Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-06
To HELP AMERICAN
GIRLS TO MARRY
Queen Alexandra Gives Her SUP.
port to Anglo-Amerloan
WedIock Bureau.
WORK TO BE DONE IN SECRET.
American Actresses are to be Pro,
tccted From Impecunious Titled
dyeniurers--Gossip.
specIal Corresnondence.


I oNDON. Dec. 2S,--Queen Alexan.
dra has given her support to the
l. formation OF what might be
termed an Anglo-American mat
rmonial bureau. Its purpose is to as
slst American helresses in obtaining
aristocratic British husbands who pos
sess fairly respectable moral charac-
ters as well as blue blood. It is aimed
against those impecunious and disso-
Lutte scions of the nobility who WOO the
rich daughters OF Columbia. solely for
their dollars. Its objects are TO be
achieved by warning wealthy American
girls against titled but unprtncipled
matrimonial Observation-Disclosures. and--to
use the expressive phrase OF an Amer
lean steering them up against
the right sort
THE DOWAGER DUCHESS.
1t was the Dowager Duchess of Rox-
bufghe who persuaded the queen to
give her sanction TO the movement. The
dowager is satiafed that her son did
an excellent thing for himself when he
married Miss May Goelet Of New York.
lie got q big fortune with her, which
came I'm Very handy, but he was BIZ no
means hard up himself and In other
respects he belonged to the right
sort His mother shudders when she
reflects what might have happened to
The Goelet millions had one of the
wrong sort" captured the heiress. Il
rs no part of the scheme to .interpose
obstacles to marriages between peers.
actual or prospective, whose ex-
chequers need replenishing and Ameri-
can girls who have the wherewithal to
repenish them. That would be too far
sweeping Respectable aristocratic
poverty is not to be barred from seek
ing relief by marriages with well dow
cred American girls. The fundamental
Idea is TO strive TO get the money into
pockets where II VIII do most good ana
for the rest give Cupid as good a show
as possible The marriages between
the Letter girls and Lord Curzon and
Lord Suffolk; Lord Essex and Miss
Grant, may be regarded as fair sam
pies or the sort of marriages that are
TO be encouraged Among those who
are cooperating In the movement are
the Duchess OF Marlborough. Mrs.
Adair. Mrs. Frank Mackey Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer and other well known
American hostesses here who belong 10
that section of society which is always
designated with the big IS" in English
Journals. or course the work is 10 be
done secretly and there Will be no
membership list regular meetings, or
anything of that sort. but none the less
the scheme is genuine one and its
promoters expect that 1t win prove ef-
fectiVe.
CHURCHILL SUCCEEDS CHURCH
ILL.
A Churchill succeeds a Churchill.
The formation OF a Liberal ministry
mas resulted In the retirement of the
Duke OF Marlborough from the
Office of the under secretary for the
colonies, and his brilliant cousin, Wins
ton Churchill, stepping into The
vacant post, The salary is 1880 a year.
The Duke didn't need the money.
thanks to the millions which his mar
rlage TO a Vanderbilt brought him, but
winston Churchill stands in great need
OF II. 1t is said that Winston's Amer
lean mother, Lady Randolph Churchill
las she IL generally known despite her
second marriage 10 CORVALLIS West
once remarked that her son had inher-
tied the brains of the family while the
duke had inherited only the title
Which remark being repeated 10 the
dukes American wife caused exceed
ingly strained relations between The
two ladies' for q time. II was hardly
fair to the duke, Winston certainly
has most brains, but the Duke has con-
more than the average sharu
OF ability. Aud h. deserves credit for
trying 10 make the best Of n. He can.
not be included in that inglorious bri-
sade known ms the Titled Loafers. Hu
had worked hard at the colonial Office
and when young man with big pilo
who he'd never been trained In business
does that 1t means that he has some
remarkable gond stuff In him IIe
has won the good viii Of his suhordIn-
at6s, too, and they arc sorry tn see him
go, fearing that they viii find the mora
strenuous Winston much harder to get
along with, I imagine that old Com
modore Vanderbilt did NOT have much
use for "A peer ia general principles. but
THINK. were he alive, he would admit
that his granddaughtsr's husband has
panned out pretty well--for a duke.
PETTTCoATs COUNT MUCH.
Petticoats count much more IN polI-
Ties here than they do In America. and
with a general election IMPENDING,
Lady Randolph Churchill Is preparing
a hevy Of fair damsclH for the tray by
coaching THEN ln the ways and Wiles
1f clectionecrng. She IS a past master
% the art for she did "A lot Of cam
vusing for Lord Randolph Churchill.
and knows how 20 win votes and at tie
same time steer clear of the drastic
English laws against bribery and cor
Iuptiou. In many West-cnd rooms
meetings are being held at which eN-
pert electioneering agents explain TO
pretty political AW02ons the gentle art
of wooing the susceptible British voter
at first hand. IL Is now quite the FASH
lon for wives and female relatives, es-
pecially those who are endowed with
good looks. TO accompany candidates
when they make addresses on public
platforms, Their presence serves not
only 10 attract wavering voters, but
restraints hostile electors nom signi-
flying their dlsapproval Of the candi-
dates by means Of decaying vegetables
and ancient eggs.
EYES ON YOUNG MILITARY MAN.