Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-27
Many Prominent PhiIadeI-
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 NobIemen
Are Mere Fortune Hunters-Many
Matrimonial Prizes Secured by the
Fair Daughters of Uncle Sam.

delphia.-Dwelling amid me-
diaeval surroundings in stored 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 noblemen and who with
characteristic adaptability have be-
come active helpmates in their hus-
bands interests. Rare, indeed, have
these alliances between women ct.
this city and the men of titles srorI
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 uldertak-
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
10 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 Disrael dictum that
men who marry their wives for love
njt1ar hpaf than mr. rim from
ynem"
The most notable instance of a
young, beautiful and wealthy Philadel-
phia girl marrying man of exalted
title, but who before his smarriage did
not deem it beneath his dignity to
work in a stock brokers' Office, was
Miss Margaretta DrexeL who was
welded several years ago TO the Wis
count Maidstone. It 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 j. 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 de
Braganza, her husband being a son of
the pretender to the present non
existent throne of Portugal Miss
Stewards mother is sister of Mrs.
Drexel and the widow of James Henry
Smith, the ulti-millionaire, who died
in Japan shortly after his marriage
The wedding Of Miss Stewart and the
prince took place in Scotland, and
there was much discussion at the time
as to the propriety of the bride
groom's attendants wearing the ma
tional CALIFORNIAN costume, with the
plaid of the Stewart clan. There was
also some nonsensical but romantic
talk to the effect that the Smith mil
lions would be used to finance a revo-
luton which would have as its pur-
pose the placing of the prince upon
PortugaIs throne, thus providing Eu-
rope with her first American queen.
About seven years ago there was a
noon wedding at St Patrick's church,
IN Twentieth street, Ind this was of
SO quiet and transformations nature
that many parishioners who had mere
ly dropped into the church to offer up
midday prayer were unaware that
by the ceremony they were witnessing
Philadelphia girl was being made
the Countess Borchgrave d'Altena
She was Miss Ruth Snyder, daughter
of Mrs. Thomas Alexander Reilly by
her first marriage, and a niece of
Charlemagne Tower, former ambassa
dor to Germany.
Practical Nobieman.
Miss Emily Barney's marriage to
Saron Friedrich Won Hitler was also
a comparatively quiet one. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles d.
Barney and granddaughter of Jay
Cooke, the Civil war financier. The
young, good-looking and most affabie
baron was at the time engaged in
business in Mexico, and in this he has
continued since his marriage He is
essentially a sensible and practical
man, who. down in his heart of
hearts. really doesn't care much about
titles He is much more concerned in
making a name for himself as a sue
eessful business man, thus taking pat