The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-16
THE SOCIALLY RICH AND THE cHlNAMAN.

THE SOCIALLY RICH AND THE cHiNAMAN.
With sadness which has become periodical the news
papers just publishing the long LIST of American
heresses who surrendered their identity as Amer
cans to wives of foreign nobemen in need of
money This new period of lamentation provoked by
e coming marriage Miss Goelet New York to the
Duke of Roxburghe The dukes solicitors are on
the way over and will overlook the settlement of $4,000
600 which is to be made on Miss Goelet The New York
Herald says that the marriage will ultimately
English hands forty millions Of dollars in stocks,
landed property The Herald with prodigal
ity figures says that within twenty-five American
brides have contributed hundred and seventy-fve
millions in dowries and the wealth Of Miss Goele will
raise the sum to over two hundred millions.
These matches it will be remembered were all love
matches The fact that the girl had immense wealth and
that the nobleman was crushed down beneath ava
lanche of debt and that usually with
to fair financial settlement bride Incl
dents The couple has every instance loved each other
1t is true also that few of marriages have been
happy This feature of the marriage market
has been sandered The nobleman with new coin his
pocket and the American girl with social opportuni
ties are too happy separately expect much
tua1 bliss.
No one certainly begrudges Europe the American girl
Do we begrudge Europe two hundred millions of our
wealth wealth which the nature things is
less common?
We think not The service rendered for that two hun
dred millions has beyond price The service has
been in dvertng this nation
into harmless channel
aric+ocratic >eIement bas ALWAYS been
this country It's presence gave ample manifestation in
the early days the republic De Tocquevile, who
here in 1890 it even that late day. He told
of the rich in New York careful to shake
hands with the people when he walked abroad but who
in his exclusive home did hesitate to his ntimates
despise democracy thoroughly The controlling elements
preceding the aristocratic in their
tendencies the south had in the civil
aristocracy would evolved In the period since the
civil period of rapidly heaping fortunes, period
the newly rich the north for long time
rivalry for social supremacy greatly localized
but given national character in New York. Boston and
Chicago
But today the aristocratically inclined group was
never so small in this country never impotent and
never SO little known Renown because of great wealth
mas become dlfcuL many are rch that not one IN
thousand Americans has heard the name Goeet.
The rich vastly that former absurd social
rivalry through competitive extravaganza has become
isolated and exists in very spots which are the
popular mind jokes For Newport, the American peo
pie has become joke The commercial rich still have
naturally great part in government with their
activity carry to certain feeling The
cia rich have part in government nothing
it, and entirely, in governmental affairs harmless
The American people look upon them they look upon
the Chinaman sojourner who has here to &C
cumulate a while and carry the increment away, who
may in a way disturb an economic situation to some ex
tent and be at times trying annoyance but who is
respect and at time danger to this people or
hndrance to the development the genius of democracy
The socially rich have their foolish and empty noggins
filed with the aspirations gauged foreign arictocratic
standard and all should be profoundly thankful
they have