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70 SOME one girl in every generation
there comes the wonderful fortune of
being not merely a world-famous
belle, but THE world-famous belle.
, To her the imaginations of romantic
youth turn from every continent as to some
loadstar of loveliness come to gross earth for
the realisation of youth's visions of angelic
beauty. ,
To this generation the generation that
marks for humanity the wondrous dawn of
' the era of the twentieth century the su
preme queen of loveliness has come into her
own with all the world hurrying to bend the
knee of tribute to her charms.
For the first time in history she is an
American, a matchless embodiment of beauty
and grace worthy of the lofty part her
countrymen are bearing in the world's afatrs.
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.
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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.
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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
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' 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-
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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.
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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- ?