St. Paul daily globe., 1891-12-28
MACS BIG IPSE DIXIT.
Ward McAlliSter Advises the
AGO to Linger Here in
America.
Success in This Country Is
Not Always Success When
Abroad.
Plenty Of Rich Americans Are
Excluded From English
Society.
The Best Place for Our So
ciety Men Is on Their Ma
tive Shores.
Ward McAllister in New York World.

uepl0reQ. 1n6y Sn0ulQ remain III IDelf
own country and endeavor to improve,
develop and enlarge the society of their
native land, foster the elegancies of life
here. seek their enjoyment at home and
build up for themselves a reputation
and name to beQueath to their children.
The principle of equality implanted
In them as Americans should deter
them from going abroad permanently
TO plead for and strive to gain notice
and recognition from those who WELD
there social power. If they 90 laden
with gold, this will certainly attract a
certain amount Of attention, and the
lnnumerable sycOphants that line the
highways and byways in London will
soon tell them that, if they will enact
the part of Lady BOuntiful in their
English charities, they will certainly
rapidly advance themselves socially.
Very Eager.
Following such instruction, they at
once eagerly purchase everything that
royalty makes, be it pOrtiere, screen
or bedquilt. for which they are called
on to pay triple its value. To succeed
in London they hire a lOrdly mansion
and a retinue of servants, and then be-
gins the arduOuS task of courting,
toadying ana fawning Oh the English
nobility. If clever, they at times sue
ceed beyond their expectations. and
really come into notice and receive some
little attention; but, battle as they NAV,
in the end it is palpable to them that
they are simply received on Sufferance.
never gain real social toOting-such a
one in which they can feel Sc cure.
Absenteeism by the people of wealth
of this country would bring great mis-
fortune to our land. We require the
charities of our rich people much more
than Europeans; they are, literally, a
better investment here than any they
could make abroad, for here you have
an individuality. there you are pain
fully reminded that it is lost to YOU.
Here you gain the love, respect. and
earn the esteem of your cOuntrymen by
your good works; there, ii very rich,
yOu are pointed out as the rich Amer
lean who has paved his way with gold
by giving, out of his abundance, such
and such vast sums for such and such
an estinable work, ''that we English so
carefully foster" On their finger ends
they soon have list of your charitable
gifts to qualify their accepting you and
making of you an exception ITO those
horrid Americans, who are overrunDing
England"
buying Her Way in.
A distinguished English woman told
me that on the occasion of her daugh-
ter's marriage one of my country
women, almost unknown to her, had
rushed up at a reception in London.
startling her with, My dear lady, |
shall send your charming daughter
wedding present tomorrow. She is
such dear creature | must do it," A
superb piece of silver was the gift, so
valuable that she felt compunctions at
receiving it. Il told my daughter we
could not accept gift of such value"
l replied, well, my dear lady, did you
kept it. How could / return it? But
you know you Americans are so Law
Ish!"
Gold will unquestiOnably clear pass
age for you quite up TO the Prince of
Wales, and will maintain you near him
as long AS you laviShly shower it on his
subjects, he witnessing your prodigal-
lty: but when you come to analyZe
your position, you soon find that you
are not there to stay" You are
not a part and parcel of them ::
it is simply your individual, un-
firing work that has placed you there
and that must ever continue to keep
you there. The same wealth properly
used III your own country will carry
you and keep you at the front without
effort. You can form for yourself your
own little circle and make your posi-
tion brilliant one, have something real
and lasting, and though our society is
smaller, 1t is TO many minds more at
tractive, equally as brilliant.nOt so bur-
lea up and encumbered with Ger emOnial
but vastly more enjoyable. You grow
with your city and its society; you are
hanging on to nobody; on the contrary,
others are hanging on to you; you be-
come recognized social power To be
looked up to in the very front rank
not as in London, at the tail end of the
kite, hanging on for dear life, in terror
OF being at any moment dropped off.
tghing for More worlds.
Safety is really the motive power
that actuates many to eXpatriate them
selves; like Alexander, They want
more worlds to conquer" They have
literally done here all they can do: they
are on the topmOst pinnacle of fashion,
there is nothing more to desire here.
They see that royalty is still to be
reached; they go 10 Europe to get neal
enough to it to try and baSk in its sun.
GIOlll Tic IOuE IIdb ROYALTY
smiles on them new interest in life i.
given them, new desires, new incentives
AS they never'can there reach topmost
social pinnacle, they pass their lives in
fruitlesS attempt 10 accomplish it.
Picture TO yourself what this country
would be deserted 10y all her rich men
simply a second Ireland.
Why, then. should you decry society
mere, which is really part of the life
blood of the nation? The handspring
Of ambition What is a man without
society? A component part of society
is competition to OutdO your neighbor. Il
appear wiser or better dressed or richer
or more learned than he; in fact, in
certain sense, it is a race, a scramble
but healthy one. What is man with
out competition, without ambition, anC
what would this country become with
out society? A nation of workers
indifferently dressed, Indifferent,
housed, indifferently fed, all intent OF
one sole object-money.
They Married Europeans.
Many of our women have married
Europeans and been compelled to leav,
us and reside in Europe. OF those VIII,
are fitting representatives of the line
age, wealth, responsibility and worth O
this country. of colonial families
were the three beautiful Misse
Cation, of Baltimore, members o
the Carroll family, the one mar
rylng the Duke of Leeds, anothe
the Marquis of Wellesley (the eide
brother of the Duke of Wellington. th
third, Miss Elizabeth Cation, marryIn.
Lord Stafford. The annals of the tim,
speak of the reign of Lady Wellesley a
one of the most brilliant in the his
tory of Dublin castle. She had highly
successful career in London, and re
ceived the appointment of first lady il
waiting to the queen. Miss Thorne, O
New York, whose mother was a Jaun
cey. married Baron de Pierre She wa
dame d'honneur to the Empress Eu
genie, and thought to be one of til,
handsOmest women in France. He
sister married Count de Ferrurac, an(
still another Miss Tnorne married BarOI
de Verrenas.
Then we have Miss Chapman. O
Philadelphia, who married the MARQUIS