Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-24
WILD TO MARRY TITLES.
SNEERS A NOBLE
Girls Chase Poor European
NObIemen.

IoPean ho9ieman come over here wit
a coronet as bait to be leaped at hun,
grily by the golden girl fish? Never,
cries the Baron H. Won Baldingee
Seidenberg. of Nuremberg. Tn.
baron, who viii sa for home soor
after four months stay in America
denounced Americans who criticize
European noblemen for being fortune
hunters.
Europeans 60 not liant American
heiresses. says the baron. 1t is tn.
American girl who seeks the title. Hi.
observation, if no. indeed, his expe.
rience in this country has proved Il
him that some American girls fairly
hurl themselves and their fortunes Al
the heads of Europeans lords.
- have seen much since | came
to this country, said the baron in the
Hotel Endicott. wsere he took roema
yesterday after a visit to Atlantic
City, and ] am convinced that Ameri-
can girls who have married titles have
done much more with the aid of their
parents to bring about these matches
than tie tilted foreigners did whom
they finally captured.
fells of Two Proposals.
Then the baron, who is a eood-lool5-
ing fellow Of twenty-seyen. naively
told Of two proposals of MARI age he
had received from young women III
New York.
They We're the most remarkable ex-
per.euces | ever had, althougn l have
travelled much, cried the baron. with
a gesture expressing contempt.
q shall only marrS when I fall in
l1ve, and no other consideration could
induce me to marry" the baron went
on My mo,her was so anxious l
should marry tLat she engaged me to d
German countess when | was twenty
one years old. But did not love the
girl and l ran away from home rather
than be compelled to marry her"
''Yery HomeIy and Very Rich."
1t was really the lack of love that
in each case made Edm reject the Of
fers of the two New York titIe-hunt-
ers.
"One was very homeiy and very
T ch, the baron explained, but 1
simply did not love her. l did not
care about her LONELINESS. She knew
this, too, bat size wrote me notes and
letters. When I refused all invitations
to her home, she telephoned me one
day to come to her home to meet some
charming friends, at tea. as she ex-
pressed it. l promised to go. But
fancy my astonishment wien | arriy-
ed at her home to find her seated IN
her motor car in front of the house.
She motioned me in. Then she ordered
the chauffeur to drive for an hoa,
through the park. never spent such
an hour! 1t was a dreadful expert
ence, Did You ever have a girl pro-
80 20 You that you did not love? Well
it is awful.
Il invited to some dinner and thea
tire parties charming young woman.
l had met Ler and her family abroad
and had entertained them in my own
home, SO ! naturally looked them up
here as | would old friends.
Almost Forced an Engagement.
One afternoon | took tea at the
Young womans home | was about
to 90 when her father came home
Entering the drawing room. he opened
the conversation. He asked me what
my Intentions were was Mortified
1t was SO surprising. / took refuge
in a big armchair in the corner. /
think l Knocked over s5me brfc-a-brac
While 1 did so, l was so nervous. Blu.
her father smiled at me, as much ~
to say, Poor boy, he is so bashful
Finally. while l gasped and held my
breath, he said. It's all right. if
you've got any debts, I'll pay them off
and COVE you a good settlement That
need not worry YOU.
Can you imagine more embar-
rass ng situation? I did not love the
girl, and / was looking for no one -
pay debts thai did not owe. l believe
the butler still SINKS l went sudden
ly mad for I rushed Mortified out
of that American palace
Then you do not like American
girls?' was asked.
oh, | adore American girls" ex-
claimed the baron rapturously. IF /
marry at all, it shall be an American.
but not the kind that ia rly ask you for
a title. Such a commercial affair.""
Girls at Home Are Stupid.
Il do not care for German girls, they
are so stupid Besides, they do not
know how to dress. They are like me-
chancal dolls You tell them to sit N
a corner and stay there, and they Will
do just as they are told l like the
spirited American girls, even though
they might have the worst tempers IN
the world. Even this quality would
be relief from The undressing and
very duh German women"
The baron has castle in the south
Of Germany, an apartment in Berlin, a
Bme in Stuttgart, and a comfortable
income, all Of which, he says he will
share with some Amer can girl when
he meets the right one.