THE.' OHEGOK BU1TDAY JODEUAIi POBXLAKH SUNDAY MOBNIN0, DECEMBER ,10, 1922.
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If Italy Was Amazed
When the Bachelor
Duke Broke All
1 rreceaent, wnat
J APias Sensation When He
Followed the Lovely "Deb"
Over Here?
- ' " The Duke of Spoleto,
Son of the Duke of '
Aotta Known a Italy
Most Fattlnatins'Younfi:
Bachtlor,
7
Dorothy'
C Taylor
Formerly the Wife of Major Claude
GrahameoWhite, at Whose
Venetian Heme the Duke Met
MU Flannery.
A GREAT Ocean lifter jttfit twinging
from her Mediterranean, pier, en
rout for Aueriei. . i
On th deck flutteiiftg of haiidker
. eiiftfs and Waring of 'farewells I
On Itt rttf edge, ttanding out from the
crowd like a hero in light opera a tnag
aiaeebt young man In the splendid tmi
t om of tho Italian naval air f orc$.
Hi U Waving his cap madly ceeticxilat
ing tlirowing kisses shouting A rire-aereir-
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Bo U th Object of all eyea Everyone
knows who ho Is.. Bat what ii he doing?
Tkey wonder ' '
The excited yonng man throwing kisses
and Otherwise making himself conspicuous
U the Duke Of Spoleto, son of the Duk of
Aosta, coasiir of the King and Queen. -
"There must bajhyalty aboard, whis
kered th crowd. But there wasnt any
royalty aboard. And even if there had
been, the spectacle would hare been sur
prising, for it isn't common in Italy, for
' royalty to make such violent public dem-
nitrations ef affection even to a member
t royalty's own family. i - -
The recipient Of the Dukes ardent fare
wlls Was a Simple, untitled . American
Miss- Aileen ilannery of New York.
" The episode was so spectacular that the
captain of tha vessel was asked what it
was all about. -
"Never in en my experience as a nari
. gator, he said, hve t seen a royal per
sonage at the dock waving bon voyage to
-- e departing visitor of non-roy&J .rank.
But he Uctfnlly added, "Never have I
seen aboard my ship such a beautiful girl
as Miss Flannery.' "V i i 1
, the girl the cftpULdescribtd ta such
superlative ' terms was -one of ue prise
buds Of the New York "400" daughter
of lire. li Nadelman and step-daughter
Of 11 Nadelman, the distingulshod Polish
sculptor. She Was going home after a
Summer of Social triumphs in Italy, dur
ing which Spoleto had been her constant
adorer. An Italian society paper had d&-
voted a page to her under tho caption,
"that Bewitching Yankee GirL
later the Duke ef. Spoleto . came to
America, eh route for tho Orient, and t
whatever time he could steal from formal
functions during hid limited stay was spent .
in the charmi&g company ef the beautiful
Aileeh. .
Everyone talked of his devotion, hut
ne engagement was announced. And now :
the Duke' U off for an extended sojourn
in the land ef pagodas and cherry bios- -ftoms,
while Miss AileeA sllannery, ap
parently quite happy and immersed in the
. gaiety ef the early Winter social season,
goes about smiling Like a mysterious,
young Sphinx. . .
. Meanwhile the whole of America's up
per crust, th fashlenkble salons of Eu
rope, and even certain 6neM high Up In
diplomatic eirde are gossiping among
themselves and asking!
What will be the result of the atten
tions to a simple American "Miss" of this
royal Duke, Whose fatnil traditions end
- obligations all require that he shall ally
" himself only with some princess of equal
: royal blood? - - v-vrr; ' s
Can these attentions possibly result in
an engagement and marriage? ' -. ,
Or will this be enotbet story like the
famous "unfinished rpmanee7 between
beautiful Katherino Elkins (new Mrs.,
William Ititt) and the royal Italian Duke
of the Ahrutxlt -itr..---'- - t -
On the other hand,! has Miss Hennery
taken seriously the-attentions of the Land
some young Italian Duke?
Nobody Mews even that. '
. Would she consent to marry fc3 tt ha
: did -make a formal declaration and . Li3
royal uncle gsve the consent of tLa Ttaliart
- throne? -- ' : 4 i
Or was their interest Whkh Inter
, national g'ossip. buzxing merely a mutu
ally - understood charming friendship, ' a
delightful and harmless flirtation and'
nothing more? s '
r Or y it a.tragie romance La which the
same powerful influences from the royal
, - palace at Eome which blifhUd the Ckiaa-
Abruzzl match, are
now working to pre
vent a marriage
which Would be con
trary I O precedent
and tradition?
t Tho former . story
presents certain
memorable parallels.
