Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
M MCORN|CK F|ANCE
| 40 AND FULL OF pep
Statement That He Is 81 De-
MED by Family Of Rocks-
feIIer Heiress.

Chicago, Feb. 2I.---With relatives al
Max Oser, Swiss horseman, whose en-
gagcnent 70 Miss Mathilde Mccormick,
daughter Of Harold Il. Mccormick and
granddaughter Of John ID. Rockefeller,
has been announced, popping up in NUM-
bers in Chicago and Milwaukcc, the
chief issue in Miss Matbilde's Alpine
romance yesterday became the age 81
her fancc.
Some Of the relatives Of Mr.. Os1
claimed he is 81 years old. Others
maintained he is 4S, as had been stated
in the newspapers since the UNUSUAL
engagement became public.
Howard A. Colby, closc friend Of the
Mccormick family, in q statement TO
the press, asserted emphaticnlly that
Mr.. Oser is neither 4s nor 81 but that
be is much younger-only 40 years old.
in fact.
'These people who claim 20 be Mr..
Oser's relatiys have guessed all wrong"
said Mr.. Colby. why, Mr.. Mccormick
knows Mr.. Oser very well personally.
He's only 40 years old and well preserved
Full Of mustard and pep, you know.
Really, he is a young man.
Nov. Miss Mathilde is not Ike tho
ordinary girl less than IL. She's very
mature and sensible n Isn't ~ MI ike
marrying the average girl Of is. Every
one Of Miss Malthilde's family is much
| pleased" /"
Miss Mathilde was born April 8, 1905,
Hence she win be IL years old on April
s, next.
''Is the marriage TO take place soon
or will Miss Mccormick wait until sho
is 1s before she rnsrries Mr.. O>er?" Mr..
Colby was asked.
"As 70 that | cannot say" he replied.
"Of course. she can marry him any
time she wishes to. | understand the
legal age in Switzerland is 16."
New relatives Of Mr.. Oeer who ap-
peared in Chicago yesterday were Mrs,
August Epol, her daughter, Mrs. Iottie
Doerschner, and Mrs. Doerschner's 9
months-old baby Doris Mrs Epol ssyr
her husband, the father Of Mrs Doersch-
ner and the grandfather Of little Doris
was first cousin Of Max Oser.
"Mr. EpoIs father and Mr.. Oesr'.
mother were brother and sister" said
Mrs Epol, who is woman Of advanced
age. Yes, / believe that was the way
it was. But whether Max Oser was the
son OF Sebastian Oser or Of brother
of his, who was veterinary surgeon
| cannot say for sure. But | believe
Max Oser was truly an Oser. | do moi
believe he was the son Of the German
Count Won Der Muehl, who was tb'
first husband of Mrs. Sebastian Oser
Mrs. Martha Kulke Of Milwaukee,
Wis, who claims also to be cousin o
Max Oser, is 60 years old and lives u
factory section Of the city. She wa
going to the basement to do the family
washing when reporter arrived.
She denied that Max Oser il the sol
Of Sebastian, and stated he is the so1
of Frederick Oser, Sebastian's brothcs
10 was this brother that Mrs. Epoi sail
she thought was veterinary surgeon
but Mrs. Kulke says he WAS q pasto
and poet
Emil L. Burgy, interior decorator, in
sists that his story that bis cousin, Ma
, Oser, is his own age--57 years--is tru
From Switzerland yesterday cam
, fragments of stories which told of the 70
nance Of Mr.. Rockefellers granddaugh
ter and her Swiss riding master on IN
: Alpine mountain trails and along tn
, shores OF Lake Zurich. These storic
were to the effect that Miss Mathild
: had become attached TO the horsema
) more than two years ago, that he had a
, first attempted to dIssuade her tror
her infatuation, but that subsequent
r he had himself fallen in love with he,
. Friends in Zurich SAID that Mr.. Nc
! Cormick had no objection to the cour'
ship and his daughters love for Osel
They added however, that Mrs. Edit
Rockefeller Mccormick, mother Of IN
3 girl, did object strenuously, and tina
Prince Alexander Won Hohenloh'
, another intimate Zurich friend Of III
h. McCormicks, had registered bus disaT
proval OF the match because of th
comparative social standing of Mr
Mathilde and Max Oser.
Miss Mccormick spent today in bec
4 resting from the excitement attendar
on obtaining her family's consent {
: marry Max Oser OF Zurich, Switzerland
) proprietor Of riding academy.
8 The date of her return to Switzerlan
h has not been decided, it was said. HI
: future plans viii not be considered unit
tomorrow or the next day. II Is prot
: able, Howard A. Colby said that Mi,
= Mccormick, her father and MIR. Colb
= will go South for few weeks.
v rnnN IN N ~yo nnNANCE