New Britain herald., 1923-07-26
TO ADOPT
YOUNG AMERICAN.
AID in New York Paper Makes
Strange Offer

New York, July 26.--In today's Ne"
York Times Is offered to young AM
erican answering certain requirements
the title of prince or princess IN q
European kingdom The 4 offer Is
made by princess, whose only son
was killed In the war, and who now
desires to adopt son or daughter To
comfort her in her old age. The ad-
vertisement reads:
Personal Appropriateness, advanc-
ed In years, with no heirs, desires to
perpetuate title and will legally
adopt American, comforting thereby
inalienabe title: one of the principal
European Kingdoms; title absolutely
authentic, dating back to eighth CEN
fury; person adopted must possess
culture and refinement, be of unques-
toned reputation and means COM
mensurate with highest social posi-
ton. .A. .... ..'
It was inserted through the law
firm of Campbell & Boland, 342 Madi-
son avenue. Edward Kellogg Baird,
a member of the firm, refused yester-
day to reveal the identity of the prin-
cess. Nor. would he divulge any per-
sonal information through which the
identity OF the princess might be as
certained
But he did admit that the princess
came from one of the allied countries
Of Europe, and that her reason for
wishing to adopt an American Is sole
ly out of gratitude to America for aid
ing her country during the war and
the period Of reconstruction.
Mr.. Baird explained that there was
no desire on the part of his client to
carter her title for American dollars
THE stipulation of means com.
mensurate with highest social posi-
tion," he explained, means merely
that the person adopted must have
wealth to live up to his or
her social position. 1t takes money
to support title"
The matter Of sex, he said, is of no
consequence. What the princess wants
Is some one who will be congenial
companion and who will perpetuate
her title.
H.,
has many personal friends, among
whim she might find some one to
adopt, but 1t has occurred to her that
she might fill the requirements in this
way rather than from among personal
friends. There were a great many
noble families decimated in the late
war. 1t does not seem strange, then,
that she should want to perpetuate
her title through adoption. There is
nothing novel about this. The ancient
the Phoenicians, Egyptians,
Greeks and the Romans all recogniz-
ed adoption. Especially among the
Romans we. have many examples of
noble families adopting sons"
Asked why it was that the princess
Insisted on hiding her identity, Mr..
Baird said that she Is In delicate
health, and that once her identity be-
came known she probably would be
constantly annoyed by all sorts of adj
renturers. Asked If the princess was
n New York at the present time, he
admitted that she was, but added that
she would not remain here long.
This is the second advertisement of
somewhat similar nature to have
in The New York Times this
week. Last Sunday an advertisement
vas inserted by c. A. M. McCready.
,325 Chetwynd avenue, Plainfield, N.
j., In which an impoverished Ameri.
'an-born girl whose father is of high
3ritish descent and whose mother
ZONES from an Austrian noble family,
'sked for adoption into an American
Tome, where she would be surround
ID again by the comforts which she
had been accustomed.