The Detroit times., 1914-11-27
RICHTER GIVES
UP MILLIONS
TO Win BRIDE
Manufacturers Son Chooses
Cloak Model in Preference to
Fortune and Position
BOTH FACE FATE CALMLY
NEITHER REGRETS SLIP
Knew They Would Lose Every
thing by Marrying, But Did
Not Hesitate a Moment

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-"I have lost
my inheritance, my means OF livell-
hood and my family because OF my
marriage to woman not OF my re-
ligious faith, but in spite OF 1t all l
am happier now than before in my
life, and my wife shares my happi-
ness. The report that Josephine anu
\ / had separated is utterly preposter-
GUS"
In these words, Walter RICHER, son
OF Daniel Richer, millionaire neckue
manufacturer of No. 6S East Seventy
ninth-st., told how he has been disin-
herited because ne had married a
beautiful cloak model. She is or was
Josephine Loughlin, the woman known
in the fashionable world as New
York's most beautiful and highest sal
aired model He secuted the state
ment that his marriage had terminal
ed in conjugal disaster.
Late last night Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
Ter received reporter in their Spart-
ments In West orty-eighth-st., and
told the story of their costly romance.
He said:
Il met my wife early last June at
the home of mutual friend. Through
out the summer we made frequent
trips to Long Beach, and were much
in each others company around town,
Later, during the absence OF my lam
lily In Europe We became engaged.
Il knew then, and | told my wife,
10 h,,t nf
our marriage SO far as my father was
concerned. He would disinherit me,
for his ideas on religion are extremely
old-fashioned and orthodox.
consequently II was not without
careful consideration that we made
Preparations TO marry. man does
not throw away a fortune lightly and
had every reason TO believe that my
father, who is very wealthy manu-
facturer with Offices at No. 627 Broad
way, would leave me considerable
share OF his millions.
Nevertheless, after putting the
matter plainly before Josephine and
explaining to her that l would prob
ably come to her penniless II she
married me, we agreed 10 put aside
all consideration OF money and go
on with our romance regardless or
my father"
At this juncture young Mrs. Rich
Ter took up the story.
eyes" she said, since we were
really in love with each other there
was no use considering probabilities.
j told Walter that II made no differ.
ence TO me what his father did. and,
on Sept. 2, shortly before his family
sailed from England, we took our fate
in our own hands and were quietly
married with only a few intimate
friends present at 81. Patrick's ca
fhedral"
1--WE had a jolly wedding dinner At
the Knickerbocker hotel that night
and then settled down to the old
routine, in my work as model at
Bendeps in Fifty-seventh-st.. and my
husband with his fathers firm ON
Broadway. We never INDUCED in
honeymoon. 1t seemed too extrava.
CANT In view OF what we knew was
sure TO come when Mr.. Richler,
Sr., should return.
walter, without waiting TO tell his
father of our marriage, let some OF
his relatives into the secret. They
were SO unreasonable that he saw no
hope OF forgiveness from his imme-
date family, and so he anticipated
events by resigning his position in
his fathers firm.
mot until about three weeks ago
did the announcement OF what had
happened reach the elder Mr., Richler
He was then in Chicago on business
: trip. tie rrsf1erfi back to New York 7
summoned a family council, to which
he, called my husband, and there and
then gave Walter the choice of giving
me up or renouncing d fortune. Wal
ter chose me-"
"Yes," said the husband, with
smiling nod toward his lovely wife,
II have lost my family, I have given
up my fortune am looking for job,
but ! have her"