Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-05 | Page 28 | Youth Prefers Death to Life without Love

Youth Prefers Death To Life Without Love . ( MISS ALFREOA MAY PARSONS Cousin of Duchess Hnds Life as Beautiful Girl v Calls O.t Mar-rlage Mar-rlage LONDON. Amg. 4. "Wed for love. Theae three algnllcant worda could truly be carved upon the tombstone of young Angus Patrick Bowes-Lyon, who startled sli social London the other day by killing himself. Seemingly he had almost everything to live for. He was young, handsome and rich. He had had a fine career In one of the crack regiment of the king's guards. He had been highly euoceasful la business. He eseelled as a polo player, golfer and dancer. He hid an unimpeachable soctai position, bwing cousin of the beautiful girl who recently became iHicheae of lock. In fact, the goud fairis had seemed to give him everything saoept the love of beautiful Alfreda alay Far sons. And spelled death for him. He choe death rather than life without with-out love. It Is always said by ths cynical that men and women die of broken hearts only In sloppy novels. But In the sober courtroom of a Iondon coroner the ether day a mourning father brokenly explained to the officials that If his son killed himself. U was for love snd for no other reason. As he poignantly put It, while tears' streamed duwa the faces of the young man a friends. ilis heart was broken and that was sll," i And aD ths time the father was testifying, tes-tifying, there sat In the courtroom dre-ated In bier the young beauty who said "No. he was sent for tn ease the coroner wanted to ask her any question She was not put on the witness at and, but he had th ordeal of hearing the father of young Lyon testify snd of hearing parts of her own last letter to him read aloud. According to all ths testimony the young man paid ardent suit to the girl and was at last acce,ed. Then changing her mind Mfa Parsons wrote him a letter breaking off the engagement. engage-ment. Among ether things she wrote: "Mother does not think 1 ought to marry If I am not really In love with you. t "She doea not think I could make you happy. Afw all that has happened I do not love yon. He was unwilling to take this ss final. He made repeated but unavailing unavail-ing attempta to see her. Then when he became convinced she did not cars te meet him again, he dreeaed In hla evening c lot . took his car, drove to a Ion el v rnad outside of London and Cot himself. Mies Pareone is prominent In Lett- i dna socleivraiid Is noted for her beauty snd her fine dandns. Her mother is a prominent club woman.