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Show TO WED VANDERBILT HEIRESS. Engagement of Miss Gladys to Austrian Aus-trian Nobleman Announced. Nowporf, It. I. Following tho arrival ar-rival hero of Count Lnszlo Szcchcnyl of Hudnpest, formal announcement of his, ongngomont to MIsb Gladys Moore Vandorbllt, daughter of tho lato Cor-nollus Cor-nollus Vnntlerbllt, and ono of tho richest rich-est heiresses In tho country, has been mado. It Is expected tho wedding will take placo at Tho Hreakors sonio tlmo this autumn. Count Szcchcnyl, whoso nnmo Is pronounced Tse-chen-yco, Is 28 years of ngo, rich, good looking nnd n lieutenant lieu-tenant In his king's lmporinl hussars. His father was Count lCmcrlch Szo-chenyl, Szo-chenyl, nnd had tho decoration of tho Order of tho Golden Flocco. Ills mother mo-ther wns Countess Alexandra of Szo-taray-Szlrmay. Count Lnszlo haB threo oldor brothers, bro-thers, Coimts Dlonyslua, Fetor nnd Stophan, nil of whom, llko himself, nro reserve lieutenants In tho Imporlal hussars. Tho count, who Is tho youngest son of tho lato Count Kmorlch Szochenyl, for several years ambassador from Auslra-IIungary to Gormany, Is rich nnd good-looking. Ho has n horodl-tary horodl-tary seat, in tho Hungnrlan parliament parlia-ment and Is ono of tho chamberlains of tho Austrian emperor. Miss Vandorbllt Is tho youngest child of tho lato Cornollus and Mrs. Vandorbllt, nnd wns Introduced .to Now York nocloty threo yenrs ago. SInco her dobut uho lias passed constdorablo tlmo each year In Kurope with her mothor. They wont abroad tho last tlmo following a trip to California last April. Thoy returned to Now York recently, re-cently, coming Immediately to Now-Port. Now-Port. Miss Vandorbllt Is very popular In socloty. Sho Is accomplished In music and hns studied singing In Paris with Jean do Heszke. Miss Gladys Is just past hor twenty-first twenty-first birthday, when sho was allottod her sharo of hor father's vast estate. Tho sharo nmounted, It Is estimated, to about $12,D0O,O00. |