Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-06
NOBLE WOMAN v UP
HER TITLE FOR FREEDOM

tlle army or navy an easy lille. plenty
of the peculiar form of excitement ~
prefers, and no loss of caste. For +he NE
poor young noblewcman Who CAM ns
succeed in making some sort of mo-
riage, there is only one refupeM.sa
convent. u"
Sometimes, indeed. there is not owe,
this; tine family cannot afford even ~
pay her expenses there. Then She heo
u sort of dependent uuon be.
brother. And what an awful ano,osr
for existence Is the life she is c,llsd
upon to lead! have known some noor
things who had to endure it-ladios y.
proud and ancient name and title-tol-
Grated in the houses of their relatives
ON condition of their making them
selves useful in the humblest wavs
~tyrannized over by their brothers and
their brothers wives, nouted and
sneered at by the paid s%ervants given
barely enough, grudgingly, to keen
them from outright cold and hunger
sometimes-I have known such things
driven out OF the house of their faith.
ers and forced to exist, far from their
homes. ON the scantiest of pittances.
With prospects like this before her
no wonder it is impressed on the younp
girls mind hat her whole aim in life
is to be the pursuit and capture OF
some mar to make Il marriage OF some
oOIS q = ma io6C IL iCsSlUlt, OUy
at any rate a marriage.
Suppose the girl rebels. 1t Is use
less: there is no refuge but the con-
ent. If she has any foolish, romantic
dreams of love-eVen among the Eu-
ropean nobility love has not been COM
pletely forgotten-she is laughted at.
"Oh! my dear" says the mother, that
is only in novels. In real life, if you
do not positively detest our husband,
it is all o can reasonably expect.
Now when the count calls this evening
try to be a little nicer TO him, and per-
haps I'm a year you will De riding In
your carriage
Don't forget that the poor mother. as
we'll us the girl, deserves your pity.
whom she gives her daughter. but she
can see no help for 1T. And before
even she reaches that point. she must
go through a long battle of sclleming
and planning, employing tricks that
she herself is ashamed of. and can only
justify on the ground that it is TO save
her daughter from n worse fate.
The rich man who has married a
daughter of the nobility looks upon
her simply as something he has bought
With his money. 1t is an investment for
him, plainly. The returns he expects
may be in part a better social position
for himself. but mainly they are palmer
and simpler. He wants Il good looking
wife, who shows we'll in public. he also
wants eve more a good h~ouseheeper
to set his house in order and manage it
economically.
You must not blame him for this.
He could never treat his wife as hia
equal or his companions; the idea never
entered his head.
oh. you must not cry. only the stupid
girls cry" thrown at him at every turn,
gradually have the effect OF planting
the dea in his cad that girls are real
ly IL greatly inferior race of beings.
When he grows up. he will find by
being inferior. are really far superior
to him I'm many ways. But he will not
acknowledge it, even to himself. He is
compelled in spite of himself to feel
it. and this feeling of inferiority is so
dreadful to him that he revenges him
self for it on any poor woman who has
the misfortune to come within his DOW
eT in any way.
The European noblewoman never has
a chance to enjoy the comprehensive
and society of her own class. either
socially or mentally.
Why is this? Because the average
European mai is given no training il,
his boyhood that will enable him TO APP
pear at ease In feminine society: on the
contrary. as I have just said, he is real.
" taught TO ~deSplSe Oln
The result is that the European gen.
tleman always and instinctivcly avoids
the society of ladies OF his own elias.
whenever he can.
There, you have the life and sur
roundings of the poor girl of family in
Europe. the very best she has to hope
for. Do you suppose the rich girl is
any better off All, no. OF course.
the rich girls are in the minority among
the nobility, as they are everywhere.
OF course, it is much easier for the
rich girl to capture a husband thar it
is for the poor girl. The poor girl
must have beauty, or else wonderful
tact-or a very able and skilful moth
er. The rich girl does not need any
thing but her dowry. But, once mar
ried, her life goes on just the same as
though she had brought her husband
nothing.
Do you still think the Countess OF
So-and-So, or the Baroness of This
and-That is to be envied. oh you Am
erican girls, Who go out in the world
and earn our own living, and depend
on no mans favor? Do you still think
you would like to change places with
her?