The Monroe journal., 1920-08-27
Two MILLION FRENCH
WOMEN SEEK HUSBANDS
An Anne rican. With a Thousand Doll
lsrs, Can Marry Into the Very
Wealthiest Families.

riageable age have had their hopes
of conjugal bliss destroyed.
The widely-heralded influx OF pros
pective husbands from America has
not materialized this summer. Fur
thermore. there is little hope that II
will ever materialiZe. And two miiiloh
young women of France must resign
themselves TO old-maidhood. Tor there
is a shortage of that many marriage
able Frenchmen since the war. ana
sweethearts have become \ drug on
the market. Two out of every three
single French women between the
ages o. twenty and thirty years VIII
never liad husbands, unless, oy nook
mr. crook. they can contrlve TO lm-
mort thsm from foreign lands,
Already group of French socioio-
yists has sounded out the sentl-
ments OF American men on this score.
For a time hope ran high that the
sociologists' efforts TO interest Amer
ica in the French marriage marker
would meet with success. Early this
wear thousands of letters were sent
10 public men. ministers. college pro
fessors and civic societies IN the
limited States, booming the virtues
az French womanhood. and appeal
ing TO America to send France nus
bands. ,,h
The boom fell fiat. The French
sociologists were swamped with re-
niles unanimously agreeing thal
while Americans appreciated France
invitation. American men must ue-
cline with thanks the opportunity 70
cock wives on foreign soil. The let-
Tors pointed out that American men,
rightly or wrongly, were hrmiy con-
yinced that International marriases
were not conducive TO happy MONIES
and that the best wife Tor citizeh
of the United States was citlzeheSs
of the same country
American Men for American Women.
one American minister wrote as
follows: 'In all sincerity | must warn
you that France has nothing TO gam
by seeking husbands Tor her youhs
women in America. The average
American considers it nothing less
than 4 patriotic duty 10 marry AZ
home. Moreover. the standard o.
American WomanhOod Is so high thdt
nv copntrymen see Ic advantage ~
eapkipr wives abroad. We N Amer
len are ardent admirers of French
women We know their spienuln
record o, courage and self-sacrihce
dnrinr tne war. We do not susses'
that French women are nor lhe
canals Of americans, But PATRIOTISM
mutual sympathy, community OF N
terests ana 4 natural decided prefer
enco fer women of our own hat,Uv
counseis us TO marry IN America lns
American man wants an Allerlcan
wife. He cannot be expected to ae-
cert the women of his own eolhlr!
for those of any other nation on the
globe" =,
Hundreds of letters. couehed u
c;r,ilar terms have convinced France
that America has no husbanus y
snare. French women, facing SPIN
sterhood. have given up all nope IL
that direction.
The fact remains. nevertheless
that as a field for lucrative specu
lation with small capital, the Frencf
marriage market to-day oners an op
portunity TO the young American
provided he has no patriotic scrupies
which he will look far to equal else
where Armed with a thousand uol
lars. an engaging personality, ana
pleasant smile. he may come t'
France mention his name and note
address to any one of score OF mar
riage bureaus. and, within q mohtI
-lonc before his slender capital 7
eypended-fnd himself living nap
nily eyer after" in the arms OF
charming wife and the lap OF luxury
Numbers Of American most oil theh
men who were discharged from m
AE. +. in France and who had Tor
gotten the charms OF American
womanhood. have taken this, or
similar. royal road TO fortune. me
are now the opulent sons-in-law o
well-to-do French merchants, manu-
facturars. and capitalis,s who nav
been only TOO glad to accompany IN
gift 10 their daughters hands VII
a Junior partnership in the busines
or safctv deposit box fun OF six pc
cent preferreds.
From Army to l.imousines.
Had these happy bridegrooms, |h
now spend their 0siice hours nsu urlu
up profits. aud their week-ends play
ing tennis in the chateau park, r.
turned to The United States after
was over here" the majority o
them would at present be holdln
Jobs, with a good future, " al tnlrl
dollars week and wondering, I
their spare tine how much lohge
they could stall off the landlady,
Most Of them lett the army VII
an honorable discharge, a month
pay. ard sixty dollars bonus In thei
pockets. 4 monfh later they wer
riding in their own motor cars, an
father-ln-law was footing the OIL
while they were set up in business.
In the good old days. whe
absnthe flowed freely, and Paris wa
The playground Of the world. thes
same young men might have knoeke
at Cupid's door in France until thei
hair turned grey, With neither fo'
tune nor reputation to favor then
no French father in his right sense
would have considered for five mir
utes their pretentions to the hand
his daughter.
In those forgotten times-only 81
years ago, by the calendar-marrias
in France was no laughing matte
In fact. II was strictly business, an
Of tho rnnut gpriOug Ktnl