The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES

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her husbands home, st. Petersburg,
where her quick wit. her beauty. and
the bit Of audaeity that is character
istic of most American girls. made her
a noted figure in a circle made up OF
brilliant and beautiful women; but best
Of all, she was a happy wife. and her
children were quite worthy Of the Amer
ican strain in their blood
! Besides that Of Miss Williams TO
Count Bodisco, there have been a num-
Der Of other Russo-American marriages
that have turned out we'll That of Sophie
Radford. daughter of Admiral Radford.
/ 10 Mr.. de Meissner was eminently happy,
the only sorrows that marked it were
the deaths Of her son and her husband
Happy too. have been the marriages of
Frances Payson and Pierre BOtl1in. Mar
! tha Hoy and Pierre Rogestvensky. Helen
/ Tisdale and Mr. de Wollant. When
Americans who frequently visit the other
side wish to mention an ideal mterna-
tional marriage they invariably name
that Of Matte Mitchell aad the Duke de
la Rochefoucauld. Every one who hap
pened to be in Washington twenty years
ago viii remember this romance. how
the marriage was opposed, bitterly op-
posed by the Rochefoucauld family be-
cause Of Miss Mitchelrs lack of fortune,
and how both the young people remained
obdurate would not give up. We're un-
moved by threats and entreatics. and
/ how. finally. they had their way and
were married in Paris. where they have
| lived happily ever since. Ii was only a
4 little while ago that Miss Elverson was
married TO NJ. Patenotre. "She IS sure TO
| be unhappy" shouted the scoffers. for
! PatenOtTe is a willy diplomat a strenuous
and brainy man; he would never marry
the little Elverson except for her money; -
but the scOffers were wrong This clever
French diplomat and his American wife
have been very happy, and when her hus-
band was French ambassador at the
Court OF Madrid. Nine. Patenotre was
one of the most popular women in the
diplomatic corps.
The counts de Chambrun are almost
Americans. having passed all their boy
hood in Washington. where their father,
| Marquis de Chambrun, was the special
attorney for the French government
before the Alabama Claims Commits
sion. and so il was natural mat they
should marry American wives. The eld-
est OF the brothers married Miss Rives-
! Nichols. of Virginia, the second Miss
LongWorth, sister OF Nicholas LongwOrth.
| The youngest Of the brothers. Charles
i is still unmarried. and is m present at
tached 10 the French Embassy here, but
/ il is written on the cards that he Will
follow the good example set by his
brothers and win an American bride.
Here at the Capital we have many
examples OF successful international mar
riages in members Of the diplomatic corps
who have American wives. and il IS small
wonder that the French Ambassador ad-
vocates such marriages when his own
has been so happy. Nine. Jusserand was
la Miss Elise Richards. OF Boston. Her
father at least claimed the Hub for his
home, but the French Ambassadress was
/ born and brought up in Paris and visited
America for the first time when her
husband was transferred TO this post
baroness Sternburg is an American. and
was before her marriage Miss Langham.
/ OF Kentucky; the wife Of the Belgian
Minister. Baroness Moncheur. is an
American. and first met her husband in
the City Of Mexico. when her father.
Powell Clayton, represented America. and
Baron Moneheur was chief of the Belgian
Legation. A little more than a year ago
the sister of Baroness Aloncheur married
a foreigner. Grant-Duf. the English min
lister 10 Cuba. and the latest news from
them was 20 the effect that they had not
yet gotten over their honeymoon.
The late Sir Michael Herbert. former
British Ambassador at this Capital. was
married TO an American. who was born
Leila Wilson. and is a sister of Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. and the ministers from
both the Netherlands and Costa Rica have
American wives. Luis Pastor. the popu-
/ lar secretary Of the Spanish Legation.
is married 10 Miss Lee. of Baltimore: and
many recall the romance of Virginia Low
cry and Jack Brunetti. who subsequently
became the Duke Of ARGOS and repre-
sented the Land Of CASTLE in Washington.
where he had formerly been only an
obscure attache, whose suit for his
daughters hand was rejected by Mr..
! Lowery because he was so poor and be-
cause he had no prospects. Now the Duke
and Duchess Of ARGOS are the happiest
couple to be found anywhere. they are
always together. never separated save
for few hours at a time. and are as
devoted to each other as when he was
a budding diplomatist and she a society
belle; and there are so many other simi-
/ lar marriages. though few quite as
/ joyous-for such perfect bliss IS rarely
TO be found on this earth-that could
be named if only space allowed
II IS quite certain that American women
have played a considerable role IN foreign
politics. The Countess Won Waldersee.
who was Miss Lee, Of New York. had
at one time an immense influence IN
Berlin. and the middle-class Germans
used 10 say that this American countess
led the old Emperor around by the nose.
However this may be, she was most
warmly liked there, and no grande dame
of the most exclusive circle had a more
delightful salon. The wife of Admiral
Won Winterfeldt chamberlain TO the
Emperor Frederick, was an American. and
her niece, Miss Seton. Of New York. mar
ried Capt Won Ketteler a cousin of the
Baron Won Ketteler VINO was minister from
Germany 10 China at the time OF the
Boxer uprising. and who was murdered
on his way to make an official call upon
the Tsung Li-Yamen. Baroness von. Ket-
teller, il viii be remembered, was also nm
American, and since the tragic death of
her husband has received many courtesies
from the Emperor OF Germany, who has
lost no opportunity TO show his sympathy
and regard for her.
The daughter Of the late Mrs. DahIgren.
widow of Admiral Dahlgren. by her first
husband, Mr.. Goddard, married a Ger
man, the Baron Overlook, and was most
content in hex foreign surroundings. An
other German marriage that has turned
\ out well, despite the fact that the wise
acres predicted all sorts of dire results
because Of the difference IN age between