Show I CUPID CUPID SPLITS J VANDERBILT L 1 FORTUNE r j Huge Huge Estale Estate Falling Apart as t Young Qung Folk Take Shares Share I N NEW V YORK March 8 Cupid S. Cupid i IsI is I playing hob bob with the fortune left leU by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt founder of ot the Vanderbilt family Every time Cupids Cupid's arrow pierces the theEart heart Eart of ot a member of ot the VandErbilt family I it knocks another chip off ott the hundred million dollar estate left behind behind behind be be- hind when Commodore Vanderbilt i died In 1877 1811 I THEY'RE GRE GREAT TO O MARRY One recent marriage and the announcement announcement announcement an an- of ot two engagements of ot descendants of ot Commodore Vanderbilt Vander Vander- bilt have served serve to emphasize the fact that romance 1 is breaking Up tip one of ot the greatest fortunes fortunee ev ever r accumulated accumulated accumulated In America Deaths and marriages marriages marriages mar mar- have divided dl and subdivided the original fortune but despite dc this it still adheres in sufficient amounts to make the Vanderbilt heirs desirable matrimonial catches both In tn this country and abroad THIS SHARE STAYS ABROAD The marriage in London recently of the Marquis of ot Blandford eldest son of ot the puch Duchess ss of ot Marlborough who is 13 the daughter of ot W. W 1 K Vanderbilt to the Honorable Mary Cadogan is as- as urance that a a. large part of ot the Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Van Van- fortune will remain permanently permanently perma perma- abroad The Marquis Marqus of ot BlandI Blandford Blandford Bland- Bland ford tord is the first to marry of ot the great- great I grandchildren great of ot tie the original Cornelius Vanderbilt There are fifty fifty- nine o th m living Following closely on the announce- announce men of at I the Marquis of ot Blandford's engagement young Cornelius Vander Vander- but bilt son of ot Brigadier General and Mrs Vanderbilt startled the smart set by announcing his engagement to Rachel Littleton younger sister of ot Martin W. W Littleton the well known lawyer r. r While Miss ton had lived Inlew in New lew Y York k for tora fora a numbers nUmbe of ot years she was not p particularly well known kno Inthe in inthe inthe the Vanderbilt set and her engagement engagement engage engage- ment to the future head of the Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Van Van- family upset the care carefully tully laid plans o of several matchmaking mothers mothers moth moth- ers era of ot marriageable daughters w WHITNEY H TOW V-TOW R On top of ot all this came the announcement announcement announcement an an- that Flora ra Payne Whitney Whit whit- ne ney laughter daughter of ot Mr and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney was as to become the rido o Roderick Tower a a. son of ce Tower of Philadelphia Miss Whitney's Whitneys mother was formerly former former- ly lv Gertrude Vanderbilt a a. daughter of the th late late-Cornelius Vanderbilt and she will at some future time inherit a a. II considerable portion of ot the family fortune fortune fortune for for- tune I In ih addition to that which will come to her from the estate of ot her paternal grandfather the late William C. C Whitney IN No NOBLE LE FAMILY The H Honorable Mary Cadogan w will some day be Duchess of Marlborough Marlborough Marl Marl- borough is the fourth daughter of ot the late Viscount Chelsea and Lady Meux She Is a stepdaughter of Admiral Sir Hedworth Me e MeuX x who vho ho is ts in command ot of of th the garrison at Portsmouth and who played a prominent part in the I relief of ot Ladysmith in the Boer war about twenty years ago Tho bride is a goddaughter of ot Queen Alexandra Her three sisters lIsten all noted for their beauty are Lady Lady Stanley and Mrs Humphrey de Trafford |