The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-21

v~Ith the GeF4sAeEs They Esy.
The unmarried vyeEn4a Of veafssl II
The TTri4e1 e ers probably the
ms es,siz Iaef { rs 10 tlse share
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$40 II fnsaae #lent uE al The world. She
Gan go setegs sAe fixes end do IS she
plaases. Size cs1 .g.sg either rictzres or
r,-e,5,yggs a1aas-5 azea=sa.lss ID her tastes
elss can ss1z.1alar Ia g.tzs.a ami winter
on tha Riviera. aud there II no one %
sav her u1y. sae eaa hoard her wealth
if her instincts ara Iaissrlys OK she can
do good with it without stint should
they chance 20 De- charitable. Bat the
moment that she consents to permit an
Europeau aristocrats as greedy FOR money
a. a starving wolf Is for mutton. g sss-
suEne authoritative sway oyer her for
tune aud her actions she becomes one Of
the dumb driven cattle" Of toye!e5s
marriage.
Apart from personal brutality. which
Is a far more COMMON cause Tor coul-
plaiat against the titled spouses Of
American wires than is altogether coG-
pretended, there are two great sources
Of unhapYIness always hing il wait 10
destroy the peace Of such unions. These
dangerous elements are the gaming Ia
BE and the demimonde. High play at
the clubs or at Monte Carlo forms the
recognized diversion Of society men in
Europe. The Sums staked and lost often
in a single evening are CT startling pro-
portions. Ten thousand dollars is looked
H. r., 4 o.
lette or baccarat The titled husband
of wealthy American lady lost ten
tines that sum at Monte Carlo some
months ago.
| had often heard it stated as fact
that American men are looked upon as
parzimonious and tiInid players in the
club life cf Paris. They want to stop
when they have lost some g, 900 or
g, 600" was the remark of a French So
ciety man on this question, while we,
on the contrary. consider that we have
at that point only just begun" The re-
cent catastrophe Of the young Duke
Dues, who has been put by his family
under legal control and has been Sent
out TO travel in Africa on account of the
rapid and thorough way that he was
squandering his fortune, IS one Of the
latest instances Of the kind on record.
As to the women Of the demimoDde,
the hold that certain sirens of this class
have over the minds and hearts Of their
adorers is q well recognized element of
danger III European marriages. To be-
GA with, such little affairs cast no dis
credit on the gentleman. On the cOn-
t1aly he IS thought to have lent Inster
to his career, such as IS given by the
possession Of famous horse or dog, if
he is known to have taken charge of j
celebrated actress or dancer. He shows
himself freely in public with the chosen
Of his heart, just as though that choice
had been ratified by tie law and by the
church. Sire acts as the hostess Of his
bachelor home, shares his carriage and
his opera box and is in all respects a rec.
ogniza1 factor III his life.
When he makes up his mind to get
married she is supposed to be pensioned
off, and in fact have known Of at least
one instance III which, on The union of
rich American woman TO French noble
man, a stipulation was inserted in tie
marriage contract for the payment Of an
annual income to the bridegroom's for
ner mistress from the fortune brought
him by his bridc.-Paris Cor. st. Louis
Pest-Dispatch.