A Great Heiress.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue I, 5 July 1902, Page 28

A Great Heiress.

"Most people." says "M.A.F.," "have heard of Baron Hirsch. but few know anything of the young girl who has inherited the greater part of the vast wealth which her grandfather accumulated. Mlle. , Lilie’ Hirsch—undoubtedly one of the greatest heiresses of the twentieth century—lives in Brussels, where she may be seen daily walking on the boulevards or driving in the Bois. Of middle height and inclined to embonpoint, she has a plump and cheery appearance, with a face crowned by a wealth of the loveliest chestnut hair. Her style of dress—in elaborate costumes, heavy furs, etc.—was, I used to think, not altogether becoming to so young a girl. I have never seen her look better than she does at present, dressed in simple mourning. Mlle. Hirsch has made her home with the Monteflores. Her life, so far, has been very quiet, very happy, and as uneventful as that of the ordinary Belgian girl of the upper classes. Some years ago I went to a children’s party given in honour of ‘Lilie’s' birthday. Most of us spent the greater part of the afternoon inspecting her multitudinous dolls, which were of every size and quality, and dressed in the costumes of every nation known and unknown. We were much amused, however, to find that of all that gorgeous array, a gentleman doll was the one dearest to its little owner’s heart. It had been dressed by a fashionable tailor, and had quite a complete wardrobe. Riding, evening and .‘hooting suits, overcoats and caps, and—not least among the many accessories that go to make up the toilette de I'homme du monde—a dainty little handkerchief with ‘Jonathan’ embroidered across the corner! But this was half-a-dozen years ago. A serious matter will soon occupy the mind of her guardians—rhe selection of- a life partner for their young ward. May he prove as satisfactory a companion as the little curly-headed gentleman doll of long ago!”