New-York tribune., 1906-10-15
MISS KRUPP'S WEDDING,
WiH Be Married To-day to DR.. Uon
Bohlen-KGiser a Wedding Guest.

Blue eyed and fair haired, modest IN manner
simple in taste and unpretentious in dress IN Frau
lein Bertha Kru3p, who to-day will be married to
the man of her choice in the presence of the
Kaiser. 1t is th1 greatest honor that can be con-
ferred citizen of the Vaterland. but the mill
ion Inhabitants of Essen, the seat Of the great
krupp iron works, think IL more than right
that an emperor should honor their uncrowned
queen.
Miss Krupp, as everybody knows is considered
the richest woman in the world. In bestowing her
hand upon Lieutenant Gustav Won Bohlen und
Halbach. Miss Krupp incidentally bestows also her
vast wealth.
Miss Krupp has been reared with a simplicity
that would compare strikngly with the complicated
luxury of most American households Of the moneyed
classes. with her eighteen-year-od sister Barbara
she was brought up in the seclusion Of their ia
TIERS beautiful country place the River Ruhr.
This palace occupied five hundred four years
10 construct and is said 10 surpass in splendor
many royal residences. Here the girls were edu-
Gated by special tutors and governeses. seldom
visiting the city of Essen. three miles distant and
never the interior of the monster works where
the;r colossal fortunes were being forged They
went in largely for athletics, becoming expert on
tie gcif course, in riding and bicycling, and each
winter their mother took them to some art centre.
Special attention given to making the young
girls proficient in the languages. music. painting
and the natural sciences. Bertha early showed
decided talent for painting
While in no sense q beauty, Fraulein Krupp is
described by those who know her as healthy
looking. robust girl who does not differ In char
acter or manners from thousands of other care
fully reared young German women in affiuent cir
curnstances They say she has profound respect
for rank and social position, and account for II
by the fact that not only the Krupp works
virtually part Of the German government, but for
years the Emperor and Empress have made an an
nual visit with their suite TO the Krupps superb
Indeed, the position which Miss Krupp holds in
the social Industrial and political affairs OF the
German Empire-of the world one might almost
say-is unique. Sixty-three thousand employees are
mines, while a feet of powerful steamships con-
veys coal and iron to Hamburg from her mines In
her wealth. She has shipyards at IGel and gun
and armor works at Magdeburg, besides the giant
steel and gun works at Essen, whose estimated
value is S1o,000e0O.
of interests is purely nominal Aithough her
father left her the sole inhertor of these tremen
dous undertakings, he provided that, upon ms
DEATH which occurred in 1902 the associated prop
critics should be converted into Joint stock COM
pany the shares. except enough legally 70 qualify
the directors -four shares of 1000 marks each)
urally the Kaiser has kept a solicitous eye upon
the krupp interests, supplying as they do the
artillery for the German army ana all the guns
and armor for the navy. He has been concerned
that the standard of efficiency reached by Herr
Krupp should be maintained and has given his
royal approval to Bertha's marriage with DR.. Won
met Miss Krupp in Rome, where he was first sec
retary Of the Prussiah Legation at the Vatican.
He IS about thirty-siX years old, studied at Lau-
same, StTasburg and Heidelberg, and entered the
diplOnlatic service. Since his engagement to
Frsuein Krupp he has been appointed first secre-
tary TO the German Legation at Peking, but he has
tentlon OF taking an active part in the admin
istTation of the Krupp works.