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Show r 31 II rt""' J; T ? II li Ifi I lj rT-, .. SP7 psTi Jgfe I VJC ( X JU BRIDE 1 WONT LET ME" FQ Mm- W&Jl ii WITH MORE W W?vn.S THE.M 9s: , "If all the bands Mrs. Hoffman is j i j I Q t (f ( 0 t-' tutfe cor- efed" for i her heiress daughter had been ranged like goods on tne shelf of I fl department ittore and la-lW la-lW beled with I reasons Mc I We truthful reasons why Mcrian Hoffman coucf nof have any of 'them, the tags would doubtless have read something some-thing like this" T ICH Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoff- jM Y n'an'- rf'"'! i tin ii from v.liat H '3 believed to have been mi F.ng- title-hunting tour d,d not bring the I jPm r.ov. -..., ,, .. ,,r , . wends of this ambitious iftly bad confi-M confi-M cfr.tly expected. l H" nrnvaI "" " :i v; ah her tfj lrs' ugh.er. M ma.,. ,,,-t I , ed l, lhl- annonnr, ,r.';,t of the lat-l lat-l al engafe'Clnenl tu ;l "'val prim . or XM Me or au earl or any other noble Eng-0 Eng-0 "S-iiru-in. i Br?'1'51 KESip ral1 'l0 f"r Mria" at liTT n,::trimoni1 prospect is to M 1 at she may soon be affianced to -m E"r ermr ' ,h'-' f,,rr,l'-r M:i"' !'M C v0Ch' 'vho ""t'l II-'"- death nf tU, l:'m lhl;,u,liei obscure Irish im ctn .WaSan at,racl1' nure : , Ameri-X.,,n Ameri-X.,,n tvcn thiif, however, is not W iU11 certain. l iS,thUgh Baron ' ""V is a iverv t k,nK and 111 "'n' wav from'ih 3,l'Ve :'r'U"" in;,n' '"' ls f:ir Mrg. h FCrl of r,v" m:,u- fo. lotions lrov?,rj arrSS the Atlantic in search of '"M nT'm a' loaht :i an M vrl;:r - -nb ,,, lmJi;n. 1 ""User a, V " J,'h 8 ,""llt-'11 Sm abitirn, f 1 IInffman and one whose S. nS for hf'r hter are so vault- lEt"";, i tended 'f in iri 'J' P0U'' Marian prom-,J prom-,J 0fEngland' ,t'jr"","f -htiest olacknf mon ctainly was due of the Pn ,0pLponun'l" The counters 1 Wed h.Kh r"'""'1- n,arl, t an- banh'u:; a-i ..i r.,i,;..men who Wl'tobeTj "r ,,ivur long Wl But to v!d ly f jr pother bride ?C,Frnr, ''!' "'" 1,av" I"-"v-d Mrs. 1 Proved a,! ",0n f -ilabu. for daughter Ma- Since No Royal Prince or Duke or M Earl Can Be Found to Marry V Daughter Marian, Ambitious Mama May Have To Be Content With a Plain Baron for a Son-in-Law but a Very Nice One At That fy J nan Some a of the most ' I desirable arc , I yaid to have been not at all attracted by the numerous nu-merous charms of the American heiress, and those who were had good reasons why they could never think of asking her hand in marriage. mar-riage. If all the titled .usband8 Mrs. Hoffman is said to have coveted for her daughter had been ranged like goods on the shplf of a ro- pnrtmcnt store and labeled with the truthful reasons why Marian Hoffman could not have them the tags would doubtless have read something like this: Loves Some One Elae. Prefer an English Wife. Must Have a Brido With More Money. Fears Too Much Mother-i n-La w. Can't Eear Yankee Girls. His Family Won't Let Him. "No Wedding Bells for Me." Probably (he label that cast doubts on the desirability of Marian Hoffman's mother as a mother-in-law was the one that proved most disconcerting to Mrs. Horfman. But undoubtedly she consoled ht.rf.elf with the thought that Englishmen English-men cannot appreciate the solicitude a millionaire widow must feel fur the matrimonial mat-rimonial welfare of her only daughter. In England the sons of the family arc the prime consideration. When there is only a daughter she is often left to follow fol-low her own heart's desire and often with surprisingly happy results. With the higher ranks of England's titled nobility presenting such a wide assortment as-sortment of marriageable men, it would have Beemed an easy matter for Mrs. Hoffman, to find a satisfactory husband for daughter Marian. Although not a great beauty, Miss Hoffman is a thoroughly thor-oughly charming specimen of American young womanhood ;ind possessed of many of the personal qualifications which Englishmen Eng-lishmen of ncble birth desire in a wife. Her wealth was expected to be another Strong inducement to English families whose poeketbooks have been sadly deputed de-puted by the ruinous income taxes anil the high co I of living. By the will of her adoring father she has an income of $50,000 a year to spend on herself, this being the amount he thought necessary for a fashionable debutante to keep up appearances. But the lure of Marian's wealth was no more successful than her own girlish charm in securing a proposal from any of the noblemen whom her mother thought tit to be her husband. They looked the American heiress over with a grtat deal of interest, but when it came to bending the noble knee and asking for her hand, there was nothing doing. Several times Mrs. Hoffman seemed to be tantalizingly near to landing just the sort of son-in-law she is said to have4iad in mind when she set out on her title-shopping title-shopping tour. But in these two or three cases parental opposition or some other obstacle arose at the last moment to dash her hopes. Some of the society gossips are unkind enough to suggest that Marian would have done better if her mother had kept mere in the background and not let her ichemes for making her daughter a princess or