Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-04-30
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10y Europe do the same In
HcSH their country. She said
that we on this SIDE OF
the water think much more OF ute
than they do on the other. There
they are accustomed to them they
know whence they have been derived
and their present value
To the American woman title typl-
fes something great and grand anu
beyond ordinary humanity. VISIONS
fit through her mind of gilded palaces'
throngs of worshipers bowling down
before the majesty of nobility ano ao-
dressing her as lady, countess, duchess
and princess. She never dreams tnat
the coronet usually turns into Drass
and signifies nothing but decadent
race, prof1igate, immoral, poverty
stricken and that instead OF a crown
of glory it will only be a weight Oh
shame on her head to crush her to the
earth in humiliation and despair
writes DIR. Madison c. Peters, in the
Chicago Tribune.
Most of our American girls who
have allowed themselves to be caught
by the tinsel 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 plumages 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-
dation can never be fully told, for
much of it is concealed. The record
sad one.
One of the most deplorable features
about the slaughter of the innocents,
aside from the sorrow and shame
which money cannot estimate, is that
so much of the hard-earned gold OF
America must be wasted and squan.
dered by worthless blackguards and
prof1igates, when it might be used to
ameliorate the sad condition of the
millions of workers who made the
money.
For the empty title of a countess
Anna Gould sacrificed SIS, 100000 OF
her fathers money and her honor as
well. She is now the wife of another
equally notorious prince.
The only American who married 6
real. live prince was Miss Alice Heine
daughter of a Jewish banker in New
Orleans, and she Jared little better
than her duped sisters. Her husband
was the prince of Monaco. a real title
but a small dominion. She had beer
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 ruet
her bargain and eloped with a Spanish
singer.
Clara Ward Exception to Rule.
Everybody is familiar with the stor,
of Clara Ward of Detroit Mich, VIII,
became the so-called princess d
Chimay Her husband, contrary to al
other princes, was too respectable an,
quiet for her. She ran away with tn
wandering fiddler known to notoriet
as Rigo.
Edith Collins, great, great grand
daughter of old Commodore Wander
bilt. married Prince Czaykowski,
Pole, in the Turkish diplomatic ser,
ice This man was arrested for mis-
conduct and dismissed from his pos
He ill treated his wife, she sued for d
not made public because the testimon
was too scandalous even for Paris
Evelyn Bryant, daughter of Mr..
John w. Mackay, married the Primo
Colonna-Stigliano, a gambler and
drunkard. He compelled her to Sc
her jewels and her wedding present
and forced her to appeal to her mothe
for money. She divorced him.
Clara Prentice, the adopted daugl
ter of Coils P Huntington, marie
Prince Francis Won Hatzfeldt-W Wilder
burg, notorious gambler, who wa
ostracised in all the clubs of Pari
Berlin and Vienna, and is welcome n,
where. His wife, a woman of sterlin
worth. has suffered rather than max
her private grievances public NJ
Huntington, during the latter years
his life, again and again paid tt
debts of this titled spendthrift an
tried in vain to put him on the path
honor.
Miss Winnaretta Singer twice tire
away her chances and her many mi
lions on European unworthies-fir
the marquis de Scey-Montbeliard an
next the Prince Edmond de Polignac
The list of unfortunate information
marriages is SO long that to give
would be equal to q compilation