European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The countess from Pearl River . In tin1 l us e and Duchess if Windsor d he forc that i was in new York ending llii1 world s kali1, where inc fur husband s paintings is on exhibit Al Spanish Ilii ii. Sing i he Telephone liki1 a Broadsword. Fixing her Way thru Tiki a daily 15 photos by Guenter Schuettner leduli1 that would make a Basket Case of must men much less a woman. When asked if her sex and nationality in l create certain barriers she Reed. The Spanish have a great respect the american business world ii has i an advantage rather than a Liaholi Spanish men in business Are always lie More so than the  jiving with the throttle wide open is eng new for the countess. Her Early in Pearl Hiver was quiet enough 1 when Lime came for College she i shipped off to a Catholic girls a i mount is. Vincent s on the Hud i Wilh lights Oul us 10 o  world War ii was raging by the Lime t graduated i tried every possible  to gel overseas but no one would r posts abroad to girls under 25. One Jit Al a dinner parly in new York let a Man who had just returned from Tope who seemed very interested to we girls complained that All our Robers were overseas and we had to  a Lor the dinner the visitor Lunk her aside Siml said if slu1 was really sennas Alhindi serving overseas he could help her. I Pun her return to Vurl Hiver several weeks Laler. Her father said that he had received reports of the kill ask ing Rizic Lions. One Day there was a message Foi her to report to Washington. Shi1 was to lil her parents Only that she had accepted a position Uilah the War depart ment. One night Mil too Many months later sin looked Down from a pan american Clipper on the lights of . She bad Peconie  agent so 7 for the of fice of strategic services. Her assign i ill to Sere As an american agent ill Spain. A or the next year and a half she shed tin Xci line. And frequently Cinco Morla Hie. Life of a cloak and Dagger agent planning drops of agents behind enemy hues and sitting Opall night wailing for radio contacts that might or might not come trailing foreign agents hiding Brave French and Spanish women who sneaked across the pyrenees with in Fiir mation. And getting out of  Only u month after her arrival the future countess got her introduction to Spanish jails at Malaga but 1 was soon released by a kind old police chief who presented me Wilh a bouquet of red pm millions and his apologies for keeping an american Senorita in an ugly cell for two nights Shindy after the  Emit in. V la met an Alt Arlive Young spaniard named i this. He had a lot of other names Loo lint i never could remember  he started inting her to Bull rights and one Lay he escorted her to a ranch where everyone was invited to try their Luck Wilh the Cape and the Miriall bulls. Afler pasting the Small Hull twice. I Bec ainu very cocky and dared in Kneel Down in imitation of the passes 1 had seen in Ilio big run is. I  trampled mid  drop cd me out of the ring. Saying. Think you had Heller marry to and Slop a ont Mich silly icing so she agreed and my life As an Ameri can woman came la an abrupt  Vuk i i u Ait extended Wedi Linig trip the returned to Madrid where the count Ess was some Leal sir Piscil pm div nut that her Hii Liand did not dash off to the office each morning or any morning Lor that Mailer. Instead. Iacre were shooting parties Days at the Golf course and visits with his Many re lathes. Afler some weeks of this leisurely life she asked the count to Lell her some in ilk ii Bull his Hll siness interests. His reply was my dear. Spanish wives " no mix in their husbands busing i  , she Learned he owned several Large estates in Southern Spain called  tenant Farmers worked the land and came in once a year to Settle the accounts Bill the count Seldom is Ioctl Hie estates. When she ventured to suggest Attiat she would Liki in visit one of the incas the count replied that neither his Mother nor his grandmother had visited them and he saw no reason in Marl now but he finally relented. The Ory of her visit to the Finca a scuba late and its restoration into one of the most impressive country Homes in Spain was the subject of her first Shiok the Kurth heels lightly an interesting and entertaining account of a Way of life that is disappearing ill Spain. Among the i prom meals added to the estate was an Airstrip but this was abandoned after the countless almost lost her life in the crack up of a Small plane. Today she divides her Lime Between Pascu Alele Mel. Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn were recent House guest Madrid and the ., which she visits about twice to your. She plans to Divide the University Diu Alion for her Izreo sons Ages 12, 14 and 15evenly be tween tile  And european schools. As for the growing american influence in Spain she said "1 would prefer America to stay american and Spain to remain Spanish. 1 urn sorry to Sec that the great characteristic of Spain tile feeling thai everybody is somebody is rapidly disappearing and 1 think most of the americans living in Spain feel pretty much the same aleut  a in Madrid she s a Dynamo of Energy. To 1964 count Coumeri Center Wilh their three sons two employees on their Pilate Al Pascu Alele. The Staps and stripes t 9 "