The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-01

onel Frederick Grant, who is the son of the
late Ulysses S. Grant, the general. Miss
Grants father Is not fabulously wealthy,
nor was her grandfather, but she possesses
an aunt who has been fairy godmother
to her. ever since the day she left the
white house at the close of her gramdfath-
er's term and went to Chicago to live. Mrs.
Potter Palmer and Mrs. Fred. Grant are
sisters and Mrs. Potter Palmer, having no
daughter, has lavished upon her beloved
niece all the vagaries of wealth which it
Is possible for a girl to enjoy.
Last spring Mrs. Palmer took Miss Grant
on trip to India to visit Lady Curzon, and
on the way home they met the prince. 1t
was not a sudden attachment, for the Can
tacuzenes and the Grant family have been
friends ever since General Grant travelled
through Europe twenty years ago. But the
young people had never seen each other be-
fore and 1t was a case of love at sight.
The prince proposed and was refused Mrs.
Potter Palmer would not allow her niece
to be won too lightly. The prince pursued
and at last won. The final consent came
in ca BILE from General Frederick Grant in
answer to one sent by the prince.
Americans are disposed to look sharply
at a foreigner who comes over and takes
one of their daughters, but in the case of
Prince Michael nothing can be said which
is not complimentary. He comes of long
line of Cantacuzenes who took their title
the great general of the family two nun
dred years ago. They are immensely
wealthy, and the prince is the head of the
house.
In appearance Prince Michael is not too
pre,pos sessing. He is under size and very
slight: he cannot weigh more than 120
pounds. He has a nervous, rather difsident
manner, and is devoid of that pomposity
so noticeable in many foreigners. He has
direct blue eyes and a very clear voice He
is manly and is generous and good, as
shown by his long and honorable record 1t
Italy, where he has been stationed for
sometime on the business of his master,
the car.
Miss Grant has been hard to suit she
has been wooed by many an American
suitor and has cared for none; titles, too,
have come her way but have been rejected.
She liked Prince Michael from the first
and, being a retiring, reticent girl, Is likely
to remain in love.
Miss Grants dover is said to be $500, 900
which, 1t is whispered, comes as a gift from
her aunt. Besides this she has over a
million in jewels. This is small compared
with the other fortunes that have been
taken out of this country and In this case
1T is more the girl who goes than the for
tune.
Here is a partial list of the American
heiresses who have married mobiles during
the past twenty-five years. the sums OF
money that they have taken abroad, and
the titles of their husbands:
Miss Ellen Abbott, s150.000; count Cerat u
di Calry.
Miss Florence Audenreid, $4,000; Count
de la Forest Divonne.
Miss Isabella Andrews, s250,OO0; Count
Won Linden.
Miss Barley $500. 900; Count de Pourtales.
Mrs. Berna. 900; Count Oriola.
Miss Mary Beale, 100000; Baron Bahkme-
toff.
Miss Borden, $35o,000; Baron Lepeetier
d. ARRAY.
Miss Eva Broadwood. 100000; Prince
Ruspoli.
Mrs. T. Bispham, s5Oo,O00; Sir w L. Book
er.
Miss Virginia Boynge, si,so0,oOO; yiscount
Deerhurst.
Miss Brewster 81, 100000: Count Franken-
stein.
Cunard.
tauban.