Evening journal., 1895-08-13

The police department can have no
reasonable excuse for not suppressing the
dlsorderly element which frsquents Cold
Spring Park. The people who live In the
neighborhood are entitled to peace and
quiet and should have It. II the officers
who now patrol the district cannot
secure 1t for them. other and more efi.
Client officers should be put on.
International Marriages The other Side
There has teen n good deal said In the
public journals Of this country condemn
Ing international marriages and very little
10 their favor. We do not remember TO
have seen before An article written by
Mrs. PArsn Stevens. only week before
her death, for Democrats Magazine. In
defense Of and laudatory Of these mar
rlages. While her views are certainly
worthy Of being reproduced, coming as
they do from an American woman whose
influence, II is believed, broUght about
many OF these marriages they certainly
will not be satisfactory to 3 majority OF
the American people
Mrs Stevens says: Il most decidedly
and emphatlcally approve Of the marriage
Of American girls with foreigners Of
good character. for believe It is good
thing nationally, as well as individually
International marriage serves to bring
the people Of two nations into closer
communication, and to arouse, In some
degree, similar instincts and character
istics. But 1t is asserted by large
majority Of critics. who, am bound to
say. might be broader minded. that
simply because the American girl IN
some instances has been very wealthy,
international marriages have been
merely marriages Of convenience, foe
the sake OF acquiring a title on one side
and riches on the other.
But for the sake Of argument, sup
pose We allow the premises Of these
critlcisms to stand where. even then,
can be found frm foundation for the
assumption that the marriage Ia one
entirely OF convenience and not one OF
lover Is It possible that simply because
a woman is rich It Is impossible for her
to love man who 10 poerl On the
surface the argument Is absurd o.
course, these marriages have their
practical and more material advantages.
Why mott Ia great many instances
each gives TO the other that which each
formerly had not II the husband Is
one whose ambition Ia TO climb, either
socially, politically or ia art. then the
wifo's money sssists him to Gount and
to acquire greater power.
Her money enaolas hin to live In q
style becoming hls rank, aud his position
gives her a plsce Of honor Ia all foreign
capitals. The marriage Is therefore
reciprocal as fer as regards material
benefits. The American women who
have gone TO live abroad have done so
with the very bsst results I have In
mind number Of Instances, such as
those charming American girls who are
now the Duchess Of Marlborough, Lady
Craven, tho Countess OF Slerstorpn Of
Germany. and Countess Waldensss, also
Of Germany. l might multiply these
instances many times, all Of them high
in the social life OF England. France aAd
other countries"
Based upon the suppo-ltloa that for
eign society, refinement and character
are much better than our own, Mrs
Stevens's view Of the matter Is quite
nsturAl But the trouble Is that most
Americans do not believe that foreigners,
especially noblsmen, are any better ia
the qualities which 90 TO make ladies'
and gentlemen than themselves. In her
closing paragraph We fully agree with
the late society leader OF New York aud
Newport It Is as folloWs:
The American woman, wherever she
has gone 10 live. has proved az honor to
America BY her grace Of manner aud
charm Of person; aud by her wit and
goodness and beauty she has caused the
greatest men Of the times to bow to her
10 profound admiration, II not in venera
ton"