New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

4. p,it,.h 10 the core. give IL as I heard ~
n,,.' as.,,re All responsibility for the answer
or for the consequences. ts..,,s, lady
+bat Nth two exceptions. every Engnsnmnn
,sho has n,arried an American has married money
=. 80. sav he has married for money pu'
~ 80 "a. had money and the Engiishnan whom
ara has married has been In almost every oaso
4 man who could not have married wisnouV A.
rh,s formidable retort is MT OF any ra'e' m
..sas ~, ;ea,ousv. or by the modification Oh Dai-
49, -. - bv anger at successful rivals Inc
-. 3, q "a !, lady who has married her own
Al, oh,.,s and married them well her atueuoe
,o,,o "a This question Is therefore as imparu ; az
-. r,,,Iisbyona .rs cen well be. She Khows
so.,stx. has known IL for forty years as 10"
~,,,ncn have known It. The social lore OF Lon
don / a. hor finger tips Her opinion VIII go ~
ssr a.. aovnody's. But the same rejoi1der WIN
u,f;ce tor her and sor the other British matron
,he one who con6ded her views to the large type
~ Sunday paper. They both assume s,a'e
- .a,rrs ,,h;ch does not exist They gcneranze
t.o,o particular instances The American eiri
1. nonsfAeted as n candidate / have said already
chat she e NOT conapetitor.odHer appearance IN
che english marriage marlxct iscpnreiy acciuehe',
sra excentional. Each marriage must be ]uosea
- a.. rerits Take them all together anu
49, arc too few 10 supply material for any
;sa, .,;on xvhateyer, awe are In some danger
- ran;o In this countfy In Yekafd TO the American
riri : nhssrvts one English wfitef: metropolitan
this one not provincial Perhaps, and panic Is
bed councillor. It tends. for one thing 10
r,ultinlv the number of the enemy. There are IN
England between thirty and forty millions OF
PEOPLE There are in the United States more tnan
sixty millions How many AnRio-Amerioah -n.
riRres have there been-marriagcs In ohe o''''
which alony IS under discussionY Are tney
hundred in oil
Nobody who knows London would think OF say
ing that the number is lnrge. rev s'noi'01 =.
women are well known in London socieS'
kmay be said of most of them that TO De khown
Dis to be admired. am not gong 10 crosS n's
matroniy friends Us for her in print Dus w. w.
vately went SO far as to ask her WIG 81
thought that her two American wives VINO "eio
moneyless were less admired because they were
moneyiess. She did not think so. vi eourse
there are IN fact more than two. It does NOT
from our point Of view. signify how many tnere
are It is enough to say that some Oh then,
have won sigrsl triumphs without money. ana
that with the most splendid successes oil OIL
money has nothing whatever to do. II does nOs
strike one az overcredtable TO the English nusoanu
-.
OF the American wife to urge that IL was t,e
dowry and not the wife he cared for. he miRn'
ask to be spared defence of that sort
But he has q reply ready. He can boint 10 pne
social conauests of his wife: to the posinon shc
won on her arrival. and has maintained since
London society never asked whether she naa
money. II she had those personal qualities wncn
insure social success. she was welcomed; il sue
had not her millions would be of little use 10
her. The husband is ut-sne. step; IL Is wna'
follows upon marriage. itfsf thsrtnhuence OF .ne
American girl after marriage upon English soc'e'y'
that has to be explained. Neither Of the Two
English ladies whom have l'een ouotane explains
il in the least. l dealt with the money answer
IN nv first letter and I repeat that when our
English friends have said ell they can about
dollars they have still TO account for the con-
tinuing stsracsivssess Of the American Girl
G. w. s.