The evening times., 1898-07-29
A PRINCE FOR SALE.
VIII Confer His Hand and Title OF
n Woman for n Million.


Woman for q Million.
New York, July 3-Prince de Lenoir.
OF Brussels. wants to marry woman
with million In cash. He Is sixty-two
years old and would prefer a woman of
forty-five. Three American women are
said to be rivals for the Princes title.
He was first heard of on this side of
the water last November, when he caus-
ed his secretary, Count Won Nydprueck.
to write of his wishes to NJ s. Lustig, of
No. % East Ninth Street. this city, who
in the summer time conducts the Allan
tic Hotel at Long Branch. Later the
Prince sent NJ. verardy, a man reputed
to be wealthy. to personally consult Mr..
Lustig.
This hotel keeper Is known in Europe
as a matchmaker. Messrs Verardy and
Lustig agreed upon 100000 commissioa.
Then the hotel keeper. suggesting that as
1t required much money to mingie In the
society of those who would be able to
assist him in finding a wife for a foreign
prince. asked for an advance of 500 He
also informed the representative of the
prince that he had three eligible women
of wealth in mind. one of whom had ask
ed If the Prince had any debts.
1t was in reply to all questions involv-
ed that the secretary of the Prince in
dited the following letter:
Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 20. 1897.
"Honored Sir: The prince requests me
to inform you that he is astonished on
account of your letter. for he thought by
had N
several honorable ladies, who were at
once very wealthy and were also pre-
pared on the day of the wedding to place
in the unrestricted ownership of the
prince a very considerable sum of money.
Moreover. the prince is in no way dis
posed. even less in America than in Eu-
rope. to give any stated advance or cash
deposit in order to secure a marriage.
"The following. by the way. are the
conditions which the prince would have
observed:
ION the day of the marriage there Is
to be paid to him on the part of the
lady the minimum sum of 1900 600. or s.
coo 900 francs, of which sum the prince
will pay TO the agent a commission agreed
upon.
1T Is expressly specified that in case
the negotiations for the marriage are not
successful neither You nor anybody else
will then or at any time make any claim
for a deposit or any decentralization what
soeyer.
From this you see that you are far
from being In accord with the prince
believe that il is superfiuous for me to
impress upon you that in the whole affair
you observe the strictest discretion. as
you have yourself have indicated as much.
Concerning the questions which you
have put as to the debts of the Prince
and the amount of his yearly expendi-
lures. the Prince finds tha: he has no
occasion to answer them, as such an an
swer is generally indiscreet.
II beg of you not to lose sight of the
fact that this affair is not to be conduct
ed after the manner prescribed by court
usage In such cases. but simply as lii
business, which is the most sincere way.
both on the side of the lady and on the
part of the Prince. In pledge of this. find
enclosed the portrait of the Prince.
Accept the expression of my sincere
esteem,
GRAF Won NYDPRUECK.''
"No. Boulevard du Hainut."
As affairs stand now. Mr.. Lustig is
greatly embarrassed. The Prince so ex-
pressly says that he must have the mill
ion on the day of the wedding in cold
cash that the agent does not know ex-
actly what to do. He says that the three
wealthy women whom ne knows all have
81, 90. 900 in real estate. but they have not
as vet succeeded in converting 1t into
money. One of the women lives in Bos-
ton, another in San Francisco and third
in New York All three are rivals for
the title of princess. They haunt the real
estate offices seeking buyers for their
property.