Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-05
PRINCE FOR SALE;
PRICE IS $1,25O,OOO
CHANCE FOR HElRESS WHO
CAN PLANK DOWN
Flags London Society-RoyaI Well
come to England Awaits Presi-
dent RooseveIt's
Niece
special Cable to The Herald.

the dollars of American heiresseS, but
the hard-up English aristocrat never
openly avows his mercenary motive.
Nor does the American heiress ac-
knowledge that she marries his lord
ship to obtain a high social position.
The pretense at least is mainland that
Cupid is at the bottom of the business
There is no such pretense about the
following advertisement. translated
from the Vossische Zeitung:
"A prince, highness, royal cham
berlain. 25 years af age, Catholic, in
good health, without debts, finds him
self in the necessity, being younger
son, of contracting a rich marriage, in
order to maintain an establishment
suited to his rank. His highness de-
sires to marry a lady of pleasant man.
ners, not more than 26 years of age,
and of loving and artistic temperament.
She must possess not less than $780,
900, of which $25O,OOO must be in ready
money. The highest references will be
required
The initials given are W. K. Con-
cerning the identity of the prince there
has been much speculation, and people
are wondering whether any American
heiress will rise to the bait.
Princess Honors Americans
At a party the other afternoon
Miss Nellie Post and Miss Clare Frew-
en- showed me their insignia of the or
der of Innocence, which was conferred
on them during their stay at the Swed-
ish court by King Oscar. The order of
Innocence seems suggestive of clois- |
tered nuns, and there seems something
incongruous in it's bestowal on two of
the friskiest, most bewitching and up
to-date American girls that have yet
appeared to enliven English society.
Naturally the English girls present
poked a lot of fun at the decorations
but all the same they would have been |
immensely proud had they been SINH |
larly honored. The green eyed mon
ster has been much in evidence here |
since the kings niece, the crown prin- |
cess of Sweden, chose from her large |
circle of English friends two American
girls to be her first guests at the Swed-
iSh court
Welcome Awaits Roosevelt's Niece
Corinne Robinson, the presidents
niece, is sure to receive a great well
come when she arrives here for the
season. The fact of her being anything
to the head of the American govern
ment guarantees that. l hear of sew
eral parties which are being planned !
for her. Most of the Americans in
society here seem to feel they are in
duty bound to get up festivities in
her behalf. The king and queen, in a |
mild way, are sure also to single her
out for favor, so that if she is at all
an ambitious young woman, she ought
to be Growing. believe she has been
here before, but it has not been my
lot to come into contact with her. If
she is wise she will be herself. "Side'
is fatal from our point of view in the
American girl. Her cousin, the presi- |
dents daughter, carried all before her
here last summer because of her abb
solute naturalness, her ease and her
friendliness. These are some of the |
characteristics we expect from the |
American girl. and without them she |
is a failure.
Father Bernard Vaughan and a host |
of imitators improved the Lenten sea-
son by tying the smart set to the whip
ping post and lashin.; 1t with scornful |
eloquence. Society has rather enjoyed |
it, for society loves being spanked. 1t
is like the dog who would rather be |
whipped than ignored. But it continues
to go it's way unreformed and impen-
itent. 1t is not because the social |
scourge has oeen applied to it's sinful |
back that the smart set has resolved |
to give itself serious airs. 1t is be-
cause fashion has so decreed. The |
coming season is to be one of drawing |
room lectures. There will be dinner
parties and bridge and theaters and |
other frivolities, but the real smart
thing is now to be serious. Society |
is to put on it's best bib and tucker |
and sit demurely on spring afternoons |
to listen to dismal lectures on the in
effability of things.
The fashion changes, but the facts |
remain; and the women who play |
bridge into the wee sma' hours are
precisely the same women who yawn
over lectures on Plato or radium. They |
do not count for much after all. What |
is vaguely termed the smart set COM
prises only a small number of those |
who are in society. l really think the |
good father overdoes it bit Take |
1t all round, don't believe that society |
is so terribly Babylonian as his Lenten |
sermons would lead the world to be- |
lieve.
During Mr.. Reid's tenancy of the |
"great white elephant of Park lane,
as Capt. Holford's enormous and pa
latial mansion is called, it has been
the scene of more gayety and lavish
entertainment than at any other period
of it's career. 1t is rumored here that
there is some likelihood the American |
government may purchase the house
as a permanent American embassy. |
Unless Uncle Sam is prepared to make |
a big increase in the niggardly salary |
which it now pays it's ambassador at |
the court of st. James, this would
mean that hereafter only millionaires
could fill the position.
No man who is dependent on his am |
bassadorial salary could afford to live
in Dorchester house and keep it up. |
Speedy bankruptcy would follow any
such attempt. There seems to be no
dearth of rich men in America who, |
as ready-made diplomats, are in every
respect a match for the highly trained
representatives of European powers
But it is conceivable there might come
a time when America might desire to
be represented by another such man
as James Russell Lowell. Dorchester
house, as a permanent embassy, would
present an insurmountable obstacle to
his acceptance of the position.
Mrs. Potter Palmer is expected short
ly at Hampden house, where, judging
by all that is said, she means to out
shine all other American hostesses by
the lavishness of her hospitality and
entertainments. She has practically
arranged already for a wonderful con-
cert she proposes to give in June, at
which at least half dozen "stars" are
to appear. For it Melba. Paderewski
and Caruso are supposed to be already
fc cof hot Dali