| Show i cI I 1 I tU Stigma of N Nickname Lr i i and Quarter of 1 Spent t i by Father in Attempt to I Disown Little Lad Threatens J w f l lT Him JJ T zm With l 11 S Social I E Ex- Ex x- x xoi t- t tr oi r 0 1 c vi and Poverty Ne sZ wi oo t S fJ tl o 0 I 11 1 o t X ol f o o 0 7 0 1 1 r t 0 C- C Co A o I it 0 0 Yo n f 91 f f 0 I i VP I 0 o o 1 t N f L LX X 1 10 J 0 N 0 I f 4 P A Pt 0 c 0 j 1 o 0 0 I o 0 o 0 o 0 J JL j t k Ii f 4 i I 3 L Yi i of r s i c i J 0 i M I 2 4 1 a L Y 1 I v w i hl 3 C I J l The Hon Mrs John Russell whose successful fight to win a peerage and fortune for the Dream Baby may turn out to tobe tobe tobe be a hollow victory HE English House of Lords has at THE iTHE last ended the year five fight of o Mrs rs Russell to lish t 1 fish her Dream Baby as the thc son ot of the Hon John Russell heir to a n lord lord- lordship ship ended ship ended it in victory for the woman aristocratic husband denies par par- parentage parentage par parentage of the lad Will the stigma of such an appellation as Dream Baby be wiped out by this long delayed verdict of England's high high- highest highest highest est tribunal of justice or will this five tive- year five year scandal in London high life be tacked on to the unfortunate son of the Hon John Hugo Russell for life It cannot be denied that the decision of the House of Lords was a great vIc vIc- vIctory victory vic victory tory for the beautiful mother of the Dream Baby who has hall fought so bravely for nearly five tic years to prove that her son eon had a legitimate right to the name and fortune of 01 his father lather but whether this vindication by a legal body will mean so much to little Geoffrey in inthe inthe inthe the years to come remains to be seen First of all more than a quarter of a million dollars of his fathers father's modest fortune has been spent In a vain vII attempt to prove that the disputed child had no claim to the land and titles of the very aristocratic Russells So much of the fortune that John Hugo Russell was waa so reluctant to have fall into the hands of the child that the law courts now say aay is his own son now cannot be turned over to anybody be- be because be because cause caule it has ben ben been paid out in attorneys attorney's fees The courts have at last agreed that little Geoffrey Russell has a right and claim to his fathers father's fortune but It if there is s no longer a fortune to inherit then the Dream Baby is as badly off as he was before these long drawn out legal battles over his parentage began Of course he now has a right to his fathers father's name but tut the question Can is-Can is the Dream Baby ever dispel the cloud made by the scandalous testimony at the numerous trials centered in his birth For five years in every circle in En Eng England land people have been laughing laughin over oyer the revelations made in the famous Russell case So it seems Cems very likely that poor unlucky Geoffrey Russell will always be pointed out as the Dream Baby and aDd that the aspersions regarding his par par- parentage parentage parentage will be tx recalled as lon long as he be lives l lEven Even though the House of Lords has rendered a decision that of course legally settles the whole matter there are many people who will have their own opinions and who will wilt always re- re remain remain re remain main unconvinced In spite of the fact that the little Dream Baby has been declared a natural son for a great great deal of the evidence In defense of Mrs Rus Rus- 2 0 Another picture of Mrs Russell who re- re recently recently re recently 4 won a five five- year five year l legal gal battle to put her child in line for a lordship but butwill butwill will hold wealth and sell and the legality of ot her ber child strains the credulity of even the most broad broadminded broadminded broadminded minded It will be remembered that In hi the strange alliance of the young Russells Russell a prenuptial agreement was entered Into whereby their married life was to be simply a continuation of platonic or spiritual love Both the participants in inthis inthis inthis this strange marria marriage e admitted that at atthe atthe atthe the various vadous trials So the question was How was How could Mrs Russell if the compact was kept become the mother of a child which she claims Is the son of her husband Mrs Russell had an explanation which seemed very logical to her and which after years of contention was finally ae- ae accepted ac accepted by the august Judges of the higher court who probably in all their years on the bench never heard such auch confusing evidence For Mrs Russell with her hand on the Bible swore that her husband wasn't perjuring himself when he said that ho he had kept faithfully to their agreement but but that he had walked In his sleep That of course was the way that the child of the Russell controversy came Into his title of Dream Baby Daby And with such contradictory tales sur sur- surrounding sur- sur surrounding rounding his birth It is very doubtful even with the most mOlt optimistic of peo pee people people pie that tho the finally established son of the Russells will have any happier time In his years than he has had during the five years of his hb colorful life Already he Is of school age but where is there a school in England whose pupils will not point their fir fir- fie gelS gers at this disputed child and refer reler to him by the title under which he has hasso hasco so o long suffered Buffered Of course be he might be bc sent to school on the continent a as there are many x 4 f V VV VV t rL V t tt t t ta tt a t cannot be sure lure that the future position for him preparatory schools there thore for small ISmail boys But this brings up the mat mat- matter matter matter ter of funds for the lIon Hon is Russell is now supporting herself as a humble dressmaker and no doubt she will find great reat difficulty in educating her son eon even in a school conveniently near Even if his father were disposed to contribute to the tho education of the the the-boyhe boy boyhe boyhe he consistently has denied as his son It ItIs itis Is doubtful whether the depleted Russell fortune so much of ot which was spent to tobar tobar tobar