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At EW YORK.-All the Schweizers
III were delighted.
q Father beamed on everybody;
mother went about her daily round OF
shopping and calls with il-concealed
satisfaction. And brother Albert
shook hands with himself morning,
noon and night.
And, of q verify, why not?
Wasn't sister Blanche making the
match Of the season? To be sure!
Here was Signor Conte Oberto Cha
como Giovanni francesca Maria Gu
linela. scion of an ancient Italian lam
lily of noble lineage. in love with Miss
Schweizer and respectfully asking her
hand in marriage of her doting papa.
No noth-eaten title his; no encum-
bered estate! No, indeed; the count
had money Of his own and a 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
Schweizer we'll 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'
zer, perfectly frankly, and smiling
archly as she said it. 1T 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 was more
romantic than she thought. Things
weren't quite so commonplace as she
tried to make them out, because some
people really did see her fall into the
handsome counts arms when he step
ped of 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
of-fact 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 q 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 20 fast.
Before the marriage, which took
place ON January 20, 1902. there were
certain little formalities which had to
be attended to by Joseph Schweizer.
the father-in-law-to-be OF m Italian
count, and Mrs. Ernestine Teresa
4chweizer, his wife.
Old World Custom.
Catch an American papa signing
away half his estate for the benefit of
4 Yankee son-in-law? Not In q thou.
sand years! But this was quite differ
emit, you see. Now, abroad, you know,
they have q different way Of arrang.
Ing marriages, and Americans. you un'
derstand, must humor the old world
people just little bit. And what dif-
ference does a marriage settlement
make. anyway, when you love your
daughter; and didn't the Vanderbilts
do the same when Miss 'Consuelo be-
came the Duchess of Marlborough, and
the Goulds when Miss Anna became
the Countess de Castellane, and didn't
hundreds of others? A fig for our mar
row.m1nded American customs about
meum and teum and all that sort of
thing!
Well, the upshot of 1t was the regu-
lation visit Of Papa and Mamma
Schweizer to q lawyers Office in New
York just as they would have gone to
. notary's abroad to sign the agree.
ment for the dot Mr.. Schweizer real.
lied that it was merely matter Of
form to suit the conventions Of the
Continent, and he gladly afixed his
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, as
he gazed at the precious document
which cemented the matrimonial alli-
ance between his handsome daughter
and the foreign nobleman.
And Mrs. Schweizer gave little
gasp of Joy as she realized that she
was now almost a mother-in-law Of a
nobleman, as indeed she really was
Just four days later.
No. 10 West Seventeen street, the
Echweizer home in New York, was
decorated for the event, which was .