The Washington times., 1920-04-29
RUSS NOBLE WEDS
MILWAUKEE YANK
Princess Troubetskoy Secretly
Married to Capt. Wallace
Schultz.
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but with the same do or die spirit
that he showed in fighting in Alsace
and at Chateau Thierry he marshaled
his forces and defeated the opposing
forces at the last moment.
Romance is entwined with the nup-
! tials in more ways than one. When
Captain Schultz. who is a mechanical
engineer by profession. came TO
Washington last month. to transact
some business with the Bureau of
Docks and Yards he little thought
that he was to meet his fate in the
person OF a famous beauty and n
noted heroine OF the worlds war.
Met Through Friend.
On March 30 last while strolling
through the lobby of the New will
lard. where he was n guest. he met
his friend. Capt. Louis Montfort. also
Of Milwaukee, who is stationed here
in the ar service.
Accompanying Captain Montfort
was a strikingly handsome young
, woman with flashing black eyes and
smile that Immediately arrested the
attention Of the newcomer. A mo-
ment later through presentation he
learned she was the Princess Trou-
betzkoy.
1t was a case of love at first sight,
as the captain proudly admitted, last
night and thereafter not a day
passed that did not find him in her
company. He soon ascertained that
while he was fighting overseas as a
first lieutenant in the 120th Field Ar
tillery. in the 32nd Division, his bride
was acting as a Red Cross nurse
with the Russian army. heading her
own unit and maintaining and equip
ping her own hospital train.
When the princess was besieged
by the newspapermen and photo
sraphers and was forced to flee from
Garfield Hospital where she was
studying American hospital methods,
Captain ShutZ became her protector
and business advisor. He accompanied
her on her informal visit to Red Cross
he adquarters here and was her guest
when she received Nine. Nina Tara
sova, the Russian prima donna. who
recently sang in concert at the Ma
tional Theater and who had appeared
for the Princess at one OF the lattcrs
salons in Moscow, her native city. He
was with her when she called upon
Princess Pierre TroubctZlloy lAmclie
Rives) her cousin by marriage. at the
New willard, though the novelist had
not registered, there as reported in
the society columns OF two Washing
ton newspapers and could not be To-
Gated. He really became her body
guard and in acting the role OF guar
dian he readily succumbcd to her
beauty, wit and intellect
Gave Him Gold Case.
Eighteen days after the first meet
ing the young army officer had so
successfully pressed his suit that the
princess presented him with solid
| gold cigarette case, which she pur-
chased in Paris. and ir which she had
had engraved the inscription, 40 my
beloved Wally, from Nadejda," only
her name was written in Russian.
Last Tuesday Captain Schultz ap-
,,eared at the marriage bureau and
applied for a license. requesting the
clerk TO keep its issuance a secret for
a few days II bears the maiden name
of the bride and not the name OF her
husband, Capt. Victor 4. Turin, who
was killed at Verdun while serving
with the French army.
When seen at the Willard last night
| Captain Schultz did not betray the
slightest signs Of nervousness, though
he confessed that there was a possi-
bility that the princess might not ap-
pear at the church.
eve will be married at noon " she
appears" he said. and when pressed
to explain the contingency added,
many Of her intimate friends In the
nobility here and In New York are
opposed TO her marrying "A commoner,
and they may interfere TO prevent the
wedding. but I told Nadejda as | left
! her this evening that I would never
rest until she was my wife. ! am OK
ceedingly happy for one thing She
is marrying me for myself alone. !
am not a wealthy man. VIC VIII go to
canada for BRIEF honeymoon, and
then We will go to Milwaukee TO live,
"a nv business interests are there"
In the only authorized interview
/ given out by the princess she had the
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