bar tho the Dream Baby from the tho family would permit the Hon John to finance the sort of an education that British to be be noblemen to-be to must have it II they are to take their proper places in the social life of England However Howe if Mrs Irs Russell di did 1 to scrape together the funds necessary ry to educate little Geoffrey abroad 1 where whereof ot of course it is not at all sure that be would be entirely safe from the the scandal that has surrounded him there would bo be bothe bethe bothe the question whether he should return to Oxford or where Cambridge Cambridge where every Englishman desires to have his son edu- edu edu educated or rated or whether he should forego fur fur- further fur further ther schooling in is ir order to be spared the embarrassment that he be would undoubtedly undoubtedly edly suffer in any school In his own country where tho Russell VI vs v Russell case is likely to be remembered as long longas longas longas as any member of the unfortunate families live Then comes the question of mar mar- marriage marriage marriage Rightfully Geoffrey Erskine Russell since his place has now been technically established could aspire to the hand of any girl In England because of the dis- dis distinguished distinguished dis distinguished lineage of his father His grandfather Lord Is Isono Isone isone ono one of the most and the Ampthill family is a branch of bt Its ire i m e k V j I 1 3 V a t w wf t tl tt f t ter 3 l f a ae e h the famous Duke of Bedford's house so that the Dream Baby can now lay claim to the very best ancestry But what girl is going to marry a aman aman aman man whose status had to be decided In Inthe inthe inthe the courts court 7 Would any high born girl be likely to fall in love with a fellow whose nick nick- nickname nickname nickname name isso is so insinuating If a young woman should fall tall In love with the Russell heir there probably would be a great eat deal of hesitation on her part before she could bring herself to marry a man whose name would link her ber with the Dream Baby scandal If It Geoffrey Russell does come como Into his title and inherit the remnants of the Russell fortune he still will be comparatively comparatively comparatively penniless and only further handi handi- handicapped handicapped capped In any aspirations to marry a girl in his own social set Not only are there his mothers mother's sup sup- supposed supposed supposed posed indiscretions to be reflected on his entire future futuro but there are aro also some charges against his father that stirred a great deal of comment during the tho trial The compact agreeing to a sister and brother relationship between the Rus Rus- Russells sells Rus-sells sells was unusual if not entirely un- un unprecedented unprecedented un unprecedented and caused all kinds of In- In Inferences in inferences But there was the still stranger com corn complaint complaint plaint by the beautiful that her handsome and aristocratic husband liked to dress as a woman better than he liked to attire himself in masculine apparel and md to satisfy this weird twist of mind he frequently donned female raiment In which he be enjoyed himself greatly The lIon Hon John Hugo astonished every everyone everyone everyone one by admitting that what his wife said was true and further confessed that he had purchased quite a complete feminine wardrobe to masquerade inthe in inthe inthe the role he preferred to play even though he is of the masculine gender These same tendencies will be without doubt watched for in the son of this unusual un- un unusual un unusual usual couple and if he is in the sligh est Ia 1 1 4 V Yi YiV Yil W V l i s I The Hon John Russell leaving c court urt after losing fight to deny the Dr Dream am Baby the right of the title and andest est estate te Mr Russell will inherit lis and costly attempt to prove that the child is not his son bodes ill for forthe the baby's future degree effeminate his fathers father's admission will be recalled and the unfortunate Russell offspring will still further pay the price of having his status so strenuously disputed Mrs Russell and her son Geoffrey the Dream Baby whose legally established established claim to a high place in British society pf may bring him nothing INI but poverty anda and a dis- dis discredited discredited dis discredited credited title In the Russell case three were mentioned two Englishman md and one American These three were all exonerated in the trial and the final was named as an unidentified 1 person The sociability of young Mrs Russell testified to in the trial shocked even the most liberal minded in the social circles ot of London How freely the younger generation conducted itself after the war was plainly evidenced Mrs Russell frankl frankly told about crossing two or three times to Paris after her marria marriage witha with a man she was formerly engaged to On another occasion she told about spending the night in the flat of this same mah mart had forgotten the key to her own house In the morning since she was attired in an opera coat she telephoned over to her husband to whom she referred as Stilts to bring over a street costume so she could get home The Tho Hon lion before her mar mar- marriage marriage to the son of Lord and Lady Ampt Ampt- Ampthill hill members of the most intimate court circle was a and the King and Queen were greatly troubled over the union of the son of the with with an ordinary w working girl Accord Accordingly they summoned young John and his Ilis wife for an audience The Te T e Queen chatted very pleasantly with the very attractive and then excused herself from the room Then quite suddenly King Kin George asked the Hon John Hugo when he expected to leave England The astonished young man couldn't reply for some moments Then he realized realized- that the King had summon summoned cd him for the purpose of banishing him bim from England because of his Inappropriate inappropriate marriage f The King said that he would be ver very piea pleased ed if young John would find it con con- convenient convenient to go to America but the stupefied stupefied stupefied fied Russell departed with only the promise that he would think it over |
