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She is Margaretta Drexel, today the un. disputed belU of two admiring hemispheres. NEVER before, because never before ' In its volution has the modern civilisation so slow ed with the light of publicity, has the appear ance of a world-belle been made literally be fore the eyes of the peoples. That rapturous Helen who ruined great Troy was a handsome Grecian ma tron, placid enough until Paris' Infatuation dragged the nations Into war. ..... .v. r..nio.' matchless oueen resented, to the ex treme of accomplishing his death, her spouse's ardor that his people should know the miracle of her beauty. ' . Cleopatra's charms had practically only Antony sodden Infatuation to award them immortality. Every nation' has Its group of enchantresses, a every season brings its queen. But it Is only once In a generation that some belle among them takes un - questioned precedence of all. This time we can wit ness the world-belle In the making. When the latest of the many reports asserting- the engagement of Miss Drexel came aoaoss the water the other day. Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest was stated to be the lucky man. but almost immediately came the additional Information that the Duke of Lelnster. who bears one of the proudest and oldest names In the peerage, bad not abandoned his ardent suit All of which only confirms Miss Drexei's reputation as "the American girl who can take her choice." MOTHER ALSO BEAUTIFUL Margaretta Drexel Is the only living daughter of Anthony J. Drexel. of the famous Philadelphia bank ing family, and of Margarita Armstrong, one of the handsomest women ever btorn In Baltimore. Mr. DreiiU tall and powerful specimen of manhood, came almost immediately Into conflict with J. Pterpont Mor gan upon acoession to hie inheritance of the Drexel Interests In the banking business of Drexel. Morgan Co. ' He demanded control of the firm's management, a position which the Iron-willed Morgan as nrraly re fused to concede, whatever might have been tile posi tion of Mr. Drexei's father. When the Inevitable sepa ration came J. Pterpont Morgan, it le said, paid to Anthony J. Drexel. la gilt-edged securities, something like l4i.eoe.owe. Among the world's richest men. with a social ela tion la the United Ktatee equaled by air a few of the oldest families, and with alliances la those mighty banking circles that held la leash the very rulers of the earth, there .was it height to which ewe with each advantages might not aspire. If he should cheese te take his amassment thst way. Mr. Drexel end Mrs. Drexel did cheese, the eaty ' diversion of their Interest proving te be the posseo slea of the most magnificent private yacht ever built the Margarita, a fleeting palace Mitch as kings suit lallMthe Drexelg leased Wythaa Abbey, la Ox fore, England. Since then they have reoided almost continually abroad, retomlna) te America eecasiea-' ally, often with a coterie of titled g west a -the e-oeetl-fel Hitrhtrr recelvlne? meanwhile sewn an odecettoit lo Europe al we:d St her far any station la which ii.e rkir ef snsrrisse mtsrM alaee her. This, them. Is the geldea scttir.g prepared by THE OREGON SUNDAY friendly fate for the world's admittedly supreme beauty,; Jt would be Impossible to find' space sufficient to recount her almost royal progress into her domain of queenly sway. She was still a child in the century's opening years; when the cables, watching carefully the foreign ca reer of her parents, bruited reports that the wealthy Mr. Drexel was intent upon imitation, of William Waldorf Astor, the expatriate. He let them pass and devoted himself to enjoyment of his yacht. Margaretta was a girl yet little more than a child four years later when the assiduous cables, impatient of the watt for sight of her beauty? already rumored, although then scarcely budding in the seclusion of her school, announced her as being one of the coming debutantes of the London season, remarking that, thanks to their house parties and the luxury of their entertainments on board the Margarita, her parents had risen high In British royal favor. ATTRACTED ATTENTION AT COWES In August of 1904, while the Drexels were entertaining- at Cowes, their young daughter, still far from being old enough for her