The Detroit times., 1909-03-31
IS VANDERBILT
IN NED COUNT
0F GERMANY
gNoAoEMENT TO HEIR PRE-.
ou>6e7,vE or GERMAN HOUSE
- seNrlMcK RuMoREo-HAvs
ogEN sNsEPARAsLe.

UHLIN, March 2l.--Interesting ru-
I'D are alIoat In Berlin aristocratic
1Sters 70 the effect that Mrs. Elsie
Dnch Vanderbilt, the divorced wife
Alfred @. Vanderbilt. who is spend
the winter seas1n here, is on the
FDe Of plighting her hand and heart
~ the titled heir OF the famous
MO Dutch German house. OF Ben
nch--the continental branch OF the
~ Of Portland family.
~ hero Of this alleged romance rs
~ hreditary Count William Freder-
nceonfrres Won Bentinck and Wal
a Unpurg. a lieutenant in tho
= Guard Corps at Potsdam and
<1~,r. esumptive TO the power and
"a coQf his house.
~ v,cY6P0unt marries Mrs. Wander
Mr. fhe be compelled to renounce
- rs.e Of succession to the head
NJ properties of his family. as
-. .ats uncles did before him, his
- u brother, Count Henry Won
<EShck, In 1864. when he became
husband OF a British woman. Miss
nriette McKerrel,, the daughter of
We1-lxnown Scotch family. The titles
the Feigning count and his estates.
Aich were conferred on Bentinck by
~ Holy Roman empire in 1732, would
n that event descend to Count Will
1nm's younger brother.
I AZ far AZ The Times correspondent
IN ascertain. the rumors of Mrs.
Innderbilt's betrothal have their
|cundation In the fact that Count Ben
mex has been paying her most do
voted attention for the last seven
voeks. and that she has favored him
Nth her society to the exclusion OF al
most any other woman.
u Although Mrs. Vanderbilt Is occupy
|ng her own apartment In the Hotel
kdI0n, she has been the guest of Mr..
Md Mrs. Robert s. Reynolds Hit, OF
nbly accompany her to the theater,
opera. luncheons, dinners. and other
hounds OF amusements she has been
cn1oying In Berlin; but Count Ben
dnck has seldom been missing from
her side on these occasions.
n Gossip may have started for the
additional reason that the Hits have
Sn established reputation as match
makers between American girls and
German noblemen. A few weeks ago,
when Miss Muriel White. daughter OF
the American ambassador at Paris,
fell IN love with her future husband,
Count Won Seherr-Thoss, IL was while
staying at Hits home.
That Berlin has had a special attrac-
Hon for Mrs. Vanderbilt is apparent
from the fact that she has repeatedly
0ostpQned her departure for the Ri
viera and preferred indefinitely. to
weather climatic eccentricities and so.
tial dullness, unlike everybody else
Who can fee at this season. Mrs.
Vanderbilt has planned return to
CANNES at least half dozen times.
md has always postponed going at
The eleventh hour. Such change in
her arrangements took place again
this week.
Count Bentinck will be % years Old
next June. He was born in London
Where his father was a member OF
the English diplomatic service. 20
Which he is still nominally attached
1lthough he lives extensively on the
continent. dividing his time between
quartet OF castles In Wurtemberg
and Holland. The hereditary count,
William. is a tall, good-looking guard
RGlcer and ardent sportsman, and ia
nous Throughout the army as a whip
md four-in-hand driver. Recently he
1os been attached to the military rid
|ng school at Hanover. an appointment
whieh calls for skilled horsemanship
Ills eldest sister is the wife OF the
hereditary count and future Prince
Kasimir zu Castell-