The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-20

when he returned to Berlin he forgot to
pay the agents, and suit was brought
against him in England. Part of the
money was then paid. When further pro-
| ceedngs were threatened in Berlin a
| thrifty maiden aunt of Won HOhenlohe
paid 500 to save the family reputation.
Prince Won Hohenlohe denied categoTic-
ally the story of the agents saying that
for him dealings with matrimonial go-be-
| tweens We're quite unnecessary. He came
here in the spring of 1901 and took a place
as clerk with Ladenburg Thalmann &
Co., to learn the banking business. Dur
ing that summer he went to Newport as
the guest of Mrs, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
aunt Of Mrs. Goelet, and was entertained
by Mrs. Goelet.
Meantime, while the fairy princess had
been enjoying the pleasures of the world
the great increase in the value Of New
York real estate was making her richer
every day. Now her fortune is sad TO
be. at a conservative estimate. 500 .00l
Much of the increase to this large sum
came during her own lifetime
When she reached her twenty-lirst year
she came into absolute possession OF $50
900 OF her fathers estate Sle,0o0.0o0 is
in trust. of which during her-lifetime she
receives about half the net income. she
cannot use the principal. BY her father :
will she is to receive one-half the resid-
uary estate of SSo,00o.co on her. twenty
fifth birthday. Among the properties in
the trust established for her and her
brother Robert were the Knickerbocker
Theater. the Imperial Hotel the Gorham
building at Broadway and Nineteenth
street. the Judge building in Fifth ave
nue. the Kemble building in Whitehall
street. and the San Carlo apartments in
East Ninety-seventh street. Upon Mrs.
Goelets death the entire net income o.
this property goes to the two children.
Upon the daughters death her share In
the fortune is to go TO her brother Robert.
This historic fortune-for the Goe,et
wealth began 10 accumulate when New
York's mercantile interest was small in
deed-descended 70 Robert, and ogden
Goelet from their father Robert. Re was
the son OF the eccentric Peter Goelet- who
lived for so many years il the old
fashioned house at Nineteenth street and
Broadway. keeping a COW tied in the
spacious yard and few brightly-col7resi
pheasants strutting about in full view Of
the Broadway crowd
The social Importance Of the family be-
gan with the present generation. Robert
GOelet. father Of Robert and ogden, lived
in Union Square. comfortably. b~lt With
out luxury His tive sons went q Colum-
bia College ard their allowances were as
meager as many OF the boys VINO had 70
property al all received. II vas told q
their father that asked why his wife al
not entertain more and help her husband
70 spend more Of his great fortune. he
replied:
why should we2 We have al that
we want We do III that re want for our
own pleasure. and even Il Ne wanted u
spend more money we wosld't know how
10 DO it.
As the fortune founded IN = Hanover
Square hardware shop called AT the siEn
OF the Golden Key" and increased p
shrcwd investments II reai estate. cv1tin-
TED 10 grow. ogden Goelef- father o. the
future duchess. when he was a Young n1sa
just out q college. was lcokei upon as
a n match for airy SRI. aithosga ne
Goelet family lived in = modes; way TIA,
gave nc information q hox very wealthy
they really were
The story is that Miss Goeiet made the
acquaintance Of the Duke % Roxburshs
az C5ivenden. whea she wzs OF a visit 10
Mss Pauline Astor, 10 whom The young