Show ii rz 1 i 4 Ti d a I A wi w i r f w j Puzzling Love Problem of the Fash- Fash a r NF tt A a t r J M a Society Beauty Who Has to Give Up Teri Fascinating a Y f Q i 3 g I Year j W Wd d t f 4 Z Zy y yr r rang t a s JW l yr gf t J Js Miss E I D D s x D r rt t i f yr c f a a l s Ie 1 Sears Boston the e a athletic nor n i ie o r yang a aD y ang Job if e She ht r 1 xi 3 S 7 j x r r rs e s i rg k vaaigA fed 5 g 9 belle with a lac o c whom e t y y us A r y I Harold Vanderbilt F I is is said to have once Tarries the been very much in love Ma Mae e e 2 H j d dr Millionaire 8 yaw a az r z- z f of r bv I P v 4 a aA av A v o t t tA tAn J rP A e 7 l wa wai i n ral 4 n j Y k J ry Yr ay ti a mss il l 4 a i iy y di Fl s y f J 1 s sf f a aa f Q t a ke k rr r f w 1 j raY t sr r ot i Z w t ed k D r ry y Y ar 1 hJ a re f s r 5 N Nr No o 5 fd r p rs ry yr M Cj a hr bv J tc AI j o 1 rr r y tE b gt r as 4 X C fa Y f 6 e a af D Dlag lag laga lagra a e tt a V Vf 1 e ra rajIv a N a f y a H a a c S i 1 f fA y r r A I kF y 1 h n nr e r t r t y yr 1 y yV ye V t ry L 1 re w v vr vv r v y r 4 b y ox ys r ry a t ta a m 4 t ro q t Y q b a k r rt x i t o t Cp Iy 6 rs p pCp k kd f N l a G i f d NI kI J I x v R w 1 e 3 r ra a a 1 Y rob c j tx b 1 Q QS a J tf S v r ate fo y w h l ra J JY W r Y r b bJ t k v br f yD D 1 6 J y yv QiA y fV Y L r rv e i 1 o ob b ar ars q r yr s ASS ASSa ASSY a Y jt eY r t v L a 9 a f q a ae e L OR several eral months now the gos- gos gosSIp gossips l gos-l For F sips sip hale ha ha c been in buzzing about the romance that is said mu to lo be In ogress between bet Harold S Vanderbilt the millionaire son of Mrs Mis h 0 O II P mont Del Del- Delmont Belmont mont and Miss Peggy Thayer one of the prettiest and most admired young belles in smart Philadelphia society Ard still there is no announcement of their thih engagement or any Intimation that they have bave decided to abandon theIr attempt at a love match and look else else- elsewhere here where for foi married happiness What can be the reason for the delay hy w hy by is the wooing so 50 long drawn out Why should this highly desirable bache bache- bachelor bachelor bachelor lor be having haYing so much difficulty in win win- winning ning for his bride the charming MIss Thayer The answer to these quite natural L questions is supplied by rumors to which society circles in m both New York and Philadelphia have for some time been gIVIng a believing ear It is said that Peggy Thayer is hesi hesI- hesItatIng hesitating hesitating tating between her lose lo lo e for Mr 11 Vanderbilt Vander Vander- Vanderbilt Vanderbilt bilt and her fondness for the business career she has been following Ing with re- re remarkable remarkable re remarkable success for several years She would like to enjoy all the glitter glitter- glittering glittering r- r ing mg social financial and other advantages advantages advantages which are arc bound to accrue to the wife of a Vanderbilt but she also hates to give up the fascinating excitement of bus business mess life and the income of a year which it is 15 reputed to be bring bring- bringing bringing ing mg her ber If It she could become Mrs Vanderbilt and at the same time keep right on wIth her money making that career career would suit her to a T But Mr Vander Vander- Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Vanderbilt bilt it is said will w ill III not agree to any such plan as this According to the society gossips gO he thinks it not at all befitting the dignity of one of the the country's oldest richest r and most socially powerful families for the e wife of one of its young men to con con- continue continue soiling her dainty fingers with the tools and dollars of vulgar trade lie He wants the future Mrs Vanderbilt to be bea bea bea a lady of leisure and he be positively will not listen to the idea of her to punch a l time clock every week day dayas dayas as Peggy does docs now So Peggy Thayer is faced with the choice hoice which s so o 0 many girls nowadays have bave to make maker the choice between love and a career carcer She cannot become Mrs Vanderbilt t and continue with her ber work m in the fashionable dressmaking establIshment establishment establishment If she accepts sh his 10 lose o c e andall and nd all his millions can supply sho must turn her back on the tho thrills of business and the independence of earning her own lYing living And the choice is is no easy one for fori lor i his society belle to make make make-in in spite of V VJ f all she he finds to lobe 10 e admire