The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-27
Yicomtesse de Vaux, Daughter
of a Paterson Butcher, Ex-
ception to the Rule.
NOBLEMAN WOOED HER
WITHOUT HIS TITLE
Her Father Was Angry When
He Learned Truth, but the
Count Made Good.
Especial to the Evening Start

HACKENSACK, April 27.--Declaring
that she is still in love with her titled
husband, the vicomtesse de Vaux, of
the French nobility, today is visiting
her father, Jimmy" Tracey, here, who
for years kept butcher stand in
Main street Paterson. The Vicomtesse,
who was pretty Helen Tracey before
she wed the French nobleman has been
married four years, and declares that
the union with her foreign husband
has been supremely happy. She has no
criticism to offer of foreign marriages.
'I married for love alone" she said.
"There was never any consideration of
money between US"
Back of the marriage of the pretty
Jersey girl md the vicomte is a
romance the like of which is unknown
in most international marriages, The
courtship by the handsome Frenchman
and tho result of his love-making reads
more like chapter from a book OF
fairy tales, where the prince woos and
wins the country maiden. than the his
tory of an international match.
Concealed His Identity.
Six years ago the vicomte, conceal
ing his -ank under the name of Noel
de VauX,, came to America. The
vicomte was then at the threshold of
a career which is now placing him
high among the civil engineers of the
world. A monument to lis ability is
today standing in Paterson in the
"Straight" bridge across the Passaic
River. In 1902, as an unknown engi-
neer he wandered into the Office of
Jimmy Tracey one day and sub
lnitted plans for the bridge, which
We're later accepted by the county
Jimmy TraceJ had then retired from
the butcher business and was a build
ing contractor.
Tracey took liking to the young
foreigner and employed him as a clerk
Later, De VauX. his identity still un
known, was made partner in the busi-
ness. He then met and wooed his
partners daughter
Two weeks tefore the day set for
the wedding. Tracey learned for the
first time that he was about to be
allied with the aristocracy of France.
Did Not Want Count.
II can tell you I did not fancy it at
odS . tiit tioCi cOSSs ANol ttieN
did not think my daughter the equal
of any nobleman, French or otherwise,
but trained as Helen was in our simple
way of life. l had my misgivings as to
whether she would be happy in the new
life into which she would be thrown.
However, the matter had gone too far
to be stopped. So they were married,
and / am pleased to say they have
been happy ever since. That's four
years ago.
The vicomtesse's visit will be short
one, as she says she cannot be long
away from the man she married.
81 like my new country very well,"
she said. "At first. of course. it was
all very strange. Noel's family is of
the real old nobility of France that
still holds to the beautiful doctrine of
noblesse oblige. Simplicity and true
dignity and fine regard for the de-
cencies of life are their distinguishing
traits. 1t was like q Voyage to fairy
land to visit some of the old chateaux,
with their memories of bygone times
and the grace and charm of their pres
ent inhabitants. / am most happy with
my husband and my two children,
whom we left with relatives in Paris.
T expect to be with them again in three
or four weeks"