Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-09

O Heart! beyond the tumult of the cross
If there should be no voice nor any trace.
ONLY strange winds on leagues of grasses
And the wide space
only Eternity with words to wander,
4 soul among the unknown souls of men,
And . my heart, no clue, no footprint
What then? What then?
Jane Cox in Westminster Gazette.
--O-:o-
International Marriages.
A foolish American woman whose mat
rimonial escapadings with disreputable
foreign men of title have been exploited
hv the press of two continents. has been
held up as a truly awful example of the
rndesira hIeness of international mar
riages. and indeed the public rancor
again this form of alliance has inspired
nj least one legislator to suggest the adj
visibility of the national government
taking a hand in prohibiting it--as if
that could be done. The impression
conveyed by all this denunciatory writ
ing and talk is that only misery awaits
the native girl who has the wretched
taste to turn her back upon the Amer
lean man, admitted by all the world to
be incompatible as a husband; but the
truth is that only a small proportion of
international marriages turn out disas-
trouSly, the American foreign wed girl
as rule being as happy in her domes-
tic relations as her sisters who prefer
homespun; and in addition achieving a
more or less enviable social distinction
impossible to compass in a democracy.
1t is, Of course, to be expected that the
American eagle should scream with in
dignant rage upon discovering that girls
born and bred here hunger for the flesh
pots of monarchical titles. but until in
this and all other republics, social as
we'll as political democracy obtains.
that hunger will surely continue.
As it is not expected that girls of the lei
sure class shall distinguish themselves in
careers other than social ones, it is natu-
raj that the more ambitious and daring
of them should aim high, just as their
ambitious brothers set out to win the
highest honors in Industrial. CONNER
cal and political careers. There can
be no gainsaying the fact that a long
pedigree title confers social distinction
of an altitude which nothing that a re-
public has to offer socially can touch.
and hence what more natural than that
the girl, subjected to the energizing in
Huences of her American environment
and restricted as to her choice of careers
by training and the force of public opin-
ion. should grasp at the highest social
attainment within her possibilities
The United States and other coun-
tries maintain elaborate and costly sys-
TENS of consular service, a large part of
the activities of which are devoted to
the study of methods for Wrestling trade
away from foreign rivals, and is not the
girl, debarred by custom from engaging
in international trade conquests, only
following the example of her brothers
when she also engages in international
in sinh eli
ries off social prizes, winning them from
countries Astounding in girls with youth
beauty, charm and birth to commend
them, certainly ought not to be the Oc-
caslon of reproach to her. Rather is she
not keeping up the tradition. in Il
beautifully winsome way, of Americas
ability to carry everything before her ?
Moreover. it must be borne in mind that
the international marriage is usually not
a matter Of pure trade-so much cash
down Tor title-but that there are
many worthy lords of high degree with
substantial bank accounts who are eager.
Wiling captives That only those inter
national marriages in which the barter
feature is the main one are exploited in
me press is easily accounted for by the
tendency of the newspaper to seize upon
ail me unlovely incidents of life, be-
cause they SO readily lend themselves
20 sensational. or at least emotional,
treatment. and as the general public has
no other source of information, 1t is in
eVltable that it should infer that all
hauve-tongued marriages are of the bar
Yer class. This is, however. far from
pelng true, and a French author has re-
Gently rendered the American girl gall
iaht service by presenting a long list of
tHe wholly reputable men with historic
ttieS and large means who have married
american girls. from higher than money
oag motives. 1t ought to be regarded as
Vccaslon for eongratulation that the
american girl attains distinctions that
lepfesent the very highest pinnacles of
Nociai attainment. for would not Ameri-
cans be indignant if distinguished for
tisners were so Indifferent to the charms
VI tnelr country women that they never
coveted them for wives?
1 ne International marriage is in way
orllllant manifestation of would fell
L1"ship, and as foreign authors have the
luce and the justice to credit the Amer
'cah sirl who marries a title with high
motives than mere vulgar desire for
tuSD'ay, should not her compatriots
Use TO impute to her wholly unworthy
IIollVes. whether the circumstances of
Vogue. an = u i'O'
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Inc Thankless Child.
Probably the next charge that we hear
Ieae against the natural morality of the
hilu IS that he is 'ungratefulH And to
S S;.S We frankly plead guilty. But why !
ihplS because he doesn't know that he