The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-07
PLENTY or MOBILES.
Some Samples Of Those who Make Their
Home In New York.

s0mo Samples Of Those who Make Their
Home In New York.
New York IL full Of German, French
Ind Italian noblemen, real and bogus.
They engage in all sorts of business,
from hunting up women weak-minded
enough to buy their title, to selling beer
Or acting as foor-walkers in dry goods
Some Of these men
reach America with . few hundred dol
lars in cash and 60 into business, work
hard and do we'll. There are dozen or
more Gepma4 lyons" in the grocery
business In this city. some OF them are
on Sixteenth avenue and have fine,
large stores. A tall. handsome German
officer, Herr Won R., found himself
in the metropolis, and for sew.
eral years he earned ten dollars week
as floor walker In lie Boutellier's store.
lie was . remarkably slightly fellow, and
had been on the old Emrerpr's staff,
Rumor had it that he paid great deal
Of attention to the beautiful Kate Chase,
whom he met in Europe. A friend of
his, nron do NJ, taught French and
Germsh in New York for many years,
presenting . striking feature In Broad.
way with his immense mustaches, which
he actually trailed behind his ears. He
made several desperate attempts to
marry q rich woman, but they all failed
on account OF the shadowy basis OF his
title. Among those to whom he paid
assiduous court was the daughter of a
former President The family went so
far IS to investigate the Baron, and his
record WAS TOO 'shaky. In tact, some
averred that no had been . hair-dresser
in different parts Of Europe under vari-
GUS aliases. He died in poverty few
years ago, and seamstress claiming to
DO his wife appeared and asked for his
death certificate.
An Italian Marchese = few years ago
tried teaching and then became walter,
split soup on the guests, wasdisoharged,
was struck on the head by bar Of iron
from the elevated railroad, got $1,000
for damages and went back home. Still
another Italian noble made extraordin-
airy efforts to marry the daughter Of q
wealthy pail manufacturer, shot himself
with q toy pistol on her doorstep, and
all for naught, as she married genu-
inc Yankee.
French nohlemen are not so plentiful
ss the German, but they do bob M COCA
sionally. One is now running 4 trade
circular. He published q work on Ameri.
can coats OF arms, = very handsomely
printed book, into which only "Ameri-
can mobiles" with big bank accounts
were permitted to show their crests and
trace their lineage back to Billy the
Conqueror. You'll notice that our nobil.
ity usually stop at Billy. It's going
back far enough, they think, and they're
ktghs.
Two German ''vons" are practicing
law In this land and are doing we'll,
although one dropped the ''von" lately.
No doubt noble ladies of foreign birth
also come over to US, but they don't
travel on their titles. One Madame dc
NJ. kept boarding house for years, and
q good one it was, too. She made claims
to aristocratic birth, but served hash
and beef stew for luncheon all the same.
a lady with '.yon'. Is making efforts
to become adesigner and she shows con
siderable talent, Several Of our French
and German artists are entitled to q
''de" or "von," but wisely omit 1t. II
really makes very little difference now
adays in this town how old a man.
family may BIO. II he is worthless
fellow ii does him no good, and II he's ,
good fellow no one cares II no does &
back 10 BILLY tho copQVaSos.rN. n
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