| Show 1 i Th lE i r si Romance Of e ai t man v Why Wh W h y g the Elie t I le 1 Immensely I y Wealthy W r ea I t hg h hi y i 1 Delphine Del The brides bride's Dodge daughter Cromwell Crom Mrs at the wheel of one of the Dodge Widow Preferred anS an boats t is wh which nt 1 ch swift she hO motor motorboats has zy S- S xi J speeded to victory in in many r ef f Actor for 4 races A e eA Obscure Former i Her New Hus Husband a d Instead r Z fl R w t 4 fl c of One of the Distinguished 1 c 4 Diplomats Statesmen and N Financiers inanc er s She Might So Easily UE HE recent marriage of Mrs TIlE T THorace H Horace rac E Dod Dodge the immensely wealthy widow of the Detroit automobile manufacturer and the man who now calls himself Hugh Dillman but who was originally Hugh Dillman Mc Mc- Mc McGaughy Mc-Gaughy Mc Gaughy was a taking breath surprise even to those who know them well Of course everybody had noticed the growing enjoyment Mrs Dodge and Dill Dill- Dillman Dillman Dillman man took in in each others other's company how they were ere seen together more and more at Palm Beach and elsewhere but no- no nobody nobody no nobody body dreamed that the immensely wide social and financial gulf that separated them could ever be bridged by love and not marriage not even when there was a aman aman aman man of Mr Dillman's magnetic qualities to do the wooing I Until recently Dillman was only an obscure struggling actor He lie never achieved any fame on the stage his appearances ap- ap app ap appearances p arances being restricted to minor roles in stock companies and in the sup sup- support support port of well known stars The greatest distinction his theatrical career brought him him came from the fact that he was for fora fora a brief time ime the husband of Marjorie Rambeau But for this marriage he would hardly be remembered in the the the- theatrical theatrical the theatrical world What a striking contrast between the little known player of trivial parts and tat of the automobile magnates magnate's widow I 1 f Her share of the estate left by her husband is believed to have made her the richest woman in the world While the estate was being set set- settled set settled tied she demanded and received from the Probate Court an allowance of a year for her living expenses She maintains a yacht she owns one of Detroit's most palatial man man- Below the former Mrs Dodges Dodge's daugh- daugh law ter-in-law Mrs Dodge jr t 9 4 i F if vi and within the past few months she bought the Joshua S i Cosden villa at Palm Beach forr for r She wears jewels which queens might envy and she sheM M is a prominent figure in some of k society's most fashionable circles t Naturally such a woman so charming and so prominent so- so socially socially so socially would not lack for j wealthy and distinguished suitors as soon as she indicated indicated in- in a willingness to end her widowhood Ever since ince she laid aside her mourning the favorite speculation speculation of the gossips 3 has haa been as to which of 47 the rich and distinguished men who hovered about Marjorie her she ghe would finally give Rambeau her heart And now she who di- di has upset all the Mr of the wiseacres by s Dillman marrying a man who was wason on charges never considered seriously of cruelty in the running and who and also had neither wealth nor so- so so 50 social objected cial cast prominence nor a dill die distinguished to him as career to rec rec- rec a husband him k on the For the last two seasons ground round it has become almost an that that he wa was that every bachelor too gentle gentle- widower and divorced man mantoo manin c manly in the th smart mart set t must share In the popular pastime pastime pas- pas pastime time of laying his heart Mrs Dodges Dodge's feet few women eith either r widows or de- de debutantes debutantes de debutantes butantes have ever been wooed by a larger or more more notable array of suitors If Mrs D Dodges Dodge's dge's vanity was tickled by bythe bythe bythe the number and character of the men who men who pursued her with attention it would have been scarcely more than human Prominent among the suitors on whose chances the gossips looked with perhaps the greatest favor was a retired business businessman businessman businessman man who has rounded out his career by serving his country with signal ability in the field of diplomacy Pressing him closely in the love race was a widower whose bank account while by no means as large as the Dodge fortune is never never- nevertheless of very