The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-06
TITLED YANKEE GIRLS
LIST OF 200 NEW YORK DAUGHTERS
WITH FOREIGN HUSBANDS.
Many of the Transoceanic Alliances
Have Turned Out Brilliant Fail
ures-Few Happy Unions.
New York Recorder.

New York Recorder.
The rumored engagement Of Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt. whose papa is the pos
SCISSOR of limitless wealth, to the young
Duke of Marlborough. is true if all signs
are to be believed. There are nearly 200
women who were born under the stars and
stripes who have become, by means Of mar
riage. entitled to sport a title. or who have
. mighty good prospect o. wearing one in
the near future.
OF course, it is all very well and all very
nice to hold the right TO a title, but there
Is a mighty big difference in respect to the
country in which the title is acquired. Now,
IL 1t should be in Russia, why, titles do not
count for much in the realms of the Gar;
indeed, the subjects Of that ruler hold
titles in less estimation than do the people
OF any other nation in Europe. For this
reason the Russians have never been in a
hurry to confer the great prize which other
people so eagerly covet. In that country
there are no dukes. except the imperial
grand dukes, and there are no marquises
and no viscounts.
Neither are titles held In much venera-
ton in Portugal or in Spain, as they are
too easily procured in those countries.
There are many of them in the latter land
so many indeed. that the common people
scarcely have a show.
But In the matter Of titles Italy holds
the record. So common are they there
that even some of the gentlemen who quit
that sunny cline and come to this free
land to sell the ~"banan" on the street
corners, or who follow the somewhat UNI
aristocratic calling of waiter. are said to
possess the sacred right TO be spoken OF
as Count" In Italy it is simply a matter
OF cash. and cash down at that. SO any
ambitious American who has a good-sized
bank account can become a count II he
wishes TO sport such a title. BY planking
down 5000 he can readily become a count.
If he is more ambitious and has more
cash he can secure a ducal coronet, war
ranted to fit. for a sum ranging from SIS. 900
to $4,000, according to the length of the
pedigree and the existing financial strin-
gency of the distinguished nobleman who
desires to exchange his title for hard cash.
Germany has a great respect for titles.
There is a pretty big lot of them in the
"Faderland." There are no viscounts, but
the dukes, princes n other noblemen
TITLES A BURDEN.
There are two other New York women
who bear titles who can sympathize with
the Princess Colonna. One of them is the
former Miss Gillender, daughter Of Eccles
Gllender, who became the wife of me Mar
quis de San Mariana. of Italy, from whom
she separated. The other is the former
Miss Bessie Burris, who, in 1887, became
the Marquise de Talleyrand-Perigord. She
married infelicity. The former marquis is
now the Duke of Dino. He did not long
remain out of the matrimonial harness. In
less than six months he married the d.
vorced wife of Frederick Livingston, of
this city, who was formerly Miss Adele
Sampson, daughter Of the late Joseph
Still another New York girl who became
a marchioness was Miss Medorah Marie
Holman. who was welded to the Marquis
da AnraG or d0 MONTE NTo-~o;-. F" n%1--~
were Miss Conrad, who became the Mar
choiness Theodoli, of Rome; Miss Wicker
sham: who was married to the Marquis de
Tiftini. OF Italy, and Miss Maggie Fay, who
became the bride of the Marquis di Tor
rigiana, of Florence. The latter lady was
a niece of the late General Mcclellan.
became princesses was Miss Elizabeth
Hickson Field. whose husband was both
luke and prince. He was certainly not
Don Salvador Brancassio. Prince of Trig-
gfano and Marquis of Brancaccio. And all
this heaped on an American girl! But the
Prince Is not TO be despised on account of
his long-winded name. since his family is
an ancient one. The princely title was Gre
ated in 1891. m the ducal one in 1875.
well known in New York in his lifetime,
became Princess Of Noer by her marriage
to Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-
ated Prince of Noer by the Emperor of
Austria She became a widow in 1865. and
nine years later she became the bride of
The Princess Poniatowski. whose hus-
bands family is descended from a king OF
Poland. was known in this city as Miss
Catherine Maud Ellis Goddard. a daughter
of Eli Goddard, before she was married to
the Prince.
The Ruspoh family, one of the oldest OF
partial to the girls of this city. Don Alex
ander, Prince of Ruspoli. led off by taking
for his wife Miss Eva B~roadwood in 1877.
- ~. nrn1 Drfnn Of rGnnf hAaoD
the husband of Miss Josephine Mary Cur
It's. The latter lady had the advantage OF
the other princess, since her husband was
also Prince of Poggio-Suassa, even IL he
had been married twice previous to meet
ing his American wife.
The Princess de SusaLset of France was
a Miss Field, of this city. before her mar
riage.
lard Spencer. of New YORK, became con
lilies when she was welded to Don Virgin
ius Cenci, Prince Of Vicovaro. One mem
Der of this family was Pope John X. The
princess became a lady in waiting to the
Italian Queen.
DAUGHTERS FOR COUNTS.
The Duchess of Choiseul- Praslin was once
plain Mary Elizabeth Forbes. of this city
Jonas Fisher. of New York, was lucky
from one standpoint at least, with his mar.
riageable daughters. He was the father Of
three, each of whom became countess
Miss Mary was married TO the Count d.
Avianon of France. another became the
wife OF Count de G~herandeschi of Italy
while the third was married to the Coun,
d'Aramon. of France
James Phalen was almost as lucky, fol-
one of his daughters, Florence. was welded
to the Count de Gabriac, of France. while
another. Catherine, became the wife of the
Count N~arabonne-Lara-
But young ladies have not had the field
all to themselves. for. besides the widow
Hamersley, another widow captsvated ar
aristocrat. She was Mrs. Berna, formerly
a Miss Christ. of this city. who bestowed
her hand upon Comte Waldemar Joachim
Friedrich Frismund Alfons Lobe de Silveia
Just fancy calling hubby TO breakfast by
all those names! But he possessed more
names than that, for he was also Marquis
of Alvito, in the kingdom of Portugal. and
Count of Oriola. in the kingdom of Prussia.
The lady is known as the Countess Oriola
and the Marchioness d'Alvito.
come countesses by marriage are as fol.
lows:
Miss Allen. Countess Sanza de Lobo oil
Portugal; Miss Isabella Andrews, Countess
field. Comtesse de Montaban of France:
Miss Chisholm, Countess oil Leonati OF
Italy: Mrs. Herbert Gallatin. widow OF
Herbert Gallatin. Countess de Rohan OF
of Spain; Miss Mary Howard. Countess
de Chabot of France: Miss Mary Jones
Countess de Trobriand of France: Miss
Ella fuckers, Countess Won Bernstein oil
de Dion OF France: Miss Mary Mcneil
Countess de Avenged of France; Miss Mary
Nevins, a ~stepdaughter OF Commodore Van.
derbilt. Countess de Sores of France; Miss
Cora Slocomb. Countess de Brazza-Savorg
nan of Italy Miss Ella ~Thorndike. Countess
de Sarsiges OF France; Miss Wickershaw
Countess Kessler OF Germany: Countess
de Frusac OF France was Miss Mary Thorne
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