The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-08
TITLES SECURED BY AMERICAN
WOMEN.

WOMEN.
The announcement is made that the
famous New York belle, Adele Grant, is
about to marry the Earl of Essex. The
Earl is not descendant of the Essexes
who figured so largely in the Cromwelian
era and in the reign of Queen Elizabeth;
but he is peer of England, and his wife
will take her place in the gallery of the
peeresses at coronations. Ii Adele Grant
is really 10 be the lady, she will add an
other to the long list of American ladies
whose money and whose charms have
placed them in the ranks of the British
nobility.
They are beginning to constitute quite
phalanx. Among them are the Duchess of
Manchester, who was Consuelo I'm aga of
New York; the Duchess of Ma Thorough,
who was Lilly Price, and afterward Mrs.
Hammersley; her sister i'll law Lady
Churchill, who was Jenny Jerome; the
Countess of Craven. who was COrnelia
Martin; the Marchioness of Anglesea,
who was Minnie King of Georgia; Lady
Playfair, who was Miss Russell of Boston :;
and besides these. are number OF
Americans, who. without being titled. are
leaders of society in London. Among
these may be named Mrs. Colonel Paget,
who was Minnie Stevens. daughter of
Mrs. Paran Stevens; Mrs. Adair, who
was one of the New York Wadsworths;
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, nee Mary Endi-
colt, daughter of the late Secretary of
War; Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck. who was
Bessie Livingston; Mrs. Ralph Vivian, who
was the widow of Marshall o. Roberts;
Mrs. Dudley Leigh of Stonelegh Abbey,
formerly Miss Helen Beckwith. These
untitled ladies occupy position in
society to which some titled Englishwomen
vainly aspire. The well-bred American
girl has a natural genius for social leader
ship.
The French and other continental no.
blesse are still more inclined TO take Amer
lean wives than their English brethren.
Thus the Duke de la chefoucault, with
one of the oldest titles in France. married
Marie Mitchell. we'll known on this side of
the con tinent; Prince Chimay espoused
Miss Ward of Kentucky; NJ. Waddington,
the French AMBASSADOR and statesman, is
the husband of Miss King of New i ork:
the Duke de Rustin Choiseu took to wife
Eliza Forbes. the Count de Kergolay mar
rled Louisa Carroll of New York, while
the Baron de la Grange espoused her sister
Anita. the Marquis of Talleyrand Perigord
married Miss Curtis of Boston, and the
Count de Rohan-Cbabot gave his name to
Miss Zephita Hayward. Among continental
noblemen outside OF France Graf Won
Waldersee married Miss Lee. Prince HAITI
field Miss Huntington. Count Sierstorpf
the famous belle. Miss knOwlIon of Brook
Ign. Miss Mackay won Prince Colonna.
Miss Lorillard Spencer captured Prince
Cenci. and Mrs. GrymeS of New York,
having secured for herself an admirable
parti in the Baron Won Hoffman, married
her two daughters to men of title. one to
the Marquis de Mores, the other to the
Baron de Sturm, who is now German Min
lister at Madrid.
This long array of marriages in the pur-
pie explains the ardor with which Ameri-
can girls Of wealth and beauty aspire to
European travel. The European hook is
baited not only with treasures of art and
marves of antiquity. but likewise with
title, which is generally appetiZing to the
female palate. 1t is to be hoped that those
who do win the prize on which their hearts
are set have reason afterward to congratu-
late themselves on the wisdom of their
choice. AS a rule those marriages are
happieSt where the groom and bride have
trained in the same school and have no
early habits to eradicate in order to secure
harmony in the household. AS general
thing, all other conditions being equal, an
American girl will find her test assurance
of happiness in the love of an American
husband. But the rule is subject to many
MANY exceptions. There is no reason why
a man should not be good fellow because
he is incumbered with handle to his
name. Some of the marriages of Ameri-
cans to Europeans Of title are known to
have turned out well. And considering
their growing frequency it may be well
for our ardent youth TO curb their ami
mostly to aristocracies, for fear lest, in so
doing, they should fiud themselves treadlng
ON their own toes.