The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-09-12
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ANNA GOULD TELLS |
WHY THE AMERICAN |
GIRLS WE'D TITLES !
III Is Because They Hant 10 Rise /
Adore The American !
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GALLANT IINHERS WIN 1
BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT TIE PRICE !
WHEN HEARTLESSNESS OF HUS- /
BANDS Is DISCOVERED. {


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! NINE. Anna GOuld's views on inter
national marriages are quoted as fol
lows in an interview with her report
ed by Jean Bonnefou, a French Jour
nalist:
I'VE Americans love French socie
~ because of the shortcomings of GU,
own. To me France is the incarna
ton OF the highest possibilities OF
elegance. Aristocrats. titles, attract
American girls because We have not
got them at home l married a French
arlstocrat because thought him the
embodiment Of finesse, of high life.
"Of course, was disappointed: but
saw Paris and learned that it does
not do to differ from other people.
Paris never saw me as l am.
was content to devote myself to my
children. I gave up my money roy
ally. and. for the rest. sentenced my
self to silence.
One has to learn. l come from a
country whose high society differs in
every way from the French noblesse.
At home woman spends the money
that man earns.
III French aristocrat marries
one OF our heiresses he expects her
to be his banker This wife-banker
must invest all her money in an en-
terprise over which she has no con-
troll and that often yields her but
scant percentage. American girls. as
q rule, do not see this side of the
medal, but when 1t is brought home
to them, in time-oh, how it hurts!
Mainly because you want to rise
above the American mode OF life, Am
erican girls seek European marriage
alliances-that is, marry titled for
eigners.
In the material things. in honesty
and solidity OF purpose. the American
man has no equal We know that. we
women do, but. nevertheless, turn to
Europe in quest OF the ideal man. on
the old continent. we persuade our
selves. dwells the hero OF our girlish
dreams.
Il know now that this hero OF our
imagination is more often than not
but a gilded and beribboned manikin.
but women will never believe it un-
til they have found opt for them
selves. The man who bestrides his
horse SO elegantly. the cavalier of
most enchanting manners-how could
he be capable Of covetousness or in
trigue? Nothing surprises an Ameri-
can heiress whose marriage to a IT,
tied foreigner turns out badly more
than the fact that her exquisite con-
sort lacks heart. that muscle from |
which all our happiness should flow.
Curious. is it not? The French ar
lstocracy. conserved in its own ice.
plays upon the imaginations of Ameri.
can heiresses by the very characters
tics 1t most conspicuously lacks. l
knew quite we'll when girl that not !
all French noblemen were jewels
that the revolution forgot to destroy.
Yet the charm of the first real cava.
Ter l met captivated me.
TO ensnare American girls a IT,
led foreigner must be postmaster
If gallantry, the glass of fashion, an
exquisite in every polite pursuit. II
lie hasn't these qualities in the high,
,st essence, then we prefer a prac-
ical. diligent. solid American.
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tut We prefer the easy conversation.
i style of the French. It's the cham.
'agne bubbles we love In French life
sut some Of these airy, fairy gentle.
what brutal tricksters they
and frauds! It goes
cry hard with woman when she
earns that her husband is that. It
iakes her suffer.
American life has one great ad-
antage over the Partisan. At home
e do not affect feelings we are in
apable of entertaining. We do not
lay with hearts. neither with the t
lies nor the children's. i
I'VE have religion. ! was the wife b
Catholic. but in my heart OF '
carts I always remained true to the
18th Of my childhood. I am still a d
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II believe in religion as do in -
We. To my mind, neither permits 9
frivolities.
II am bringing up my children IN
e love OF God and goodness-as y
ey are flesh Of my flesh, SO l pray =
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