Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-25
THE TITLED WOOERS
Get a Broadside From the Leading
Women of the Capital City.
FOREIGNERS NEED CREDENTIALS
The Ladies. Including Cuban Beauty,
Boom American Husbands.
SOME ALLIANCES THAT ARE HAPPY

| rcoRREsPoNDENcE OF THE pIsfATcB.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-All Washing
ton is still talking of the gorgeous wedding
of Florence Audenreid to Count Forest Di-
vonne. 1t was gorgeous In the extreme, and
the brides wedding gown cost a fortune. 1t
was of cloth of silver, and its train was IL
feet long. Tt was wonderfully embroidered
and the wedding veil was the finest of
Duchesse lace, and this was pinned to the
brides dark hair by diamond feur de lis.
The bride wore at her corsage a magnificent
spray of diamonds which the Count gave
her, and she was, all told, more gorgeously
clad than Sheba's Queen in her glory.
The groom was quite as gorgeous as she
He wore coat embroidered with gold lace
There were jeweled orders on his breast, and
his costume was that which he wears at
court. All Washington bowed down in
honor to the couple, and all the diplomats OF
the capital were present. Secretary Blaine
brought the bride into st. Matthew's Church
on his arm, and he led her up to the front of
the church where he handed her over to the
groom. The French Minister was the
Counts best man, and two of the Counts
noble brothers came over from Europe to
attend the wedding.
The Presents In Keeping.
The presents were numerous and valuable
in the extreme. There were pounds upon
| pounds of solid silven The Counts brother
gave the bride a sapphire bracelet, and there
were diamonds and jewels and plate of all
| description. The bride looked beautiful,
and she is exceedingly rich. She is about
of medium height, has dimpIed cheeks,
dark eyes and most corpulent bank ac-
count She will make a striking addition
to the rich American girls who have mar
ried mobiles, and her marriage brings again to
the front the subject of International mar
riages.
| Should our American girls marry dukes?
The Worlds Fair of 1898 will flood the
country with fortune hunters. L have dis
cussed the situation with the leading ladies
of the capital this week and find them up
in arms. Mrs. Proctor, the wife of the Sec
retary of War, said: Doubtless there are
very many instances of love matches of per-
sons of different natienalities that might be
quoted as examples of lifelong happiness.
| Yet il every marriage there is much to test
| the devotion even when the individuals
have been surrounded through life by the
same customs and domestic influences, and
where marked differences exist, one could
scarcely expect perfect harmony"
Avery Risky Lottery.
Mrs. Dolph considers all marriages to be
at best lottery, and when contracted with
foreigners very great risk, that no parents
should be willing for their daughters to
incur. GAS to titles" responded the Sem
ator's wife, "no woman who sells herself for
such price can expect true welded happi-
ness. think it is high time that stop be
put to the growing habit among Americans,
and mothers should guard their children
from temptation in this respect
"Probably more marriages are made be-
tween foreigners and families of officers Of
the navy than any other branches, owing to
the opportunity offered for intercourse with
| representative residents at foreign ports,
where squadron officers find charming solace
for their leisure hours in the society OF
bright young American girls. 1t seems to
be the general impression that Miss Nellie
Grants married life has proved anything
but happy one. Yet Mrs. Grant never
loses an opportunity of speaking of her
daughters perfect content and pleasant do
mestic life in her English home. -
No Bounds to True Love.
Mrs. Miller, wife of the Attorney General,
said: ut is far safer and happier to wed
one whose education and associations have
been in the same sphere. One can seldom
be sure of the preconceiyed views and habits
of a stranger to our customs, and it is seri-
Gus risk to enter the matrimonial state with
out thorough investigation into a mans
credentials. Even If all seemed satisfactory
do not think would care tor child OF
mine to leave her home as the bride of q
duke or of any other titled aristocrat Still,
true love is the all-important point and it
has no national bounds"
Mrs. Blanchard, wife OF the Representa-
tive from Louisiana, is typical Southern
woman of enlarged views. She writes me:
"Many American girls have married for
eigners and few to their happiness. The
great majority have married to their sorrow.
Most emphatically do not think it advisa-
BILE for our girls to seek or wish for foreign
alliances. Too many are dazzled and i'm
posed upon by the seeking adventures who
parade seedy title in the hope of alluring
beauty and wealth. Others who marry
among the nobility or wed foreigners of
position and who find congeniality, enter
into sphere of life where the conditions
are so different from what they are accus-
toned to, that the change cannot be alto
gether conducive to contentment.
The Mercenary Lordlings.
"The chances that the match is made from
mercenary motives on the husbands part In
the case of a foreign union are far greater
than when the man is an American. To be
sure, Miss Mary Endicott made happy
match when she swore allegiance in love and
honor to the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain.
She met with warm welcome on the other
side, and she has won universal admiration.
Yet we can hardly consider the English as
strangers. since so many Of our Oldest FAM
lilies claim them as progenltors. and the old
Puritan stock from which the Ehdicotts de-
scended claim to have stepped upon New
England soil from the deck of the May
flower"
Mrs. Menocal, wife of Engineer Menocal.
o. S. A., at present in charge of the Nicara-
guam Canal project, is Cuban by birth,
though from her 81 years of welded life in
the United States she has become stanch
American, and true supporter of our ma
tional customs. I asked her for an ex-
preston OF her views in regard to foreign
marriages, and she replied
The Wife in Free Land.
SIT makes my heart ache to see a young
girl led to the altar by foreigner. No
baur frua ond daay, fhn