Show NO WONDER HAROLD ELINOR k L SEARS 1 R AND WANT A TRIAL ENGAGEMENT JL J i Copyright 1911 10 b by American G Great Britain Balo aI Rights Th I Is W h tor I Ii Miss Ii ss Sears S. S ears on one side j jI 15 S Y and Harold Vanderbilt on i j I I Kc iCe Key to this U diagram 1 the other must contemplate j J I 1 Great I-Great Great S grandfather Commodore Commodore seriously this this' and matrimonial matri- matri x i at at the terry ferry tS U. U 1 h 7 nn d er b. b lit Wm m it vanderbilt Duer Jilt Jr D Dranch tree treC in on 2 Grandfather 2 William II H. Vander Vander- one side William K and his piling up more marc mone money I 3 3 William William K Vanderbilt jr ir living 0 apart branches on the other the 1 I. I r r. r 4 Duchess 4 of ot Marlborough Consuelo t. t S I a cIa elo Vanderbilt separated from duke I branches of oJ th the late Cor Cor- I 6 6 Harold 6 Harold with his problem 8 I I. I 6 William 6 K Vanderbilt sr sets gets nelius divorced Mi 4 S 7 7 First First Mrs W. W I K Ic Vanderbilt be beV becomes bei be- be i V comes Mrs Belmont and a suffragette L t. t 8 William 8 K Vanderbilt sr weds E LI LL over o America and a long lone again and goes abroad abroad to live f A A ALL 4 V V way Into Europe the tele- tele Cornelia Cornelius Branch Dranch V h and tho Urn ocean cables cable 9 Cornelius 9 Vanderbilt Jr still happy hap hap- hap's s 's I n b but t his marriage broke fathers father's V have flashed that choice tidbit of at 11 henrt p py s V heart j news the amazing new anGle anglo from Z Gertrude lo-Gertrude Gertrude Vanderbilt 1 10 married i I V which the now considers possible pos pos- 4 y t Harr Harry Payne Whitney one Whitney one absorbed in j 4 sible elble future domestic relations sculpture the other in hunting 01 V i 4 No X-o not Trial Marriages at at at 11 Glads ll Gladys Vanderbilt becomes Countess Coun Coun- I 0 ic 7 VOT 7 E least not yet et but Trial Engagements Engagements Engage tess toss J and is not happy at ill all FO m r V V V me ments n ts I At py 12 The 12 The Reggio WON EN jV j S 'S V Miss lIss Ellinor Sears Scars of or Boston has 13 13 Alfred Alfred Vanderbilt extremely di dl- dl V V Vt V V. V announced her Trial Engagements Engagement t tto t d. d 0 c V S V to Mr Harold Vanderbilt of or New 1 cG t j York And V t everybody wonders V Yet why should there be any II p V P V eV cause for tor wonder 4 sS t t. t L r VJ Miss Mis Sears on one side and Harold Harold Har- Har k i Pi old Vanderbilt on tho the other must mut s' s N on con contemplate te seriously the tho sad Bad PT J Cr r V V matrimonial Vanderbilt tree tree tree-on on p one side William K and his hla J J I 4 branches on time the other th the branches v I Y A 4 a FyI of ot the tho late Cornelius V A First imagine Miss Sears a co consid consid- n id- id I I r I 1 L 4 L t. t E LI LL over o America and a long lone f A A ALL 4 V V way Into Europe the tele- tele V h and tho Urn ocean cables cable V V have flashed that choice tidbit of at news the amazing new anGle anglo from V which the now considers possible pos pos- sible elble future domestic relations V i 4 No X-o not Trial Marriages at at at E least not yet et but Trial Engagements Engagements Engage V V V me ments n ts V S 'S Miss lIss Ellinor Sears Scars of or Boston has V V Vt V V. V announced her Trial Engagements Engagement t tto V S V to Mr Harold Vanderbilt of or New t V t j York And everybody wonders V V Yet why should there be any II p P V eV cause for tor wonder r VJ Miss Mis Sears on one side and Harold Harold Har- Har k i Pi old Vanderbilt on on tho the other must mut con contemplate te seriously the tho sad Bad r V matrimonial Vanderbilt V tree tree tree-on on one side William K and his hla 4 branches on time the other th the branches of ot the tho late Cornelius V A First imagine Miss Sears a co consid consid- n