Evening journal., 1898-12-21
FAvoRS AMERICAN GIRLS.
British Queen Approves of Their
Marriage with sciOns of
English Mobility.

During a recent social gathering at
Windsor castle, when the guests were
of a class that permitted of Queen Vic
toria talking frankly, the British SOW
ereign had this to say on the subject
Of the intermarriage Of British and
American subjects:
1T is practically impossible to offer
any valid objection to union between
an American girl and one Of my sub
jects, provided, Of course, that the
woman and her antecedcnts are in
record with the requirements which
alone dignity and consecrate wedlock
in any walk of life. Those American
girls who have welded NY subjects
have shown remarkable adaptability
and tact in adjusting themselves TO the
social and other requirements of their
new positions But it must be remeM-
bcred that they are not hampered by
the traditions Of centuries. and the life
Of the average American girl of the
best class is rcplete with such rapid
changes that the habit of adaptability
Is practically inborn. am speaking.
Please notice, OF the marriage fwom-
en-, not Of men. The reason for this
is obvious. The wife naturally takes
up her abode with the people of her
husband. and is usually CT an age when
her character and her IDEAS are easily
nodded in conformity with her sur
roundings. II was not many years ago
when regarded this encroachment of
the democracy with more or less APP
prehension, for it was for long time
Little more than an experiment, and il
seemed full not only of possible com
plication but of dangers. Now it is al
most idle to speak of these alliances
as experiments.
"Many British subjects appear to
think that the possession of wealth by
the girl is a matter of necessity. This
is only half a truth. AS a rule only
wealthy girls have married into tho
nobility, but it must be remembered
that under existing conditions it is
only wealthy girls who are brought
into social contact with British sub
jects. Affection should enter first and
foremost into every marriage. There
- NliN l'AA iAAA N-eNN IA iQAA " AAAN NlA~
eral rule, but only the exception is APP
parent mean, of course, diplomatic
marriages, where, for the purpose of
cementing international or political
alliances, marriages are arranged and
carried out. In such cases, however,
love Of country, stronger and more ex-
acting than selfish personal love, takes
the place Of individual preference, and
cnnobles the marriage, just as man is
elevated by the act Of leaving his wife
and children to fight for his country
when It IS in peril. All marriages i'm
ply the idea of sacrifice for the com
mon good, and in alliances Of families
controlling the dcstinies of millions Of
people this common good is the well
fare OF tho nation, just as the welfare
! OF the community is the common good
in marriages of less importance"
Her majesty is by no means as broad
in her views of the marriage of Ameri-
can men to titled women as she is
regarding the union of American girls
and her male subjects who have coro-
nets. The eases" she said, in reply to
suggestion, "are totally dissimilar.
In the first place the men differ more
widely in their education in the two
countries, and when man contem-
| plates matrimony he is usually of an
age when his views and habits have be-
come set. Men, toe, are less sensitive
] to their surroundings, and are not
temperamcntally so much inclined to
modify their views to suit the altered
conditions in which they find them
selves."-Chicago Inter Ocean.