South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-06

fneIT family circle any lbttlEA liilu-
ence. for political reasons. French
and English ladies were credited
with independent opinions Of their
own. and this was never approved
Of az court or in governmental and
official circles.
Russian hammers and customs
were also very different from those
Of other counties and dowagers who
az one time am talking OF the lat
ter part Of last century-eXercised
an almost dcspotfc sway oyer the
younger generation we're always
careful when their sons. grandsons
or uephcws we're going abroad to
recommend TO them not 20 bring
home wives Of foreign extraction.
Whether this had anything 20 do
with the fact of the dislike Of Rus
sian men for alliances with women
who did not belong TO their own
country ard religion T do not know;
but the fact remains that, during all
the years 7 have been going about in
society. j cannot remember one
single case OF a Young man belong
ing 90 upper ten thousand, marrying
a French. English or German wOm-
an The first examples Of interna-
tional alliances were, it is strange
20 saw considering the very small
knowledge we had at the time OF
the United States. when a few very
smart guardsmen introduced in st.
Petersburg. as their wives, those
lovely American girls
The American Invasion.
when an officer i'm the empress regi-
-ment Of Chevaliers guards, Baron
Won Hoyningen-H became en-
gagged TO the daughter of the then
American minister Of the court OF
St PETERSBURG. Mr.. Lothrop. But
then. after the first moment Of sur.
prise people came 10 the conclu-
sion that il was a case of love at
first sight. which was easily under
stood. considering the beauty and
charm OF Miss Lothrop, and that il
would remain a solitary case. One
felt fra consequence quite ready TO
excuse il because the heroine Of this
romance was one Of the most adj
mired girls i'm society, one whom the
Empress Marie Feodorowna herself
mad often singled out for "a few
minutes conversation. This was
considered at the time as a very
rare favor indeed.
The new baroness became at once
queen of society and endeared her
self not only TO her husbands fam
lis but also TO al her friends and
acquaintance. She was pretty,
bright intelligent. with "a delightful
~
into the stiff family circle into which
she entered a dash of American
spirit. which was. after a few min
utes of surprise. extremely appre-
ciated soon one forgot that the
former Miss Iothrop was not Rus
sian horn. or. if one remembered il,
II was simply 20 say. that after all
these American girls are very at
tractive. once one comes 20 know
tnem."
But after Baron Won Huhne's mar
riage a good number of years pass
ed without bringing 90 Russia any
foreigner Welded 10 one Of It's
prominent aristocrats And then
one fine morning society was stag
gered by learning that young Prince
Belosselsky. the heir 90 one OF the
proudest names and greatest for
tunes I'm the country. had become en-
Eased 20 the pretty and attractive
Hiss susanna Whittier. one OF the
beauties or the American colony 1T
Paris This produced am immense
sensation and kind OF mild scan
dal An the enterprlsing mother.
o. marriageaole daughters who had
tried 20 catch Prince Belosselskl
FOR their girls screamed In digna.
ton at what they declared was 9
DEGRADATION.
Another Victory.
But when the new princess ar
rived i1 Russia BE- was not more thar
few days until she had conquered