The Louisiana populist., 1897-04-16
AMERICAN WOMEN WHO E1ARRY
TITLED WRECKS.
Or. Brobst, the Celebrated Chicaen Rim
lister, Furlously Araaishs the Most
Dreadful Sin OF the Century--Talk on
Topics of the Day.
(From the Chicago Dispatch.)

In his prelude, "A Pulpit's View of
People Made Prominent During the
Week" DR.. Brobst said, in part:
standing by the side of the great
King Jesus Christ and looking over
the world, nothing becomes so inter-
estlng as human being. Here and
there one has been made prominent
during the week An American wo-
man, the wife Of European prince,
mas become conspicuous by divorce
proceedings. Heiress bf a very large
estate in Detroit, because of the ur-
gent efforts of her mother, she was
induced to marry an impecunious
prince, whom she did not love, for the
sake OF his title. AS in 999 cases out
OF 1000, where American heiresses
marry European titles her life was
miserable. No sadder or more tragic
spectacle can be presented than that
when woman, the shrine of purity,
woman, the flying personifcation of
love; a woman, the divinest being of
eaftn, with the worlds resources at
her command, profanely commits sac
rilege in this shrine of purity, assassi-
mates love and degrades her divinity
below that of the street outcast, who
is the victim of circumstances, by mar
rying a. title reeking with vile past
and worn by a beggar in the present.
The horror of the tragedy becomes
more awful when a mother sinks so
learfully unnatural and degenerate as
TO counsel and urge her daughter on.
American heiresses who marry titled
Europeans are the most melancholy
specimens of degenerates presented to
the scientific mind. They have done
more to degrade the standard OF Amer
tcan womanhood than all other influ-
ences combined. What dismal
depths yawn between them
and the womanhood which
rises for approval in the pres
ence of the Great King! Sad and
wretched as are their fates, pity in
their behalf follows hard after condem-
nation.
From this standpoint we look again
! into the week and see a man wander
ing aimlessly on our streets, his mind
impaired, valise in his hand, packed
with greenbacks, silver and gold,
whom the police have to take in
charge. All, he is not alone. There
are others in our city and country
with heaps of money, with immense
riches, gripping them as tightly as
did this man his valise, their minds
according to the true standard--the
Kings standard--of manhood, as un-
balanced as his; their moments are
erratic. Irrational in their selishness
they go zigzagging on, soon to fetch
up in front of one of the Almighty's
| police, who will take them and thei,
unblest wealth In charge. A selfish
rich man cannot go on for long with
his riches any more than can an in.
sane man 60 on for long in the streets
of Chicago There is an invisible pa
troll as we'll as our visible.
1--WE look again through the weel
and see woman in Iowa suddenly
dying with grief over the failure O
her son. We see young Chicago
man of wealth, friends and standing
and of robust physique, active as us
ual one day, the next day at noon il
Omaha complaining and at set of sui
dead. We see G. noted lawyer ther,
In Milwaukee come in from walk, 81
down in his chair and the next mo
ment his heart ceases to throb. Sud
den death! 1t makes one shudder
does it? Yet, my friends, the day O
death should be the most happy. an,
glorious day which has appeared VI
to that time in your history. The grea
King of Earth and Heaven, at who's
side we stand to-day, says to us: I 6
to prepare place for you, and if / g
to prepare place for you, will com
again and receive you unto myself, tina
where am there We may be Also Th
preparations will surpass our fond
est dreams. None knows so we'll wha
will delight us as he; no one is so gen
erous; no one can control the resource
of the universe as he can; no one wi
be SO pleased to aave our felicity com
plete. He will come for US, will he
His love and beauty will come in tn
form of radiant beings who will ravis
our hearts with delight by their love
Iiness. Escorted by them through ros
realms, we will be brought to wher
the King has made preparations to n
ceive us. And oh, what receptio
that will be! Put your trust in til
King, and then, only congratulatior
await you on the day of your depal
ture hence.
again we look and the week bring
to our notice the queen, because {
the speech which the lord chancellt
reads at the opening of parliament
London. The queen, Victoria--I hay
eaon Nor and other Eur0nean nueen