The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-10
THE N. G. BARONESS.
"A GERMAN BARON WEDS A
CHARLOTTE LADY.

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An Accomplished North Carolina De.
scendant of Ephraim Brevard Gives
Her Hand to a German Baron..An
Interesting Historical Review, and a
Sketch OF the Contracting Parties.-
She Goes to the Land of De Kalb.
Especial to STATE CHRoNICLE.l
CHARLOTTE, N. G., Dec. 9, 1890
With the exception of a few, whom
the reporter of the Chronicle met in
the parlor of that splendid hcstelry,
the Central, Charlotte people were, ap-
parently, in no sensational fatter over
the fact that the noon train, on the
, Richmond & Danville railway. had
brought gentleman, whose name on
the register in the Office read, 'Baron
Won Maltz.hn, Berlin, Prussia"
When the Baron, who came to marry
Miss Maggie Mcdowell, reached Char
lotte there lazily fell through the dreary
December atmosphere drearier winters
rain. A few who were riskily religious
were at church, larger number were
snugIy ensconced in their dwellings.
while from duty and wonted place, there
were many conspicuous absentees from
the contingent of old-time hotel loafers.
When the carriage, drawing the Baron
and his future brother-in-law, Mayor F.
B. Mcdowell, reached the hotel en-
trance, Col. Eccles, equaling the de-
m l. -
long unused baronial manners to his aid
aud ushered the distinguished guest to
room number 6, subsequently assigning
him to the more royalty spacious apart
ment, number 8.
AS | have intimated, Charlotte is not
easily made nervous over distinguished
guests. The regular Charlotte man,
within proper bounds, indulges a con-
| sclousness of being present-air. And, as
for Charlotte girl, she is not easily sur
prised, and excited at an illimitable dis
tance from anything green" With an
ancestry backed by the revolutionary
traditions of North Carolina, and con
| scious of an migrating of the best linea
aristocracy of South Carolina-a fervid
pulsing, delightful being-is unique
inter State product, as beautiful as she
is winsome, and not to be found else
where. A Raleigh girl would contem
plate a real live Baron curiously and ad
mlrlngly at respectful distance.
Goldsboro girl would run home and tel
her mamma, as if she had found some
thing that had walked out of a novel, o.
slipped from q volume of ancient his
tory. Not so with a Charlotte
girl! With a NONcHALANT air
save in the significant twinkle in tn,
limpidness of her great cosmopolitan
eyes, she would request live Baron t
pick the hayseed from his whiskers, ant
entering the conflict Of repartee witt
Amazonian gallantry, she would parr,
any mplimentary references to the En-
peror with the coyly suggested hop
that the gentleman would have the plea
, sure of meeting Senator Vance befor
, returning to Europe.
The marriage of Baron Herman vo
Maltzahn to Miss Margaret Mcdowell wa
, quietly pronounced by the Rev. MI
Reed, pastor of the Second Presbyteria
, church, this (TuesdaO afternoon at
o'clock. The ceremony, at the reques
of the bride-elect, was suitably to th
, modest taste of the Baron, pei
/ formed in the parlor Of th
: residence of Miss Maggie's mother, Mr.
> Rebecca Mcdowell. The Baron an
2 Baroness will leave this evening fe
4 Washington City, where they will be tt
q | recipients of attention from the Prussia
J. legation. When concluding a tour
the principal American cities they wi
return to the Charlotte home of tt
" Baroness, remaining during the KIN;
;. festivities. After indulging a sub tro]
. ical tour, and brief honeymoon leisu
2 among the lakes and flowers of Florid
. the Baron and Baroness will 60 to Be1li
= There the Baron will resume his static
and duties as an officer of the Imperi
Body Guard near the person of tt
70 Emperor.
p The Baron is very distinguished ma
% For the purpose Of this article, by t.
< 70 courtesy of the family of the Barones
r the reporter of the CHRONICLE was a
:. corded an ENTREE to the room of Bar
IL Won Maltzahn. His English is not ba
- though his Anglican vocabulary is lii
~ tied. His manners are charmingly fire
"a and, for one whose life is spent in
~ precincts of courtier's province, he
very Democratic. He is no German a
~ venturer; and, though Miss McDowe
. while in Europe, was witness OF
y exalted position of her nobleman- low
~ there are those in Charlotte who &
ne ao equally assured concerning the char'
50 ter and station of Maltz ahn. l am 81
" :" that her hand has been bestowed
O. worthily, for l will show before concll
-. ing this article that all North Caroline
- interested in the Baroness, whose anc
trail line touches the most vital point
our States glorious history.
Baron Herman Won Maltzahn ls
aged nobleman seeking an American
- lance. He is young man-only 81
ek fresh, rosy, compactly-built felle
Is with slight lightish mustache and "
nd smooth features. There are genial
90. pressions plainly visible and the f1o
Teuton flush of face conveys evidence
gu robust health and strength for mar
IN. endurance. Before he had reached
on majority year he was favorite of "
;he lam l., now the dead Emperor. !
aid aged monarch conferred a decoration
tor the young Baron for perilous heroi;
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