W admire and 4 1 r re respect m In t Mr Vanderbilt Yet yv at last accounts she was as said to be doubt doubt- doubtful i tJ f ful fur whether eien esen an f o 0 1 o 0 v e could prove piove sufficient 2 ft compensation for the f fascination she e a finds n la in in a as a business career r f Peggy Thayer Thaler is now T t i earning according to het hel friends at least east r a ear She has been en- en enjoying en enjoying a large income of her r rown own earning for several ears t ever iver ever since the end en of the f World War and the demobilization of the army released her from du duties du- du duties duties ties in lU which she learned to like work so much that now she cannot be happy without it Since tha that time Miss 1 Thayer has lias been engaged in many business ventures ap- ap apparently ap apparently parenti v any sacrifice of her social so- so socIal so social cial duties She is stilla still a leading woman In all the noted Ph Philadelphia socIety plays plas and only last spring was given a flattering oner by a New York theatrical theat theat- theat manager who wanted to star herin her herin in one of his productions She has also had many offers from the the moving pic pie pictures PiCtures tures In business her first venture was Ith Mrs Marjorie Marjone Oelrichs who opened a shop in New York for the sale of per per- perfumery perfumery per perfumery Miss 1 Thayer Thaler tooka took a hand in that and evolved the idea of matching perfume to at personality personality at a big pro pro- professional professional professional fee tee over and above the price of the perfume and one which Yielded the dealer a tremendous profit Society women and those with money who ho want to be society women flocked to the shop The business was so 50 promis promising ing mg that a corporation was as organized with Ith Peggy as manager It expanded opening shops in several cities and is still a big financial success Af After r a time however Miss Thayer began to feel that it wasn't half as much fun as having her bel own shop Accord Accord- Accordingly Accordingly she went into business for herself m in Philadelphia The newspapers had a lot of fun over one of her ventures One night at a dinner hei het hostess complained of ina inability ma- ma inability to get real Dutch Du h cheese and sev sev- several several several eral of the gue guests ta chorused that they would be willing to pay any pi ice for It The next day Peggy went ent to New York and became an importer of Dutch heese She bold sold that in m her Rittenhouse Square shop along with perfume and other things Her profits were acre ere large but they v ero not neatly neaily as large as the salary by 1 it i tf p r 9 rf n a e 9 h p pet et i iw w j z v r A Ae t k r x e v J r f a ob s hs gb off C R l X R t g N Ns NS S yf t A Ar a n j ot kC d tw w 1 lw r tt w l 3 i 7 rg Y s i ii iz z r r J tx Y g 7 i 32 54 y 6 V rob tr d x o ref t SV t fi ri 1 4 3 r 1 ti rw w C-a C f ft t i r rv v Cr Wi D tl w a r s Fi 8 1 y k R rr rry y yi yr i r 9 rte 1 P 7 9 J y J a aS S k A i M F y s t e b Y Ya a i e e 0 7 i i f r i ii ie D J I d f m A tf f Y a t a tr a aD aDt v r w L sa k 4 t trl i z s rl s 4 j k zA t k I tw ar r G f et G iN J r Yf S d a Another pose of i r Miss Thayer showing how well her beauty sets off offa a modish and ex tr p gown a g a A sV C a aar ar Y y Pt i J yf d y rw whIch Mrs Irs William J I x 1 D Dis is kz Buell Franklin a aPh at lira r 4 w tF f RN RNa k Ph P h 11 I y t 13 r X m a r adelphia S mo mo- mo q I Ia a v a ra tr diste managed to Ja laic e Miss Tayer to toa AIe Miss Peggy Thayer the charming Philadelphia society girl who is having such hard work to toa a place m her dress dress- dressm decide whether to marry Mr Vanderbilt or stick to the business career which she finds m a king k ing establish establish- so interesting and so highly profitable mcm iJ I Her fir first t job was wasas wasas as a model She de- de demon del de demonstrated l mon foi her friends j I in Philadelphia society all j Jin J JI the latest creations of the thet t 1 Palls Pais s Then her r executive ability began to toJ I I Ia ass a s a e r l t itself She took u charge first of the buy buy- buying buying ing mg and then of the sell sell- sella sell selling a ing ng end and now the bhe IS manager of the who v h ho o l I le Ie e 1 t business t Twice a week she goes 1 a to New York to look over new importations She IS a J 5 t tAnt Ant at the shop ery e other otherl l t f morning in the week lit at 8 30 or 9 0 o'clock and whenever one of K