New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-04
"JACOB OMNIUM'S" son.
Vhy King Edaard Has Conferred
Victorian Order on Harry Higgins.

,y,-r VINCENT Higgins who has Just been deco
It'd br King Edward with TIE Victorian Order,
g. recsivec This distinction, not for his former
.-yice- = the army IN which he held commission
:. osoer OF the LIST Life Guards. nor yet II con-
,.r.;on ~.th his s-L-ence as q member Of the pro
,.s.so, OF the Jaw % which ne took after leaving
~. .-rny. bat &c: his SUCCESS in the management
- IN. op~ra Covert Garden, in London He
=. =, American VIE. Most men vino stand high
n TIE favor OF t,str sovereign in England now
cav, aye thus blessed Mrs. Higgins vas formerly
,-s William L4vgcace Breese. OF NeS-York, and
,r..-tad a Iarss fortune from her first husband.
tho d.e,: Al ls.io, Long Island. She wss originally
u;<s Parsons of Columbus. Ohio; is sister OF
mat Miss Nay Fs-sons who at the close OF tho
r.r between France and Germany in 1910 married
n. German Prince Of --yn&r. and is therefore
,o,e,n OF Ms George Z. Rives and niece OF
Ms 6 : Whiting. G. New-York- Henry Higgins,
-.,-n hs stands feet three in his stockings. is
81. pvsrry compared to mis- father, the Gents
Cant" OF ak zee: eight, who used TO write so
-, fo- -.Ths London Times under the pen name
:. Jacob O-,nium.' was the intimate friend ana
- Of Tha.kersv. and repeatedly portrayed by
-. latter in ais novels. Harry higgins Is very DuSS
nan for besides being the chief OF the trlurnFlraie
oon,nosed OF Lady de Grey and NJ Faber. VINO man
g. the Covent Garden Opera, and himself he
,r director OF R.txs Hotel in Paris; Of Clarloses,
IN I1ndon and heaven only knows Of how many
o-be- concerns JesiGes. lie has. however apah-
6on.d horss-acins. and the stable which ne USED
N OWN in partnership with the late Duke OF 81
,,o TITLES THROUGH ADOPTION ARE VALID.
In view OF the many advertisements WHICH are
s,p..-fns IN The European papers containing o1ers
Of titles OF nobility together with iHustrlous anu
historic names IN return for cash payments tne
,i-les 10 be obtained through adoption as the cnl-
drsn and heirs OF the present authentic hoioerS
hereof the German government has CONSIDERED II
wise to issue cialy warning TO the eHect
that the laws with regard TO adoption are very
strict and Co not lend themselves TO TRANSACTIONS
sucb as those advertised in the press 10 pee4--
with adoption il accomplished in accordance WITH
-hs requirements OF the law carries with Il mercy
me name but not the nohilia-y title Of the adaptive
father and not merely fine, but also Imprisonment
fsus 70 the share OF any one who makes use OF d
notuizrv title in Germany without fun legal war
IN. Then TOO the adaptive father or mother
-. 10 nhnd1ess without legal heirs TO name, title
and r1operty. must re more than fifty years old
and al least twenty years older than the person
.sop-e6 the principal object Of adoption beng IN
The ewes Of the law, 20 enable those VINO 10Y one
-esso, o. another ind themselves childless. 10
create for themselves in this way family anu the
establishment Of hiai and parental relations con-
ducive TO home life. Moreover, the adoption must
be carried in the presence and with the consent
OF the courts Of law of the district in which the
person making the adoption has his or her legal
residence
The agents who advertise the sale Of titles OF
nobility and OF historic names by means Of adop-
lion content themselves. as a rule, with mercy
drawing Up a contract between the adopter and
the adopted whereby the former extends his mama
and title to the latter adopted child On the
strength of these contracts which are embellished
with all sorts of stamps and seals, the aspirant TO
nobiIiary honors and names pays down more or
less considerable of money which Is DIVIDED
between the vendor and the broker. But the trans
action is fraudulent from beginning to emo the
contract is not worth the paper that 1t - written
or and should the adopted child venture 10
make use of either the name or the title Whlch ne
tond, inaagines himself TO have acquired he Woud
be quickly Jailed, fined and sentenced 10 term OF
;r,onrisonr7ent II there few prosecutions by
-ba victims Of these sxindles, II is because as
rule they do not TO expose themselves TO the
rtdicule inevitably entaiied by the proceedings