The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-27
EVENT IN SOCIETY
MISS vANDERnTLT TO WED NOBLE. MAN TO-DAY.
Pronainenee oR Hrsae's Fasnily in So elaa anG FinanaiaI WeFfd Lends
 Cereasony Unusmns Degree oa Public Khterest.

New York, Jan. 2s.--In the famous
 Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth Avenue ana Fifty-seventh Street. tomorrow at noon, Mss Giadys. youngest daughter kof Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, cousin of 1 the puchess ofs1Eariborongh, and one
 of the richest of AInSrican heirsases. win beSome the bride of Count LAssio
 Jena Marie Henrik simon Szsphsnxis 2 ycanK tzsnsAflaA neSIs af anetenf iin. k.sa@s and conkoFkable fortune.
 BosA kh& brotninsnce of the hrfde's family in the s0clAl and dnancinl life
 of this country ana che romantic cfr- cumstances Of her choice ef a husband, lend the ceremony an unusual degree of public interest. Last summer, Miss Vanderbilt became of age and under
 the provisions of her fathers will. en-
 tered into possession of her share of his
 great fortune, estimated at from Si2,- GOO 900 to Sl5.0oO,000. Ever. since her
 coming out, . few years ago. rumor has been busy engaging Miss Vanderbilt to
 numberless young Americana as well as to an endless succession of titled lforeigners, ranging from royalty to sthe latest impecunfous noble who hap sven the gossip mongers concede that
 tn her marriage to this comparatively obscure young Hungarian, ahe is mak- ing purely c love match.
 Count Laszlo ts handsome man of 2e. slender and straight, his bearing
 betraying his military training and de- svotion to out-of-door sports He Is
 not even the head of his family. being
 the youngest of the four sons of Count Emerich szecheryi, who was for many years the Austro- Hungarian Ambassa- dor at Berlin, and who played an im- portant part in the negotiation of the Characterization alliance, and was one of the limited circle of diplomats who enjoyed the close friendship of Bis
 marck. The present head of the house of Sezchenys, one of the oldest and proudest of the Hungarian nobility. is Count Dionys, who, until very recently.
 was First Secretary of the Austro. Hungarian embassy at Berlin, and who
 Is reported to be slated for an inde-
 Dionys's wife who a Countess de Car aman- imay. and a cousin of the Prince Chimay, who married Clara Ward. the American girl, whose sensa- tlonal elopement with RiEo, the gypsv vIolinist. brought her into notoriety a
 few years ago. The other brothers are Counts stephen and Peter, and all of them enjoy hereditary seats in inc Hungarian House of MaKnates
 Count LazloS is also a cavalry ohscar
 and though he belongs to most of fine
 exclusive clubs of Europe. and is pop-
 ular in society, he rather prefers snort and travel to the social gaietfes of hIa
 set. He is an ardent Sportsman. % s
 crack shot and an expert polo player
 He has done much big game shooting
 and was a member of the expedition
 sent by the Austrian Emperor some
 years ago to establish friendly rela.
 tions with King Menelik of AbyssinIa.
 Count Laszlo Is said to have an income
 of some S60.000 year and owns both
 town and country estates, although he
 Is not. as has been reported, the owner
 of the magnificent domain of Horpacs
 Castle. That is the hereditary seat of
 the Szechenyi family. and as such is
 held by Count Dionys. the elder bro-
 thsr.
 There has been much talk of the
 money settlement to be made upon the
 Count. but close friends of the family
 aver that unlike nearly all of the re-
 cent international marriages, there will
 in this case be no money settlement of any kind. The Countess Szechenyf will
 retain her great fortune and has told
 her friends that their joint means will
 be used in common. in the American manner Count LasZlo's brothers and friends indignantly denied the reports of a money settlement when they Sr-
 rived here a few days ago and de- clared that no financial considerations of any character were involved in the marriage.
 The marriage ceremony will be per- formed by Monsignor LAvelle. rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral. and the brides attendants will be Miss Ruth
 Vanderbilt TwombIey and Miss Dorothy
 whitney. Count Anton Sigray, who recently arrived here with Count
 Dionys and his wife. and Count Paul
 EEterhazy, will be the best man. One
 of the brides brothers. probably Regi- naId. will give his sister in marriage. After the ceremony, breakfast will be
 Eerved. to which some 250 invitations
 have been issued. The Vanderbilt
 home has been superbIy arranged and
 decorated for the occasion. and one of
 the features of the ceremony will be
 music by an orchestra of sixty pieces.