The Saint Paul globe., 1904-09-03
MARRIED FOR POSITION.
A NEW YORK GIRL COMES TO.
GRIEF
The Man Was Fortune Hunter and
After Three Months They Separated
Our Boosted Democracy Is Sham

So many American women have
Narried titled men and been received
iii English society that the girls of q
certain smart set in New York are
not content any more with even rich
American. This desire to shine in
London has just been the undoing of
a we'll known New York girl, and while
the denouement of her romance is
exceedingly tragic and sad it will not
rouse much sympathy in this country.
The girl is we'll born and bred and
possessed of much beauty, but little
money. She counted among the friends
of her own set most of the girls who
have made the so-called brilliant mar
riages which have landed them in the
British peerage. So this girl could not
be content with an honest American,
but when she met an English captain,
well known in London society. supposing
him to have means, and he imagining
the same thing Of her, they were mar
Tied after a brief acquaintance of
few weeks. In truth the man was Il
notorious fortune hunter, bankrupt
himself, and with a most unsavory
reputation all over Europe and Eng
land. They were married last April,
and since that time the poor girl has
gradually had her eyes opened, and
now has left him and will apply for
a divorce. The husband did not shine
in bright colors when he discovered
that his beautiful bride had no for
tune, and the surprise was mutual as
far as money was concerned. In New
York the captain tried to borrow
large sum from one of his Wlfe's
wealthy friends. but was unsuccessful
Creditors clamored, and he disappear
ed, While the girl has Joined her moth
er abroad, glad to be away from her
friends when the truth was discovered.
So another supposedly brilliant match
has gone awry, and yet 1t is to be
doubted whether the experience of this
girl will deter others from falling into
the clutches of the foreign sharpers
who take advantage of the weakness
of American women for title or
prospective one.
The girl in the case is really to be
pitied, as her life is ruined and broken,
but if anybody had the slightest idea
that she loved the man, or married him
for any reason save in hope of position
in England, many more persons would
feel sympathy for her But as 1T is
she is really getting only what she de-
serves. Seldom does the punishment
one deserves come SO swiftly, and per-
haps if we all received our due right
here, many would be no better off than
the girl in question
But marrying for position marrying
for any reason except for love, has but
one result, and that always the same.
You cannot expect to build happiness
and peace upon foundation of social
ambition.
Doubtless if almost any one of the
American women who have married
titled foreigners, could be interrogated
by girls contemplating such a mar
riage, she would say, don't" Even
those who have remained over there,
few as they are, give evidence in the
sadness of their faces of the disap-
pointment their lives have been. New
York society is strewn with the wrecks
and broken hearts which have resulted
from these international marriages, but
the glamour of title seems just as
great as ever.
We boast greatly of our democracy.
but we cannot expect the world to
take us seriously until we practice
what we preach, and these matrimonial
failures are the surest evidence of our
insincerity.