The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-27
ANOTHER HE|RESS
GOING TO HUNGARY
Miss DAILY Is to Wed Count
Anton Sigray
HAD PRETTY ROMANCE
The Count Is Himself Wealthy and
HAD PRETTY ROMANCE
The Count Is Himself Wealthy md
Warmly Resents Intlmnfion That
He Is Marrying Miss Daily
for Her Fortune

New York. March 26.-(Special )-More
American dollars will be poured into the
depleted Golfers of European nobility on
Tuesday next, when Miss Harriet DAILY,
The beautiful and accomplished daughter
of the late copper king, Marcus DAILY, will
be married 10 Count Anton Sigray head
of the ancient Hungarian family of that
name, at her home on Fifth avenue In
Icdentally, the affair will mark the be-
ginning of a series of fashionable we'd
dings that are to be celebrated during
the spring season, including that of Mar
garet Gould to Anthony Drexel, Jr.
Miss Days wedding. however, will be
a comparatively quiet affair, despite the
attendance of New Yorks most select
and several representatives of the Hun
garian nobility. On account of the diff
ference in their religion Miss DAILY be-
ing Protestant and her fiance a Cath
olic), the customary church ceremony,
with its attendant brilliance, will be sup
planted by a quiet but dignifed home
wedding. which will take place at the
DAILY mansion. No. 725 Fifth avenue Miss
Daily has dispensed with bridesmaids
but the count will be attended by the
Marquis Pallavinci
The marriage of this beautiful heiress
to the Hungarian nobleman Is the culmi-
nation of a romance which began two
years ago at the wedding of Count
Szechenyl and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt.
On this occasion Count Sigray, who is a
distant cousin of Count Szechenyi acted
as his best man. Possessing an excellent
physique, with a fair complexion and steel
gray eyes, he made a striking picture
IN his brilliant uniform trimmed with lace
and gold, and far outshone the groom.
During the reception at the Vanderbilt
mansion following the ceremony, he met
Miss DAILY and paid her marked atten-
ton. For two weeks he remained ir
New York and devoted most of his time
to the beautiful heiress during this Pc
Rod. The following summer he met her
abroad and renewed his attentions, and
last summer they again met at the we'd.
ding of Miss Anita Stewart to the
Prince de Braganza, in Scotland
Count Anton Is the head of one of
the oldest AND wealthiest families in
Hungary, although, as the count himself
admits. his income is small when copl-
pared with American standards He is
large land owner and, as such, Is a
member of the house of magnates. His
title dates back to $780, his ancestors
being among the mobiles who halped EN-
press Maria Theresa preserve her throne
Both his parents are dead. but he has
two older sisters living, one being the
Marquise San Mayano, who maFrded an
italian and lives in Rome. and the other
the Baroness Sehell, who lives in Hun
gary
AS the counts wife Miss DAILY will en-
JOY the full privileges of her rank, and
will be entitled to entrance at the Buda-
pest court, but not to that of Vienna
where the count alope will be welcome,
On the other hand, the count is mar
rying one of the wealthiest girls in the
country. Miss DAILY Is about "a years old,
being the youngest child of the famous
miner. Her share of her fathers estate
alone is estimated at s2,oO0,oo0. She is a
tall, striking brunette, and q talented
musician. s@
That Count Sigray resents the intima-
ton that he is marrying Miss DAILY for
her fortune is indicated in an interview
which he gave out on his recent arrival
in this country.
IT'S deucedly hard for a foreigner, no
matter how praiseworthy his motives or
exalted his station, to set sail after an
American girl said the count. who
speaks perfect English. Immediately the
cry of fortune-hunting foreigner is
raised. 1t is tribute to the beauty and
brain of the American girl that foreign
ers are willing to risk even this danger
to win her. In this point alone lies one
of the most infallible proofs that the
American girl is the queen of women the
world over