The Washington herald., 1908-01-15
NO Cash FOR COUNT
Szechenyi Vanderbilt We'd
ding Pure Love Match,
SO DECLARES HIS BROTHER
Wedding Party Arrives from Abroad.
Costly Gifts Brought with Them.
peroF VIII Receive Her-Count De-
nes' Baggage Admitted Duty Free.

New York, Jan. l4-Here TO attend the
! wedding of Count Laszio Szechenyi to
} Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, which is to take
place within a few days. two brothers
Of the Austrian bridegroom, his best
man and several friends arrived this aft
ernoOn IN the steamer Kronprinzessin
lCecilie. and brought with them gifts worth
hundreds Of thousands for the bride
Those who came we're Count Denes
SzecheHyi, the eldest brother Of the pros
pective bridegroom. who also was accom-
panied By his wife. the countess. former
Ily Caraman Chimay, sister-in-law Of
the Princess Chlmay. Count Stefan
ISzechenyi the youngest brother Of the
future husband of Miss Vanderbilt: Count
Anton Sigray. who is to be best man. and
ICount Paul Esterhazy. brother-in-law OF
the bridegroom, The last named has come
IN place Of Count Peter. brother of the
Hungarian count who was unable to
come because OF the Illness Of his wife.
PaFries Questions of Reporters.
Clad in a deerskin coat and wearing a
monocle I'm his right eye, Count Deues
many Of the questions put to him by the
reporters as the ship came up the bay
one Of the questions was how much nis
brother viii get as a marriage settlement
The count was democratic enough un-
til that question was put Then he be
came nervous The monocle dropped
from his eye and be said IN good Eng
Hsh:
Rot There Is nothing in that There is
TO such thing as a marriage settlement
Ny brother is marrying Miss Vanderbilt
for love"
>The count was asked what he thought
OF the bin introduced by Representative
SABBATH. % Chicago. in the House 10 tax
| al dowries and fortunes Of American girls
who marry foreigners, Without a smile
/ he answered:
| Young man. 7 am connected with the
4 diplomatic corps of my country I don't
/ believe in answering foolish questions
Emperor VIII Receive.
! Outside Of this little friction Count
/ Denes had a charming session with the
! reporters. He was greatly disturbed over,
/ and denied. a statement that his brother $
/ prospective bride would not be received
| in court circles in his country. ue ex-
planned that the social position of Miss
Vanderbilt would be such that she would
/ have entry 90 the homes and hearts OF
| the best people in Austria-Hungary. and
She would be received by all, from the
/ Emperor down.
Count LRszio at Pier.
Count Laszio and a friend who refused
10 give his name, went over 10 the Ho-
boken pier to receive hts brothers and
guests Among the passengers % the
ship were Mr.. and Mrs 'Shaughnessy.
/ secretary Of the American Embassy.>aud
/ his wife. who are home for an annual
visit, but who win attend the wedding.
| Mrs O'Shaughnessy is "a daughter Of DIR.
Elliot COwes
| Neither Miss Vanderbilt nor her mother.
/ Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was at the
/ pier to greet the relatives Of the for
mer's fance. The government officials.
| by direction of Col Bishop. deputy col
| lectOr Of the port. had Instructions 10
admit entry free the baggage Of only
1 Count Denes The others had their lug
gage examined. the same as other pas
sengeTs
" hitntso now on IunEWEy.
The four noblemen witnessed sensa-
tionaI exchange Of arms in the gangway
Of the big ship while she was being
warped into her pier. They were cIus-
tered about the gangway anxious to get
of wnen a French passenger walked I'D
TO another passenger. also a Frenchman.
and shook his finger in the latter's face
saying.
II have not forgotten what you said 10
me in Paris you dog"
The second passenger, without a word
struck the speaker a singing blow IN the
face. The first hit back, and raised a
cane to strike again when a big German
sailor jumped in and separated the pair
What a dreadful scene said Count
Denes 20 his younger brother. dropping
his monocle as he spoke
Count Denes declared that the only
document relating to the wedding on file
in Austria-Hungary was a declaration on
the part Of Gladys that she was white"
and that she was to be married in the
Roman Catholic faith The law OF Hun
gary requires the recording of q certif-
cate Of this kind. The count explained ali
about the document TO disprove the ex-
istence OF any official paper I'm reference
TO a marriage settlement
Married for Love, Not Money.
Secretary O'Shaughnessy, who has
known the Szechenyi family for many
years, was asked whether there had been
any settlement or dowry. He said:
II do not think that money has entered |
into the affair at all The count has an
income Of $4,000 a year Nor is it true
that Miss Gladys viii not be received by
the highest nobility OF Hungary. The
new countess will take full title and all |
the privileges that Is to go with II as a |
countess. That is because she viii be |
married in Hungary. and not in Austria /
They stick to the royal blood principle. |
and one out OF the royal blood does not /
get full privileges. The case Of Franz |
Ferdinand is proof Of this. He is EN- /
peror presumptive of Austria and heir to /
the kingdom of Austria He married |
Countess Chotck. She can never be En- |
press because she is not of royal blood, /
but she can be Queen Of Hungary"
High Praise for szechenyi.
When Mr.. Oshaughnessy was asked
for his personal opinion Of Count Laszio,
he paid ths future husband of Miss Van
derblt the following eulogy:
He is a charming man. He is re-
served and quiet. but when drawn out is
a splendid conversationalist. He will
make a splendid husband. The couple will
be received with open arms by every
one. including the Emperor himself"
Count Anton Sigray. the best man. Is
a handsome young fellow of about twen-
ty-three years. Smooth faced, and with
cheeks as rosy as an apple he speaks
English better than any Of the Others
Some of the reporters joked with him
about the probability OF losing his heart