THE DAILY HERALD : PLATTSMOHTH: NKHRA8KA, THUURDA V, MABCII 28, 180.
Tin: nociis xoijlemen.
A GIMPLE METHOD OF UNMAGKINQ
THE PriETCNDCins.
(.uu nt Tluit An' of Ni Arcimut llurotia
Am l?;irr ii .f All Honor Mar-
jiiU- Milhout it M.irli of IUt tuition.
AliK-rif-nti i:iiify Titkcn In.
On any lino l;i v yoti can m a dozen
fraudulent ihiI.Ictik n airing t Imiji.svI ves
M tlpjwr Dro.id way.
A Iwjrui b:u on, a counterfeit count, n
nis-.-iUi-l ifi:mji!is, hiiyiili never imiiosc
on any i ni y.
How can they lo deteetr d?
rasily enough. Siiiiimmo von have a
nobleman presented to you; the intro
ducer fehould bo able to voucli for him if
- tho matter of title id a point in question.
Hut j-otir bogus nobleman nearly al
ways present himself. Tlien go to the
consulate or lm country.
A SCKK iJKTfXTOIt.
Tliero it ii eaxy to satisfy yourself of
his identity. (ienerally sneaking, al
though not always, real noblemen regis
ter at tho consulate on their arrival in
New York, luit every consulate, even if
tho gentleman has not recorded there, is
moro or Ies.4al.le to give information as
to noblemen l'longing to their country.
Thanks to tho English I'eerago (Burke
and Debrett's) and tho German Gotha
ische, Grafen and Freiherrn Calendar, as
well as to tho army lists of Ijoth coun
tries, it is Tretty easy to get at tho facts.
And there are bo many real noblemen
and officers of the German and English
armies here in this city that the liogus
article could easily Ikj detected by being
confronted with the real one.
The impostor is generally good looking
and distingue and has a dangerous
knowledge of what he is talking about,
defending n his good looks and his
cheek to carry him through. And our
rich girl 4. Minded by what they ltelieve
to 1k tin1 honor of Ix-ing courted by a
real live lord ore.::nt, fall an easy vic
tim to the misem 1 til lous fortune hunter.
Counterfeit noblemen and real noble
men, who have s far forgotten what is
due to their name that they closely re
semble the bad article, abound and al
ways will :ih;uid in a great cosmopol
itan citv like I-.'ew York. As long ns the
present inordinate I ve for titles exists
in this enligiit. 'iK 1 republic, people must
not Ik? astoni -he. I if tliey are the dupes
of Mich :is 1. axe a ring of edua-
'tion and the !r t rail themselves by
A high wound ite; t.::l".
All tle-s" eo jriti il'eit noblemen have
one chara U-ri. .;;.- that is. on all jxwsi
Lle CKvasIi r..i tin y will I -rag of their noble
descent and v. ill t,!l the. most wonderful
stories of th, ir !!;:;; u:t homcand of the
doings of their ancestors generations be
fore them.
The l,it-t ; ') ( iiaen who has been an-
jiovinj v::r; m .
Of Mr. WIi;:;:;:
himrvli : 1 a v..-1
himself at v;-1 :
Count v.-:i Ai
various other :;:
tent ions were !
ili.-s. particularly that
; . la w-.i y, represented
:f the latter, called
: tla-i-s Count Don in,
.!. I5.iA.-i ledwitz and
e.i. W hat his real in
e not been found out as
yet. Ii:?-pec!i.r I';. -me .; ;f tho metropol
itan poli'je ha.-, nipped hij career in the
bud.
sr:.r:::n::s or Ti:n f plt.ious.
A peei:!:.'.r and rather amusing case
once c.".:ne under twe notice of the writer,
himself fer L::g years a:i olliccr in the
Prussian service. lie use 1 to lunch reg
ularly at a dwwn t'.vn restaurant, when
one day he win told by the proprietor
that he had an ex -officer, who was down
on his hick, as waiter.
