The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-13
MARRIAGE In HIGH LIFE.
MALLISTER SAYS THERE ARE
LOVE MATCHES IN SOCIETY.

European and American Society.
Ones Rank in America is Easily
Lost-Girls Who Have Married for
Titles and Girls Who Would Like To.
CCopgight)
NEW YORK, April 12-"TheTe is no doubt
that American girls have great fondness
for foreign titles" said Ward McAllister
the other day, in speaking of international
marriages, land presumably the fondness
for titles extends to the posseSsors of them.
If it did not it is scarcely necessary TO say
there wouldn't be much happiness in inter-
national marrying. Just as Sir Harcourt
Courtly in London Assurance makes an
arrangement to secure the estate of an heir
ess through his marriage with her, and
takes the estate with all the live stock on it,
so the American helress procures the title
of countess, or baroness, or duchess, or
whatever it may be which has fascinated
her by accepting the foreign nobleman on
whom such titles grow ana have their being.
The growth and development of this sort of
thing is practically matter of dozen
years II started when Consuela Yznaga
married Lord Vaudeville, who is now the
and suppose what is generally admitted TO
be its most absurd development in the pro-
lected marriage between Miss Gwendoline
Caldwell and the Prince Murat"
"Was Lord Mandeville's marriage, or
rather the duke of Manchester's, the first of
these affairsl"
al presume there were marriages be
tween American girls and titled foreigners
before that time, but so far as the history
of international marriages in New York
society is concerned, that was undoubtedly
the pioneer. it created great deal of ex-
element, and suppose Consuela YZnaga
at that time was among the most envied
girls in New York. She was pretty girl,
and although her family possessed no great
wealth, she was accepted cordially in
society. She lived with her mother, if
remember rightly, in a pretty place at
Orange, n. J., but was constant visitor at
the best houses in New York. When Lord
Vaudeville came over here first, the story
was that he was devoting himself to Miss
Minnie Stevens, who afterward married
Capt, now Col, Alfred Paget. Consuela
Yznaga and Miss Stevens were at that time
exceedingly good friends, and were so much
together that it was very easy for nybody
to mistake the fair object of Lord Mande-
villes attentions.
"The engagement of the Englishman to
the fair American was led up to, believe.
through great deal of very prettily col
ored romance. As a matter of fact. Lord
Vaudeville fell i'll while visiting the house
of Mrs. Yznaga in Orange, and his illness
was SO serious that it was impossible to
remove him from the house. During the
time Of bis illness the fair young girl nursed
him, and when he finally recovered from
his sickness he made her an offer of his hand.
She accepted it, and the marriage was
celebrated here with great deal of pomp
DO
when that was, but il was more than twelve
years ago. You will remember that Lord
and Lady Vaudeville returned here to New
York on a visi. TO Willie K Vanderbilt and
his wife in 1888, and it was in their honor
that the Vanderbilts gave that wonderful
fancy-dress ball which long ago became
part and parcel of our social history.
'The Mandevilles have not been in New
York since that time, but hear from them
constantly in London in an indirect way.
and | am told that Lady Vaudeville has
made wonderful social success there Lord
Vaudeville, of course, is not wealthy man,
and she is not, therefore, able to entertain
in the splendid fashion which is common
enough in England among swell people; but
/ am assured that the very best people ia
the Kingdom crowd to her Modest house
and throng her simple entertainments. She
is credited with charm of manner and a
magnetism which are much more appre-
ciated in hostess than any splendid hospi-
tality she may be able to dispense
"What are the other notable cases of
handsome and wealthy American women
marrying foreign noblemens'
well. it is pretty difficult to say which
are the notable ones, because from the very
circumstances in cases of that kind they are
ell notable. Miss Mackay as you will re-
member, the daughter of John w Mackay.
married Prince Colona. Mrs. Frederick
W. Stevens, who was Miss Sampson, the
daughter of an old and wealthy
merchant in New York, and after
ward the wife of Frederick w. Ste
vens, of this city, separated from her
husband and married the Duke of Dino. a
descendant of the Marquis Of Talleyrand,
and in England, as you know, Miss Minnie
Stevens married Capt Paget. The daugh-
ter Of Leonard jerome married Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, and Mrs. Hamersley
married the Duke of Marlborough. Lord
Randolph Churchill and the Duke of Mari
borough are, of course, brothers, so that
there are more American wives in that
family than in any other titled family in
England"
''Do yoa know whether or not these
international marriages have been happy
ones2n
II think they have l know from ac-
counts which have been received by people
in New York here that the marriage Of the
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough has
turned out much more happily and salts
factorily than was predicted either in New
York society or at the clubs. Well-known
people who returned from England last fall
and who had visited the Duchess of Marl-
borough during the summer at Blenheim
castle and who saw them in London, say
that their establishment is everything that
any reasonable being could wish, and that
the Englishman and his American wife
seem 10 be very happily united"
''Mrs. Col, Paget has been in New York
during the past season, has she notY
Ives, she came over here on visit to her
mother ana has been seen a great deal in
society during her stay. She has been at
the opera frequently, has attended all the
balls and leading entertainments, and
seems to have enjoyed herself thoroughly
She finds entertaining In New York much
more elaborate than it was when she lett
here several years ago, and declared herself
to be somewhat astonished over the advance:
that have been made here. She is look
ing exceedingly well, although moi
in such robust health as her friends would
like to see her, but / have no doubt that the
trip she contemplates to the south of France
will put her ali right again. Some Of her
comments on American society as viewed
from the English standpoint have been
very entertaining, and l have no doubt
that her suggestions here to her scores OF
friends in society have been very service
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