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Washington. II, c, March q. Tho
sery latest is that it all depends OF,
Papa Shonts
Ike is a sturdy and hard-headed
American citizen who has read II good
deal about these international mar
Then, In addition. Ne DOESN'T feel Ger
tain how much II might cost to main
tam the distinction of Il connection with
MOBILITY.
True. Papa Shon;s is worth a few
modest millions. n is understood to
be getting $4,000 a year salary. But
100000 n year salary. as the old woin-
wealth."
Papa Shonts would undoubtedly have
his own way If 1t We're not for Mamma
Shonts. His daughters have been
trained to defer in all serious matters
to their father. But it turns out that
Mamna nor has a fortune of her
own, and she feels. according to current
report In the most exclusive circles OF
social Washington, that it would be
simply grand to have Theodore marry
a duke.
And such a nice duke. too, is double
barrelled Grace de Claulnes ct de
Picquiny. He hasn't so awfully much
money, as Washington understands. but
he is immensely correct socially. Those
mean stories that he was not enter
eained in the French embassy, and that
nobody him in the Metro
Holitan club. We're malicious inventions.
Not only has he been dined in the
French embassy, but he has been en-
:ertained there informally-just like an
old friend of the family; and he has
!ounged around the Metropolitan club,
they say, with a n~onchlance and ADAM
don that branded him as the truest
type of blase clublman. And as to his
fny~f" IN H. rh1 . 500 r. -. N!---.
than he lets on. They don't have amy
satisfactory French editions of Dun
and Bradstreet. and ever the con-
gressional library fails to reward the
most diligent research with an adequate
Impression of the Chaulnes ct Picquiny
balance sheet. So much more eNclu-
Flve and refined thai our Grass Amer.
lean ways of putting it all down in
figures, to be sure.
Can Pass as a Gentleman.
Anyhow, his grace is devoted to Miss
Theodore Shonts, and it is universally
accepted report that only the necessity
of getting papa's consent stands i'm the
way OF the announcement of their en-
gagement. Miss Theodore is by unani-
NOUS agreement a charming girl. She
Is 20 and his grace about 35. He is no
~lmpecunious duke. either. He has
landed estates n that SORT of thing
and is in no possible danger of hav-
iii5 w Wolh- III spite Oh Delllg q dc,
he could pass anywhere as a gen.
a
If there is anything about the duke
that might be criticised, it is that he
really lacks the spice of an attractive
suggestion of recklessness.
There is no substantial reason why
Miss Shonts should not we'd the duke
Nnd have a fine international wedding
with her picture in all the papers OF
two continents. Papa Shonts is so pre-.
occupied with the problem of this
Brooklyn bridge rush and the venti,a.
ton of the subway that he hasn't had
time to think OF this matrimonial mat
ter in all its attractive aspects.
Anyhow Washington is sure that
Miss Iheodora and her mamma and
the duke will have their way. For has
not Mrs. Shonts a fortune of her own?
Is she not entitled, in her own right,
to a family correction With aristocracy'
If she want it? Didn't good old Cen,
eral Drake, Indian fighter, forty-niner.
railroad president and governor of
his missions?