formal debut, began to startle beholders with the promise of her dawning loveliness. Her parents, her own wishes, all the rules and rites of ceremony might delay her nominal debut un til she was a woman grown, but nothing could with hold her from the popular "coming out" that was In : stan-tly compulsory under the spell of her beauty onoe It was beheld by the generation she was destined to dominate. Indeed, It was coincident with the sudden concss- . gion that this slip of a girl was nature's most ex quisitely wrought masterpiece, that the Innumerable engines of publicity had to chronicle the highest lev els of social entertainment for her parents, such as: Vienna, August 17, 104: Anthony J. Drexel entertained King Kdward at dinner at Marlenbad tonight. A very few months and the old tale of Mr. Drexei's repudiation of his native land revived. On October 27, 1804, ubiquitous journalism descended upon him, in company with Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, as he was passing through Philadelphia, his home city, and Journalism chronicled with Joy his declaration: "Give p my American citizenship? Neverl Ab surd!" A year and another passed, and still the beautiful daughter was too young to make her debut. But the family continued to prepare such auspices for the event as only a princess torn could have enjoyed: Nlee. Fran's, Feb. I. .101: Leopold, king of Belgians, with the wealth of the Congo In his coffers, guest of Anthony Drexel. on the Margarita, Is piqued to find that aa Ameri can owns a yacht which he prefers to his own. Shortly afterward the following appeared: Cannes, France. Feb. 1. lt: Anthony Drexel Is the host of the handsomest grand duchess of Russia, tbe urana imcness viaaimir, who, up to the oirta or the czare vitch, was lookel upon aa the next probable empress. The party - on board the Margarita Includee the Grand Duke Boris, the princess of Hohenlohe-Langenberg and the duke of Devonshire And a month later: yraensa, Blclly, March II. 10: The yarht MarraHta. carrying Mr. ni Mrs. Drexel. with sixteen guests, depsrts tomorrow for a trip te Palestine and Syria. Mrs. Drexel has been passing much of her time, recently. In Dresden, where her tfaugater Is a schoolgirl. But she was a schoolgirl no longer when, last year, her mother was among the American hoetesses who saved the London season from the disorder Into which It was being plunged by motor trips and week end Jaunts. One would have thought there was a conspiracy of puffery In the earliest spring for en hancement of the daughter's charms, when the cables heralded such news as this: London. March 1. 1T; Toang noblemen are already looking forward : parties at Mrs. Anthony J. Drexei's bouse In Csrlioa tersc. where there will be great competition for the hand of her eaugbtar. Margaretta. whs la te make her debut at eean Bummer arrived, and the auspices of the marvelous American beauty's debut became royal. Indeed: Leeidea. Jane t. !T: Qveee Alexandra seldom dine nt in LeMos, save wits etch inumate trienee aa tne each the ducheee she will me- mA te de. terra, this the eeaaen.- er lTDshire; tai it la sew intimated teat eh company tbe klrg when he dlaee. es be baa prom wits Mr. aad Mrs. Drexel at Car I tea Hems moot Mlee Margaretta Drexel. Ike "catch ef wtii save the lime ml ber life tale year. Her presentation assured her supremacy of beauty, both la Kurepe and America. England hastened te ban tbe new queen of level laces: Lae. ! a. leer? B? 'el f Leoe a Tie year rear It la M l Mervaretta Dree el. She la a very e-eeetlful girt, with a Msdoana-llke fi Warge blew eee. and ahe great f reeembiee ber mother, Mra. nl"i J- lirenae. ,-eier seaeeatauea at eeart ere sled a UCSk Of ber eowilBr-eat dance tbe following: Leeenei Je'e 9: Mee Ms-raretts Twre evert- !. at ve r-rl be la Cs rites Heeee terece wae f t He r ret eetra -f tea eeee-i Thre wre 1 tinti. li ve r-4 e a atiret whit telle aV ise erated viUl piah reaee. , Xs guests MwleAed the di JOURNAL. rORTLAND. SUNDAY HORNING, - SEPTEMBER J V" 1903 Duchess Marie tnd Princess Beatrice of ETaxe-Cobur lTr- ns.1. nt Tlr PrlnoA ITueriit en hurv . Prince I rw. Prince Henry of Llthtenstein, the" 'American. Austrian and German ambassa dors, the duke and duchess of Wellington, etc. Less than a month elapsed and the