The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-30
HE cAN,r GET HER.

Another probably impecuAious for.
eigner wants to marry a wealthy
American. This time 1t is the King
of Servia and 1t is stated that he has
made a proposal of marriage to Mrs
Potter Palmer. of Chicago, not only
one of the wealthiest of American
women but one of the finest examples
of the best In American womanhood.
That she refused to consider the Of
fer is not surprising, for, as The KAN
sas City Journal remarks. 1t is Just
what would be expected of her. Mrs.
Palmer is already queen, and her
subjects are countless numbers of ad-
miring American people. Shall she.
abdicate this proud position to reign
over one o. those musty little Balkan
postage stamp Kingdoms that is
scarcely larger than her own Chicago
backyard? Never! She is too good
an American, and besides she has
sense enough to keep her money on
this side the Atlantic, out of reach OF
those poverty-stricken toy monarchs
who haven't even change of crowns
No doubt this Peter Karageorge-
witch. or whatever his absurd name
is. thought Mrs. Palmer would leap
at the prospect of becoming queen OF
isalittle potato patch kingdom, which
is about one-thfrd the size of Ala
bama. Like many other foreigners
with titles he probably thinks that all
American women are constantly hold
ing out baited hooks in the hope OF
catching p title. more especially IL she
has ducats enough to buy a good ono,
for it must be remembered that poor
American girls are not on the lookout
for titled husbands, nor do the titles
try to form life partnerships with poor
girls. 1t Is sort of mutual interest
game they play. The American money
attracts the title and the title at
tracts the American money. and too
often the end is a miserable failure to
be soon repented of by the woman in
tue case, If not by the man.
But Irs. Palmer is not that kind
of woman hing Peter. who Is about
GO, we believe, may be a fairly repu-
table king, as kings go. but no king
en- earth could ennoble Mrs. Bertha Ho-
more Palmer, by placing her on his
throne, however great OF noble that
king might be. Certainly she could
the ruler of such an insignificant pc.
tcntate as Peter of Servia, whose little
kingdom is not of kind to attract u
sensible American woman, even IL She
should have an itching to play the
role of queen for a time. AS our
Kansas City contemporary further
says, If she should desire n king. sit
would have to be real king with
first-class and well-kept kingdom
Servia is out of the way, with poor
transportation facilities and bad drain
age. 1t is too far fiAm the principal
capitals of Europe, where things are
going on. Mrs. Palmer would make q
bad investment TO buy half interest in
such property. About the only thing
that happens in Servia is when King
Peters dinky little army STRIKES on
pay day. Should the American WON.
an TAKE the position Sne would nave 10
buy a new throne, redeem the scepter
from thu pawnshop and send over new
shoe; 70 the roval garrison. No. II
Mrs. Palmer takes stock in any mon
archy it must be up-to date. face the
European boulevard and wear an air
of prosperity. None of your smuggy
old thrones for Chicago"
No doubt the real cause of Pete's
proposal is the need of funds. 1t is
not likcl.- that servia pays very liber-
al salaries to its rulers. 1t is neither
a large nor wealthy Kingdom. and
we suspect that this kinglet's pockets
are generally in. a fabhy condition.
If he could annex Mrs. Palmers mil
lions he might be able to redeem his
summer clothes from his uncle or
even buy a new outfit, but he may
as well look elsewhere for somebody
te-stake him. Our American queens
are not for his sort.