HEIRESS WEDS POOR POET.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2282, 28 May 1921, Page 1

HEIRESS WEDS POOR POET.

ROMANCE OF SIR J. ELLER . MAN'S DAUGHTER.

THREE-DAY COURTSHIP.

The old established custom by which penniless English aristocrats have sought rich American heiresses its brides is reversed in the latest Anglo-American alliance.

It is announced in New York that Miss Annie Winifred Ellerman, ‘Hie only daughter.of Sir John Ellerman, the shipping millionaire, has married a penniless American pool and athlete, Mr Robert; L. MeAlmon. The bride is said to be the richest woman in England.

The couple arrivfed in England from America, recently. According

to the New York World, this romantic marriage took place after three days’ courtship, and the newspaper says the bridegroom was so poor that lie had posed to artists at 40 cents an hour.

The news of the wedding came as a surprise to the bride’s parents, at whose bouse in South Audlev street. Park Lanes, the newly-married couple are now living. Mr MeAlmon is a footballer of Michigan, and at one lime was a star player in the University team. Blit he is not only a footballer. He lias written —and is writing —poetry, and lias edited an aviation paper.

It was while Miss Ellerman was making a lour in America last year with Mrs Richard Aldington (the poetess known as “Hilda Dolittle”), that, she met Mr MeAlmon in New York. She is 2(i years of age, and her husband is 30. The bride is both intellectual and beautiful. Just over a year ago she caused a sensation in literary circles by her book, “Development." The book was published under the name of W. Brylier, but after a period of mystery the identity of the author leaked out. "W. Brylier" attacked many accepted ideas, particularly the character-forming effect of school on a child who has developed freely until the age of 15. She was really writing of her own experiences.

Mrs MeAlmon I ravelled widely as a child, read advanced books rather than novels, and lias an imaginative, sensitive nature.