generous proportions The third of the trio whom all the best observers rs thought thought to be leading in the therace therace therace race was a great captain of industry who is almost equally well known for his philanthropies There were many others almost if it not quite as rich and so distinguished distinguished so many that it is small wonder Hugh Dillman and his chances were quite lost sight of Indeed he was not even considered a suitor of Mrs Dodges Dodge's Their intimacy was believed to bo be only the widows widow's widow sec rec- t 4 t k ky i t y N 4 3 y a 1 r t d i 4 t ty e r y i of the fact that the suave well groomed for for- former former former mer actor was an m exceedingly pleasant playmate Why did Mrs Dodge pass all the rich richand richand richand and distinguished husbands she might have had and choose the one Marjorie flambeau Rambeau had cast oil ofT Why did she finally give her heart to td the least wealthy and eminent of all those who sought it it The answer her friends believe is found in the fact that in spite of her thirty years life with her first husband Mrs Dodge still craves with all the ardor ofa of a young school girl romance and the thrills that are arc not to to be found in the monotonous humdrum of smart set life After long and mature delibera delibera- deliberation deliberation deliberation tion she decided the Hugh Dillman was better fitted to gratify her ber longing in these directions than anyone any one of the dis- dis distinguished dis distinguished diplomats and statesmen fi- fi financiers fi financiers and captains captain of industry It now appears appears that Dillman's obscure career was of of the greatest advantage to him in his suit instead of being an in- in insuperable in insuperable handicap Mrs Dodge was fascinated by the novel vistas of life which his footlight e experiences experiences er vistas and his wide acquaintance with the bizarre folk folic who people bohemia opener up to her herShe She thought it would be delightful to have a husband who could link her so closely with these twin worlds of the stage and bohemia and make her really a part of them The widow reasoned it is believed that if she married ried one of her rich and famous suitors she the would be more or less leu duplicating her life with her first hus hus- husband husband husband band Such a man would have much the same game me background much the same tastes and interests in life that the late Mr Dodge had and would never take tako Ut n o cs 7 j her ou outside a very similar circle of l r friends Supremely happy as her life with her first husband had been she co could ld 1 not help feeling that if she were go- go going going go going ing to try matrimony a second time it would be pleasant to try it under completely changed conditions r 1 Her friendship with Hugh Dillman had already brought into her life no end of the most refreshing and romantic ro- ro romantic ro romantic mantic novelty Once they were mar mar- married mar married ried there would be sure to be much more of it it Dillman was was an exceedingly well groomed ell well elI spoken man man as truly truly gentleman as any of ot her far richer and more famous suitors He was well liked by hy her family and most of her friends And she had no doubt that he was deeply in love with her What more could she desire Her own great wealth and high social position and the fact that Hugh Dillman Dillman had neither was no objection whatever After they were married it would Ie le a pleasure for her to supply his lacks in these or any other directions The odd chance that brought Hugh Dillman into the life of the woman who is now his wife was as romantic as anything that followed Their first meeting occurred in Venice three years one ago ago one night when the moon was bathing the waters of the Grand Canal with a seductive that made this world seem a place for nothing but romance The gondola in which Mrs Dodge and her maid were riding collided with an- an another another an another other boat Instead of separating their craft and going on their way the two gondoliers started an angry quarrel When they seemed on the point of draw draw- drawing drawing drawing ing stilettos to settle their their feud feud Mrs D Dodge dge grew a a little apprehensive Just a as she was regretting that she was without a male escort she saw an- an another another an another other gondola drawing alongside hers Its sole eole passenger was a man a broad shouldered fellow follow whose clothes fitted his well muscled