id- id V considering considerIng ns ering the matter and ana saying Lets I V w wait lt a a. bit Harold let me measure the jump with my eyes open V In measuring that Jump Just what iL did Miss Sears discover what facts V V became imprinted on her mind Jl Beginning at tho the lower lowel rail she found round that his father tather William Ie IC j s Vanderbilt s sr and his first wife Ite ji th the charn charming Alva Ala lva Smith i t i k ally divorced d after years of open t unhappiness The wife wite le married Oliver Oli Oh ver Vel Belmont who whose c first wife wire had 5 V i. i previously divorced him I s OC Ot William Ks K a children Miss V V Sears found that Willie K Vanderbilt Vander- Vander V V but bilt Jr and V his wife who was handsome handsome hand hand- V IV some Birdie Fair Pair were living apart 1 both having suffered much unhappiness 4 V ness before the tho separation v The next rail was V equally equall unsafe S J Com Consuelo the Duchess of Marlborough S V with all outa outward d things for tor happiness had secured a from the duke 4 Ip Her t two two 0 sons with her but her matrimonial matrimonial matri matri- V V fr unhappiness has lias made mado her t the e. e S S 5 i most mot commiserated woman in the LonS London Lon Lon- V d don n smart set f V V With these examples right In front of i V her is It an any r wonder that Elinor Sears balked The Vanderbilt matrimonial handle presented possible tragedies to 5 her io H St t i 5 Going still further Miss Sears looked i S d carefully into the Cornelius Vanderbilt V V V side Here she sho found that the oldest S S V son Cornelius fr ir in marrying marrIng Miss V V Grace Wilson sixteen years older than himself lt broke his bis fathers father a heart and antI andI I V S alienated tho the other members members of or his V family or For years Mrs Vanderbilt sr 4 SS S V S refused to speak to her oldest son and antI V 1 to this day docs does not receive his wife V V- V V under tier her roof root S The next oldest son Alfred AUred was f M. M made his Ills fathers father's heir Ho He married V t Elsie French another true love matchu match V u Tt had been a a. boy and nd girl love af af- af S fair With With every overy material thin thins thing for V.- V. r r happiness Three years ago when their VS only child was wag seven years ve irs old Mrs 1 C V V VS 1 ItS W ol V V I. I S. S 1 p. p S SS f V S wr V I I V S f I 4 I 1 IV IS I c V S I s A V t c This is Harold Earold Vanderbilt as asI ashe ashe I he looks while thinking I 4 over his trial engagement engagement engage engage- I ment with Elinor k Sears V- V K I S I j V 1 I j i 1 i il ri 1 q q t I r I 1 n f 2 tt I J V VlY J lort h lY If i v I I L- L i'S rt 1 Il VV l r S SS T S HJ t VV 1 t l i V S t 1 I b J V V J v r 1 P 5 1 j I tt er erV f fb b jm t. t r rV S V u V J r Cj I 7 r h 01 VV I r. r I It t IV 4 1 V 55 In fl S S I It S It r n Alfred added another divorce to the tho family escutcheon TI Then cn the Reg Reggie lc came to Miss Miss' Sears' Sears mind mindIn In investigating them she he found that Newport had been terribly terribly terri tern bly excited during the summer of ot 1910 Rumors filled tilled the tho air all of serious upheavals up up- at Sandy Point farm After a serious Illness lasting hasting man many months Mr Ir Vanderbilt went abroad alone He returned to Newport in time for tor the horse show There is one child Cathleen Cathleen Cath- Cath leen heen aged six years Of the t two O daughters the oldest Gertrude married Harry Payne Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- hi t- t ne ney and Is very happy Gladys married mar mar- ned ried to Count Laszlo Laszio and so far tal faras as can he be known o on this side aide of ot the Atlantic Is 15 also happy In studying tho the Vanderbilt hurdle Miss Sears thus found that it was