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Show I JILTS A PRINCE TO WED AN AMERICAN The engagement of Miss Kather-ine Kather-ine Britton, who, it is reported, jilted a prince to wed E. H. Harriman's son, Averill, Is expected to be announced shortly. Young Harriman will Inherit In-herit much of the millions left by his father, and Miss Britton, as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Britton, will come Into a large fortune. for-tune. Miss Britton spent the summer In Europe and at Narragansett Pier. She won fame in social circles at the national capital last winter by appearing appear-ing at a dance with a golden snake twined about her corsage. The effect was so lifelike that it Btartled the guests until the wearer assured them it was made of jewels. As a devotee de-votee of aviation, she has also gained some prominence, having made several sev-eral flights on the speedway with famous aviators. At the time of MIbs Britten's debut, several years ago. she was a ( 4 V 3 I:v;v member of the exclusive coterie of debutantes known as the "Big Six." When Prince Koutacheft of the Russian embassy was transferred recently re-cently to another post it was reported that she had given him his "walking papen." |