Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-02
PAID HIGH FOR
TITLED HUSBAND
AMERICAN GIRLS WHO HAVE
MARRIED TITLES HAVE PAID
PRINCELY FORTUNES AND MA.
JoRITY BOUGHT DIscoNTENT.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Announce-
ment of the coming marriage of Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Count Laszlo
Szechenyi of Buda Pest, has drawn
attention anew to the flow of the
wealth of American heiresses to Eu-
rope in exchange for foreign titles.
More than 500 American girls have
married titled foreigners. Their total
doWry is estimated at nearly $780,
100000.
Among the wealthiest OF these i'm
portant financial captures was when
the Duke of Roxburghe bestowed his
title upon Miss May Goelet of this
city From the many millions of the
late Ogden Goelt it was stated that
$lO,O00,000 was the endowment portion
of the bride
This is about $4,00O,OOO more than
Miss Anna Gould carried abroad to
bolster up the PROSTATE fortunes of
Count Boni de Castellane But of Miss
Gould's endowment 1t is believed that
not more than $4,000 900 was ever un-
der the individual control of the count
But the settlement of the husbands
debts by the wife in accordance with
the terms of their recent separation
added large sum to the amount
Various estimates range from So
100000 to $10,0O0,O00 as the sum that
went with the hand of Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt when she welded the
young Duke of Marlborough. The
Marlborough, like the Castellanes,
could not agree and are living apart.
When Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg
became the Countess of Yarmouth two
years ago, her marriage portion was
reported as being half million of
American dollars.
Two millions each is said to have
been the portions of Miss Mary Letter,
who became Lady Curzon, and her sis
ter, Miss Daisy Letter, who married
the Earl of Suffolk.
A million or more also went with
the hand of Miss Cornelia Bradley
Martin when she became the bride of
the Earl of Craven.
Other American wives of titled for
eigners are the Princess Colonna Miss
Mackey), who is now divorced the
Countess Festetics (Miss Haggin),
Princess Hatzfeldt (Miss Huntingdon,
and the Duchess de Valencay (Miss
Morton), each of whom had a dowry
of $1,OOO,OOO or more.
An exception to the rule was the
case of Miss Grant, daughter of Gen.
Fred Grant, who carried an insignifi-
cant dover to Prince Cantacuzene of
Russia, whom she married in 1899.
Prince Boloselsky of Russia also chose
an American bride who was compara-
lively poor-Miss Susan Whittier,
daughter of Gen. Charles A. Whittier.
Miss Margaret Taylor married
Count Imperatori, of Italy, while the
latter was playing in an orchestra at
Sherry's restaurant in this city, and
Miss Emily Mockel, of Brooklyn, mar
ried Count Ferrari, also of Italy, when
he was waiter at the Chicago worlds
fair.
No happiness came to Miss Edith
Van Buren, grandniece of President |
Van Buren,, who married Count de |
of Italy, in 1898. She !
was an helress and a great beauy. But |
because he couldn't have her entire |
ortune to squander on himself the |
count deserted her soon after the mar |
riage.
The Countess of Penaloza, who was |
Miss Marie Reino Fusz of ST. Louis. /
a divorce from her titled hus-
band because of his cruelty.
But the most melancholy case from
he husbands standpoint was that of
he Baron Takacs de Kts- -joka, of
Hungary, who married the daughter of
Charles Hart. of Cleveland, got only
400 for the honeymoon, and was aft
,rwards put on an allowance of SIS a
month.