The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
LOVE LEVELED RANK.
COUNT Won KIELMANsEGG ELOPED
WITH A BALLET DANCER.

Married and Living in New YOrIS-He
Had "A Great Name and High Court
Position. She Had Rare Beauty.
Sacrificed His Heirship for Her.
From the New York World.
The Majorats-Herr Of the house of KEEL
mansegg and ballet dancer were married
in this city. The opposition of angry rel
atives and the machinery of the great
American government couldn't prevent
1t is fine romantic story. and about
very great people. Is not the prima bal
lerina of the Imperial Opera House in vi
emma a most distinguished person? The
court circle always admitted that. But
those who make up the court circle do not
marry members of the opera.
But when a man like Count Carl Won
Kielmansegg, lieutenant of the Seventh
Imperial Regiment of Dragons of Aus
tria, known as the Libgarde or body guard,
whose father is one of the chief command
ers of the army corps; whose uncle is Count
Won Kielmansegg, one of the chief minis
tiers of the empire and governor of Up
per Austria-when a nobleman whose fam
lily dates back to the year 1900 wanted to
marry, actually marry Nina Conte. prin-
cipal dancer of the opera, it made a great
scandal.
There is no more exclusive circle in the
world than that of the Austrian court. 1t
has no rule so strictly enforced as that
which declares that no member of it shall
marry beneath his rank. Even left-handed
marriages are frowned upon. Now and
then a member of the circle has abandoned
everything for love. There was Archduke
Ohio, who would be the heir apparent to-
day, had he not disappeared with stage
young woman. Archduke Ohio is supposed
to have died in Chilli
Count Carl Won Kielmansegg occupied
a prominent place in the court circle. His
father owns many valuable estates in Aus
tria and Germany, and is said to be worth
100000. The young man has valuable
property in his own name. Then he was
regarded as a handsome man.
He is very tall His chest Is thrust
| out like pouter pigeons, his back curves
in and he has little waist. He has. a
sweeping military mustache and side
whiskers of beautiful blonde hue
Count Carl first saw her at Prague.
/ The emperor went thither on visit,
so of course the count ana the imperial
/ opera went along, bag and baggage. Nina
4 Conte was at her best, and she danced
straight into the heart of Count Carl
OF course the kindly friend introduced
! him to her the following day, and the
| lieutenant of dragons pomptly became
the ballet dancers slave.
When the emperor and the opera COM
4 pany returned to Vienna, Count carl
/ asked his father TO transfer him TO the
capital The old general promptly con
4 scented. OF course he had not the slight
est suspicion of the truth.
1t wasn't long before all Vienna was
/ talking about Count Carts lnfatuation
for Nina Conte. His father heard about
/ it and he summoned his son.
What are you going 10 do with the
ballet dancer?'' demanded the general.
Il wish to marry Mile. Conte said
1 Count Carl.
IThe general laughed. Such a thing
! was so ridiculous that he could hardly
compose himself sufficiently to give the
i young man a lecture.
The young man and the pretty Conte
| were together each day. The report
spread that Count Carl was going to
marry the dancer. He admitted II, put
his brother officers denied It for him They
| could not believe that such thing could
be possible. Count Carl told few friends
that he and Nina Conte were going 10
| run away.
| mansegg and he was furious, His wrath
broke over Count Carl. He shouted that
| no son of his should disgrace the house
/ of Keilmansegg, which is 500 years OLD,
! and equal to the house of Hapsburg. He
| said many things totally unfit for publi-
In the end Count Carl was sent to a
| private institution. His friends explained
| that he was suffering from nervous pros
tration. He remained in the place several
In the meantime pressure was brought
to bear upon the dancer Before she de-
( that he proposed making her his wife,
/ court or no court, and he didn't care a
snap for etiquette, and laws which sought
! TO Interfere with a man marrying the
woman of his choice.
There is only one thing for us TO do" he
said to his sweetheart. We must go 10
America we can't get anybody in Aus
tria to marry us l have friends in New
York.
Nina Conte kissed him and said she
would 90 anywhere with him, but she
really preferred America to all other
places. So she cancelled her engagement
his legal claim to the title of Majorats-
Herr and the lions share of the estate,
which go to his younger brother.
Having arranged these matters Count
Carl and Nina Conte went 10 Hamburg,
/ where they took passage on the Fuerst
Bismarck of the Hamburg line. which
arrived in New York in the latter part
of last January.
The tall young man with the beautiful
blonde whiskers and the distinguished mill.
tary bearing. and the darS-eyed little wo-
man, who was so charmingly gowned, at
tracted a deal of attention. but they SEEM
ed to care only for each other.
The young couple Immediately sought
the counts old friend, Fritz Won Bas-
sanyi, Hungarian nobleman, who las:
year married Miss Durant the leading
lady in the Irving Place theater Now ii
happened that the actress had known
Nina Conte In Europe, so that there was
a fine greeting for the runaway couple.
The Bassanyis were so sympathetic and
so enthusiastic as betltted a couple who
were only recently married, and the
thought Of playing part in this ro-