The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14
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happliy 70 an eAtent tnat Is appalling. An
investigation shows that at least three.
quarters OF them have been disastrous
The stories Of drunkenness and cruelty
and unspcakablc dcpravity that have been
told In connection with these marriages
are enough to mako the ordinary American
man sick at hesrt The women Of his race
have been publicly shanied. starved and
beaten by husbands who are accounted Of
gentle blood In European countries. In
order to ind all this misery the women
have left country where the very ground
they walk on is worshipped aud where
their sex is infinitely more honored than
In any other part OF the world.
In view OF the known and published rec.
ord 1t seems incredible that American
women should go on contracting these
marriages with any frequency Az A mat
ter of fact they become continually more
numerous. The glamour OF a title and a
supposed exalted position In foreign land
are too great temptations for the women
Moreover, the foreign men have the ad-
vantage OF being different from the Ameri-
can men. and. therefore appealing to the
American Ewes sense OF curiosity. In
many cases <he foreigners are more ac-
complished and more attractive superficial
~ than the Americans. So they continue
to carry away American brides.
An event of the week Was the marriage
OF Miss Louisette Bonaparte OF Baltimore
and Count Adam de Moltke- lIultfeldt. a
secretary of the Danish legation In Wash
ington. This marriage has peculiar in
terest because the bride Is a descendant
OF the most historically unhappy marriage
that was ever contracted between an Amer
lean and an European.
Her great grandmother Elizabeth Pat
terson, was one of the most beautiful wo-
| In Ia nd Ll.,l,l a
complished and amiabe. She married
Jerome Bonaparte. Napoleons brother At
the emperor's demand her husband cast off
her and her children, and married another
woman The emperor offered her money II
she would renounce her claims TO be Jc-
| rome's wife, but, like good woman, she
refused TO accept shame for herself and her
children. The pope. under all the pressure
| that Napoleon could bring 10 bear, declined
to declare the marriage invalid
Nine. Bonaparte went TO France and
claimed her rights. but was insulted. NAL
| treated and driven from the country. hut
she was never beaten, and her grandson,
Jerome Bonaparte. father OF the girl Just
married. was received as a ncnaparte at
the court OF the late Napoleon H. Every
body should wish well to the newly mar
ried couple. but It is impossible that this
story. historical for American brides.
should not be recalled.
summary will show how tho great ma
jority OF the American European marriages
have turned out dlsastrously.
There is no more disgraceful case OF the
i'll treating of an American wife by for
cign husband than that OF the late Duke Of
Manchester. When he was Lord Vaudeville
| and heir to the dukedom no married Miss
gttAla .i.atsl EAT
New York girl After few years OF mar
ried life Vaudeville developed such yilo
habits that he would not have been a ~
associate for jaibirds The British publiN
had a view Of him when he was hauled up
| in a police court with his hoon companion,
Bessie Bellwood. who had assaulted n cab
man. The miserable, drunken and broken
down nobleman did not seem good enough
| to be the consort OF the music hall singer.
The Dowager Duchess is SIN known as
| one Of the most beautiful women in London.
| The present Duchess of Marlborough, for
| merly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, was
| named after her.
Divorce proceedings have lately been In
stituted by the Belgian Prince OF Caraman-
| Chimay and by the Bavsran Count Pap
penheim against their American wives The
| Princess OF CaramanC himay Is native of
| Michigan. was Miss Clara Ward prior TO
her marriage and was reared In n lumber
| camp out West. Her domestic experiences
have been OF so disappointing character
to herself that after seeking consolation
for the mlseres Of her home In the com
panionship of her husbands coachman she
finally eloped with the flutist Of n Tsigane
band, whom she proposes TO marry as soon
| MS ever the divorce demanded by her hus-
band has been decreed against her. In
compromising herself with her coachman
she merely followed the example OF the
Partisan wife of her husbands uncle,
Princess Alphonse ChImay. who eloped
with her English butler. man OF the
| name OF Johnson. for whom she subse-
quently obtained through purchase an Ital-
ian title Of count and TO whom she Is now
married.
The Countess Pappenheim was formerly
Miss Wheeler OF Philadelphia and was
very beautiful girl. She was warned both
privately and even in print against con-
ferring her hand and her fortune upon
Count Pappenheim. whose antecedents
were OF the most unsavory description In
spite OF this she persisted In marrying
him. and after short spell OF welded life
was forced by his behavior to leave him
and to return 10 her mother, with whom
she has since lived. The count having
married mainly for money, and finding
himself cut off from any further particl-
patton In his wifes fortune. is now suing
and In the hopes Of securing large ALI
mony.
Nine. de stuers. a daughter Of John
Cary, and a niece OF william Astor. found
life unbearable with her Dutch husband.
who is the envoy OF the Queen OF the
Netherlands at Paris. She deserted him,
proceeded to Dakota. where she obtained
divorce. and is now married to Mr.. Ell
lott Zborowsk OF New York.
Before marrying Count Erdoedy OF Hun
gary. Miss Julia Scott OF Now York was
married to Major Johnson OF the English
army, TO whom she bore three children.
Three years ago. however, Mrs. johnson
proceeded to South Dakota. whore she oh
tanned divorce from her English husband
on tbs alleged ground that he was hab-
itual drunkari. and she has since married
Count George Erdoedy.
Then there is the case OF tho Marquise
de Tallyrand- Perigord, formerly Miss Bes-