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when the noble foreigner comes in the cabin,
it is well to wait for confirmatory testimony
as to the name he bears before accepting his

account Of himself.
Germany. also, furnishes America with
plumber, of noblemen,--as rule, Barons;
but as almost every fourth man one meets ili
that land is a Baron, the title is not so highly
esteemed among the title-hunters Of the
United States as some others. Germany may
be considered as the home Of titles. for pro-
fesslonal names are used in ordinary conver-
sation as well as those created By Royal pat
ent. Not only is the doctor, the director, and
the lawyer spoken to with this prefix, but it
is shared in by their wives, and is exacted by
the rules Of politeness.
riages may be effected in a foreign land,
with approximate chances of happiness, rs
i'll the native one. They involve q long
residence in the country, and Intimate ac-
aiaantance with its people and friendly rela-
With the language is naturally implied. The
exercise Of ordinary prudence under such
circumstances Is attended with the results
following marriage at home. These condl-
tions are hardly feasible to Americans, who
are generally travellers, or at best sojourncrs
Of 4 year or two. Those who reside abroad
longer are usually deprived OF the prudent
presence Of the head Of the family, who can
not absent himself from his business. what
eyer it may be. for-an undue length Of time.
There are men. however, entertaining this
singular idea Of domestic life. who permit
their families to dwell i'll foreign parts for
years, they remaining at home to toll and
supply them with money, from which sepa-
ration it is hardly necessary to add, estrange-
ment, and unhappiness frequently follow.
10 establish friendly relations with honest,
decOrous. and esteemed families of, say, 4
country like France is exceedingly difficult
for the foreigner, unless opened up with
possess. If the American girl does not en-
counter the noblenlan on what is considered,
by n fiction OF international law, American
soil-the floor of the legation-shc meets
him in one Of the houses OF the American
Herewith, and where a group Of noblenlen
may always be found. Although such 4 col
olist may have been residing ten years or
more in the place, 1t is rarely that 4 French
woman is seen in her house; of the
blenen she knows nothing. The
freedom aud accessibility Of such q
drawinn-room are contrary to the customs
of the country, and, if no other reason ex-
listed, this would be sufficient to account
for their absence. The nobelnan i'll quest
Of money goes there rather for business
than pleasure, in his continuous hunt after
the American heiress, Indeed, tlis prac-
tical way Of looking OH marriage is feat
IRE that extends trongl al glasses Of tue
among French. publicists to look upon the
French as a peopls OF sentiment and ideas,
while they regard Americans as a positive,
practical people, given over to the pursuit OF
fhH dollar In E12 GSCi0SlOn OIL LlS 2EllLlt sell
timents tim '+ Of T m romance. For instance, that
impractical leaning toward mysticism which
conducrs Il, yag,le. unsatisfactory results. III
theoIogy and Spiritualisln, is Il trait OF Amer
lean eiaracter which the Frenchman cannot
Comprehend. com and, not coinprehending, he
h,,eWthat Is. something done with an ulfc-
rinT native If Docketing a gain. In all the
affairs Of material life, the French are really
the most practical people i'll the world.
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his HI hIazon % saws in lis defense that a tfftle
shouId he regarded in the same way as
vainah1e Commodity: it has !, higl, market
value in America,-higher, perhaps, than in
any other country,-alld of this lie proposes
to take advantage; the young woman wants
lis title and he wants her money, and the
marriage becomes a fair exchange The
owner Of the titular ornament Of course
hnlis it at its highest value, and garlantls
it With the traditions Of his ancestors, from
The founder of the family down to himself.
This account often produces the same effect
on fha fair American listener which the story
If 0;IciIo did on the gentle Dcstlcmo1u.
What most probably contributes to the birth
Of this love, however, IS the coronet OF q
Countess on cards, coupe-pancis, plates,
knives. and forks, and all the paraphernalia
of a household
This explanation or defense of the noble
man. from lis point Of yieW may satisfy his
conscience, but as much can hardly be said
lie nidst of republican institutions, who
uars down the money. With All eQual.iiuity
surprising to one who has been taught from
childhood that marriage should Be based
on affection, and affection only, the father
sometimes enters into money stipula-
tions. us if he were selling a horse tfr
Il hale of cotton. LII thus disposing Of his
daughter. he has nothing to say in yindica-
ton Of the home principles in the midst Of
which he las been reared, and they 20 down
hrfore the first vigorous attack in 4 foreign
land. The cause Of this surrender Is natural
IL to he found in q newborn vanity. lie is
.loinr to became the father of Countess,
7ie Would nr0bably like to become Count,
Init that being unfeasible, he contents HIM
self with the second part; and it is this yari-
ance between profession and practice which
nften makes OF the American father fair
fargnt for ritlicule.
It Is not the Intention of the writer to be
Understand rs saving that moral deficiencies
are the traits Of nobIe1ncn as a class. for
there nre nrobatly rs many good men among
them in proportion to tiieir number as
in any other class, but these the young
American woman seldom meets, for they
are not tie kind to haunt legations and the,
houses of Americans in quest Of marriage
settlements, making Of it the business Of their
lives.
THUS it is that the young stranger from the
n4har side nf tho At1ontjr is ant fO meet 0nfy