The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-20
M'CORMICK GIRL
 ID MARRY SWISS
 RIDING MASTER
Engagement of RoCkefeIler'S Granddaughter Is Formally Announced - FianCe Is
 Three Times Her Age
By Associated Press

Chicago, February l9--harotd r. Mccormick, president of the Inter national Harvester company. for natly announced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Mathilde, age l6, to Mr. Max Oser, 4s-year- pro nyietor of Berne, Switzerland, rid ing academy.
 The announcement, which followed a day of family conferences, was ls- sued through the butler at the home of Mrs Cyrus Mccormick, mother or the harvester president, and no in timation was made as to when the wedding will be.
 Miss Mathilde, who came home from Switzerland with her govern ess month ago to seek her fathers and mothers consent to the wedding. is planning to return 10 her home In Zurich. where she has lived since she was eight years old. in a short time.
 The formal announcement says;
 MT. Harold Mccormick announces the enga cement of his daughter, Miss Mathflde to Mir. Max Oser of Bernet Switzerland This announcement is hastened a few weeks by the fact of the recent newspaper publicity,
 Refuse Comment
 Though all comment was refused at the Mccormick home, it was un- derstood that the engagement has been approved by Mrs. Edith Rocke- feIler Mccormick, who recently eb- tained a divorce from Mir. McCor- mick, and by Miss Mathilde's grand father, John D. Rock efeller, ST.
 Mise Mathilde is one of the heivs to the great fortunes of John D. Rockefeller and Cyrus Hall Mo Cormick. inventor of the reaping machine Her fiance, of whom very little is known here, is said to have an income of s10O00 a year. He is just two years younger than Miss sMathilde's father, who was born Tn Chicago 50 years ago.
 Miss Mccormick went to Switzer- land eight years ago for medical treatment, and has made her home there ever since, spending great part of her time out of doors, tramp ing over the mountains and riding her favorite horses, often in com pany with MT. Oser, whose riding academy she attended.
 Traces of AffIiction Gone
 All trace of the early affliction which necessitated her living in ,witzerland. has disappeared and she is now tall stra ght-limber, black haired girl, with large black eyes
  features.
 To newspaper men who were her guests at tea party yesterday she disclosed she dislikes parties" and prefers the quiet of her country home in Switzerland, where she rides, tramps, knits, plays the piano and reads
 At Mrs. Edith Rockefeller MeCor- miek's home Mrs. McCormlck's secre- tary, when told by the Associated Press that the engagement had been announced by Mir Mccormick, said she had not heard of it and knew nothing of the matter beyond what she had read in the morning papers ~ Miss Mathilde ia unlike the typical American society girl, as she is un- like the typical continental society girl Speaking with a German half French accent she entertained The reporters with an account of her Requiring American slang q can say, Open up your mouth and let the moonshine in she boasted, and 1ne response to the general laugh which followed added:
 T guess that's the dope"
 Asked how long she expected to re- main in this country, Miss McCormick k said:
 "Oh, I don't know how long, I was here last year for two months that's all I could bear don't know how long I'll be able to stand it. You know, l don't care for parties, or the city. or society. I'm soused to the country"
 While here she is making her home with her governess and companion in Athe old mansion on Rush street, a