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But after a conference with opposing counsel Justice Carew allowed the outline of his decision gradually to be revealed. Details were to be worked out by the attorneys, submitted to him this week. He planned a split neater than Solomon's. Gloria was to spend week days with her aunt, weekends with her mother. Whenever Mrs. Vanderbilt could prove that she had become a good mother the child would be all hers. Her prime proof would be the word of Gloria.
* Not at stake was the trust fund of $2,800,000 which Gloria inherited from her father and from which she and her mother have been allowed an income of $48,000 per year. Because Mrs. Vanderbilt was a minor when her husband died in 1925, Lawyers George W. Wickersham and Thomas B. Gilchrist were appointed guardians of the fund. Last July Mrs. Vanderbilt petitioned to replace them. Last week her petition was still pending in Surrogate's Court while Justice Carew pondered the disposition of Gloria's person.
* Last fortnight gossip writers predicted that Mrs. Morgan, who divorced her 72-year-old husband two years ago, would soon marry a "Mr. Pell."
† Excerpt: "My mother is so bad to me. wish I could run away to New York to you. I am a unlucky girl Naney dear."
* Director Julianna Force of the Whitney Museum denied possession of any such mural, declared, "The judge must have made that one up."
* Asked what motive Mrs. Whitney could possibly have for seeking possession of the little girl except regard for Gloria's welfare, since she already had eight grandchildren on her estate, Mrs. Vanderbilt flared: "She must have a mania for bringing up children."