The morning news., 1899-03-30

er Zephiring director of st. AIMS Com
mercial Academy, at No. 1853 East Seventy
sixth street, and he declines to discuss
the Counts identity without the Counts
permission, and that he cannot obtain, he
told me yesterday, as the Count Is out
of the city.
The Count, it was said, went to Boston
few days ago to see If he could find
girl there to his liking. Brother Zeph-
iring says the Count is q genuine count,
q real member of the French nobility,
and not an adventurer by any means,
and that he must marry an American
| girl to inherit some millions of francs
| mentioned in the will of his uncle.
1t seems the Count who is a years old,
and is said to be good looking with glo-
| rious mustache and languishing eyes, ar
rived here only a few days ago, accom-
| panied by his mother. who Is said to be
| woman of distinguished mien. The Count,
] besides the expected inheritance under
| his uncle's will, is said to have also
| great deal of money in his own right. Both
| he and his mother travelled strictly incog-
| nito.
Thus, according to all. accounts, the
Count possesses all the qualifications of
"a great CATCH"
When the Count and his mother arrived
here they went straight to Brother Zeph-
iring, to whom they had letters of intro
duction from the directors of the Marigny
Order in Paris, more generally known as
the Marist Brothers. And to him they
detailed the purpose of their visit to
America and their extreme anxiety to sue
ceed in it,
The young nobleman resides with hi,
mother in Paris, where he has an uncle
who would appear to be a man of very
original turn of mind. This uncle Is quite
advanced in years, and has already made
his will, the contents of which he com.
municated to the Counts mother but
short while ago. The will bequeaths all
the uncles property, worth, it is said. sew
eral millions of francs, but upon the ex-
press condition that he marry an Amerl-
can girl. The girl, the will provides, must
have been born in America and reared
within the confines of the United States
Hence the hurry of the Counts mother
to have him come to the United States at
once and get a wife, because If he re-
mained in Paris he might fall in love with
some French girl, and.-good-by to those
millions of francs.
The uncle's will stfpulate tes also that the
girl the Count marries must be a per-
son of refinement and education, must
have dot, that is, some money of her
own, but the amount is not stipulated by
the will.
When I saw Brother Zephiring yester
day he said he didn't wish the impression
to get abroad that he was acting as a
matrimonial agent.
One woman who is anxious to. see the
Count obtain an American wife is Nine.
A. Mealmazo of No. 26 East Twenty
eighth street She is a French woman.
young and pretty, and was surprised when
spoke to her yesterday about the Count
and his quest for an American wife.
why" she exclaimed, "how did the
Herald find that out? Everybody thought
it was such great secret"
Nine. Mealmazo told me that Brother
Zephiring had mentioned to her CASUALLY
the other evening the purpose of the
Counts visit to America. that she svnna-
thlzed with him and would be glad to get
him an American girl for wife if She
could. She thought the affair a tremen-
dous joke, and laughed heartily az she
told me the story of the Counts mission.
She said that when Brother Zenhirine
told her of the matter she at once Thought
of her friend, DR.. c.. L. Dubar a den
tist. at No. 451 West Twenty second street
who Is one of the clinical lecturers al the
New York College of Dentistry. in East
Twenty-third street. and who has fonr
beautiful daughters. any one of whom. she
thought, would make an excellent wife for
the Count. So to DR.. Dubar she went
with the news.
saw DR.. Dubar yesterday. He was
greatly surprised when l asked him about
the Count. Why" he said, Il thought
that was such a great secret"
"Yee," he went on, the story Is true
l am of French extraction myself bur
am enough Of an American to like NV
daughters make their own choice of hus-
bands. suppose the Count means wslI
enough. He is certainly highly recon-
mended. but / cannot see why he goes
about his business in this mysterious
fashion.
when Nine. Mealmazo told me of the
Count ! went to see Brother Zephiring. II
wasn't that I wanted to make marriage
for my daughter, but, of course. It is q
fathers duty to see his children taken
care of. The brother cold me the girl
that married the Count would have to pos
sess a dot as the French law required.
out that no certain amount was named. I
'aughed and said we didn't do things that
way IN this country but that II a dot.
were necessary could give 5000 and even
$4,000. / came away then and haven't