The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-09-24
MARRYING FOREIGN TITLES.

An American lady, who Gloves those
dear aristocrats" devoutly, was telling
me some time since about an American
girl, Miss Y, Of one of our Western
States, who was sold to Baron De.
This high aristocrat married her with
the distinct understanding that he should
receive with her d0f Of 100000. But
rs this sum constituted the whole Of the
fortune left Miss Y by her father,
the noble Baron De- was obliged to
ask that the family of the intended bride
should raise an additional sum of 4oo,-
600 frances TO pay off the gaming and
other debts. This the mother Of Miss
Y paid out of her own private for
tune, so eager was the mamma TO have
her daughter well married The noble
Baron De would take the daughter
on no other condition. How humilia-
ting it must be to girl, if she has the
slightest self.respect left, to know that
she gains husband only by such igno-
bic barter and upon such base termsl
"Bnt then, added my lady informant,
"you must rccollect that she had the
honor of dining after her marriage with
some OF the best families in Europe, with
the Prince DE Thingumbob, the Count
Won Whatshisname, the Princess DE
Whodyccallcm and all those And
have heard say she has even been pre-
sented a; court in Vienna and Berlin and
spoken with the Emperor and Empress!"
Just think of it. Contemplate the tire.
mendous honor, and then say If you do
no, think that all that glory was dirt
cheap at the price Miss x paid for
it, To have had three minutes con-
vcrsaiion with an Empcror-is that not
cheap at $500. 900! 10 have sat at the
board of a Prince-is that not worth at
lcas; 4 million?
An American, nova resident of Paris,
who married one OF his daughters to
| Prince DE =, about five years since,
and gave the husband $500, 900 to take
his daughter off his hands, says that he
has one more daughter left and another
$500, 900 to spare for the right prince
or other nobleman when he comes along.
Mir ought not to have to wait long
for bridegroom. The price is suffi-
cicntly high, in point Of fact extravagant.
There are plenty of played-out noble
men to be bought for one-fifth that
amount every day in the year in Paris,
plenty of counts, dukes and not few
princes who would bite eagerly and
hungirily AT bait gilded with one or
two hundred thousand dollars. II
sounds much grander and looks great
deal larger when multiplied by five, and
converted into francs. One million
francs certainly seems great deal more
money than $500, 900. Apropos Of mar
rying for money, am reminded Of
funny story told me by an American
young lady who has been studying music
for some time in Vienna and Paris, and
is now singing with great success in
Italy. alludc TO Miss Clara Bernstein,
OF Cincinnati, o. One evening at
social gathering Frcnchman asked her:
"Your musical education must have cost
you 4 great deal of money, has it not,
Mile. Bernstein ?"
"Oh, yes; quite sum-"
"Wcll, now, don't you think you
would have acted more wisely To have
saved that money and got married?"
Miss Bernstein looked at her in,erroga-
tor quizzically and rcsponded: Perhaps
so, but on the other hand | don't be-
licyc could have bought just the hus-
band that would suit me for that amount
OF money, you know !'-PayTJ CU.
San Francisco ChT0Rifkf.