Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-03
CAPTURED BY A BEAUTY.
American Girl to Wed Prince Euoeee
of Sweden

of Sweden.
Helen German Wild an American
girl who is already related by the
marriage of her kin to the nobility Of
Austria, Germany, and France. has
just become herself the affianced bride
of Eugene of Sweden, prince of the
royal blood, fourth son of the king of
Sweden and Norway, and hitherto a
possible heir TO the joint throne
But now Prince Eugene must give
up all his rights to the throne in Or
der to marry the American girl with
whom he is in love. He must also
obtain his father, the kings, consent
TO the marriage, for among royalties
the reigning monarch is absolute auto
crat over the domestic affairs of his
family. AS soon as he has accom-
plished these to things the wedding
will take place.
That it will take place is almost
certain. for the prince has enlisted on
his side his mother, the queen. But
before she entered the negotiations
his majesty did a rare thing for such
| a benign monarch-he lost his tempes
NtAANh S"OIS LIdl EuSSu6 SuOu1u never
marry an American girl.
Then the queen interviewed. She re-
minded his majesty that the crows
! prince, who married for irreprOach-
able diplomatic reasons, is wretchedly
| UNHAPPY; that Prince Oscar, who coz
tracted morganatic marriage be-
| cause he was in love. is supremely
happy. Which example would be
| prefer TO have Eugene follow? Prince
Oscar married his mothers maid OF
| honor Miss Emma Munck, and for
| feiting all claims and even his title,
| is now known by his courtesy title
| of Prince Bernadotte The king
thought it over. Finally he wavered,
And the two young people in Paris
are SO certain of his ultimate yielding
| that they are making their plans in
the highest of spirits.
Miss Wild is the most beautiful of
all the girls in the American colony
| OF Paris. She is also young and an
heiress in her own right Unfortunate
| ly for the many young men of this
! country who have fallen at her feet
| during her summer visits to this coun-
| try, she decided two years ago to
make Paris her home. If she hadn't
so decided she would not have be
| come engaged to the prince.
She met him for the first time this
winter in studio supper in one of the
little ateliers of the Latin quarter in
Paris. The prince, who for several
years has quit the palaces of Europe
for the free life and the artistic en-
virOnment of the Gallo center, fell in
| love at first sight with the dark haired
beauty. He proposed within the first
week and she accepted him within
the second. For the prince, beside
having a great title, is handsome
and attractive. He is a mans man
and even more popular with the men
Of the foreign colony than the women.
Which is saying a great deal.
Miss Wild is a cosmopolitan. She
is perfectly at home in Berlin, in
Vienna, in London. in st. Petersburg
She is a cousin of the Carroll family
of Baltimore, who have made suca
brilliant foreign marriages, and in
temperament and appearance she
| Is uOL Unlike LneSe charming SX-
patriates.
One of the Misses Carroll became
the Countess Won Grafenhausen of
Vienna-Miss Wild often stays with
her. Another married a Germas
army officer-Miss Wild visits her in
Berlin. Two others married French
nOblemen. Another, Miss Helen Car
roll. made a sensation some eight
years ago by lavish entertainment
which she carried on in the Chateau
Fantastic, ducal palace near Bey-
reuth, which she rented for season
1t is by no means likely to be case
| of love in a cottage when Prince
Eugene shall have succeeded in giving
up his prerogatives and status as a
| royal Prince and settled down to =
life of contented Punishment with
the charming young lady who is now
Miss Helen Wild.
On the contrary, it is said that the
| queen of Sweden, who, like all moth
ers, doteS on love matches. intends
to divide her vast fortune of $4,000
| 900, left by her father, the duke OF
| Nassau-who gained it through the
| gaming casino at Wiesbaden, which
| he owned-between her two sons.
| Bernadotte and Eugene The crown
prince, who has not had the good
| fortune to eIdear himself through a
romance, threatens to have his mother
declared of unsound mind and thus
break the will
But all this does not trouble Eugene
in tho least. For even if his mothers
fortune is taken from him with his
title and rights, he has still a large
income and he intends to live in
Paris permanently. He has an abund-
ance for all his needs, and Miss Wild
has comfortable fortune of her own.
Miss Wild has sensibIy renounced
the glory of having queens and
princesses attend her wedding, and
plans, it is said to have the SIMPLEST
Of ceremonies in little church in the
Latin quarter, where she and her
royal husband are fond of going.