| Show i P D 1 t 6 Or l Je D th hr k J M K Y r s l u g s sd d a P i r p a aR iq l y e R t 6 w a I I A A'S S 'S sr C Y r The socially prominent wife who divorced John R Drexel jr but bu bustill t still remains on the best of terms term s with his mother I MIE pride of the senior Mrs John JohnR JohnR JohnR TIiE TH T R Drexel el one of the haughtiest and most mos aristocratic of society matrons is 15 being put to another cruelly severe almost strain strain almost as sc severe ere ere a oneas one oneas ns as it suffered when her daughter Alice flouted the family's illustrious traditIons and fond hopes by eloping with the tho most worthless sort ofa of a Ii soldier of for for- fortune for for- fortune fortune tune This tune time the child whom horn Mrs Drexel lews with grieving Ing eyes e eves es is her son John R jr To his mothers mother's surprIse and dismay he has presented her with Ith a working girl daughter daughter-a daughter young oung woman a oman whose hose name is not in m the SocIal Register and who until shortly before her marriage to Mr el was as earning her using li in m the ad business in m New York What makes the blow this love match brings Mrs Drexel eI all the harder to bear is the fact that it comes after aHer her herson herson herson son had been married very ery ad adsan adan a an as his ns mother thought lIer IIer one great consolation in m the grief brought by Alices Alice's matrimonial mishap was the belief that John had hImself at the marriage game in m a way Cry ery creditable to his family It took her John longer to achIeve disaster but in III Mrs l Drexel's els opinion he has lias achieved one little less regret regret- regret able able than that which left her ber Alice a aI ai I i penniless deserted wife Ife just when hen she sheI I was ns on the verge serge of her motherhood I All this is not to say a that Miss Jane Barbour the tre very charming youn oung g woman who recently became Mrs John JohnR Il fl Drexel el jr and William WIlham Barrett the th e unscrupulous adventurer who ho toyed with s Alice Drexel's els heart and finally broke It hale hae ha e an anything in m common as regards regard s eIther antecedents or character As a m of fact they are as far fa r apart as oIS the poles But in m spite of tins thi s wIde difference Mrs Drexel Droxel links Imbs them themas the theas themas m as not the sort of children she wan ants is brought into the family by marriage She had been so well satisfied wit wither Ith h her sons son's first marriage While th us bride the former Elizabeth Thompson sas as not of the highest social standing she mowed moved in m a circle sufficiently close t to o the sacred inner mner one to satisfy the th e Mrs DI exel's aristocratic notions no- no notions no notions The wedding seven years Cars ago at th the e home of the brides bride's mother Mrs De D Di Grant in III New York was as gibe gl Cn n all the glittering prestige the Drexel l and social position could bring It ItIS is still remembered by the smart set so t as one of the striking social events e of o f that wartime year year ear Bolh Both before and after the marriage marring e L is Will the Blue Grass Grass Beauty Who fir kinks She's Just as Good as trl ra A r Her Husbands Husband's Aristocratic t 4 i air aira r J Family Ever Get a a r J a From Her rte f Very Greatly r k i A Y Disappointed r Mother Mother- j Y i ra f a a Y a a Y Pi c t i r Icy Mother Law kA kAJ J Law in-Law N uin w s 3 i iN r J M W 1 t s I O n Kr l t lri ri i it t y 1 v R 1 1 a af 4 f f i J a ax aSI a x y 1 yr r SI J A Al i j p i l 4 to 1 1 I j J f r t ty I y f i G GW r 1 1 W n 4 F 7 p t 4 SJ I 1 j 1 Y The senior Mrs John R Drexel the elder cIder Mrs Irs Drexel went vent ent to eJ extraordinary extraordinary nary nuy lengths to show her hearty satis satis- satis satisfaction satisfaction faction with her daughter m law and md to tomake tomake tomake make the path of the newly neI ne newlyweds I weds eds so smooth and flowery that they would should be eager to keep treading it forever fore In the ParIs Pans home to which she has largely exiled e herself since her daugh daugh- daughter's daughter's daughter's ter's misfortune she entertained them lavishly introducing them into the eJ ex exclusive e European circles in m which she moses mo Nothing was was s too good for daughter Elizabeth and the and the son who ho had shown his good taste and good sense by marrying her When Mrs Drexel el first learned that there was serious trouble in her sons son's household she is said to have hale ha e been al- al almost almost al almost most as deeply paused pained as lien hen daughter Alice eloped from Newport port with Barrett By C every csery ery means she bhe s he could devIse she Sought ought to prevent the breach between John and Elizabeth To hare ha haea a averted arted a divorce orce she would could have done anything But the