Show f l J n m IX Jl 1 F t i 14 X l lA A v J R c I r p Why s Gossips Suspect That s 1 t the Pretty Standard Oil Heiress z Still Prefers the Rising Young Youngs s J Miss Mary Millicent r ro P I Rogers the heiress a o g 6 St Steel ee I Man lilT VI Whose rr Th Jose E Engage Engage- a s slate granddaughter whose late s H matrimonial H tr Rogers of the i f r p 1 st t men ment t R Ring Sh She e 0 Once nee Wore TIT r ore t to 0 aA a future of so 10 much is ia tion the hn specula object J Any of the Rich or Titled y Husbands She Sheo Might Easily o fr nett netti Have n i a a Z vt 3 a 5 J s v L fish a z B v AY AYA I Ia IZ h k ky i y y s A a y rk a Q sal I 4 8 r rs x 6 r r rw w Ng f a aM ae r I M r ti tir t R d t aY a g ge I e ty f l 4 e Y t r r y y o y 4 s 4 I 1 as 4 va t t tas 34 e 41 a t 8 r y a g 1 x I wed 44 H rah y Lea iy n t Ai e r rn f a atiz k 1 x 4 t 23 yr 4 r a x R Ir r 1 4 I s s g d I 1 ti b ti b y a ra s y y ys a R f aa Jam Ya Yar r rc c Y YaY aY aYt t q h g J I I w I w r r 4 r A i iu ir p j r 4 S kJ Y g F 4 r tl d r Little Miss Rogers and stalwart a r u Thompson ompson dressed perhaps in antici t 3 r rR R f F Ft t pation of the chill of her parents disapproval of then k 1 t 3 At 1 t t a aj alove j love match i s t f 4 yf S MISS MILLICENT ROGERS the Is pretty young Standard Oil m million million- million heiress llon- llon heiress going to have her beloved Jimmie after after all allI I Will she marry James Thompson the oJ rising young business man instead of one of the already risen millionaire so- so society so society clety swells shells or men of title whom her parents are thought to prefer for a son son- son law law in-law Society is beginning to think so 50 It is two years now since her engagement I to Thompson was vas announced as broken t by mutual consent and yet It is whiS- whiS whiSpered whispered 1 that she Bho remains as devoted to him and he to her as when they first exchanged loves love's promises Many think that in spite of the for for- formal formal mal announcement that everything bee be between tween them was at an end they ther they have never ceased eased to consider themselves bee be- betrothed be betrothed and may soon be bo married Rumor has it that young love will bo be denied no that longer longer that Miss Millicent as strong of willas will as her grandfather the late Henry H II Rogers Rogers has served ser notice or on her parents that if she cannot marry Jimmie Thompson she will remain a forlorn bachelor maid all her life If the heiress in forcing her herp rents to their oPPosition and let her heart have its way lY it will willbe be an amazing triumph According to society gossips seldom if ever has has stronger influence been brought to bear to turn a gal gl away from the tho young m man n she l peed loved ved The dazzling of mar mar- mar riaZ to one ono of Europe's nobility which Mrs Rogers wen ven to such great pains to throw in her daughters daughter's way seem to have havo mado made the girl only enly tho lore fore deter determined mined to cling to her Jimmie and to have him for he husband in S spite of f everything end nd Jimmie Thompson toiling away at his job with Ith ono one of the tho great steel companies is said caid lo to be bo no less constantin constant m in Us his devotion and Justas lust as willing to walt wait still more years if necessary for forthe forthe forthe the girl whose heart ho he won only to have Its possession denied him by the opposition opposition of her parents Colonel and Mrs Rogers can probably daughter's attribute whatever worries their daugh daugh- ter's love affair has caused them ts to tre fact that some years ago they gave up their villa at Newport for a summer summerplace summerplace summerplace place at Southampton L L The latter while a center of wealth and fashion that in many respects is a serious rival to Newport is a far n 3 11 democratic pl pirce ce Those who are only on the tho outer fringes of ot fashion blo ble soi sol so- so l i clety have opportunities at ipton oJ d to mingle with tho the elect of the inner inn cir cir- circle cir circle cle n an n a Ii way that would I never rever ever be per permitted at the tha stai staff old Rhode Island re resort sort 4 This la is how bow It ft t happened that Milli Milli- Millicent Milli cent Rogers during her first year as a debutante found herself thrown throw so much into the companionship o of James Jamell Thompson y yF 7 s w way 4 F e h i w vw b p pK K f y A y The former s Catherine Louise I yr a s ti e a Y o za r ks s ff Littauer who suc suc- succeeded in marry marry- marrying ing her automobile salesman lover in LE spite of her t parents t r L z ta 3 ot gp ga 4 I k Ho He is a thoroughly estimable tr h 4 v y young man L t y I but in wealth and sow so- so so w position and everything every every- everything thing else on which society lays so 50 much stress he Is far tar re re re-mo re mo ed cd from the exalted place held in the world of wealth and