The Holbrook news., 1911-06-23
BARNARD WEDS TITLE
MARRIEs INTO ONE OF GER
 MANY's OLDEST FAMILIES.
Sensational Career of Pretty Hungar- Ian Woman Who Pays Debts of Two Men to Be Assured of
 Worldly Position.

Vienna.-A beautiful woman. who has repeatedly been the subject of sensational affairs, is once more at tracting notice by contracting mar riage with the scion of one of the oldest "reichsgrafiche" houses in Germany. Baroness Bella Schonber- ger, formerly Rosa Wallenstein, was married to Count Alexander Hugo Benzel du Sternau und Hohenau. whose mother Is Princess Tadwiga Hohenlohe-O -Oehringen.
 The newly married countess is thirty years old and has probably had the most brilliant career of any bar maid in the world. She was born in Szegszard, Hungary. as the daughter of a wine dealer in a small way. Long before she was grown up Rosa was considered the belle of all the coun- try around. She was still in her teens when her father sent her as barmaid to a friend who kept coffee house in a city of southern Hungary. Here one of the first magnates of Hungary fell in love with her and made her his mistress. He died shortly after Rosa had given birth to daughter and he left her 20,0OO,0OO crowns.
 All she required was a name. She settled in Budapest and made her choice, because of course she did not lack admirers. She soon found what she wanted The son of field mar shal lieutenant, Baron Bella Schon- berger, had been obliged to quit the army on account of heavy debts which he could not pay. Rosa Wal lenstein promised to satisfy his cred ftors and make him a generous yearly allowance if he married her. Baron Schonberger was only too glad to do so. and at the age of 23 Rosa had the right to call herself Baroness Bella Schonberger.
 With this title, her money and her little daughter, Rosa settled in Vien- na, where she took small palace in the Johann-Strauss-gas which she furnished in what she considered re- gal style and where she received the golden youth of Vienna every night after returning from the theater. She forgot all about the man she had married for his name, and was very much surprised when the news came that he had attempted to blow his brains out b-cause his marriage had been such a sad disappointment.
 The shooting made no difference in her love affairs. She had notorious one with a bank director. and when she got tired of him she bestowed her heart upon the son of an under secretary of state. His attempt to- free himself from her cost him dear. She lay in ambush in a public park and fired three shots from revolver at him. which did not miss their aim but did not kill him. A sensational lawsuit was the consequence and Baroness Bella Schonberger was sen fenced to eight months imprison- ment She succeeded in getting a pardon by appealing to the emperor in person. The Austrian government. however, expelled her from Austria.
 After all these incidents the. baron ess took to travelling and spent sew eraI summers in Switzerland, where she made the acquaintance of Count Benzel du Sternau, who moved about a great deal to get out of the way of his creditor. In Zurich and Lucerne his bills were traded by brokers in small way, and the baroness thought 1t good sport to buy some of them at a bargain. When the count finally cheated a Basic horse dealer out of Il ,250 francs this man sued him and the count was sentenced to four months imprisonment. The Baroness had helped him to get away before the case came on and gave him hos pitality in the gorgeous flat she owns in Charlottenburg.
 In the meantime her husband. who had recovered from the attempt at suicide, had gone from bad to worse. had become a drunkard and found 1t impossible to earn his bread as a cab driver Some months ago he died in hospital in Budapest She waited until. about a month ago. when she entered upon her second nuptials and married Count Benzel du Sternau.