The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-28

Washington. Palm Beach, New
York, Newport. Bar Harbor and the
Adirondacks. The American girl may
have her full measure of respect for
the family jewels. which the young
nobleman may have left in the family
strong box across the Atlantic, but she
or fragrant violets, or costly orchids as
daily tribute until the deal with the
family jewels is safely cIinched
Your prince or count may dress as
simple as he likes on his family estate
but while dancing attendance on the
young woman of opulent purse in
America he will need many changes
of raiment. and costly raiment at that.
Frequently he has wealth of wood
land preserve, but a shortage in ready
cash. and this chasm must be bridged
by hacker. To help out young men
of title but impecunious fortune a mat
TimOnial syndicate has actually been
formed in New York City. It's head
is Antonio Ferrari whose fortune is
estimated at SJ00.0 600. Its headquar-
tiers is No. 100 Grand street, and it is
said that behind Mr.. Ferrara stand
several foreign merchants who have
acquired great wealth in their adopted
country. Here is Mr.. Ferrera's own
statement concerning the object of his
organization.
Il am at the head OF an organization
composed of nine or ten wealthy Ital-
ians in this city that will lend TO
young foreigners of excellent families
any amount of money up to $4,000
The money is usually borrowed by
young nOblemen who are anxious to
tour this country and find themselves
here, without the necessary funds. 1t
is no concern of ours whether the
young men use our money to further
matrimonial designs on American girls
or not. All that we require is to
know that the young man comes from
a high and noble family We charge
interest at the rate of per cent on
our money, and out of the twenty -odd
young men to whom we have lent
money not one has failed to repay it."
Mr. Ferrara explains that all these
young men who are backed by the
syndicate do not contract wealthy
age. they are sometimes graceless
enough to fall in love with poor girls,
as, for instance, the young Marchese
Luigi PatrOSsie, an artist whose fami-
ly hoped that in America he would ad-
vance his art in a practical fashion by
marrying a wealthy girl. Instead he
fell in love with a struggling artist
like himself and proceeded to live hap
PLY if not luXuriously, ever afterward.
On the other hand, the Marchese Err
rico 'Olierno, disturbed in his own
family to find an American wife and
promptly proceeded to fall in love with
an American girl with more spirit and
character than cash. She at once be-
gan to make a success of him, and he
is one of the prosperous Italian mer-
chants of the West.
One who knows much of the men
who back this syndicate and their
method said: There is absolutely
nothing strange, inconsistent or un-
conventional about these marriages
between the titled foreigner and the
rich American girl. Nothing is said
when the young titled foreigner mar
ries a girl Of moderate means and set
ties down either in America or Europe
to placid domestic life Why this
uproar when the girl who has practi-
cally exhausted the possibilities of
power in America turns her attention
to conquering court circles in Europe?
She certainly has the tact and person
al charm behind her dollars, but just
the same she could not accomplish
the feat without the protection and
the family backing of her titled hus-
band"