The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ENGAGE
MENTS.


The folly of announcing to the world
the engagement Of two persons who are
of the opinion that they would like to
marry has again been demonstrated, in
the announcement that some one in the
Balfour-Sartoris deal has changed his,
her or its mind. All that is known is
that the authority on social matters in
England has announced that the contem-
plated wedding will not take place Peo-
pie are left to conclude what they will.
| 1t may be that the Sartoris family, al
though it boasts the best American
blood two generations removed and mix
ed with an indifferent English strain, Is
not sufficiently aristocratic for the Bal
four family. Or it may be that Mrs.
Sartoris, remembering her own expe-
rience, has dissuaded her daughter from
the fatal step. Perhaps Miss Sartoris
has discovered that she does not love
the cousin of Mr.. Balfour or that his pc
/ HtjcaI prospects are not sufficiently prom
/ Using to attract the permanent adhesion
of a granddaughter of the greatest SOL
der of modern times Perhaps Archi-
+, bald has discovered that an American
heiress would be more to his tas.e and
| therefore begs to be excused
At all events it is Off and the supposed
| lovers are free to seek other and more
congeniaI matrimonial alliances But
| why did they not keep their secret to
| themselves until the time was ripe for
! the ceremony? Why did they publish
their intentions so early in the game?
There's mony a slip 'twixt the cup and
| the lip, there's mony slip they say"
A few months ago the engagement OF
| the beautiful and accomplished niece
of Senator Depew, MISS Paulding, was
announced. The announcement was
made by the senator, in, Qf we are not
MISTAKEN an after dinner speech AS
! the senator seemed to be In earnest the
| public did not take the announcement as
! joke. True, it was little lieutenant
of no earthly consequence that the niece
Of the great Chaurcey was to marry,
but that did not matter, he was In the
social swim of the national capital and
| that, you know, is worth considering
Chauncey seemed to be willing to furnish
an adequate endowment to support the
couple for life and all was lovely The
public had just got down to a calm con-
sideration of the fxedness Of the new
arrangement of that part of the universe,
when the announcement came like an
earthquake out of cornfield, that Miss
Paulding was not to wed the little man
of Mars after all. Why? What can be
the trouble? o, nothing at all. While
the young people were anxious TO take
the public into their confidence regarding
their intentions to commit matimony,
they refused to be as generous with
their secrets when it came to explaining
their change of base. Rumor said that
the would-be groom was not satisfied
with the liberality of the New York jok-
er in the matter of dover also that the
young officer wanted to introduce military
rule into the company before the fatal
ceremony and the only private in the
company mutinied and trampled upon the
flag
The precedent established by Justice
Brewer. Of the supreme court, in the
matter Of the announcement Of engage
ments should be followed. It has the
merit of avoiding all possibility of either
party being compelled to appear before
the world as rejected party to an i'm