Cleveland County herald., 1920-11-25
BEAUTY, CASH AND HIGH BIRTH
 FOR P. OF WIS BRIDE.
By P. M. SARL

United Press Staff Correspondent.)
 London, Nov. T. (By Mail. )-Who is going to be the next Queen or England?
 This is the puzzle that certainly every woman, and most of the news papers and male folk in England are trying to solve.
 For the first time since the matri- monial experiments of bluff King Henry the Eighth, there is an excel lent chance of a "Commoner' mount ing the throne of England, and hordes of matchmaking mammas, to say nothing of hundreds of blushing debutantes, who six years ago would have admitted themselves ruled out of the contest, realize that the Impe- rial Grown is well within their grasp, plus very presentable Prince Charming, if they can manage to rope in the Prince of Wales.
 Among the many social upheavals caused by the war not the least striking is the difference it has made to the Prince of Wales. With out world war, he would certainly have been married-according to plan, and probably before now to some German, Russian or other princess. He might have been given choice of two or three, but his list for selection would have been strictly limited. But with the wip- ing out of the Russian royal family and the total eclipse of the German and Austrian dynasties, he has been able to call for a pack of cards for himself and claim a fresh deal.
 In fact there are only four prin- cesses of suitable age left in Europe. They are the Italian Prinsesses To- landa mad Mafalda, Marie of Ruma- nia and Margaret of Denmark. The Italian candidates are Catholics, per- haps not an insuperable obstacle, but anyway the Italian throne is not regarded as too stable just now, a consideration which will weigh very heavily when the final decision is taken by the Powers that arrange royal marriages. The Danish Prin- cess Margaret is a prime favorite of Queen-M Mother Alexandra's, but there is no indication that the Prince has any views in that direction, while the opponents of High Policy cannot see any advantage to Britain in an alliance with poor little bankrupt Rumania.
 , Were King Albert's daughter five or six years older, High Policy would doubtless win and an Anglo Belgian alliance consummated, but little Princess Marie is only fourteer
 and a Prince of Wales cannot wal
 for her to grow up.
 Three English princesses are avail
 able, two Teck princesses and Maud younger daughter of the late Duke
 of Fife, but the Tecks have little
 weath or prestige, while the greater
 part of the Fife, fortune went witt the title to the elder daughter, Prin. cess Alexandra, who married Prince Arthur of Connaught.
 Hence the matchmakers have turn ed to the "Old Nobility" of England and right here the said Old Nobility must be kicking itself badly over the fact that it hasn't t more marriagable daughters to offer. Taking the three highest ranks, twenty-eight dukes can only provide fourteen daughters of suitable age, forty-two marquises but fifteen and 225 earls a paltry thirty-seven eligi- ble candidates. Three-quarters of these would be automatically ruled out through lack of fortune personal looks or on account of "entanglements," divorces, etc., of their parents or near relations, for no scandal must be raked up against the future Queen of England, nor can "dubious" relatives be tolerat- ed.
 Advocates of Anglo-American friendship are roofing for an Amer ican bride, and the Prince has doubt less seen plenty of suitable candi- dates over here, but the wish of the man-in-the-street undoubtedly is for "Our Young Man. to make an Eng fish marriage. So far, however, no indication of his choice has been given by the Prince himself, not even the most confirmed matchmak- CT having detected him showing un- due partiality for any particular person.
 There are no very rigid Court rules on the subject in England, the consent of the King being sufficient to satisfy etiquette, and the consent