marriage of the Junior was as too far on the road to rum ruin bc before ore the elder Mrs Drexel learned the truth about it for her pleas and threats and arguments to be of any avail all in presenting pre the final smash While she shed bitter bIller tears of regret over the disappointment of her hopes her law daughter trotted trolled out to Reno Ileno Before she had been there long enough to the legal residence necessary to apply for divorce orce Mr Drexel speed speed- speedIng speeding ing mg his motorcycle through a New York street smashed into nto an oncoming auto auto- automobIle automobile mobile and was as carried tarried to a hospItal pith Ith a broken leg painful pamfil bruises and possIble internal injuries At once the wires to Reno Rena started buzzing with messages from Mrs Drexel el rib III Pans ParIs and from friends of hers in inthis inthis this country pleading with the young wIfe to forget her grievances ances real or fancIed and hurry to the bedside of the husband who ho was as perhaps near death and who in to his delirium talked continually ally aIly of her The picture these messages painted of battered John Drexel in m the hospItal longing for the touch of his wife's Ife's hand handa a word sword ord from her hp lips the sight of her smIle were ere more than tenderhearted tender tender young Mrs resist She closed her Reno home abandoned Mer divorce plans and east Young Mr Drexel el preset plo less leas seri serI- serIously seriously hurt than had been thought mil md andas milas as he recovered his wife safe found life him just as unendurable 11 as be f To 10 tr ay Mrs Drexel's daugh daugh- daughter daughter ter ler Alice who eloped with William Jarrett Barrett with such unhappy reI re- re reher suIt I her mother laws law's deep disappointment disappointment back bach she sent ent to Reno Misfortune continued to dog John Drexel el An iron irod rod falling from a canopy over oscr 0 cr a florists florist's shop atI struck ucb him him hm on the head Again Agam from a hos hos- hospItal hospital s pital petal bed he called for his absent wife but this time his call eaIl went ent unheeded A few months later Mrs Drexel wa was granted her herd d 1 orce and given custody of her year old five v old ear son son Her suit was as b on charges of extreme cruelty She testified tl that at Drexel Dreel ISa is isa La a man of erratic temper and domineering disposition and had continually tried to de- de deprive deprive de deprive her of all freedom of action ac- ac action tion tion lie had alwa always s been jealous of her friends she told the court and ha had d frequently complained of the affection she showed for her 0 own n At times she testified he distressed her greatly b by his harsh treatment of the little Son Con During the last two ears of their life together Mrs Drexel Dread testified her hus- hus husband hus husband band without t any cause 01 or provocation often oHen called hei hes vile and abusive e names Whir she requested 1 I im to 10 dress dross for or made some similar suggestion he would woud only fly into a rage she saId and almost In oIn bly tell her to mind her ow business Once without any reason or cause Mrs Drexel el testified her husband struck her After Arter dealing her this tins blow she told the court he went into her smashed toilet articles article and pIcture frames and displayed ed such violent rage that she as sas forced to seek shelter at atthe a aVie atthe Vie the home of friends Her Iier sons son's divorce orce was sas as unwelcome un to Mrs Drexel el as IS that of her er daughter years ears before e hold had been welcome he hen n she a 1 it was as InO inevitable she ble con con con- it r I b to e W f f u 1 py 4 r t k kt ki kar i r ar S St t c rr f r rJ CR r J A AAvA AvA AvAr r a C 2 9 r Y 1 s 4 a ay 5 4 r J Jf f 1 I t t tio io 4 ul f ks r v tr r r a Aw pJ t t s r P a F P f t 1 A a 5 Another por por- portrait portrait portrait trait of young Mr Drexel's latest bride the for for- former former mer Jane Barbour soled herself with the hope that if II John tried matrimony again agam it would be ba with some one as well ell placed socially as Elizabeth Thompson perhaps Thompson perhaps even esen one of still higher position in III the tre world of and fashion But it soon became polln plain that proud Mrs Drexel was as again agam to be denied her WISh Her son on discouraged by Ins his ex- ex ex experience with a smart set wife Ife was going far outside the boundaries of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Newport s eldom for his second love mate MISS Jane Jal Barbour the young stomas oma with whom horn he began to be seen going about was as actually a 11 working girl girl- girl the salaried employee ofa of a large adver er advertising concern I That Th-it was a blow indeed for the mother who ho lad Jad counted on has has- hav having mg ing for a a daughter m law