fashion by the Rogers family Only at democratic Southampton probably would he havo had the opportunity of winning his way Into the heart of the Rogers a heiress heiress c alo lore 10 e prize that no end of fashIOnable society millionaires would feel proud and pleased to see one of their sons win It was as not such a hard 1 way ay to win either for litle Miss Millicent was strongly attracted to big Jimmie Thompson from the first time they met Soon she found herself preferring him to any of the other young men whoso whose she might have had for a nod of the head Loves Love's magic v worked quickly as they splashed hed in the surf took moonlight walks on the berch bench danced and motored together The summer of their first acquaintance was hardly begun before they were in love desperately love desperately so Colonel and Mrs Rogers are said to have hadnot had not the faintest idea of what was going on until athletic young Mr Thompson was was asking their permiSSion to marry their daughter They could hardly believe their ears If he had told them that the millions left by old H II H Rogers had llad suddenly dw dwin- dwin dwin dwindled n- n died to a paltry few hundred dollar he could have surprised them little more But when they postponed an answer to the young man and hada had a talk with Millicent they found his version version of the state of affairs was no exaggeration She was very much in love and eager to marry her Jimmie as soon as ever she sho could The Rogers parents were at a loss how to deal with this quit quite unexpected situation Millicent was so young that they had hardly expected her to lose her heart qute yet And as they are said to have told her with painful frank frank- frankness frankness frankness ness they had expected her to do much better husband than this th in the way of a hus band A young man whose chief assets were wera good looks a pleasing personality personality and the ambition to make a name for him him- fm B J 1 j self in the tle tl e steel bus business i n e s s was as 4 hardly the sort of t H 4 1 son-in-law son they tHere J were Here inclined to welcome without a struggle Mrs Rogers was particularly disapPOinted disappointed disappointed pointed for she had long been counting count count- counting counting ing on adding to her own social prestige through Millicent's marriage either cither to the son of ono one of Americas America's richest and most blue-blooded blue families or to the heir to some proud European Europea i title These considerations of course car car- car car- carried carried ried ned no weight In her estimation Jimmie Thompson was the embodiment of all the tho good qualities even a million heiress could desire in a e husband What if he did have to work for a modest salary Hadn't her Grandfather Rogers started st lust Just as low down on on the tho business ladder And besides weren't there enough millions in the family coffers cof- cof coffers cof coffers fers to keep keep things going until Jimmie mastered tho steel business and made himself a second Schwab or Carnegie When they saw how unshakable their little daughters daughter's devotion to her lover was Colonel and Mrs Rogers decided that the wisest thing to do v was as to give their consent to the match Perhaps It would oud prove to be only a case of puppy c 10 lose e and if it were something more serious perhaps they could find somo way of turning Millicent's heart in an- an another an another other direction before the t I me came for forthe forthe forthe the wedding So the engagement was as announced and society threw up its hands in sur- sur surprise surprise sur surprise prise that the Rogers heiress should be making a match so different from what whatever ever everybody body had expected for her Mrs Rogers at once proposed taking her daughter to Europe with her This was it is thought the fir first firs t move in the carefully laid plan by which the mother hoped to free finger of the engagement ring Jimmie Thompson had bought Quito naturally the girl objected strenuously strenuously strenuously to going to Europe or anywhere else that would part her from her fiance She insisted that she wanted to be mar mar- married married tied mar ried right away But you have your trousseau to get Mrs Rogers tactfully urged A girl owes it to her future futuro husband as well as asto asto asto to herself to look her prettiest on her at X MiHi- MiHi f cents cent's i mother Mrs Hen Henry r y H H Rogers 01 o c the beach beach at democratic South South South-ampton ampton where the daughters daughter's love af- af affair af affair fair began wedding day And theres there's no place like lilo Paris for a bridal outfit Millicent l finally agreed but she in- in insisted insisted in insisted it must be a very hurried trip She told her sweetheart that she would be back in six weeks at the longest Six weeks necks tv two 0 months went ent by and still there was no sign of Millicent Rogers's return