Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-01-01
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the reception accorded them by the
so-called English nobility. When
title is made matter OF purchase, and
negotiations are conducted in the most
llagrantly mercenary manner, neither
party can reasonably object to that
careful inspection of the subject OF bar
ter usually bestowed upon ordinary
merchautable commodities. The title
is often an empty name, deprived OF
what prestige it might have held from
heroic acts or deeds of valor, by the de-
generacy OF those who through the
license that wealth and rank and the
luxury OF ease command, have become
etfete remnants Of a once noble race.
The equivalent that has been so freely
accorded for these titles, have been
youth, whose charm is beyond cavil;
beauty, which has been universally adj
mitted; and money, which has
standard value the world over. The
only part OF the supposed equivalent,
which goes with these that is not
worthy of this high estimate, is gener.
ally the brain that has been wrested
from true American ideas by an edu-
cation which not only tolerates class
distinctions, but looks upon the at
tainment OF foreign title as the acme
of earthly ambition.
May Goelst was one OF these, and
her relatives made such an unblushing
parade of the honor" they paid mil
lions to acquire, that it made the
Smart Set so wild with curiosity and
envy, when the swell wedding took
place, that fashionable ladies forced
their way through coal-holes to enter
the church and fairly mobbed the
bridal carriage TO obtain some trophy
or mark OF recognition from the Duke
and his poor victim. So matter OF
fact and proper has Mrs. Ogden Goelet
regarded this purchase of title, that
she expresses disgust over this ILL
timed ovation, and declares that she
has shaken American dust from her
shoes to punish her country-women
for their presumption!
The reception of the Duke and
Duchess in England was, however, a
studied and pre-arranged insult to
them, and from the highest circles OF
diplomatic and fashionable society.
Henry Labouchere, . leader OF the
English Parliament, was unbridled in
his denunciation Of the "vulgar o.
tentation of the Smart London Set
who have lowered and degraded the
tone Of society to the despicable level
of competing with the plutocrats of
Newport and New York."
Lady Skies, wife Of Sir Tatton
Skies, King Edwards chum, says:
American women are in vaders They
constitute the greatest danger to the
British race. Selfishness and vanity are
the predominant traits of American
women. Social ambition is her god, and
by social ambition she means going
wherever it is difficult to procure an
invitation. These women, however,
witty and beautiful land their wit is
generally sheer impudence) however
rich, are not fit to be mothers Of Eng.
lish men and women"
Aud this is what 4" Rets," the famous
English authoress, says of American
women:
The Duchess of Roxburghe is an
insult to British aristocracy. To any
refined mind, the constant 'gIorying' Of
Americans oyer any secured title, is an
outrage on good taste. These weddings
represent q bare-faced bartering of body
and wealth for rank and title; a posi-
ton in this or some other country.
bought through dollars amalgamated
through sharp-practices and unscrupu-
lous systems Of business. 1t used to be
described as q IDEAL" It is now con-
verted into "trust." Besides such
alliances as these, the slave market of
Constantinople is moral, and the harems
Of India and Turkey seem refined. 1t
is atrocious, it is scandalous, it is inc.
radically vulgar, to advertise with
bold face and triumphant voice, IAN.
other American Han-trap Proves Sue.
cessful," THE English Peerage Again
Falls Victim to American Beauty and
Dollars. - I have rarely met q
healthy American. They are usually
flabby, fat, and pasty, or correspondingly
sallow, wiry or dispeptic. American
children have always aroused my pity !;
80 pale. so soulless are their faces; so
fanciful and capriclous their appetites;
80 restless and peevish their frail little
bodies; 80 tiresome their tempers; so
atrocious their manners"
This it not all, but space will not
admit Of any more specimens of the
venom spit at American women by
these professedly refined women who
head England's nobility. No truly
refined human being so far forgets
self.respect 20 10 indulge in such I'M.
truthful comparisons or coarse invec-
tive. Still . union has been formed
of English Duchesses to boycott the
new bride and other American girls
who may acquire rank in the future.
The movement Ia said to be headed by
the Duchess of Somerset, who is at the
very head of the social whirl. So
much the worse-says Reason-for the
Duchess, who thus exposes her utter
want Of nobility. She lie followed in
this incursion BY the Duchesses Of
Wellington, Sutherland, Westminster,
Beaufort, Portland, Montrose and Bed.
ford, . formidable array of danes of
rank who thus show they are "of the
earth, earthly"
One would suppose that those
Amazons. before DOMINIC their war.
paint, would have paused q moment in
assailiug our whole people, including
even the children. If English women
have In fiOhk for hueha rds II, Hho;.