only some fashIOnable heiress whose bose family figures in prominently m the Social T 11 I feature I Inc I J p 4 s 1 a n e J s r Whatever er m m pressure was ev e ex exerted erred on or or John Drexel was powerless to turn his Ius interest from the charming oung ad advertising ad woman on whom hom lie he had been sold almost from first sIght lIe pressed his Ills wooing with Ith ith great reat en- en enthusIasm enthusiasm en enthusiasm and when hen Jane Darbour finally promised to be his wife safe he lie told lold hIs friends he considered himself the most fortunate man in iii the world The wedding in III New York the other day was a drab quiet affair m affair in m m m irked contrast to the smart function that marked the tho leading of young MA h Drexel's first bride to the marriage altar As you vou ou may be sure the distinguished mother of the groomas groom was as not among tho those e present She remained in Paris preparing to welcome elcome for a long visit visit- visit well sell whom horn do you vou ou thinks the the the former Elizabeth Thompson her sons son's divorced wife lIe I 1 INor Nor are there any indications that the honeymoon trip of John Drexel el and his bride is going to a visit to his Ius mother In fact it loob looks very much muchas muchas IS as If it the trip of the dl divorced wife Ife to ParIs might tease have ha e been planned to pI pie pie- pic e- e sent any such possibility as this If any maternal blessing of the new v newlove low lo match has been forthcoming it has hag been jI a a very er coolly perfunctory one The former Jane Barbour Darbour is in m the Drexel Dreel family but not yet vet et of it an ani 1 goodness knows s when her husbands husband's mother and the rest of his proud rda rela rela- rela relations relations lions will decide to give her the wel wel- welcome welcome come a law in should hould receive recene Some punishment Ins his to be meted out outto outto outto to son John and his bride b has to brace bra It The gos gossips feel sure It itis is 1 ill be a long long time before the bride gets ets the chance of showing her mother mother- mother mother-in m in law howell how well ell bred and charming a modern young woman oman can cn be e een en though she Bho has been working for lor a h h ing of devoting denoting herself her elf cJ to tho the frills and amid follies of society life If It the senior Drexel el ever eser doss docs do A The new Mrs John JohnR JohnR vaT aT R Drexel jr v f beenY who has been earning her liv liv Y liv-Y ing in the advertis adver- adver advert t r is i s in i i n g bu nes t and is quite euite un- un unknown known in the he fashionable fashionable fash- fash r circles where the move enough to look her new daugh daughter ter ler over it will Le interesting to see what happens Will the tre selling ability which 1 Inch made Jane Darbour o 0 o successful wIth her advertising ad work enable her herto herto herto to q icIl break down done her mother mother-m mother mother-inlaw's laws law's prejudices One thing seems certain that nn an 0 toward to ending the 11 present deadlock will sill have to come from the them in m law rn ther-III-law ther The new Mrs John Jr has ras made it very cry plain plaID that she intends doing no to mg kow tow kow-tow tossing ing to the prIde of her husbands husband's relations I Even Hn her mother-in-law's mother well vell known claIm to being descended from English kings does not in the least awe the 1 young oung woman She proudly declares that her family family- tree is older than that of the Vi D and just ju t as good Among Among the distinguished names to be found on its branches are those of Zachary Taylor Ta lor once President of the United States some sone of Virginias Virginia's first firt settlers and two or three Governors GO ot of Kentucky Although I never think of family she said short shortly before her marriage and have been a II working gir for years ears It exhilarates c me to think that Johns John's famIly will soon know that they can bend their knees if they will sill Ill downto doto When we wo marry we e will settle do dorm don n to family life and have hate children That ThatIS Thatis IS my hope John has an allowance But If even things were wore different I would gladly go toI to I work stork orb as I have hate ha done right along The former Miss M S S Barbour is a blua bluegrass grass TaS beauty born in m Tier Her famIly has long been prominent the t socIal aril and political life of Kentucky Die rho Mrs Drexel el however howe cannot Cannot can- can cannot Barbours not recall having hang ha met any of the Bar Dar bours at the opel opera II or in the fashionable drawing rooms of ot New t ew York Nc Newport pOI t The for it had hod ol ID considerable Owing to the fact of Mr divorce a II number thein of of clel mel wore were unwilling to take tae the thc in m tho the aristocratic circle 1 I |