Instead there came the announcement that her engagement to Jimmie Thompson had been broken by by mutual consent Ah said the society gossips what a clever strategist Mrs Rogers Whisked her her ier daughter over to Europe and surrounded her with an irresistible array of princes dukes counts andall and all sorts of other marriageable noblemen And now of course the girl sees what II a ml mistake take it would have been for her to throw herself away on a struggling young steel man For a II time it really looked as if this were ere the whole truth of the matter Mrs Rogers and her daughter settled down for a stay in Europe that extended far into the next neat year ear Both in France and England Ingland they were v warmly army received in inthe inthe inthe the most fashionable society circles Of course such a rich and charming heiress as Millicent Rogers was as contin contin- continually continually surrounded with would would-be sUitors The cables began bringing rumors of her to this that or the other nobleman One day it was as Count St Just who was thought to be the lucky man and the next neat Count a II Russian now residing in Paris There were ere free fre- frequent fre frequent quent reports that the Prince of Wales would woul end his long bachelorhood by making the American heiress his bride When Millicent Rogers finally fini lly returned to America however the finger which that ring of Jimmie Thompsons Thompson's had for a short time encircled was quite quito un tin unadorned adorned Nor has there since then been any sign of a new romance romaneo coming Into her life Ide Al All this makes the gossips think that Mrs Rogers's strategy was by no means menns gt a at t ga a t i iu u i ant i success they thought anda and i a that she will willin i in tho the end fi find d herself herself outplayed by her clever and patient daughter According to the tho view they now take of the matter the Mrs Rogers thought f-thought thought won when she induced Milli Milli- Millicent Millicent cent to consent to the breaking of her f engagement was no s at atoll all Forthe For 44 sr tho the girls girl's heartis heartis heart jj is believed to ha e A it Bate ha remained tas s as completely completely f a kb in the posses posses- possession i Slon sion of Jim 4 ef mic mie Thompson Thomp Thomp- Thompson a son as when v she Eho 1 core ore his hiss ring r rAt At last her parents there is no swerving this strong I willed strong strong daughter of them theirs from her first and only love and of course they will not be bo so 50 cruel as to let her remain forever heart heart- heartbroken heartbroken heart broken broken and This is hy society expects soon to see Jimmie Thompson putting his engagement ring back backon on Millicent l Rogers's finger to stay Why the Rogers heiress allowed her engagement to be announced as broken why she sho did not mako her parents under under- 7 1 I Ir r 1 d 3 4 ry i 1 f Wf i if 4 d stand right from the 11 3 start how determined 1 A she was lS that it was 1 Jimmie for her or no man at these all all these 1 are m mysteries X s t e r i ie e s which only she can A clear up Perhaps it was because be- be because cause she v wanted ranted anted to test her love for Jimmie and his for her Possibly It 1 was as because she thought her sweetheart would he be surer of quick success in the tho business world if everybody ever body thought he had lost his chance of an heiress bride Maybe it was 1 as because she thought this V r course was the one ona that would wound her parents feeling the least The course she she took was qUite different rent from that recently taken in a n similar situation by the tho pretty heiress to the Littauer millions The parents of Catherine Catherina Louise Littauer strongly objected to her Giving her heart heal t to William E Doeller former army officer and now an In automobiles automobile sales sales- salesMan sales sales-S Man nan But she sho defied them to prevent her having the man of her choice and even their ape ap- rl ap peal to the Trench French courts was unable to prevent her mar mar- r rings r Miss Littauer and Mr Doell Doell- ler met met-In met in Washington in 1919 shortly after his return from theu service as lieutenant with theA theA the u 1 A E r A year ago w v hen hem the theW 1 young oung man asked Catherines Catherine's parents ts for permission to marry their daughter they did ld not approve e of f the match Hoping that a n long separation would break oft off the attachment they hurried the young oung heiress off to Paris Pansi Parl with them There determined Mr Doeller follo ed v b by the HIP net neat nc t steam steamer r and the lovers planned an early wedding Then Colonel Coonel Littauer having exhaust exhaust- exhausted exhausted ed every other means of stopping the marriage took the unheard unheard-of step of appealing to the courts to have his daughters daughter's love restrained But the he Judge decided in m favor of the young lovers |