Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-04
COUNT NEEDS
 VANDERBILT CASH

bride of Count Ladislaus Szechenyi
 von Sarvar -Felso-Videk is highly pop ular with the social leaders of Hun | gary. whom she met last summer, and that her wedding has aroused general
 interest in that country. is the state-
 ment of relatives of the count who are here for the wedding. They allege
 that the marriage is the result of a love match. but this is denied by pro vate reports received from Budapest
 correspondents, who declare that Count Szechenyi's family is in an l impoverished condition and that an alliance with woman of wealth was necessary for the count. In arrang
 ing a marriage of convenience, the Hungarian newspapers state, Count Szechenyi is but following the pre- cedents established by his ancestors, the family having become as famous for it's finacially fortunate marriages as for it's antiquity and it's caste.
 Since 1897 the Szechenyis have been titled aristocrats in Hungary Hardly line of the nobility of the realm antedates them or has won more fa vors from the throne The ancestors of the present head of the house were nearly all dignitaries statesmen, re- nowned soldiers or diplomats, and the count himself is member of the Hun garian house of lords.
 Yet, despite its prominence, the fam fly has attained so little wealth that the Hungarian papers admit that such an alliance as that with the Wander bilt family had become imperatively necessary. This is in despite of the fact thai Count Szechenyi has perhaps aided in the circulation of the report. in the American newspapers, that his family was immensely wealthy and that he himself had propery valued at $5000,0O0.
 For half century. according to the , Hungarian newspapers, the SZechen- vi lords have been notable for their discretion in matrim onial affairs. Some married wealth and a few gained high CT positions through their matrimon- ial alliances. At the present time three others are about to become for tunate brides Or bridegrcoms.
 The counts cousin. the Princess Marizza, is engaged to Prince Ludwig Windischgratz, Of the royal Hungarian 1 family. Another cousin. Julius, will 1 soon wed Baroness Haastechien one of the greatest eligibles in Austria, and it is reported that another mem Der of the family is to enter the court of Germany through marriage
 When the engagement was announc- ed the Budapest newspapers express ed surprise that the count should have gone to America for a bride, but this is now explained by the fact that the family is in dire need of the money that Miss Vanderbilt will bring. The 1 Hungarian family has heretofore ! scorned plutocratic wealth and deemed money worthless to secure and maintain position in society l Of late, however. a change has come | over the spirit of it's dreams. While the radical wing4of the Buda- pest press openly sneers at the we'd ding as a financial necessity for Szechenyi. the conservative journals prqEn1E bllt's father was most respectable grocer, whose family has moved in the most exclusive American social circles, so that the stepdown is not so great as at first surmised.
 The social power of the Szechenyis i'll Hungary is so extraordinary and it's notifications so great that it is generally believed that the American bride will be honorably received even though her ancestors were engaged i'll trade
 It is known that Miss Vanderbilt was not the prime mover in the se- lection of the count as her husband, and that but for her mother her name would never have been Hungar ian.
 The engagement was of some time standing before the other members of the Vanderbilt family heard an inkling of it. Then, it is said, they reminded Gladys that she had promis- ed her father before he died that she would never marry anyone but an American. She did not need the reminder, for. it was pretty definitely understood that she cared more for young Robert Goelet than for the Hungarian peer.
 That Miss. Vanderbilt wept violently before consenting to her mothers plans for a marriage with the Hun garian noble is stated on good au- thority. Once cOnsenting. however, Miss NaO6prpi1t has cOO OfOrna6 with