duchess be quite so obvious. In English fashionable society matchmaking match-making mothers work with ..lore delicacy deli-cacy and some of Mrs. Hoffman's bold moves in the game she was playing are ha id to have been keenly resented. It is rumored that more than one highly high-ly desirable nobleman smothered a genuine gen-uine fondness for the American heiress simply because ho feared that the happiness hap-piness of such a marriage would be ruined by "too much mother-in-law." On her recent return to Newport Mrs. Hoffman made a brave show of being delighted de-lighted by the results she and her daughter daugh-ter achieved during their extended stay in England. But the gulf between the dukedom, or earldom on which she had so confidently counted and the rather obscure ob-scure baronetcy held by the elder of the famous Burke-Roche twins is one so wide that she can hardly fail to view it without with-out great disappointment. The fact that Baron Fermoy's title belongs be-longs to one of the lowest ranks of English Eng-lish swelldom is not the only reason why he is hardly the sort of son-in-law Mrs. Hoffman would have chosen if sh? could have had hr way. The baron is English only on his father's side, his mother having hav-ing been an American woman, the daughter daugh-ter of Frank Work, the eccentric old millionaire mil-lionaire who cordially hated everything English, including his daughter's husband. hus-band. Until recently Maurice Burke-Roche lived in America and was a prominent figure in the fashionable circles in which the Hoffmans move. Although born of n British father and therefore a British mbject, it was thought that eventually he would become a citizen of the country where his family's, millions had been amassed. When his father died, however, he turned his lack on America and went abroad to claim the title that was his by virtue of having been born a few minutes before his twin brother. AJthough Lady Fermoy is nothing like the proud title Mrs. Hoffman would have liked to eee her daughter win, she must admit that the former Maurice Burke-Roche Burke-Roche is not to be sneezed at as a son-in-law. Many another ambitious Ameri-nin Ameri-nin mamma would be delighted if her heiress daughter could do as well in the way of a titled husband. The one serious drawback to the love match that is believed to be well under way between Marian Hoffman and Baron Fermoy is the difference In their ages, h being considerably older. To offset this is the fact that they are both products of the same social environment and their respective families have been friends for many years. The Hoffman millions, added to the generous fortune the Burke-Roche twin already has, will be enough to make the humble Fei niOJ baronetcy outshine many of the social!;, powerful but financially weatc dukedoms and earldoms on which Mrs. Hoffman has been casting envious eyes. There will be enough, so that Baron Fermoy and his bride will be able ' -" "" - ' t 1 I ..vv ' Baron Fermoy, the former Maurice Burke-Roche, Burke-Roche, whom gossip picks as ambitious Mrs. Hoffman's fuiure son-in-law to satisfy the ravenous demands of the tax collectors without sacrificing any of the luxuries of life or losing any sleep. With anything like intelligent management manage-ment the wolf that is annoying so many of England's proud titled families .should never get within hearing of the door of the Fermoy manor house What will Mrs Burke-Roche think of her son's falling in love with the Hoffman Hoff-man heiress? Like Mrs. Hoffman, she undoubtedly hoped for better things f or her child, but she has the consolation that it might have been a great deal worse. Undoubtedly Mrs. Burke-Roche would rather see her eldest son marry a young debutante like Marian Hoffman than the sophisticated heroine of a trio of marriages like Princess Vloia. The princess the divorced wife of Frank J. (iould and the widow of Ralph Thomas has recently divorced in Paris her third husband, a Balkan prince Some months ago, about the time her divorce proceedings were being begun, she and Baron Fermoy were often seen together, and gossip had it that they would be married as soon as she could be legally rid of the uncongenial prince. All this was disappointing to tho baron's mother, Mrs. Fanny Burke-Roche; Burke-Roche; to his sister, the former Mrs. Arthur Ar-thur Scott Burden, and to the other members mem-bers of his proud family who have built such fond hopes on his career as a man of title. While the Burke-Roches have no con-Bcientious con-Bcientious scruples against divorce, they naturally would rather see the young bachelor married to a young society bud than to a son;an once widowed and twice divorced. They are 'sure to be grently relieved if it proves true that Baron Fermoy's recent interest in Princess ... . ' ! ; Miss Marian Hoffman, ' ""'A J .. the - -v $50,000-J? $50,000-J? a-year heiresa U ' 4 mm I I - - HI I H I v4 IH ' : i ISH I I I i I I Vlora was only a passing fancy and that ' he is nov in love with Marian Hoffman .jgSUff and will eventually marry her. jjjr Vlora was only a passing fancy and that $ he is nov in love with Marian Hoffman and will eventually marry her. I |
