The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-08
NEWEST OF TRUSTS.
AN INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE Bu-
REAu IN NEW YORK.

Has the High Sounding Title Of the "Cer-
Gle de In NobIesse"--The Clubs Object
In to Secure HeIresses For Foreigners Of
Title-Commission to he Paid.
There is new trust in New York.
II is international in scope and bears
the high sounding title of "Cercle dc la
Noblesse. AS its name implies, the
concern is a sort of exclusive club, with
q membership made up from the ranks
Of the mobility"
A foreigner named Wohlfarth is the
originator of the enterprise, and he be-
iieves that if the American people do
not ride him out of the country on
fence rail or give him an introduction
to tar and feathers he will 60 down to
posterity as philanthropist.
The Cercle de la Noblesse is char
tered company and has established
clubroom near the Waldorf hotel.
The ostensible purpose of the club, or
company, is "to offer pleasant and rec
reative place of meeting to the elite of
Europe's society visiting in this country,
to render their stay on American ground
as pleasant as possible and to facilitate
their movements, social and other. P"
There are 200 charter members Of the
Cercle de la Noblesse, Of whom the Duo
de Chartres of Paris is the most conspic-
uous. The club is incorporated under
the laws of the state Sf New Jersey, and
the charter, regularly signed and sealed,
has been filed in the Office of the secre-
tary of state in Trenton.
The charter is very elastic one and
permits the society ''to acquire the good
will, right and property of any kind and
to undertake the whole or any part of
the assets and liabilities of any person,
firm, association or incorporation; to
draw, make, accept, indorse. execute
and issue promissory notes. bills of ex-
change, warrants, bonds debentures and
other negotiable or transferable instru
ments," etc. The club was chartered,
among others, by Arthur, duke d'Auxy !;
Harold, count d'Auxy; Dennis b Ryan
and Rene Wohlfarth.
The last two are the real promoters Of
the enterprise. Wohlfarth is the presi-
dent. but as soon as the club, which is
capitalized at 500, 200, is fairly
launched he will resign in favor Of some
duke or count. The members of the
club will have an opportunity to meet
eligible American girls of wealth if the
scheme is successful, and after the first
meeting detectives and agents will be
put upon the trail of the girls and ap-
praise their fortunes. Matchmaking is
the object aimed at, and wherever a
girl is found who is willing to pool her
wealth and womanhood with the title
of foreign "noble" the details will be
arranged by the club members for the
small consideration of per cent Of the
dowry.
1t is anticipated that the commissions
club and leave besides handsome profit
on the investment.
The expenses of the Cercle de la No
blesse are estimated at $17, 200 per an
mum.
New York will be the starting point,
but it is the purpose of the incorporators
eventually to reach out and secure girls
all over the country who are worth ST.
600, 900 or more.
A branch of the New York headquar-
ters may be opened in Chicago in the
fall of 1897, and San Francisco is an
other point that it is proposed to cover.
So, if the Prince Won Schnitzelbein
secures an introduction to Miss Angelica
Moneybags at an eastern watering place,
he will be able to follow her to her
home, and from the clubhouse of the
ship.
The scheme was broached in its in
cipiency to Mrs. Flora Adams Darling,
founder general of the Daughters of the
Revolution. who, fancying that it would
afford pleasant and harmless social di-
version, Endorsed the project.
Mrs Darling knows nothing about
the business end of the enterprise, and
those who enjoy her friendship say that
when she learns of the full scope of the
Cercle de la Noblesse she will withdraw
her approval.
Rene Wohlfarth, the nominal presi-
dent and future manager of the club. is
good looking German, about 80 years
old. He was reared in Paris and is said
to have been recommended by Coils p.
Huntington, through the good Offices of
his daughter, the Princess Hatzfeldt.
Wohlfarth has been identified with sew
eral enterprises, notably a scheme to es-
tablish in this country barber shops
with the gilt and glitter of royalty
about them and the royal arms of Ger
many over the doorway. Nothing ever
came of this scheme, nor of a similar
one having for its object the opening Of
'royal" stores, or stores indorsed by the
''nobility. "-St. Louis Republic.
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