Harold S Van the she I mod mod- models son aon els b fails falls to toI show a Mrs 0 O H P g o 0 W n to ads ad antage Belmont Miss l Thayer under under- takes the Job of displaying it hel herself self Miss l Thayel is the daughter of lIll s John B D Thayer Thayel her lIel Her father who bo was wasa wasa wasa a vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company lo lost t his life in jn the Titanic The family is one on Oil of the oldest and most aristocratic in m Philadelphia Ill lIet lIel mother was a Moms Moriis and aud one of her hei mothers mother's ancestors found found- founded founded founded ed the famous Assembly Ball the olde oldest t society function in the his lus- history his history tory lory of the United States Stales and which is 15 still held once a year at the Academy of Music l in Philadelphia It has been an open secret in Philadel phia Philadel- Philadel Philadelphia 1 phia hla society circles that Mr l Thayer dId not leave his w wife e and his two girls and anda m a boy any too much money While Jt it was as probably not absolutely necessary for Peggy to work undoubtedly het hel earnings have been of great assistance to the relatively slender family income When she made her debut some ome years ealS ago the society gossips hind bad it that she bhe would soon make a rich marriage But Dut Peggy fooled them Unquestionably bly Lly she was liked eked at nt the thought that she he would have to marry rich She de decided he- he heeded eded to make that unnecessary unnecessary During D tho World War she ehe wanted to go o abroad but her ber mother objected Accordingly she joined the Emergency AId of or Philadelphia After a few months she began to feel that mere messenger work did not provide enough outlet for het hel capabilities so she took a regular hospital course in nursing Then she became nurse in m a downtown slum dis- dis remaining on duty there thele for two 10 1 0 years and working from 8 in III the morning until 6 0 at night Richardson Dilworth of New York formerly of Pittsburgh is one of the young men who have been ardent suit 01 suit SUlt- ois s of pretty Miss MI s Peggy He Ile has bas since married her friend Miss eth Brockie When he went sent abroad for war service Peggy made a bet with Ith him that she he could refrain from using powder lipstIck the dura dura- duratIon duration duration or any kind of cosmetic for tion of the war it if he could 1 efram from the use of alcoholic dunks According to her hor frH friends she kept her end of the compact With all his millions Mr VanderbIlt is an extremely democratic young man and knows what it is l to work ork for a hiv liv living hiving ing This fact encourages some of Miss 1 Thayer's ers er's friends to think that she will 11 eventually be a able le to reconcile him to the idea of a womans woman's keeping rIght rIghton righton righton on with her business career after mar mar- mar When Wilen he be was vas graduated from flom preparatory tory tory school he be won von the rounder's Founders Medal whIch is awarded annually to the best student At too he be was stu- stu studIOUS studious stu studious dious and crowded four years college work ork into three He was manager of the varsity football team After Aftel leaving Harvard he studied lav lavand and later entered the legal department of the New York Central Ra load hav hay having having ing mg no official title and starting on thet the t S humble footing as other young oung lawyers employed by the railroad lie He worked a long day da and for some time drew a very small salary Mr Vanderbilt is fond of sports sports-a sports good tennis player pla pIa ei el and an nn excellent ama ama- amateur ama He lie attained consider consider- considerable able able fame in the tho yachting world some soma years ago by sailing his schooner yacht acht across the tho Atlantic from Portland Me Meto e to Lisbon Portugal v t His affair with Peggy Thayer is byno by byno byno no means the first romance ho has seen during his forty years of life but it is the only one in which there thel e has seemed to be bo any danger of his Ius hearts heart's being badly damaged in case he tailed failed to prove pro proa a winning lover For many cars gossip had him devoted de- de de voted to Muss Miss Violet Cruger a chIldhood playmate Later on there seemed every likelihood that he would marry Miss l Scars the athletic Boston soI society so- so society I clety belle v who ho is 15 so noted for her man man- nian- nian mannish nish IlIsh manner of ot dress dres r |