Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
Arrangements for Supplying Pen
nicss European Aristocrats
With Rich Wives
AGENTS IN The UNITED STATES.
They Gather Information About the
Girls Pedigree and Above All About
Her Father and His Standing.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
~ ERLlN Feb. ls.--The invasion OF
X America by princes, counts, WIS.,
counts, barons and noblemen OF
all degrees from all the countries
OF Europe for the purpose Of wedding
American helresses takes place In ac-
cordance with well known laws OF trade.
Europe suffers from an oyerproduction
Of arlstocrats, and just as American
commercial men seek foreign markets
when they cannot do sufficient business
at home, so these scions of noble houses
are forced to travel westward to find a
sphere in which they can successfully
operate.
Comparatively few people on tho
American side OF the Atlantic are aware
or the vast numbers Of noblemen Of all
ranks to be found In Europe, Unlike
the titles of peers In England, which
only descend from father to eldest son,
while younger sons and their children
become degraded into commoners, the
titles and diglnltles Of continental mo-
blemen are inherited by all their sons,
however many they may have. The
result Is that the number OF princes.
counts and barons Is being multiplied
continually The comparatively small
proportion Of arstocratic families
which becomes extinct does not restore
the balance upset by the birth Of many
sons TO other families, one prince
may be the father Of dozen other
princes, who In their turn may become
the fathers Of l4i more little princes,
who In due course may become tho
fathers OF thousand more princes.
This illustrates the possibilities Of tho
system.
A glance at the Almanach De Gotha
conveys an approximate idea OF the
numerical strength OF the nobility OF
Europe, No less than $3.50 pages OF
this book are crammed with the names
OF princes, counts, barons and arIsto-
Gratis Of other degrees. printed In III
putlan type The Almanach de Gotha
however, ~ only Il register OF the noblli-
~ of Germany Austria and Hungary,
taking practically no account OF the
minor aristOcracy OF Russia, Sweden,
Denmark, France, Spain and Italy,
where all the sons OF nobemen Inherit
their fathers rank and titles, a min
lmum estimate places the number of
noblemen in all Europe at 100000. while
ore eminent writer ON genealogies
states that he h convinced there arc
fully half million Of legitimate aris-
tocrats In continental Europe alone.
one Of the natural results OF the Eu.
ropoan system Is that the younger sons
Of noblemen inherit titles without
money 10 maintain the corresponding
style Of living Many Of them enter
the armies Of Europe where they ara
often conspicuous Tor their military In
capacity. others obtain positions In
various departments Of state service,
while others again resort TO all sorts
OF queer methods OF earning living.
A fayorite resource Of European noble
men with titles, but no money, is ma
trimonial alliance with daughters ot
American mllllonaires.
AN ORGANIZED INDUSTRY.
The demand Of impecunous European
noblemen for wealthy American wives
has brought into existence new in
dustry, consisting IN the supply Of in
formation TO ambitious aristOcrats re-
gardng the number and position OF
marriageable helresses in the American
market, An organization known as
the American Matrimonial agency,
which was formed some time ago, ~
doing flourshIng business In more
than one European country, The head.
quarters Is here In Berlin, and branch.
90 exist IN Vienna, Budapest, Prague,
Munich, Stuttgart. Wlesbaden. Darn
stadt, Dresden, Rome. Milan, Madrid,