St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28

de Potestad; Miss Sallie Mexican, of
Phlladelphia, daughter of the presiding
Cf1icer of congress during the War nf the
Revolution, who married Marquis
d'1rujo, Spanish ambassador to
the colonies: Miss Mary Pringle.
Of South Carolina, who married
Count de Francs: Miss jay. of New
York, who married Baron Won Schwein-
ltz; the two Misses CorbiD, daughters of
Francis Corbin, made distinguished
matches socially. the one marrying NJ.
de Dampierre, the other marrying the
Marquis MOrtmart; again. the two
Misses Carroll, daughters Of Gov.
Carroll, of Maryland, who married
men of high fashion, position and
rank, the one marrying the Count de
Kergolay, and the other Baron de la
Granger; then Miss Edith Fish, who
married son of Sir Stafford NOrthcOte;
Miss Fannie Butler, who married Hon.
and Rev. Canon Leigh. of Stoneleigh
abbey; Miss Motley, who married Sir
Vernon Harcourt, and her sister,
Miss Motley, who married Mr.. Sheri-
dan; Miss Corneia Wadsworth, of New
York, who married Mr.. Adair. of Ire
| land; Miss EndicOtt. of Massachusetts,
who married Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain; Miss Russell. also of Massachu-
sets. who married Sir Lyon Playfair;
Miss Ray. of New York, daughter of
Richard Ray, who married Baron de
COuryal, and Miss Hayward. of New
York, who married Count de Rohan
ChabOt.
All Women of Position.
All these ladies were women of posi-
ton in this country and of old colonial
lineage. Had they remained with us
they would have been brilliant Orna-
ments of our society and would have
taken leading part III it. All class them
as women of distinction and in every
sense representatives of the worth, re-
tinement and culture of our land. Their
positions came to them, not by purchase,
but by Inheritance. In speaking of the
titles Of nobility now born by these dis
tinguished women, it is well TO bear in
mind that when the trainers of our
federal constitution decreed that mo
title of nobility shall be granted by
the United States"-that the state
shall not by statute or letterS-patent
attest or enforce the precedence of any
family. that no titled or privileged per
son shall thereby exist in the country,
no ariStocratic and patrician class, no
peerage nor orders of society in church
or state--indviduals ambitious in
social way were turned over TO their
Wv NShiOCo W OCOulS ll4u hCCp oOCldl
precedence.
One can see on the first volume of
Talleyrand'S Memoirs a plausible eX-
hibitiOn of the causes of the rise and
fall in France of letters of nobility, and
OF the influence in that relation which
the French revolution at the end of the
last century had on the exclusion of
such titles by our fundamental law. In
England today title of nobility, the pre-
cedence of certain men and women in
society, are regulated by law and by
statute, the law courts enforce them as
any other rights, but in the United
States no man, woman or child can have
a regal claim to any personal. social and
ceremonial prominence or precedence
which the state can enforce. The presi-
dent has it not. What he is. what
power he has IN law, the law PIE
scribes. His wife has no place in So
cial order that is prescribed by law. In
law she is no more than any other wife.
10 dub her 1.-The first lady in the land"
is silly; woman cannot get title from
her husband or because he holds any
office. Therefore it is laughable for a
wife of an official to call herself or put
on her card Mrs. President" or Mrs.
Vice Preiident," Mrs. General" or
Mrs. Paymaster" or Mrs. Postmas-
ter"