The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-08
CHATTANOOGA GIRL
TO MARRY COUNT
Miss Mildred Montague to Wed
Count Pasolio PaSOlini
TAKES PLACE APRIL II
Several Tennessee Girls Have Married
Into Families of European Nobil-
ity-Mss Montague Will
Marry at Florence.
TAKES PLACE APRIL II


Pasolni of Florence Italy is Thursday,
April Il and the ceremony will occur in
Florence in the private chapel of the
Palazzo Rasponi. Immediately after the
ceremony the bride and groom will leave
for the Counts palace in Ravenna, where
the honeymoon will be spent. 1t was
hoped that this wedding would occur in
America. but it was decided to have 1t at
the present date In Florence as so many
of the brides family are at present
abroad and able to attend. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight p. Montague are in Italy. as
are their other two daughters, Miss Gen
evieve Montague and Miss Carolyn Mon
tague. The brides first cousin, Miss May
Montague is also with the party and two
close friends of the family will be pres
emit Messrs. Blair and Charles Finley of
Chattanooga.
The bride is the second daughter of
a millionaire manufacturer of Chatta-
nooga. Her parents are building a mag
nlfieent home In this city and it was
first planned to have the ceremony oc-
eur in it sometime in the summer or
early fall.
Count Pasoini Is member of one
of the ancient Italian families, with a
lienage as ancient as the Medici house.
He has in his own right palace In
Ravenna and one in Florence, inherited
from his maternal grandfather His
falner IL dlsllnSulsneu ltuliau dipio-
mat and is an historian of note. He is
a committee of one in charge of the at
tempt to build a monument to Dante.
The Brde-to-Be.
The bride has spent a great deal of her
time in Italy and was educated at Flor
ence She speaks Italian as fiuently
as English. She Is a charming girl who
has been quite popular in society since
her debut eighteen months ago. She
is descended materially from an old New
York stock, being a several times great
granddaughter of Phillip Schuyler.
Miss Montague Is a tall, handsome girl
of great vivacty of manner and with
unusual charm and culture. She is about
% years OF age a brunette with vivid
blue eyes, presenting most unusual
contrast to her dark hair and olive COM
plexion. She has been splendidly edu-
Gated and speaks several languages. in
Guiding French, German and Italian. Much
of her school life was spent in Italy. In
Florence in a famous girls school and
1t is said that the engagement to the
young Italian nobleman is the culmina-
ton of a romance dating from their
youth and college days. Her family Is
a wealthy and prominent one. Though
not southerners, the Montagues have long
resided in the SOUTH where they are
Identified with leading financial and social
affairs. Materially, the bride Is descend
ed from Phillip Schuyler of New York.
Through him she is eligible to the So
ciety of the Colonial Danes and she Is
also eligible through several ancestors
to the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton Through Phillip Schuyler she Is
connected, distantly with many New
York families of prominence.
Her father Is a member of group OF
banker brothers, Dwight p. Montague,
Theodore Giles Montague and Langdon
Montague, who have acquired vast wealth
In their adopted town. They each live
in handsome homes. The brides father
is accounted several times a millionaire.
his residence is copied from an an
Client Spanish palace. To build 1t he has
had torn down three residences and is
now destroying a fourth-his residence
until the present week, to give place to
wide and spacious lawns and drives. The
grounds when completed will occupy an
entire square in the heart of the fash
ionable residence section. His nearest
neighbor is Hon. II. Clay Evans, late
consul to London.
Count PasoIini.
Count Pasolni Is the son of Count
Pasolini, a distinguished Italian diplomat.
His father is an Italian senator and
famed historian. The Pasoini family Is
an ancient one with a lineage like unto
the Medici family. They are possessed
of great wealth. 1t Is rumored that the
groom's father will bestow upon the
young man an ancient estate when the
marriage takes place, while the brides
dot is to be a large one, in six figures.
The bride Is one of three handsome sis
tiers who will participate in the cere-
mony. Miss Geneyie Montague, with
Miss Mildred, was a debuntante In
series of receptions and balls, whose bril-
liancy has never before been equaled In
-. OF Of he fhpaa
is the great beauty of the family and
one of the greatest southern beauties.
She is still at school In Boston. This Is
Miss Carolyn Montague.
These three young ladies are well known
in Cincinnati society; also as their grand
mother, Mrs. Patterson Allen, Is resi-
dent Of that city. They are great-grand-
daughters of DR. and Mrs Wilson, who
were leaders of Cincinnati society.
By chance her family is already In pos
session of several titles, being connected
with Miss Madeline Groesbeck Goddard,
who recently became the wife of the Mar
quis d Andigne.
Another Tennessee woman Is the wife
of an Italian noble and their marriage has
been conspicuously happy one. Mrs.
Jennie Berry Bruton of Nashville married
a few years since the Prince Ruspoli of
Rome, after a romantic courtship. Mrs.
Bruton was left widow early in life.
ana with rare business aDllIly turned Htr
own and her late husbands estate into
fortune Of several millions. This was
complIshed through the sale Of "Bruton
snuff" After selling out the business she
went to Washington to reside. met and
married the prince, who is some years
her Junior. They restored an ancient
Italian castle and make their home In
Italy. When she makes her frequent
trips home she is called Mrs. Ruspoli,
with becoming modesty. Before her first
ZONE, Ga.
Miss Florence Droulliard of Nashville
married into the French nobility She
was a beauty and often represented as
the most beautiful woman in the state.
She married Count d Portales and was ad-
mred as much In Paris as she had been
in Tennessee. Though separated from her
husband, she makes her residence In the
French capital.
Another Great Event.
The fourth Tennessee girl whose mar
rage has been an international event Is
Miss Missile Brown of Nashville When
only II years old she became engaged to
the brother of the Countess of Aberdeen,
the Hon. Archibald Marjoriebanks. The
marriage was genuine love match as the
young bride was without dowery The
wedding was the most splendid that has
ever taken place in Nashville, many Eng
lishmen of title coming over for the
event. The Earl and Countess of Aber-
deem were present, and the groomsmen
wore the uniform of the Scottish High
landers.
An amusing story Is told of the brides