Eatherino E 1 k i tt S,
daughter of the late
fieftator P. Elkinfl, ef
West Virginia, heir
ess, beauty and belle
of .Washington so
ciety, so dazaled the , : v -
Duke of the Abruzzl ' ;
that it was popularity believed she broke
his royal heart.
1 It was a ease of mad love the moment
the Duke, ' an explorer with a record ef
daring and bravery as thrilling as any
moving picture here, beheld the American
heiress at a dance in Washington. Be
Went back to Italy, only to return incog- :
bite td press his suit.
r Italy's royal family objected to the .
match, but so did Eatherine's "father, who
'had been Secretary ef War in Barrison's
. AdminiBtration.
Two continents discussed the romantic
thwarted love affair, and finally the rich
young "Billy Hitt, ever faithful adorer; '
persuaded Miss Elkins. Who had perhaps
dreamed ef wearing a duchess' coronet, to
become Mrs. William Hitt instead. Later
She divorced him quietly and without Scan"
dal, in taris, for mcompatability.
The Duke of Spoleto may be nursing a
broken heart in the Orient, but certainly
Miss Aileen flannery, vivacious, popular
and beautiful, is giving fid one here the
slightest right to suspect that she is tuff er
ingfrom a blighted love -
She has been e primate favorite and
leader in the younger social set ever Since
her. debut two years ago. She is thor
oughly American by birth, but of en ex- '
traordinary, elfish, gypsy" beauty Warm,
Vibrant, With fluffy dark hair and deep,
blue eyes, she intrigues all who see her,
, After triumphs in NeW York and at
Palm Beach where international society.'
including- the Prince de Bourbon and
other titlfed foreign gentlemen, admired
Her charm and beauty, Atteett
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one of the meet beautiful and romantle
spote in the world
tt Wis ea this beach that Byron Walked
as e bey, and which he described in seme
of bit most remarkable poetry it, Wal here
that the great modern poet, DAnnunsio.
Courted and loved the famous Duse, and
here took - place many ef the episodes
which inspired "The Flame, the novel in
which he described that Impassioned end
beautiful relationship! end on the Lidd,
now a nebular society watering
piece, many recent international
courtships hav had their incep
tion. ......
in this, beautiful fpet, juit tefl
thifltites' boat ride, from the Grand
Canal ef Venteeand Withia actual
sight of its palaces and towers.
Aaeefl - met - the yeung Duk ef
Spoleto, whe Was the guest ef Dor
othy Taylor te former Mrs.
Claude Grahame-White.
; Aileen was very popular, and re
peated the successes ef her f orm&r
sojourns as ram ueacn.
Everyone loved and Ad-,
tnited the vivacious little
American, who . swam
and danced dirinely. And
who was id demand -for
every, social gathering
She was the most beau .
tiful girl on the beech
that Summer. The Duke
ef Spoleto, handsome ef .
feature, fully six feet
tall in a eountry . where .
most men are -of consid
erably lesser height was .
Italy's - most lascinating
spend the Summer in Italy with her Amei young bacheldr. A great
lean grandmother, whe was, by marriage sportsman a flyer in the
the Countess NazellL Air : Force- during the
Twe months of her time, were spent fat war. he wee one of the
a villa en the Lido, that marvelous cres- most - popular, young
cent-shaped beach on the blue Adriatic f nobleman oX Italy -Sea,
just across the lagoon from Venice vIt WaJ iUturtJ that
Ctaazsqx VOX tr IatiraHiiMl Tmtan ixrkm. i&4 6rq tsiULk fci&s sWtU.
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the Italian Dufcs
should be f&scin-'
ated by Aileen'e
oeauty. it was
natural that . she should
find him charming. - They
were attractive and young. "
It Was Venice and vaca-
Then the rumor grew
X v r ' that the Duke was serious.
immediately the gossips began to recall
the Elkifls-Abrutii affair. If the royal
Gung Italian and, the American debtt
ate were really" serious, what Would
the outcome be? Would the King permit?
lThe season ended. Aileen came home.
-Tha Duke saw her off. at the pier in the
I manner described in the opening of this
story. - She had scarcely arrived In Amer
icah when a ship bearing the royal. Duke
also docked in port. . . .
: It was announced that he was eh route
for the Orient and thence he Subsequent
ly went but-during an interim he re
newed his marked attentions to Miss Flan
.nery. The gossip was revived. After
spending as much time as he could in Miss
Flannerys company, Spoleto crossed ' te
San Francisco and took boat for the Ori
ent, : lie made no public declaration.
'What he Said to Miss Flannery, only she
; knows. ''
And Miss Flannery. when questioned by
her friends, smiling inscrutably, Says she
is a happy "bachelor maid" and that the
Intends to remain one at least for tL3i
kzedi&te future. -
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