world, which Wad been thrilling in response to these triumphs or its chosen belle, was dismayed to hear, she had resolved to become a nun. It was lncredlble--that lovely crea ture. In the very launching of her career a career so daxzllnar that the most fortunate of her sex can barely comprehend Its splendors could choose so austere an abdication. A -VTT-. t . (i. oi. ND now tbiy are gomfr to give the Salome. dance und others i& open air I Society women from various cities will learn the languishing movements of the oriental dance at Bellecrest, near Korthport, I. L, where Mrs. Lou Wall Moore, the sculptress and exponent of dancing, has opened a school. For the sake of art rather th.m for dollars, she has begun teaching the classic dances of an cient Greece. The opening of a school marks the climax of the Salome dance craze. But the Salome dance is only one of many dances marvelous, sensuous, beautiful dances that are to be taught. Mrs. Moore has demoted her life to the study, and such authorities as Professor Richard Green MotjJton and Dr. Alfred Emerson declare her dances the most faithful renditions of the ancient dances in modern times. . v, TT N EM I with I . X "l' KVGLAND Maude Allan entrance aadlenees the dance ef the Hebrew princess. In Der ail the theaters offer the marvelous per formance, la New Tork city, where the da ugh- tar af 3. Pterpont Morgan palled the wires te have Strauss' opera suppressed, at least a half dosea theaters present the dance which forma the climax ef Oscar Wilde's masterful one-act drama. But tbe Salome dance la not the) only dance) at ancient times which caetl rates the eye wtth tbe poetry ef motion. . Mra. Moor, from the musty, dusty records ef the past, baa resurrected even more 'Wonderful iancea thaa that ef the charmer of King Herod. These are the classic dawres of the artistic Greek a Mra. Meere declares that whereas the to tire ef voice la a sBoder play gaggeet the emotions of the (Iasslc Dances mtke QpenAir I'v;.-!' 7; ''-ih ''M'-'' ''W I 'Jjj i s y, . , y . , , sTi Ijllli " )j BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSBBSBSsSsSBBBSSBSasv w J sr J V JTT M ST-lJSa Vf.:- , ,. . . v A SBsr ' r.nntnn Hen?: A? Direct Innulrlee htv at last brought from the ravlshlnrly Dretty Mis Drexel the following denial of the rumor that she will enter a convent: "Statement ab solutely false. Please deny lu I have no Intention of doing such a thing." Ever since, and even while the cruel doubt per stated, the burden of the wires has been all of her woolngs: London, Aug. S. 1907: Miss Margaretta Drexel has reined rem all thr uih the season. Her manners are absolute ly bewitching". The twists men of .all ages around her little finger. It Is estimated that she has received offers of mar riage at tne average raie ox seven per wn. ix sne werv absolutely penniless, her loveliness Is so marvelous that she would be quite as precious to her innumerable suitors. Ev ery one Is won'.erlng whether dashing Winston Churchill la to find favor In his assiduous attentions. There was no lack of titled suitors for her hand: London, Sept S0i The report that Prince Francis of Tech will (shortly be formally engaged to the beautiful Miss Mar caretta Drexel has spread over London durlrur the last few days, and Is being widely discussed. It Is, however, believed in rourt circles that King Edward will never sanction the marriage with a commoner of the brother of England's fu ture queen. actor, with the anc ent ureeaa emotions were sug- .,,.. the dancer', body. la Greeks emotions were CIU fj fcw- - Greece dances were not accessory Interludes to the drama, but often the most important parts. One of Mrs. Moore's dances Is the "Symphony," or dance of the four seasons. Another consists of a funeral dance at the tomb of Agamemnon, from the Libation tourers of Aeschylus; the Eumenldes, or spell dance of the Furies around Orestes, and the Bacchanaila, the sacred Janes of Bacchus. Tou have Aeard of Maude Allan and Isrdora Dun can. Well, as Mrs Moore has never danced on public stage she Ui never become a rival of these two famous women. But she declares that there la no modern dance to compare to the wonderful dances of tbe days when Athens was In Its glory. And these dances are now being taught young society women on Long