The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
WHEN DID TNTERNA TIONAL
MARRIAGES REALLYBEGIN

BY CHARLOTTE VI. CONGER.
Written fer The Washington Herald
There was a time when the announce
ment Of the betrothsl OF "a young Amerl-
can milli0nairess and a titled foreigner,
more or less impecunous, viewed from
the million-dollar standpoint would have
awakened loudly expressed indignation
and inspired a storm Of protest from ali
over the country, but In recent years
these announcements have become 50 fire.
quent that they are now received without
rancor. The people Of this country
through closer intercourse with Europe,
have learned that not an foreigners are
Adventures and blacklegs, and that a
woman can be as happy married to an
Engiishman or German as she can be
married to a descendant of an English
man or German whose lot has been
cast in this country.
Various writer's have tried 10 fix a per
iod when international marriages began,
which is quite impossible for American
girls married foreign men and American
men married foreign women from the
very beginning OF things in this coun-
! try. In colonial days the daughters OF
rich planters were sent home 20 Eng
land 60 be finished" or 70 visit reia-
/ tives. and Cousin Peggy" or Cousin
Dolly from the New World. with her
| fresh complexion and her natural. un-
studied ways, SO appealed 10 the young
noblemen. bored 10 death with Mistress
! Arabellas mincing ways. her paint, pow
der, and patches. fell head over heels in
I love with the enchanting little colOnists
at first sight and married them, much
/ 20 the chagrin Of Mist ress Arabela and
/ her sisters.
peggy" Allen Led the Procession.
1 In Washington administration the
| British Minister George Hammond
married little Philadelphian Peggy
/ Allen. an arch Tory, To be sure, but still
| an American. In this same adminisrra-
/ ton both the Spanish and French Min
/ listers took American wives The Mar
I quis d'Yrojo wooed and won the beauti-
4 fu Saihe Mexican, daughter of the Chief
Justice. while the firehrand, Genet. who
represented the French republic in those
! early days. married the daughter OF Gov
/ Clinton Later on. in lSl6. the three
l beautiful eaton sisters. granddaughter
/ OF Charles Carroll OF Carrollton visited
/ England and became the toasts OF the
]
/ Graees," and Mary. the eldest is said
4 20 have inspired Bryon when he wrote.
sud- was Zuleka-such around her shone
The uameless charms UNMARKED bg bet alone;
The light ~ love- the pIrity ~ 17ace,
Tie mind. the music breathing fran her face
The heart whose s1ftuess harmouizcd jhe whole
and, ID. that e]e vas IN itself a soll-
The Three Graces' all married Eng
/ lishmen Mary married the Marquis Of
/ Wellesley, when be was lord Lieutenant
+ OF Ireland, and her wedding was cel--
+ brated In Dublin with great eclat. The
/ Youngest OF the Graces. Louise, became
/ Lady Harvey. and upon the death OF
her first husband. married Francis Co
dolphin darcy Osb0urne, eldest son Of
the Duke Of Leeds which made her the
! Marchioness of Carmathen. When, on
7 the death Of his father her husband
came intOa the ducal title, his consort
was the firN American 20 wear the much
1 coveted strawberry leaves. Elizabeth,
I the second OF this interesting trio, was
( what Is now called an old maid when she
( married George William. eighth Baron
I Stafford.
Two Yankee marlborough.
some Of the other International mar
riases in the first half OF the last cen
tury were those of Miss Cadwalader to
Baron Erskine, Jane Sibley 20 Sir Curtis
( Lempson. Of Sussex; EulaIie Moutgom-
/ cry. daughter Of William Montgomery. Of
I Louisiana. to Count de Sully- Eethune. Of
/ France, and there were many more
unions of greater or less Importance
There have been two American duchesses
of Marlborough Lily Price widow OF
( Louis Hammersiey, married the father OF
the present duke and we all remember
1 the marriage Of little Consuel0 Vanderbilt
TO the latter. and into the same family
/ Jennie jerome. daughter of Leonard Je-
rome. of New York. married, her first
( husband being Lord Randolph Churchill.
! son Of the seventh Duke Of Marlborough.
The marriage Of Evelyn Frost. daugh-
/ ter of Gen Frost. of St. Louis, TO Phipps
Beresford-Hope. a nephew Of the Marquis
Of Salisbury. who belongs 20 the same
I family of which Lord Decies, soon marry
/ the little Gould girl is a member. took
place in 1852, and was a brilliant one
/ for at that time Lord Salisbury had sue
ceeded Lord Beaconsneld as head of the
/ Conservative party. and was very much
/ in the public eye Mary stevens mar
I riage TO Sir Arthur Paget, in 1875, was
/ one of the sensations OF that period. when
we were not so accustomed TO interna-
! tional marriages as we are to-day. The
marriage Of Sir Arthur's nephew TO Paul
/ inc Whitney. daughter Of the late William
+ &. Whitney. four years ago. did not make
nearly so much Of a stir, but nowadays
/ such marriages are Of constant occur
/ renee.
/ The two most important international
/ marriages Of recent years are those OF