The said waiter claimed to be a Count
X , and said that he was a first lieu
tenant in a crock cavalry regiment of
tho Guards. 1 he write was rather curi
ous to see the w;. iter, aj he had person
ally known Count X . lie was rather
skeptical as to tle waiter's identity, see
ing that lie told wonderful stories of his
prowess during the Tranco-German war,
tho count in reality having entered the
army only after the close of the cam
paign. At last the waiter made I113 appear
ance, and after having been taken to
task he acknowledged that ho was not
tho count, but was once the count's ser
vant. The latter fact accounted for his
intimate know ledge of the count's family
affairs.
Many are the cases where American
wives have married bogus noblemen and
Buffered bitterly for it afterward, simply
because they did not take the trouble to
make inquiries, but believed everything
tho smooth tongued rascals 6aid.
The writer was talking on Fifth avenue
with a gentleman, when tho name of a
marquis well known in New York was
mentioned. On asking what national
ity tho marquis was, ho received as
answer:
"Oh, he i3 not really a marquis, only
we all cell hir.i so."
The ini'i t dangerous aro tho Italian,
Spanish and I rer.ch marquises and other
noblemen, as titles of nobility exist in
those countries t; f.uch an extent that
they are really ii:n.v.!t to classify.
All this makes it very li.rd for such
noblemen who come here to gain a foot
ing in good society, as peols have been
so often dujK'd by the ppurious article
that when an authentic, man comes ho is
apt to be looked on with a dubious eye.
If the consulates here aro not able to
give information, it is easy enough to
write to the American consuls in Loar
don, Berlin, rr whatever country the
claimant of the tl'.l-y conies from, to re
ceive authentic information.
But as long as the inordinate craving
of Americans exL ts lor titles, so long
will the AircrL-an fctrre keeper and
tailor, as well as the American heiress,
fall an easy victim to the foreign adven
turer who" comes with a big sounding
title. The mcro names and the longer
the title tho better. New York Journal.
aire. Sldtlons' Shoes.
'Tcoplo think that I actually wear
Mrs. Siddons bhoes," said Mrs. Ellen
Terry, "but of course I don't. I cherish
them much too dearly for that, and only
to think they were ou the dear, dead
lady's feet. A present from one actress
to another. Hero are tho shoes, which
0X3 made of silver eatin, bound and
trimrscd with red silk, adorned with gilt
gpangles and gold embroidery." .
MARCH I9th.
Dress Goods
Selling out first-class Dress
Goods at nominal prices.
Full Line 51 inch all-wool extra
heavy fine -finish Tricot, regular
prices $1.25, closing prices 75 cts.
40 inch fine finish Tricot in pop-
ulor shades, cheap at 48 cents.
n
Silk "Warp Henrietta in black
and colors, regular prices $1.50,
closing prices $1.
EXTRA SPECIAL. !
wfcm
S D
Wash Goo
s,
Doista, Fill
40 inch Wool Checks, Plaids,
Fancy Stripes, Select Colors, cheap
at 40 cents, present prices 25 cts.
Double-folded, All-wool Tricots,
in all popular shades, at 25 cents.
-A.T
Weckbach's.
Canton Flannels were 8 cents, closing price 5 cents.
White Shaker Flannels were 15 cents per yard, now sold at 9 cts.
Heavy Grey Mixed Flannels were 40 cents a yard, closing
prices 29 cents.
Scarlet and Navy Flannels, lormer price 40 cents, closing price
3l cents.
Red Flannels as low as 19 cents.
Best Quality Domestic Sateens were 20 cents, now at 12c.
Good Quality of Ginghams at 5 cents.
Dress Styles were 10 cents, now only 7 cents per yard; please re
member 14 yards for $1.00.
Best Quality Fancy and Indigo Blue Plaids, , select colors, were
10 cents, closing prices 7 cents.
MARCH 19th J
Domestics.
W3SOKIBAH'
Odd Lengths ot Sheetings, Cam
brics and Muslins very Cheap.
Our Own, G cents.
Hope 7 cents.
Gold Medal 7 cents.
Maesasoit 8 cents.
Lonsdale 8i cents.
Fruit of the Loom 0 cents.
42 and 4G Muslens, Bleached
and Unbleached, 8, 9, and 10
quarters, sold cents per yard less
than the three past weeks.
When we say wc can
SAVE YOU MONEY
on our Goods we mean it.
We have said all we can for this
time, but invite vou to call and
be Convinced.
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WeGkbaGh's.i
