Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-21


MTEW YORK.-All the Schweizers
N were delighted.
Father beamed on everybody;
mother went about her daily round OF
shopping and calls with ill-concealed
satisfaction. And brother Albert
shook hands with himself morning,
noon and night.
And, of verify, why not?
Wasn't sister Blanche making the
match of the season? To be sure!
Here was Signor Conte Oberto Gia-
como Giovanni Francesca Maria GU
linelli, scion of an ancient Italian fam
lily OF noble lineage, In love with Miss
Schweizer and respectfully asking her
hand in marriage Of her doting papa.
No moth-eaten title his; no encum-
bered estate! No, indeed; the count
had money of his own and premier
position in Italian financial and indus
trial circles. He had quite as much to
offer as to ask; the alliance about to
be arranged was advantageous from ev-
cry American viewpoint, as papa
ScnWeizer Well could see.
Denial Of Romance.
Romance? Well, hardly. The mat
ter was far too important to allow
ones heart to run away with ones
head. No, indeed! Why, even the
fetching bride-to-be owned up to that.
There is nothing romantic about
our marriage" declared Miss Schwei-
ger, perfectly frankly, and smiling
archly as she said it. ut is prosaic,
indeed. met the count, we became
engaged and we will be married
that's all!"
There's frankness for You. But it
may be that Miss Schweizer vas more
romantic than she thought, Things
weren't quite SO commonplace as she
tried to make them out, becs use some
people really did see her fall into the
handsome counts arms when he step
ped off the steamer from Italy, to
marry her here in 1902, soon after
the death of his father and his sue
cession to the title and the estates.
But today-no, you're wrong, this
| particular international marriage did
not turn out unhappily, as you well
might have inferred from the matter
offact announcement of the smart and
altogether level-headed bride of de-
cade ago-smart and level-headed yet.
No, indeed; the count proved himself
to be model Of husbands and they
are very. very happy in their villa near
Bassano, Italy, where three beautiful
little children have been born to them
as pledges of their affection.
But not SO fast
Before the marriage, which took
place on January 20, 1902, there were
certain little formallties which had to
be attended to by Joseph Schweizer
the father-in-law-to-be of an Italian
count, and Mrs. Ernestine Teresa
Schweizer. his wife.
Old World Custom.
Catch an American papa signing
away half his estate for the benefit oil
Yankee son-in-law? Not in a thou
sand years! But this was quite differ
ent, you see. Now, abroad, you know
they have a different way of arrang
ing marriages, and Americans, you un
derstand, must humor the old worlt
people just little bit And what diff
ference does marriage settlement
make, anyway, when you love YOU
daughter; and didn't the Vanderbilts
do the same when Miss Consuelo be
came the Duchess of Marlborough, anC
the Goulds when Miss Anna became
the Countess de Castellane, and didn'
hundreds Of others? A fig for our mar
row-minded American customs abou
meum and teum and all that sort o
thing!
Well. the upshot of it was the regu
lation visit OF Papa and MANN;
Schweizer to lawyers office in New
York just as they would have gone t.
q notary's abroad to sign the agree
ment for the dot, Mr. Sehweizer real
ICED that 1t was merely a matter o
form to suit the conventions OF tn,
Continent, and he gladly affixed hi
signature to the marriage settlement
as did his wife and his smiling son-in
law-to be, the Count Gulinelli
Precious Document Signed.
There it is in black and white,
said Mr.. Schweizer rather proudly a
he gazed at the precious documen
which cemented the matrimonial ALI
ance between his handsome daughte
and the foreign nobleman.
And Mrs sehweizer gave it'll
gasp OF ioy as She realized that sh
was now almost motherin-law of
nobleman. as indeed she really wa
Just four days later
: No, 10 West seventieth street, tn
schweizer home In Neyr York. wa
decorated for the event. which was