The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-07-06
THE ROMANCE or THE
WORLDS RICHEST HEiREss.
All Germany Asog Over the Engage
ment Of Bertha krupp.


every hand.
Naturally the personality and ca
reer of the prospective groom in the
diplomatic service, are being keenly
discussed in German society, the en-
gagement being, far the most inter
esting social event that has occurred
for years.
Gustavus Won Bohlen-Halback, who
is thirty-six years old, was born at
The Hague, where his father was min
lister for the Grand Duchy of Baden.
The family has extensive estates in
Baden and also large interests in the
United States.
After studying law at Heidelberg
University, he went to the United
States, travelling extensively there.
Returning to Europe in 1897 he was
appointed to a post in the foreign
office at Berlin.
Was in Washington in 1899.
The young diplomat went again to
America in 1899. this time as secretar
ry of the German embassy at Wash
ington. His abilities for secretarial
work of a delicate diplomatic nature
were soon recognized and in 1900 he
accompanied Counot Mumm Won
Schwarzenstein to Pekin as secretary
of the international conference to ar
range terms of peace with China.
His next appointment was that of
first secretary to the Prussian lega-
ton to the Holy See, in Rome, which
he has filled since 1902.
1t was in Rome that he first met
Miss Krupp. Last year the Prussian
minister, Baron Won Bohemian, gave a
dinner to which Miss Krupp and her
mother were invited Won Bohlen-
Halback was instantly attracted to
the bright, pretty German girl and
asked permission to accompany her
on expeditions to places of interest
around the Eternal City.
They spent many happy hours to-
gether and before leaving Rome Frau
Krupp invited him to the Villa Hue
gel, the palatial Krupp residence near
Essen. He came, proposed and was
accepted. That was just month ago.
The Worlds Richest Heiress.
Miss Krupp is undoubtedly the rich
est heiress in the world. BY her faith
er's will the works at Essen, Keil,
Madgeburg, Obevhausen and else
where. the total value of which is
nearly $55,0OO,OO0, were converted
into limited liability company with
S5,200,O00 capital. Bertha Krupp holds
1895 shares in the company and
her mother and younger sister, Bar
bara, are otherwise provided for.
The last dividend was of S2,4OO,-
900, nearly all of which was paid to
Bertha as the largest shareholder.
As BELTS the owner of such a huge
concern, Miss Krupp is a shrewd and
sensible business woman. She knows
how to preserve her capital and to use
it to better advantage than mere os-
tentation and pomp. She gives person
al attention to the details of her great
properties, and is keenly interested in
the welfare of her thousands of EN-
lployees.
An Ideal German Madchen.
Fair-haired and brighteyed, Bertha
Krupp is an ideal Doutsche Madchen
She has a bonnie face, beaming with
health and looks at you with perfect
frankness. good humor and self-pos-
session. She is twenty-five years old
Unlike most German girls, she is de
voted to outdoor exercises, riding
golfing and cycling being her chief
recreations.
Modesty and hatred of ostentation
are two unexpected virtues of Miss
Krupp. Her apartments in the mag
nificent Villa Huegel. filled with her
fathers priceless art treasures, con
sist of two small rooms, decorated and
furnished in dainty, virginia. white.
1t is to be feared that willful Miss
Bertha has offended the Kaiser by
choosing to make an obscure mar
riage. Wilhelm H., who was a great
friend OF the late Herr Krupp, intro
duced her to Berlin society, and she
made her debut under the special pro
lection of the emperor and emnress
The Kaiser thought his wealthy pro
ltege would marry in the highest
ranks of German nobility, but Cupid
is mightier than the German emperor
i In closing his speech on the Morris
incident (forcibly ejecting Mrs. Minor
Morhis from the White House last
january, Senator Tillman declared
that Mrs. Morris had been treated
! worse than dog" and that the pres
lfdent had endorsed this treatment bv