New-York tribune., 1912-08-28
Marries a Chorus Girl.

Warrles ChoruS Girl.
In 1910 he married at registry office
In London Wanda Lottereau, u MilanesC
chorus girl, known on the stage as Wanda
Halters. She first attracted public atten-
tion by winning the beauty prize at Milan
as the loveliest woman in Italy, while
afterward she was the star of the Maxim
scene In THE Merry Widow at the
Gaiety Theatre, in London. This union.
of course. still further estranged the eN-
prince from his royal and imperial reia-
tives. lie came over 10 this country not
long afterward and, with his wife, was
a conspicuous figure at the great New
York horse show at Madison Square Gar
den of that year. but received no atten-
ton on the part of New York society.
The marriage was short lived, owing
largely to the counts constant hnancial
troubles and his inability TO furnish his
wife with the luxuries 10 which she had
been accustomed by her pre-nupnai az
mrers So she brought suit for divorce
against him in the Partisan courts ana
found no difficulty In obtaining dissoiu-
ton Of her matrimonial bonds.
II was soon after this that he was sold
ont by his creditors and obliged to aban-
don his residence in the Rue Benjamin
GODDARD in Paris and to seek refuge IN
London, where he has now been over
taken By bankruptcy, his creditors being
apparently unaware of his royal oirth'
So far he has not appeared before the
presiding Judge in response TO the h'-
ters summons, and promise has been
made that II he does not Immediately DO
so a warrant will be issued for MS
arrest.
Apropos Of his present title Of Count
Ostheim," II may be mentioned that IL
was bestowed I'm the eighteenth century
by Duke Charles Eugene of Nurtem'
berg. upon Charles and Alexander his
natural sons by Louise Messieri' the
ballerina.
Ex-Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar
father. Prince William of that ilk, spent
some years in the United States under an
assumed name His youthful career nav
ing been almost as stormy as that Which
afterward distinguished his son, he iouAd
it necessary to leave Europe, and after
some active service in the Foreign Legion
of the Dutch army in Sumatra came TO
this country, and under the name OF Will
lam Rohde earned his living in various
caIlngs quite the reverse Of royal. He
received remittances from home ana Ike
most remittance men, managed to spena
them long before they came TO hand ana
was often in the most desperate straits
He know by frequent experience what IL
was 10 go hungry, and as riding master
salesman. clerk, book agent and even res
taurant waiter kept body and soul 90
gether, the only prince of reignins
house who can boast Of such extraoril-
nary viclssitudes.
Overtaken by illness in New York, his
relatives took compassion on him.
brought him home and nursed him back
TO health. He then married Princess
Gcrta Ysemhurg -Budiugen, with whom he
lives at Heidelberg, where he is not above
recalling old times In the United States
with American students at the university,
over q stein OF beer or a glass of wine.
While his name figures on the retired
list Of the German army. with the hon
orary rank of major, he is not allowed
by the Grand Duke Of Saxe-Weimar 20
reside in his dominions. and he is virtual
ly boycotted by all the courts Of Europe.
II is generally understood that all the
necessary steps have been taken 10 eX-
clude him from the succession to the
throne in favor Of his younger son, Prince
Albert. now a lieutenant of the "a Rcgi-
men. Of Cuirassiers at Pasewalk.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.