The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-07

able, sweet girl She was quite younl
when she went abroad to live, and
soon became immensely popular. -ls
was. however. in no hurry to marry
and Il vas not until she was q tha,
she permitted herself TO be persuaded
to marry Prince Frederick of Noel
who was at the time SIS years old
They were welded In Paris in 1854
and the Prince died within a year
Then for nine years the pretty Ameri
can widow spent her time at the diff
ferent capitals of Europe, always pop
ular, but not willing to again marry
until she met the gallant German sol
der. She became the wife of Count
Won WaIdersee in 1874, and for more
than twenty years has been one of the
best known ladies in the court circle
OF Berlin, and for years she is said
TO have had more political influence
than any woman in Germany.
Still another American woman
whom the Germans have had the hap
piness to honor is Countess Won Goet-
zen. wife OF the Governor General of
German Africa She was one of the
Baltimore bellies, a Maryland beauty
of the most fascinating type. She
was lovingly known at home as little
May Lowney," and, like Baroness Won
Ketteler, she was an heiress in her
own right The pretty maid did not
survive her first season heart free, but
became the bride of Mr.. William Lay.
In a short time she was a widow and
one OF the most fascinating widows
Washington has ever known. She had
plenty of money, beauty, social reput-
alton. Men were invariably drawn to
her. and what was more unusual, wo-
men admired her At the German
embassy in Washington was Count
Won Goetzen, military and naval at
tache. Mrs. Calvin Brice, the wife
of the Ohio Senator, was very fond
of Mrs. Lay, the young widow, and
one night at dinner party at her
own house Mrs. Brice introduced the
little widow to the Count. He was a
big. brave man who had gone into the
heart of Africa with an expedition Of
500 men, fitted out at his own cost.
He discovered a volcano and made
maps of the country around Lake Ed
ward, and what wonder that pretty
woman should fall in love with man
so fond of doing things" A year
after meeting him Mrs. Lay became
the wife of the man with an interna-
tional reputation and returned with
him to Berlin, where she was present
ed TO the Kaiser. AS the wife of the
Governor General of German africa
the Countess Won Goetzen will no
doubt maintain her reputation as so
cial success.
But the best beloved of all the Am
erican girls who have married into
the families of the foreign nobility
is the Duchess of Marlborough. Con-
suelo, nee Vanderbilt, whose marriage
in 1895 to the Duke of Marlborough
was one of the most splendid affairs
ever witnessed in New York The
February before the wedding. which
took place in November. the bride was
II. so it was only a slip of girl whom
the Duke chose to make his wife. The
young girl had been reared carefully,
as far as her education was concern
ed, her mother having shown exqui.
site taste in dressing her daughter
1t was said that the bride had never
worn silk dress until after her be-
trothal. Her evening gowns were al
ways white. of rich material, but sim
ply made. and English ideas had also
prevailed in her education This
beautiful and gifted American woman
is now only %. but has already so
won the confidence of the court that
she is to have the honorable position
of mistress of the robes in the house
hold of Queen Alexandra. BY virtue
of her husbands rank she is right
trusty and right entirely beloved
cousin of the Queen and wears upon
her brow on state occasions a circle
Of gold. chased and set around with
jewels and eight strawberry leaves
Her young son may with perfect pro-
priety ask the Gar of all the Russias
for the hand of his sister in marriage,
and every court of Europe must &C
the precedence of the wife
Of prince of the Holy Roman En-
pire. for such is the Duke of Marl-
borough.
During the first administration OF
President Cleveland one Of the girls |
introduced into Washington society |
was Mary Letter. the beautiful daugh- |
,er of Joseph Letter. of Chicago Mrs. |
Cleveland. who had the most perfect |
Judgment in social matters, became |
-ery fond of the young debutante and |
recognized the fact that Mary Letter |
vas something more than the hand |
'ome daughter of Chicago million
IRE; that she had qualities within |
herself which made it certain that she
would be successful in whatever rank
II life she might happen to find her
elf. A very queen indeed, with the /
tile of Vice Refine of India. Lady |
surzon. the wife of the Governor Gen
raj of India. has justified her friends
most sanguine expectations Miss
.eiter attended school in Washington.
tut was early taken abroad by her
mother. and completed her studies in
france, Germany and England She
peaks flrently the principal CONT
lental languages and is a thorough
tudent Of the history and literature
4 the countries with whose languages
he is familiar, having pursued her
tudies of each in the original langu-
ge- Lady Curxon is In every respect
Ier husbands better half. She takes
personal interest in all that per
aims to the helping of the condition
Z the natives. and her latest work Is
o provide means by which native wo-
ien can be trained as nurses. She
; not only interested in the human
tartan phase OF her position. but
olds her court with all the gentle
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