safer sater to marry one of its women than one of ot its men After Arter four tOUT years ears of ot anxious thought rind stud study Miss Sears Scars bareback rider polo 1010 player aviator swimmer champion champion champlon cham cham- pion plon walker and all around sport re refuses reuses re- re fuses uses Ues to take time the hurdle With these reasons or causes before beCore ha is it any wonder that she sho says Let us try it for tor s six lx mont months s. s Is It any wonder that she sho stops looks hooks rind says vs Not yet but perhaps soon 7 There Is another side to this trial engagement A side which undoubtedly undoubtedly edly Influenced Mr Vanderbilt In ac- ac In the curious arrangement Perhaps he thought of Miss 1115 Sears Sears' pe peculiar peculiar pe- pe culiar cullar escapa escapades es of ot the wierd things s she had done in the past pasti Perhaps he hc too feared cared th the e family hoodoo and said By UBy all means let us wait walt In refreshing his memory of ot Miss Scars' Scars escapades and athletic stunts lust what memories came to tho ardent Mr Ir Vanderbilt In his six years years' courtship there had occurred many startling episodes episodes- memories of ot his college days at Harvard Haryard Har Har- yard vard camo came to him Visions of ot the clippings clippings clip clip- pings plugs which his classmates stuck In his desk In his shaving l mirror mirrors mirror In hl his boots boots' came back to him Miss Sears rides down Commonwealth Commonwealth Commonwealth Common Common- wealth avenue on an Ice wagon Miss u Sears hitches her bob sled to toa toa toa a Boyleston BOleston street trolIe trolley c car r and ties up traffic in the shopping district Scars Sears attempts to climb South church belfry at midnight ht inspired b by Paul Revere Reveres s wild ride Later episodes flew through his hili brain He recalled tho the un timid Elinor Elinora a as an aviator In Grahame Whites airship she flew new above the harbor and shook Bo Boston ton to its deepest thons She would own her bier own machine to today today to- to day if It her mother had not refused for tor It III ith willy-nilly willy to pay pa California a added etI several vision visions to the time lovers hovers collection Memory is a a. dangerous th thing Under California skie Miss Sears Scars had played polo like a man dressed like a man and mounted like a man She played with men against men and played a 0 corking game too Under those same skies she had walked nearly 2000 miles on a wager She had played tennis all aU day and every day with local and national champions Mr Vanderbilt is Js a good player himself Newport Nc pictures presented even more moie varied episodes Tennis golf golC barback riding polo swimming walkIng walk walk- Ing and Ing-and and then some Mr Vanderbilt saw her finish a l. l sixmile sixmile six six- mile swim a against the tide as fresh tresh apparently as when she started He saw her beat well-known well men players at nt tennis and golf gol and then offer to start all over again He saw her hor run runa a racing motor car at a mile mihe a minute and md never nevor turn a hair He saw her play baseball on Boston common and football football foot toot ball with members of at tho the Harvard team All AU these things he saw and more too VI Vision lon after aCtor vision came to his mind the tho Vanderbilt hurdle on hers Is It an any wonder onder that both Miss Iss Scars Sears and Mr Vanderbilt have hae agreed on a n. trial Engagement En En- rI r- r 4 I I Ir t 4 r t 4 it II Lt J 4 l lJ r r 4 1 j jJ k kS J 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I k kI Jori Jo I 1 ri J Joy 5 And this is Miss Elinor Sears in riding togs thinking think think- V V ing jug over perhaps an engagement S with Harold Vanderbilt that wont won't be too bindi binding S I |