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Show THE WOMAN HE LOVED THE HEUFINOCOItNntlUSVAN- uciiuiti, jn.. And Ilia VAaiuaii lltaee VVII.on t- IrrMII, How Ilia Vtlta lis. ( Ilia e l.ma MaKlira Awunr the VVaallhf Sat. (New ork Utter.) In nil p oliiihiiit) no woman In New York lite I een ai constantly be'ore the eyes ot I lie public during tho Inst two years as Mrs Curneliui Vandcrbllt, Jr. Kvcnt after event occurred which concerned con-cerned her and those near her, events which were ot great Interest to nil who hae known ot the Vanderbllt affairs af-fairs Mrs Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr, was born (Irnic Wilson, ono of tho three daughters of ltlrhard T. Wilson of New vork Her mother has been called the Napoleon ot matchmakers by those who arc cm lout of her success, suc-cess, It Is doubtful If loir children of one family hate ever married more brilliantly than her children llefors Mrs Vanderbllt was married sho received re-ceived more than her shnre ot the attentions at-tentions ot pnmlncnt men Col John Jacob Attor was one of the first to admire her nt her debut, and nt one time, rumor which Is so precipitate to Jump nt conrltiflons reported that they would become engaged This rumor received Its quietus when her engagement was announced lo the Hon. Cecil Hiring ot the famous family of London bankers Thlt was looked upon ns a brilliant match and great surprise) was felt when tho engagement engage-ment was broken off The host ot admirers ad-mirers never deserted her and tho Marquis of Avn, eldest son of the I2arl of Dufferln, llrltlsh ambassador to France, became very devoted, and her friends expected a betrothal About this tlmo Cornelius Vandcrbllt, Jr, began to assumo promlnonco In tho collego world, An upper class man at Yale, prominent socially, unpretentious unpreten-tious with all the great wealth to which ho was to bo tho heir, he u one of the most popular young men In Now York. Ho becamo attentive to Miss Wilson, and when ho was graduated grad-uated ho snnounccd to his father that ho Intended to marry. The late Cor-nellua Cor-nellua was opposed tu tho match and ordered his heir presumptive to forget the girl ot his choice. Obediently, young Cornelius went to Paris. After six months the Wilson family alto went to Paris In the course ot thrlr yearly visit to tho continent Upon bearing the news Mr. Vanderbllt, Br, sent for his son, asking him to return. His request was not compiled with for some, time, and when he Anally came to New York he told his father that the Idea of being disinherited could not keep him from tho woman he loved Without bis parent's consent he was married to Mlta Wilson Not one of the Vanderbllt family was prctent at tbo ceremony The solicitations of bis brother and sitters In his behalf were unavailing; his father would not yield When a llttlo child was born to them It was thought that Ills tiny hands and bright little face would soften the grandfather's heart, but he, too, was powerless. Several tiroes It was said that Cornelius Cor-nelius Vanderbllt had forgiven his son for bis love marriage, but when the will ot the manager ot the Vanderbllt Interests was probated It was found young Cornelius htd been lett but one one-hundredth part of the vast estate There Is considerable difference between be-tween one and sixty million dollars, but Alfred, his brother, came forward generoutly and gave him enough to tqiia! tho share of the other children Mrs. Cornelius, Jr , had remained neutral neu-tral throughout the whole affair, unwilling un-willing to Kite up tho man the Wired ' V and yet cot wishing to do anylhln prejudicial to hla Interests A dignified digni-fied silence, not trying to Influence her flance In nny way, created great respect re-spect for her, and her friends wsrs very happy when abe was Anally married. mar-ried. These two young peoplo disregarded disre-garded everything hut love In their choice ot n partner for life and then are few men or women In tho world possessed of a grain of sentiment who do not approve ot the courso they eli wo W$$0r 1$ MRS. CORNELIUS VANDfiRDILT JR |