Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1904-03-04
MARRYING FOR TITLE
As It Is Viewed by One Who Be.
heves In Dukes, Etc
Nobody for American Heiressss to
Marry Hut some Forsigner Of
Position, IL the Expert
Opinion.


The other day ths next duke to
marry an American girl entered a
restaurant in Fifth avenue to take
luncheon with one of the farniiy he ia
soon to Join In n few mitiutes every
table in the room buzzod with con
versation on the subject of tns mar
riage, says the New York Sun.
It's a very good thing" said one OF
three women who bowed to the duke
and nothing could be more ridiculous
than all this talk of buying title
When girls are as rich as this one.
there Is practically nobody for them
TO marry but some foreigner with as
much position as he has"
Another thing that people never
seem to think about when they crit.
else these foreign marriages" said an
other Of the trio. is that these girl
do not want money and have no earth
ly use for any more. For that reason
there are no grounds for their trying
to marry the rich men of their own
country.
For one of them to marry a poor
hidh NOuiu III llodN tdHtS Oc Qullf ~
much criticised as II she took for
eigner. and all sorts Of things would
be said about the man who married
and settled down to live ON his wife'a
income.
"Ho might be a great author or m
ventor or artist, and In that way Sc
an appropriate match for her. Eut
In
Of that kind among the men that q
girl Of position could marry, Then
the utmost that she could enjoy any
how would be the reelected glofy OF
being his wife
But duchess is something in her
own name. She has her own honors
and her own special privileges.
Then there Is great deal IA the
life she sees tn interest a woman wne
wants some citnge from tho aieu9san5
OF society and domosticity She e 2
sort OF little. perhaps a very llttle
queen, and there are delights in ta
life she leads to be found nowheit
else"
'And when it'B all said and done.
there Is a certain kind OF glory about
having good title that any woman
enjoys 80 long as she has the other
things that go with It. II she bas the
money to live up 10 II In the right
way. that sort OF life offers more than
any In this country.
If It were customary for the Amer
hut ha ~ maulih
meet here To go into politics. there
would be much more In their own
country for these immensely rich girls.
They could go TO Washington and take
part in official life there.
But that happens onlt when girls
who have married foreigners come
back here with them. The only wom-
social life there that would be agree
able to New York women are those
I'll 1t have been married to men In the
foreign diplomatic service.
"As 1t is there is practically nobody
left for these great heiresses to marry
but foreigners 'of title. And the happi-
ness of the women who have done that
bl4pWo tit Niphoih VI ~ Nhth wv biOA
they marry are worthy Of their affec-
tion. Nowadays the mothers usually
see to that.
"11se disslpatcd and penniless for
eigner as a husband for the American
heiless is thing of the past The
An erican girls now get the pick Of
the oldest titles and the most attrac-
tive Of the men"
These opinions were uttered while
the trio from time to time glanced at
the young man who had created 80
rauch interest In the restaurant From
the attitude OF the crowd that looked
at him there was evidently something
OF the same feeling among the other
guests But It was In any case only
the sentiment of luncheon hour
gathering In a Fifth avenue rsstau-
rant.