The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27
cOtNTass GOES INTO MILLINERY,
Her LndyEhip of Pappenheim About
TO Make Trade Venture.

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Philadelphia, Pa, March 22.-Quako.
city society is astir over the announcement
that Countess Pappenheim. who before he.
marriage was known as 'the beautifn
Miss Wheeler" has gone into the MILNE
~ business in company with Miss Tyson
a daughter Of DR.. Tyson, one of the blnest
biooded members of Philadelphia's soca,
circles.
Few knew of the fact that the two younp
women intended to engage in such a Won
ture until this morning when cards vera
received announcing that on Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday and THURSDAY oe
next week, between the hours of 70 a m
and D. M, and and p m, the Coun-
tess Pappenheim and Miss Tyson womb
have for sale at No. 1917 Walnut street 81
me OF Spring and Summer hats for ladies'
and children, together with some hand
painted lamp shades. Afternoon tea. it WAS
announced, would be served.
Many early morning calls were mad.
ana society discussed the matter in dress
ing gowns and slippers. No body seemed Ia
know just exactly what it meant. and one
West Walnut street matron said that sb.
could see no reason why the Counties.
Should go into business as she had an
ample income and owned the Wheeler
home at No. 1917 Walnut street.
1t would be all right, she said. however
LOT the example had been set by the aris-
tocracy of England and Europe. She was
satisfied that the Countess would make
out very well. as her title would attracr
many who would expect a Countess to sell
better article than an ordinary shou
keeper.
When seen at her home this evening the
Countess said that the public was laborina,
under a slight misapprehension regarding
the sale which, she said, was an expert
ment, to be conducted by Miss Tyson ana
herself. The present venture was primar.
lily for charity connected with st. Marks
Church. The Countess expressed her IA
miliarity with the departure of foreign no.
blewonen in this respect, and admitted
that year hence she might seriously
contemplate such a move herself but said
that the time had not yet come TO talk
about it..
Countess Pappenheim was a daughter of
Charles Wheeler, a wealthy iron man OF
Philadelphia, Who when he died left a
was the eldest, and a fortune of $4,000 900.
bequeathed to the three. The old manu-
facturer, however, in spite of his wealth.
did not move in the exclusive circles Of
Philadelphia, and soon after his death the
Wheelers went abroad After travelling
for many years on the continent, Mrs.
Wheeler finally built a very elegant resi-
dence on the Isle of Wight, where she liv-
ed with her two daughters, BOTH by this
time, beautiful women.
While living there Mary visited the FAM
Gus English pleasure resort, Brighton, ana
met Count Pappenheim on The sands there.
AZ short courtship followed during which
the scion of a noble house offered his hand
10 the lovely American heiress, whose
mother, an ambitious woman, fully realiz-
ing what the title would mean to them all
socially. both in Europe, and America
eagerly favored the match.
The wedding took place in Philadelphia
the following year and was the grandesu
the old Quaker city had ever seen.
For three years after the marriage tho
couple lived at the Counts ancestral cas-
tie at Oberammergau, in Bavaria when
the Countess suddenly left him, it was said
because of his dissipateo habits and ex-
pensive tastes, and returned 10 America
with her children, leaving him without
money, as by his marriage with her he had
been forced to renounce his hereditary
right, because she was not of royal blood
For the first two years she had allowed
her husoandS6O00 a year for spending mon
ey, but as that was by no means enough to
satisfy his expensive tastes he refused it
the third year. 1t has been reported that
at different times that the couple were to
be reconc!ed and that the Count had ex-
pressed the wish that such would be the
case