U.and. . Mra Moore iti;in to study daxitlng- when a -child. Her Instructor was a grandson of a nobleman of the oourt of Loula XV. Early In life she began a study of classic dance, although for a profession "hShe ws,sCUs15creasfuL Her work on the buildings at the World's Kair in Chicago was notable; she car ried off a medal at the St- Louis Exposition. She Is a member of the Chicago Society of Artists, aad re cently was tne only woman and enly sculptor oa tbe Jury of tbe exhibition at the Chicago Art In stitute, rend'ttons of the claaale dances were done privately fancing was ber recreation. But once Dolmetech saw her. He declared she wee A -rf ul a genius ffrie mq riiwa un " " 1 " art whirk had wn for area, he declared. Then Professor as lUiton. ei me KiiTriy Chicago, one ot the greatest nrc areolars i in country Interested himself In Mra. Moor aad aasist JJ iir H studying the old daaeoa of Grcoeo. Greek literature, art customs were studied. Greek; vtMi wrt examined. Greek frteses were carefaiiy "ifjti, a'wt.m.a daaced mi the eld gt-r-e roeords Mra. Moore 4rtok a ecHous stu. The JoeeT urireslUon. the roaaihls movements that pre- V5 ' With this year, the now famous belle's fasclnationa have entailgH 'Upon her parents social demands which, bid fair to drag heavily upon the Income of even the) enormous Drexel fortune: London, July 18, los: Mr and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel have leased No. 23 Grosvenor square, the very newest, moss palatial thing 'n London residences. - London. July tt: Miss Drexel Is the subject of more matri monial gossip than any other girl In London. The three roung men who are most notable In their attentions are ,ord Dalmeny. son and heir of the earl of Rosebery; Jcrd Wodehmise who will be third earl of Klmberly, and Vis count Royston, eldest son of the earl of . Hardwicke. Miss Drexei's frlende, however, say she is In no harry te give up ber freedom: moreover, she has no ambition for a a alliance with the British aristocracy. But the members of the royal family, with whom Miss Drexel 1s very popular, are Inveterate matchmakers. They use all their influence to bring about marriages between American heiresses and their own favorites at court. , , , n , Still the cable is flashing Its breathless news of her triumphs: still the Indefatigable presses portray the latest, futile endeavors of art to seize the alabaster tints of her complexion, the luxuriant crown of her parted her, the blue, fathomless mystery of her en trancing eyes. . , , -.-'.. . ceded and foUowe&ehe pose depicted aU these en grossed the Chicago woman. But she had to know ber history. She had to delve Into the life ot Greece. She became a Greek scholar. "It might seem simple to the novice.1 she de clares, "but you must remember that many restora tions are erroneous. And It Is difficult to look at a series ef disconnected poses aad study oat the con tinuous dances. Tou must do it logically, faithful:)". And my dances not only looh Greek, they are Greek." Having learned these dances, Mr a Moore Is now prepared to Initiate others Into their mysteries. f also Intends to return to sculpture and embody l:.i old dancee in permanent form. . . Undoubtedly peop.e are turning their to dancing-. The famous daace of fcalome only M -pens to be the pioneer. Mies lMr """j ' bt. Dennis. Mademoiselle Oenee asd Mies Allan h . begun the rehabilitation ef what waa once a re.lg.j-. '"'in writing ef the dnca-le Caraaan, tb f:. "'Terpelcbore Is ot en!y the mnso af danclnc. 1 the goil-as of .U "?? FT.'dw.l,'V; , ' dancing mots end the whirling leaf ae well a. t" Jig and minuet. Tbe wheelisg hawk bar e .n, . UlaicVd winge above some dark ravine, the a..-, through their dusky silent trmim.sl. l1i. t, tumblers In tbe oireee. the bappy ch .ire, 1 street keeping time to the hurdy-gurdy, tie r . talstie drifting ", he send lat I . IT tVo tideT ad the rocerrlrg (iir,n la re' earVr-ill are biddable devoteee to her t u . , Cbe7tr7ce t" her naightv law, whe.e t.r.t . ie. end whooe Saat rcailiatioa le fr.ei. la other werda. the world La l d - . jt fer snaiiy years eom of th r--.i -dancee ere forgeuea. and !y r' w are e with the perfeti banoectee ef e., 2 i rKw rlseate sfse!g 1" the ff 'r (Imi we srey ae tte r' ' ' ' r;rr jced vnd th tres t ccr t,"r- ?