body faultlessly and who stood up hat in hand as the boat approached Pardon me mci ma madame ame he hI said with an accent unmistakably American but can canI canI canI I be of any assistance Yes indeed said Mrs Dodge with witha a sigh of relief if you will be so 50 good Just make those two rascals stop their quarreling and let us be on our way Hugh Dillman for Dillman for he ho was the hero who had bad come so opportunely to the heroines heroine's re addressed rescue rescue addressed a few words of forceful Italian to the squabbling gon- gon gondoliers gon gondoliers and quickly ironed out the dif dif- difficulty difficulty dif difficulty Of course a formal introduction introduction introduction tion to Mrs Dodge quickly followed this encounter on the Grand Canal and that according to the story which is 13 told is how he came into the wealthy widows widow's life A short time before this Dillman dis- dis discouraged discouraged dis discouraged by his hia failure to make much progress up the ladder of theatrical fame had turned to the management of musical organizations He lIe took a troupe of colored jubilee singers on a profitable tour of the United States and Europe At Palm Beach ho he became with the backing of wealthy friends the managing director of the Society of Arts Hugh Dillman McGaughy McCaughy was born In Columbus Ohio where his sister and 1 i a 11 i d jW r f es t k n 4 I k t i k t 1 t a I l 4 1 I i SL i iN a N iI I t fA y I I S 4 1 Fk y a v I t r t Another recent and more con conventional portrait of Mrs Dodge Dodge Dodge-Dillman Dillman other otherl relatives still live He ne is u remembered remembered bored there as asa as a stage struck boy who left Columbus as soon as his school days das were over to become an actor After appearing in minor roles with wilh Elise Ferguson Ethel Barrymore Nanco Nance ONeill O'Neill and other well known stars he obtained a small part with Marjorie Rambeau During this engagement he and Miss Rambeau fell ell in love and shortly after her divorce from Willard Mack they were married This love match was short lived Mar Mar- Marjorie Marjorie jorie Rambeau brought suit for or the di- di divorce di divorce vorce that finally ended it charging that Dillman has been very very cruel to her Lat Later r on she confessed confessed that she could The former Mrs Horace E Dodge and her new husband Hugh Dill Dill- Dillman Dillman man as they appeared at a fancy ncy dress ballat ball at Palm Beach last winter not endure him as a husband because he was too much of a gentleman And now now the former actor who was too gentlemanly for Marjorie Ram Ram- Rambeau Rambeau beau to live with is the husband of the richest woman in the world lolling with her in the luxury that many millions can supply I 1 At the time of the settlement nt of her husbands husband's estate the former Mrs Sirs Dodge testified that for seven years preceding his death he had been spending spendina a million dollars a year on the support of his family consisting of his wife one son Horace E Dodge jr and a II married daughter Mrs James II R Cromwell When his wife expressed a desire for forpe pe pearls he bought h her r the most magnificent magnificent cent string of them that was to be ob- ob obtained obtained ob obtained It was the one ono that had be- be belonged be belonged longed to Empress Catherine of Russia and it cost Once Onee when one one of Mr Dodges Dodge's banker friends was telling him how he lie had hired private detectives to guard his wife's jewels while she was taking them with her on a trip acro across the continent Mr Dodge smiled and said I never worry about such tri trifles es If my wife loses her pearls or diamonds I buy her new ones the next day Mr Dillman acted as M a agent nt for Mrs Dodge in her purchase of the Cosden palace at Palm Beach This was before there had been any announcement of their coming marriage but evidently she thought it none too early carly to begin ac- ac accustoming ac accustoming the former actor to juggling with millions What an ideal place for a honey honey- honeymoon honeymoon honeymoon moon murmured Mrs Dodge as the transfer of the villa to her was com eom- com com- completed completed Perhaps those words of hers hera gave her herthe herthe herthe m the inspiration for lor or what followed At mm any rate she very quickly acquired acquired the only thing lacking to enable her to enjoy m a honeymoon oon in her new home home-a homo a hus hus- husband hus- hus husband husband band whom she thinks perfectly ideal |
