures adventures they told toldon toldon toldon on their return stirred the wh whole le world In 1926 1928 the great airship Norge toot too took off of from Kings Bay Once more more the polar flight was attempted This time success attended although in reality the prime Interest of Ellsworth and Amundsen was was was' not the attainment of the Pole but the exploration tron of the million n square miles ot of of H y r l. l Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh Americas Y 1 of the air always changes the t Jf j subject when reporters try to make him talk about gu s a dr Lin Lincoln Hn Ellsworth f 0 H scientist and andes es explorer loner likes l lt t famous Villa at Florence where rugged pioneering s 9 Boccaccio is said to have written his Dc De in the thc far places at cameron But young young- Ellsworth cares of the earth eart h Y 9 nothing for society and all all attempts all attempts to lionize him are futile s r w Yr r rY G j j i.- i. r Jt J i X r i 4 t f j The Prince of Wales Vales is regardless ardless o 0 of f th the c anxious concern by his future kingdom G Great Grea rc a t Britain rit in is quite content to remain remain re TC- main a bachelor for bachelor for forthe th the present at any rate unknown territory in hi the polar basin Thus the hero Ellsworth with the acclaim ac- ac c- c claim of nations the medals and rare dec decorations decorations dec dec- orations of G Governments v As for the rest the ilie year leap girl who landed him in hi her net would capture a husband who is a millionaire many times over a gentleman of or impeccable ancestry the owner of beautiful Castle Lenzburg in Switzerland brother of ot the owner of the 1 u. u r.- r. E NE TUNNEY is the most unusual G GENE pENE J champion of the ring the prizefight prizefight prizefight prize prize- fight world has ever known The American girl lucky enough to wear the slim platinum platinum platinum num circle he might provide would go homemaking a-homemaking not only onty with a young man who by sheer scientific skill won and retained re retained retained re- re the heavyweight championship title of the world but a a. youth who combines combines combines com com- bines with this physical genius a certain poetical quality that defies description There would be no silences at the Tunney breakfast table because Gene is what is known as a bookish person and men who read books are noted for liking to talk about them Gene has a great deal x a e 1 J i I LA ss i Even Eyen h hard boiled men po poll poli politicians Ii admit that Governor Albert lbert C. C Ritchie's ies good looks are arc no handicap in helping him to win the woman vote of money a as his lis share In the last Demp- Demp Tunney sey-Tunney encounter lone alone his purse was And d he could have had a great deal mot mor money but he refused to commercialize commercialize com com- liis is championship This m member of the y yo young ng bachelor brigade of 1928 4 1 I 2 is noted for sterling religious principles But alas here is something sad to add Gene Tunney is girl Harold Vanderbilt has been called the most eligible bachelor in America He Heis Heis Heis is the s son n of Mrs Oliver H H. P. P Belmont and the late Wil William iam K Vanderbilt Possessing Possessing Pos Pos- as it is rumored and in addition to this good looks charm and some of the bluest blood in America he heis heis heIs is the catch of any season The names of countless society girls have been linked with that of Mike Miki Vanderbilt as he is called by his intimates But the romance invariably peters out and the story goes that it is frequently not tho the fault of the young lady For the Juliet in search of a sheer conquest this most elusive of Romeos is recommended Robert E. E Strawbridge Jr is not yet 30 He i is ins a strong thick-set thick young chap with witha a broad pair of shoulders unafraid of roughing it in the rough-riding rough American fashion As such he became a member of the Hurricanes internationally famous polo team Last year ear just at this time he was opposing the King of Spain on a apolo apolo apolo polo field in France All this sounds alluring enough for any maiden of 1928 but the gods gods' smiled on Bobby Strawbridge Strawbridge Strawbridge Straw- Straw bridge in another fashion Millions and old Philadelphia society stand behind him E girl of today may scorn the leap- leap J. J year legend passed on as the one age- age old platform in womans woman's rights which has never been argued about But it lb would take a very modem modern young young lady indeed to sit through a a. certain romantic picture In which Charles Farrell stars without wishing wishing wishing wish wish- ing at least that all one had to do in 1923 1928 was say be mine and tremulously w wait t fora rora young mans man's answer In real life Charles Farrell is 25 years old He comes from Cape Cod and is a areal areal areal real Easter Down with a Boston accent that can be spotted a mile off He was playing extras and small leads when James Cruze discovered disco l him m and made him the young hero of Old Ironsides That launched 1 hi i to fame faine Young Farrell Farrell Farrell Far Far- rell is a a. cheerful friendly Smiling chap not shy but enough of a bachelor to be found almost nightly with a a round table table of buddies at his home the Hollywood Athletic Club Club because because no girl In or or out of the film capital has yet been able to ensnare his heart One is tempted to say that as a feminine femInine feminine fem fem- lure Governor Albert Albert i C. C Ritchie is the direct opposite of a movie hero But that is speaking too fast He is known as the handsomest man in the State He is handsome enough to go into the films any day day- dayas as any o ore oe e who has ever watched a Maryland newsreel weekly will testify He has personal charm and a So winning way in feminine society His HiJ mother is one of the famous of of Virginia Governor Ritchie is frequently mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- as presidential timber for the l Democratic Party The royal road to ro romance romance ro- ro l mance with Maryland's favorite favori e son is just as likely to mean the Demo Democratic 1 road to the White Ho House se But so far the most romantic thing the Governor has done is to set the whole Nation on a So frantic search when in a speech deprecating deprecating deprecating depre depre- cating too much Federal control he said saie the United States Government has even issued a pocket essay on kissing Young Senator La Follette hasn't much time for society He prefers to ride horseback horseback horseback horse horse- back but what fun is it to ride horseback alone John Coolidge is dignified but he Isn't girl At least hes he's not ashamed to sit on the front porch and have his his' l s' s picture pIcture picture pic pIc- ture taken with a pretty little college girl whose father is the Governor of his of-his his home State Henry Ls LI of Baltimore editor and author is the worlds world's most famous literary bachelor He h has s been call called d the Bernard Shaw of America The average blithe young oung American girl can think of something ng easier than trying to keep up with Bernard Shaw at the breakfast breakfast breakfast break break- fast table She will pause before trying to net his young American prototype The Nations Nation's most talked most talked of literary critic would probably bly have something to sa f about being netted I Just as as' has that most C celebrated lebrat d bachelor bachelor bachelor bach bach- elor of all time time his his royal roya and unchanging unchanging ing highness year to tary Edward Albert Albel Prince of Wales Leap year ear was brought about so faras far as the calendar is concerned by Julius Caesar Not until 1223 do we hear of It playing a sIgni significant cant role in feminine ex ex- ex In that year Scotland went so far as to decree by bylaw law that any maiden lady of high or low estate shall have ave the liberty to bespeak the man she likes And If he refused he was fined So let this years year's brigade of bachelors be wary Copyright ty by Public Ledger |
