The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-18
Their Romance
Two Titled Foreigners
at Work in New York.


In one little room on the east side of New
York an Austrian baron and a charming
woman, who he says is the daughter OF
a French marquis, are setting a fashion
which is comparatively new among peo-
pie OF exalted birth They have abandon
ed want and obscurity in order that they
ed want and obseurity in oredr that they
might marry, despite the opposition Of
their parents, and live the only life in
which happiness for them is possible.
The arrival of a foreign nobIeman in this
country on matrimonial affairs is no new
thing, but it has usually preceded the car
rying away to some European country
Of a great American heiress. Paul Won
Elmer, however, instead of taking a rich
wife from America has brought poor
one TO the land Of liberty. And the two
are brayely working out the modern prob
lem-something Infinitely more than try
ing and pathetic than love in cottage
love in an east side furnished room
house
Baron Paul Won Either is a HUNGARIAN,
one of that race whose chivalry is prov
erbial and historic. His father is a gen
eral in the imperial service, a man OF high
relationship with the Austrian house Of
Hapsburg. OF which the Emperor Francis
Joseph is the head, and one of his cousins
is Count Elmer Lonyai. whose marriage
TO the Princess Stephanie has created
European sensation.
Young Won Either was lieutenant in
the First Hungarian Hussars called after
the famous Austrian Queen Marie The
resa, who organized il nearly a century
and a half ago. He had a place in the
imperial court in Vienna, and led the gay
life customary among the young men of
his class. He was a hunter OF extraor-
binary skill a champion tennis player,
club man and a bon vivant- He was a
favorite at the dinner tables OF half the
nobility Of the capital, frequenter Of
bail rooms and an enthusiast in all that
gayety that srenders Vienna one of the
charming capitals of Europe.
General Won Ether was delighted with
/ his sons social successes and was anx-
/ ious that he should marry into ont of the
great houses Of the Empire. The Cen
eral, however, was stationed at Graz, in
Syria, and was unable 10 exercise the
/ close influence over his son which posi-
( bly, have resulted in a marriage of the
| sort which he desired. On his occasional
visits to the court. however, he lost no
opportunity Of urging his son TO arrange
himself" and even ventured to point out
certain ladies of aristocratic parentage
and great expectations, who. in his opin-
ion, would make proper matches for his
son, the Lieutenant Baron Won Either.
AS general thing, the young officer lis
T tened RI his with defaraHpe a (
soon as the old General was gone his
grave injunctions were forgotten, and
Baron Paul, like the idle wind. blew
where he listed. without much regard as
to whether the ladies whom he delighted
to honor were eligible or not.
At last he met his fate. She was
French girl resident in Vienna Her faith
er was a marquis-a man whose income
was bare enough to support himself in
decency and who was unable TO provide
his daughter with the dot" which is re-
garded as an absolute necessity in Con-
tinental marriages-at least by the pa
rents of the contracting parties. Never
theless, the enthusiastic young lover soon
decided in his own mind that. dot or no
dot, there was only one girl in the world
for him, and that she was neither Aus
trian nor Magyar but French only.
About the same time rumors came to
him that his father was actually negoti-
ating a marriage for him with lady of
noted family and considerable landed
property. In this strait he appealed for
advice to his friend, Prince Won Auers-
Derg.
Marry the girl you love" Auersperg
is said TO have replied. IF your father
will not consent do SO any way. and if
still refuses to approve your marriage go |
to America"
Paul Won Either was very deeply in |
love, and his circumstances were very, |
very hard. In the Austrian army officers |
are not allowed to marry without the |
imperial sanction, and that is not usually |
forthcoming when an objection is made |
by the bridegroom's father, who IS also /
a general in the army. Moreover. an /
officer who does not possess a fortune of |
at least $500 forms, or a little over Sl4,- |
O00 is not allowed to marry under any |
circumstances.
In this case the girl had absolutely |
nothing, while PauTs only income was !
the handsome allowance made him by his |
father. So ne resolved to throw himself |
upon the OLI dl : 1ItIES anu neg /
him 20 do the only thing in the world |
which could make his son happy-relin- /
gushing the idea of a great marriage |
and consent 10 his union with the woman
Of his heart.
Accordingly the young lover fastened |
to Graz and presented himself at his /
fathers house. The old man received him
adecdonately. and Paul told his story. 1
He described the little French girl, dwelt
upon her sweetness, beauty and kindness
of heart. and declared that there was NJ
happiness on earth for him unless she /
shared IL.
The General commended Paul for his
manliness and generosity and asked the
size of the young lady's portion. Paul
was obliged - admit that she was dow
erIess. The General smiled grimiy. He
asked on what. then, the young couple
hoped to live. How would they meet the
regulations. which provide that peuniless
young officers must remain single
Paul faltered out that he hoped that
his father would provide the naedful sum
II would be less than the principle from
which his allowance was drawn, he urged
and ne would be content with that AMI
nothing more.
But the old General was obdurate. He
uttered all the weary old pladtudes that
fathers have forced upon their children
ever since marriages OF convenience were
invented. He described the comforts Il
a wise marriage and the misery which fol-
lows unions based on love only. He dvelr
on Paufs duty 70 the house Of Either. 10
his father and himself
The son argued and pleaded in vain He