Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-05-23
Many Prominent PhiIadel-
phia Women Have Mar
ried Into Noble Fami-
lies in the Various
Countries Of
Europe.
HAPPY MATCHES MADE
Majority Of the Alliances Have
Been Supremacy Successful
in Every Way.
Evidently Not All Foreign Noblemen
Are Mere Fortune Hunters-Many
Matrimonial Prizes Secured by the
Fair Daughters of Uncle Sam.

Fair Daughters of Uncle Sam.
delphia.-Dwelling amid me-
diaeval surroundings in storied cas-
ties. secluded in vast demesnes or in
more modern and incidentally more
comfortable palaces of various cities
of Europe, is quite a large group OF
Philadelphia women who have become |
the wives of nobIemen and who with
characteristic adaptability have be-
come active helpmates in their hus-
bands interests. Rare, indeed. have |
these alliances between women of |
this city and the men of titles from |
abroad proved unhappy, and in the |
main the noblemen who have be-
slowed their rank upon maids of this
city have proved themselves worthy
of the matrimonial prizes they have
won.
Some Have Succeeded in Business.
In not a few instances these men
have been in business quite after the
American fashion, and have made
successes of their various undertake
ings. maintaining their personal inter
est in them even after their Golfers
had been replenished by the dowries
of their wives. They have done much
to change the opinion prevalent in
this country some years ago that for
eign noblemen were merely fortune
hunters and little else. and they have
reversed the Disraeli dictum that
men who marry their wives for love
either beat them or run away from
them"
The most notable instance of a
young, beautiful and wealthy Philadel-
phia girl marrying man of exalted
title, but who before his marriage did
not deem it beneath his dignity to
work in stock brokers' office, was
Miss Margaretta Drexel, who was
welded several years ago to the Wis
count Maidstone. 1t was a genuine
love-match. and the ceremony, which
took place in London. was one of the
most important matrimonial events OF
that season, since, aside from the
distinction of the bridegroom's family
the brides mother and father, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony ]. Drexel, are among
the most popular Americans dwelling
in the British metropolis. An exceed
ingly important alliance was made by
Lady Maidstone's cousin, Miss Anita
Stewart, who Is now the Princess dc
Braganza, her husband being son Of
the pretender to the present non
existent throne of Portugal Miss
! Stewards mother is a sister of Mrs
+ Drexel and the widow of James Henry
Smith, the multi-mil lionaire, who dieS
in Japan shortly after his marriage
| The wedding of Miss Stewart and thu
, prince took place in Scotland, ant
there was much discussion at the tim
as to the propriety of the bride
: groom's attendants wearing the ne
a tional Caledonian costume, with tn
plaid OF the Stewart clan. There wa
also some nonsensical but romanti
g talk to the effect that the Smith mi
n lions would be used to finance revt
luton which would have as its pul
pose the placing of the prince upo
re Portugars throne, thus providing Ell
r. rope with her first American queen.
- About seven years ago there was
~ noon wedding at st. Patrick's churcl
In Twentieth street, and this was {
e. SO quiet and transformations a natuI
~ that many parishioners who had mer
- ly dropped into the church to offer u
er midday prayer We're unaware thi
by the ceremony they were witnessir
Philadelphia girl was being mac
the Countess Borchgrave d'Alten
en- She was Miss Ruth Snyder, daught'
,t- OF Mrs Thomas Alexander Reilly
her first marriage, and a niece
Use Charlemagne Tower. former ambass
J dor to Germany
ars Practical Nobleman.
49,, Miss Emily Barney's marriage
~ Baron Friedrich Won Hitler was al
us comparatively quiet one. She is t
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Barney and granddaughter of ]
1, Cooke, the Civil war financier. T
.th, Young good-looking and most affal
nal baron was at the time engaged
business in Mexico. and in this he b
continued since his marriage. He
can essentially sensible and practi
veil man, who, down in his heart
vbo hearts, really doesn't care much abb
titles He is much more concerned
making name for himself as a s
fer ressful business man, thus taking T
thrn after the family of his wife.