Morgan County republican., 1907-10-24

ne DtlIOlUdi VI MISE plduss van
derbilt, daughter OF Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Sr., and the young Count
Laszio Szechenyi of Budapest, Hun
barry (tR marriage to take place on
December ~, had the dash of an An
thony Hope romance about it. What's
more, the young people, knowing all
the facts OF the case, must be laugh
ing In their sleeves at the sensation
caused by the vague rumors from
Newport that found their way into
print
From what Austrian officials in this
country say, the so-called sensation
was quite cut-and-dried affair. One
OF the richest Of American girls had
been formally betrothed in a Hun.
garian castle weeks before, and on
that occasion the details of the
American betrothal in October" had
been arranged. Then a young Hun
garian nobleman had dropped quietly
into Newport to play his part in the
formalities.
The first surprise over, every one
asked:
Who is Count Laszio Szechenyi?"
Therein lies the romance OF the
story. Only the last chapter properly
belongs to the Anthony Hope school.
The first Of 1t might be short story
by William Dean Howells. On the
other hand, the real romance is wor.
thy Of Gibbon or Sienkiewicz. In II
are the raids of a savage Asiatic peo.
pie upon the nomads Of the Russian
steppes, the primeval forests of the
Danube and the wild defiles Of the
Alps. There is also the pageantry OF
primitive war, the strains of wild
music-of Slayonic harmonies EN-
broidered In a web of national trag
edy-music hardly suggested by the
Hungarian orchastras of the cafes, but
mirrored by Liszt and Paderewski
and visualized a few years ago IL
the latter's opera, "Manru."
Then there are the green fez, tht
flowing white robes of the Turk, thu
brown habit Of the Christian mission
airy, the splendor of Hapsburi
court, and tyrannies that led prout
people to a rebellion that echoet
around the world. And all finall.
ends in a basket phaeton on the Clif
Drive at Newport, with young Hun
garian and an American heiresss az
knowledging to their friends that the
are about TO marry.
An Object Of Interest.
New Workers have been watchin
Miss Vanderbilt with more than Gus
tomary interest in the last thre
years. She is the youngest daughte
of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and tn
only one Of her children unmarried
Her sister is Mrs. Harry Payne Viii
ney; her brothers, Cornelius, Jr.; A
fred Gwynne and Reginald Vande
bilt. She is, too, one Of the riches
come into fortune Of sl2,500,000 o
her twenty-frst birthday last August
Miss Vanderbilt was introduced I
society three years ago at a dane
given by her mother in the great Va
derbilt house at Fifth avenue an
EhAs-6tNtulu bAlttl. IL Mdh Out
the events Of the season. The houi
had not been opened for FIVE years.
The chat of the drawing rooms co
nected Miss Vanderbilts name aga
and again with those Of young me
who might be considered her suitor
Sometimes these reached the new
papers, sometimes not. One OF Il
young men was Robert Walton Goel'
Another mentioned more recently W
one OF the younger generation in d
Gerard family. When any Of tuese !
ports crept into print they were po
lively denied.
Then there were rumors that Nj
Vanderbilts trip abroad last SUNNI
had back Of Il desire 10 put as ma
miles as possible OF sea and railro
between herself and one of the me
persistent suitors. Be that as 1t N;
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Miss Gladys We
70 California early last spring W.
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, then car
east and sailed for Europe in April