Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
PRETTY CHICAGO GIRL WINS
THE LOVE OF 4 NORLEMAN.
The Prospective Groom Very Rich.
but He Secures a Genuine American
Beauty.


fai.y tale about the handsome prince
:, that fell in love with the beautiful
maiden whom he Immediately cap
Tured and carried away TO his an.
cestral castle. Unlike the Stereotyped
international marriage, however, in
this case the financial conditions are
reversed. The prospective bridegroom
is Baron Rudolph Schutzbar-M ilchling,
a German nobleman of immense
wealth and most aristocratic lineage.
The bride is Miss Rose Marston, of
1901 Ellis avenue, a beautiful Ameri-
can girl who has been living in Chi
cago for the past three years. She is
the daughter Of Harry G. Marston,
colonel of volunteers in the United
States army. Colonel Marston has
long been prominent in diplomatic af-
fairs, and is i man of unusual at
uainments. For two years he was
American consul at MauritiuS and
afterward served in the same capacity
at Malaga, Spain, where he was con-
sui for ten years. Mrs. MarSton was
a well-known st. Louis belle and dur
ton became noted for her wit as well
as her beauty. Miss MarSton inherits
all her mothers loneliness, but is of a
entirely different type Of beauty. She
is d pronounced blonde, having most
abundant golden hair, which waves
around her face making fitting back
ground for her classic fea lures. Her
n a,.l- n ,ha,.
ideal in it's coloring. But it is her
carriage and figure that give her her
chief distinction. She is very tall and
slender, with exquisite curves and
much grace and stateliness of move
ment. In dress Miss Marston ex-
hibitS unusual taste and thus displays
her Partisan education. Altogether she
is most striking picture of loneliness
and the baron is indeed capturing an
American beauty" The bride is about
% years of age.
Baron misunderstanding is the
only living representative of an old
and noble family. He has several i'm
mense estates in Germany, the largest
being situated at Hohenhaus, near
Berlin. The baron has always been
connected with the army, being at one
time captain in the emperor's regiment
of UhlanS. He is an enthusiastic
sportsman, and has shot tigers in In
Ola, lions in Africa, grizzly bears in
the Rockies, and alligators in Florida
His travels have extended over the
entire world, but he is especially in
terested in all things American.
Science and literature also occupy a
large part of his time, and his book
OF travels in Morocco is now being
translated into English. At present he
is engaged upon a book which con-
Germs his journeyings in the United
States and Mexico One of his fads
which goes most appropriately with
his love OF wandering, lis photography
in which he is especially successful.
Several years of his busy and profit
able life have been devoted to expert
mentS with trees Of all kinds, and .he
frequently replenishes his ma gnificent
estates from American forests. The
baron affirms that within twenty
years this country will be bringing
American woods from Germany For
years he has been systematically
planting American walnut maple,
cherry and other trees ON his estate in
Hesse-Thuringen. Among his favorite
trees are the giant sequoia, or red
woods, of the Yosemite Valley, which
have now grown to about four feet
high on his estate
Baron Schutzbar- Milchling is about
50 years of age, with the erect, we'll
shaped figure of the soldier. He has
a splendid complexion, light hair and
brown musta che. AS yet he has not
completely mastered the English
language
The courtship Of the baron and Miss
Marston is a most romantic one They
met for the first time at Madrid, where
both We're guests at a brilliant diplO-
matte ball. Circumstances did not
again bring them together until the
worlds fair. 1t was at d French ball
at the Auditorium that they met for
the second time and since then the
baron has been untiring in his atten-
lions. visiting this country frequently.
bSSlGSS DelllS al exceptionally Dedu-
tiful girl, Miss Marston is very tai
ented. She is a tireless student Of
instrumental Music, and is an excel
lent linguist, speaking French, Spanish,
German and English equally we'll. She
received her education at the Convent
of the Sacred Heart at Paris. Miss
Marston is one Of three children. One
sister, Maud, was married last June
to William G. Assay, who was city
prosecuting attorney under Mayor
Hopkins. The other sister resides in
Malaga, Spain, and is married to one
of the most prominent men of that
City.
The marriage of Miss Marston and
the baron will take place in the course
Of the next two months. 1t is expected
that the wedding VIII be a large
church affair. but as yet that question
is undecided. The baron and his
bride will leave for New York directly
after the ceremony. From there they
will go to London, Paris and other
cities. The baron is in the city now
BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS.