The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-01-30
at from. 10 to Is millions Of dollars.

at from 12 to 10 millions OF dollars. z,
u 10 q Real Love Match.
Ever since her coming out few
years ago rumor has been busy en-
gaging Miss Vanderbilt to numberless
young Americans as well as to an end.
less succession of titled foreigners.
ranging from royalty to the latest i'm.
pecunious noble who happened to land
on American shores. But even the
gossip mongers concede that in her
marriage to this comparatively OBJ.
scure young Hungarian she is making
purely a love match. Count Laszlo
Is handsome man OF 2s, slender and
straight, his bearing betraying his
military training and devotion to out
OF door sports. He is not even the
head of his family, being the young
est of the four sons Of the Count
Emerich, Szechenyi. who was, for many
years, the Austro-Hungarian ambas.
sador at Berlin and who played an i'm.
portant part in the negotiation of the
German-Austrian alliance and who was
one of the limited circle of diplomats
who enjoyed the close friendship OF
Bismarck.
Count an Ardent Sportsman.
Count Laszlo is also cavalry of
ficer and though he belongs to most
of the exclusive clubs of Europe and
Is popular in society, he rather pre-
fers sport and travel to the social
gaieties Of his set. He is an ardent
sportsman, crack shot and an expert
polo player. He has done much big
game shooting and was member OF
the expedition sent by the Austrian
emperor some years ago to establish
friendly relations with King Menelik
Of Abyssinia. Count Laszlo is said to
have an income of some 100000 a year
and owns both town and country es-
tates, although he is not. as has been
reported, the owner of the magnificent
domain of HOrpacs castle. That is the
hereditary home of the Szechenyi fam.
lily and as such is held by Count
Dlonys, the elder brother.
No Money Settlement.
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 recent international marriages.
there will in this case be no money
settlement of any kind The Countess
Szechenyi will retain her great for
tune and has told her friends that
their joint means will be used in com
mon in the American manner. Count
Laszlo's brothers and friends indig-
nantly denied the reports of a money
settlement when they arrived here a
few days ago, and declared that no
financial considerations of any char.
acter were involved in the marriage.
The marriage ceremony will be per
formed by Mons. Lavelle. rector of st
Patrick's cathedral, and the brides
attendants will be Miss Ruth Wander
bilt Twombley and Miss Dorothy
Whitney. Count Anton Sigray. who
recently arrived here with Count
Dionys and his wife and Count Pau
Esterhazy, will be the best man One
of the brides brothers, probably, Reg
tIaid; win giVS his Sister in marriage
After the ceremony a breakfast vii
be served, to which some $50 invita-
tons have been issued. The Wander
bilt home has been superbly arranged
and decorated for the occasion and
one of the features of the ceremony
will be music by an orchestra of &C
pieces.
Fortune in Wedding Gifts.
The wedding gifts are said to ex
coed S1,000,000 in value and are guard
ed day and night by detectives and
special police. arrangements having
been made to handle the curious
throngs which usually gather on such
occasions.
The young couple will leave Mon,
day afternoon for Newport, where
Mrs. Vanderbilt's home, The Break,
ers," has been prepared for them
There they will remain until February
4. when they sail for Europe.