The Ordway new era., 1910-04-22

SuS let the titled nobodies OF
~ Europe do the same In
6:b their country. She said
that we on this side OF
the water think much more OF utie
than they do on the other. There
they are accustomed to them. they
know whence they have been derlVeo'
and their present value.
To the American woman title typi-
hes something great and grand ana
beyond ordinary humanity. Visions
nit through her mind Of gilded palaces
throngs of worshipers bowling down
before the majesty Of nobility. and ad-
dressing her as lady. countess. ducness
and princess. She never dreams that
the coronet usually turns into brass
and signifies nothing but decadent
race, prohigate. immoral. poverty
stricken and that instead Of crown
OF glory It will only be . weight OF
shame on her head to crush her to the
earth In humiliation and despair.
writes Dr.. Madison C. Peters. In the
Chicago Tribune.
Most Of our American girls who
have allowed themselves to be caught
BY the tinssl of foreign titles have
realized too late their fatal mistake.
They passed from happy homes Of
freedom to pine and die in gilded
cages or to gain freedom again by the
door Of the divorce court. and their
once white wings become draggled and
their gorgeous plumases soiled for
ever.
Whole story Not to Be Told.
What the allurement Of European
titles has cost the rich young women
Of our country In suffering and degra-
dalton can never be fully told. for
much Of It 10 concealed. The record
Of our rich unfortunates 10. indeed. .
sad one. =.
One Of the most deplorable features
about the slaughter Of the innocents.
aside from the sorrow and shame
which money cannot estimate. 10 that
20 much of the hard.earned gold Of
America must be wasted and sQuan.
dered BY worthless blackguards and
pronigates. when II might be used to
ameliorate the sad condition Of the
millions Of workers who made the
money.
For the empty title Of q countess,
Anna Gould sacrificed $l5.000.0o0 OF
her fathers money and her honor a.
we'll. She 10 now the wife of another
equally notorious prince.
The only American who married .
real. live prince was Miss Alice Heine.
daughter Of Jewish banker in New
Orleans. and she Jared little better
than her duped sisters. Her husband
was the prince Of Monaco. q real title.
but q small dominion. She had been
married before to a Frenchman. the
due de Richelieu. He died. The prince
had Just got a separation from an Eng.
lish wife. Though a man OF some
parts. he was Of low ideas and gross
nature. His American wife soon rued
her bargain and eloped with Spanish
singer.
Clara Ward Exception to Rule.
Everybody Is familiar with the story
OF Clara Ward Of Detroit. Mich, who
became the so-called princess de
Chimay. Her husband. contrary to all
other princes. was too respectable and
quiet for her She ran away with the
wandering fiddler known to notoriety
as Rigo.
Edith Collins. a great. great grand.
daughter Of old Commodore Wander.
bilt. married Prince Czaykowski, a
Pole. in the Turkish diplomatic serv.
ice. This man was arrested for mis-.
conduct and dismissed from his post.
He III treated his wife. she sued for di.
rorce In Paris. The proceedings were
not made public because the testimony
was too scandalous even for Paris.
Evelyn Bryant. daughter Of Mrs,
John w. Mackay. married the Prince
Colonna.Stigliano. a gambler and a
drunkard. He compelled her to sell
her Jewels and her wedding presents
and forced her to appeal to her mother
for money. She divorced him.
Clara Prentice. the adopted dauxh.
ter Of Coils P. Huntington, married
Prince Francis Won Hatzfeldt.v Widen.
burg. notorious gambler, who was
ostracised In all the clubs OF Paris.
Berlin and Vienna, and 10 welcome no.
where. His wife. q woman Of sterling
worth. has suffered rather than make
her private grievances public. Mr..
Huntington. during tho latter years of
his life. again and again paid the
debts Of this titled spendthrift and
tried in vain to put him on the path of
honor.
Miss Winnaretta Singer twice threw
away her chances and her many mil.
lions on European unworthies-first
the marquis de Scey- ey-Montbeliard and
next the Prince Edmond de Polignac.
The list Of unfortunate international
marriages 10 SO long that to give It
would be equal to q compilation Of