The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-12
THE LATEST VICTIM.

A good many people in this free and en-
lightened nation are prone to aping the
titled nobility of Europe This is especially
the case with those who become immensely
wealthy The simple pursuits and habits
of republicanism do not seem to afford
them an opportunity of sufficient proper
tions tor the display of their possessions
and they must have the titles and the tinsel
of the effete families of Europe to enable
them to do the grand as they seem to think
it ought to be done by those who can
afford it. This being the case, it is no
longer a wonder that the children, es-
pecially the daughters, of our Weather
circles, grow up to look upon our demo
cratic methods, customs and peoples with
more or less of disdain, and to cultivate the
arts and artifees the ''boast of heraldry and
pomp of power'' which exist in their lofti-
est but fimsiest condition beyond the At
lantic.
The latest case in point is that of the
daughter of c. p. HUNTINGTON, the Cen
trail Pacific railway millionaire A few
DAYS ago the cable news contained a sug-
gestive item to the effect that if the match
is not broken off her marriage to Prince
HATzFELDT would take place some time this
month. The prince was very exorbitant at
first. it should be remembered, and wanted
more coin of the realm as consideration
for the bestowal of his great title upon a
pleebian than HUNTINGTON pcre was willing
to stand, and his slender-legged nibs being
made acquainted with this and foreseeing
of course that he was tempting providence
by tampering with so great an opportunity
for a rare bargain, moderated his
requirements to such an extent that the
match is now considered 'On."
This is not to be looked upon as in any
sense love match, or that there is even
dash of that romance into which giddy girls
sometimes delight to take a plunge. 1t is
not even like the ordinary class of high
toned or even low-toned engagements in
this country, because it is charged with
uncertainties and these constantly keep the
interest of those most closely concerned in
the alliance on the q,ti Utue. 1t is said that
IT, interviews of the prince and his pretty
fdncee are not the usual sentimental tete-
a-tetes. Sometimes they are doubtless
counterparts of the first scenes in the
LADY of Lyons" while on other occasions
they resemble the middle chapters Of the
old fashioned novels, in which the stern
parent plays prominent part. The sweet
communion of two souls with but single
thought of marriage depends on the paternal
HUNTINGTON When he is in generous mood,
the prince says that without the lady Of his
heart life is nothing. He speaks of a
deep devotion that shall outlast this mum
dane existence. He calls Miss HUNTING
TON his prinzcSschcn-his beloved bride to
be. But on the occasions when Papa
HUNTINGToS's business instincts FREEDOM
mate over social ambitions, all is changed
Miss HUNTINGTON is sad. The prince
twists his mustache and gloolnily hints
that money is more precious than love
that his princes title has been offered at
genuine Yankee bargain, and he even
refers to other bidders who anxiously
await the financial decision of papa Hun
TINGroN.
There is a good deaf of deserved sarcasm
figuring in the newspaper comments of
this disgusting affair. The World Herald,
of Omaha, for example, INDUCES in the
following singing words:
Everyday American girls have no idea of the
hopes and fears that rend the breast of Miss
HUNTINGTON at these trying times. They can
not imagine how she feels when the prince parts
the pOruereS and executes a cold, distant, mill
tary bow with the words: Farewell This
will be our last meeting, unless your father
offers at least 10000 more than he did last
week" Then Miss HUNTINGTON probably seeks
an audience with her father, ana sets forth the
advantages of being parentin-law to a foreign
prince She tells how madly enYiouS all the
girls belonging TO the New York -Four Hundred
will be when they know she is a real princess,
and of course Mr.. HUNTINGTON raises the
dowry few thousand pounds. The variable
nature OF this international wooing must make
il extremely troublesome for Miss HUNTINGroN
TO arrange her trousseau. She does not wish to
buy winter wardrobe especially designed for
NE needs Of a real princess, and then nave her