The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-18
Some American Women Ap.
parentIy Want the Title
and Not the Man.
BATHS ARE NOT CLASSY
EUROPEAN HOTELS HAVE MADE
SOME INTERESTING IMPROVE
MENTs TO SATISFY AMERICAN
GUESTS.
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Especial Cable from the International
News Service.)
Paris, Sept. Ills the pursuit (for
It can be termed nothing else) Of for.
eign princes. earls. dukes. lords,
counts. marquises, barons-anything
or anybody of the male persuasion
who bears a title. and is unmarried
wealthy American women on matri.
mony bent never to cease?
Not content to marry their own
countrymen who are clever. have posi-
ton and money. are of good families
and whose lives are clean. they are
wild to marry foreign male who
bears title. II they cannot capture
a prince or princeling then they will
take the next best thing in the title
line. but they set their hearts on gain.
ing the right to be known as "Prin-
cess de This" or Duchess of That
and SO be in a position to lord" 1t
over other females not SO fortunate
CD and to be able to rub 1t in," per.
haps on their return to the United
States. on members of the local soci.
ETY. set who may have taken pleasure
in snubbing them before Miss Mon.
eybags" went to "Yurrup" with her
parents and actually succeeded in
matrimonially lassoing a real live
prince" or II not some one not bear.
ing quite 80 high a rank then some.
thing almost as good"
Mrs. Cornelia Baxter Tevis. or Mrs
Baxter-Tevis mote the hyphen) as
she now calls herself. formerly OF
Denver, Col, but later of San Fran.
cisco. is said to be very much taken
with Prince George of Leuchtenberg,
German princelet. who is quite a
| favorite in Berlin and Paris society
and who is said to be a very good
sort. even though he be a princelet
At st. Moritz, Mrs. Baxter-Tevis re
Gently gave very smart dinner OF
twenty-five courses at one of the most
fashionable hotels there. in honor OF
Prince de Leuchtenberg. The greater
part of the guests were Italians and
included Prnicipessa di San Faustino
Marches and Marchessadi Rudini
Marques and Marquesa della Gan
dara. Comtesse Francesca d'Orsay
pelli. Conte del Sera and a number OF
others with Italian and other titles.
Mrs. Baxter-Tevis usually spends
the summer at Deauville, one of the
most fashionable watering places in
France, but this year has been mos,
of the time at st. Moritz, where Prince
de Leuchtenberg has also been almost
the entire season. Mrs. Baxter-Tevis
and the prince were seen together al
many of the smart social functions
in Paris last season.
Mrs. Baxter-Tevis usually spend.
the summer at Deauville, one of thu
most fashionable watering places il
France, but this year has been mos
of the time at st. Moritz. where Primo.
de Leuchtenberg has also been almos
the entire season. Mrs. Baxter-Tevi.
and the Prince were seen together a
many of the smart social functions il
Paris last season.
| There are no people on the face O
the earth who know SO we'll what the,
want. and. it may be added, who know
how to get it better than citizens o
the United States. 1t is a plain trutl
to say they have revolutionized hote
life In every civilized country in tn,
world.
! For instance. few years ago up-to
date bathrooms and other convenienc
es In hotels. in France. England ant
Germany were almost as rare as 4,
peachblow vase. Elevators or lifts,
as they are termed in England. ant
"ascenseurs," ("Ascenders," literally
In France were few and far between II
hotels in those countries. with Ger
many added. There was no system o
heating apartments. and the oftel
badly burning crate fires which onl,
heated for a distance OF a few fee
from its immediate vicinity were tn,
occasion for more cuss words thai
could well be recorded.
In former days. too, when a CUES
desired a bath an arrangement yer,
much resembling large saucer wa
luSScO IuIO tue TOOm Dy a servant
who then brought in hot water il
buckets until the saucer" was filled
by the time you had finished usin,
one of these wretched contrivances
half the water had splashed on tn
floor and you had but partly bathed
The entire arrangement was barbarie
Now adays. however, it is quite tn
usual thing to find bathrooms witt
hot and cold running water. stationar,
washstands and other sanitary conyen
fences attached to rooms in hotels Il
France, England and Germany. TIL
new hotels are all built with these i'm
Iprovements, while the older establish
ments are installing them as quickl
as possible.
All this is due to the Great America,
"Kicker," for he or she simply refuse,
to stop at hotels where such modern
comforts were not to be had.