The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25
AMERICAN WIVES FOR BROKE RUSS
 PRINCES. SCHEME
Ingenious Russian Refugee Thinks Plan Would Be Good Bargain for the Wealthy
 Women of America
By Associated Press

Constantfnople, September 24.-The arranging of marriages between Rus sian princes and well-to-do Ameri- can women Is the latest scheme ad- vanced here by an ingenious Rus sian to secure a livelihood for work less, pennless refugees living on t.ncrican and other charity.
 s 1t Is argued that the American woman would, in addition te the title. make good business bargain, since the exiled Russian noblemen all have large estates which they hope to recover when private property is restored and bolshevik Russia is no more
 Many Russians have open minds on the marriage question. Many of the refugee Russian women have mar ried Turks since their arrival here in order to get temporary homes The Russian men have followed suit Many of the older ones have mar ried Greek women.
 s"Youth has its follies, age its stu pidities," said a Russian general. no longer young, when inviting friend to his wedding.
 The difficulty of locating these American wives across the seas is not one to stump the imaginative Rus sian mind. which readily adapts it-
 
 merce and has succeeded here with cafes, beauty parlors, manicure and lea shops, concert halls and picnic grounds. The first and only laithins payillion near here has been estab- Iished at Floria beach, on the Mar z mora sea, by group of Georgian aprincesses, through the loan oi American Red Cross tents,
 The condition of Russian men rel uEees here is deplorable, as there are few industries or factories to pro y1de work. Recently the French gov ernment cut off it's food rations to several thousand men. though stlil feeding certain number of children, women and old men. They get passr ports with difficulty to go abroad to other countries. Serbia has ac- cepted some 10000. but her leniency to refuge ees is finding it's limit.
 Prince Golitzyn, who formerly held immense estates near h1ev, anu nay recover them, among hunureus ef others, is courageousiy attempting to earn living by utilizing his Knowledge of precious stones, ot which he once had d large collee- ton.
 Such men often lose their clothing and baggage to. rapacious landlords who seize them in default of the navment of room rent but the Rus sipn aristocrats never lose their po- liteness and courtesy in diversity. it is not skin deep veneer They stiil kiss reverently the hands or women, after the manner of their country. often cheerful and coura- areous in the face of poverty. they share their last money with friends
 EXIT PICkPOCKETS v~~d Kelly in the Nations Business
 What possible relation can there be be- tween the disappearance of pickpockets and modern business courtesyI
 Police authorities know that Lpocket- picking is practically an extinct form or Sndeavor. crude worker may still oc- casionally try to lift q watch at coun- sty fair, but, generally speaking. this brand of thieying is no more. It has gone ti,eTwa of buffalo lap robes. pug. dogs. a9s,ndnv buggy rides beefsteak for break fast and tornhiight processions. Whyf Rrcause porke. i,.l ",ns .s ho .s"eef ss.-"- e~whsf has brought about the change? xhe altitude df the banks. They cater. u1ore than ever before to the small de- ss,sitor If man wishes to open an ac- Count and start oii ~'.a. ,s...,' .. > lion that would be accorded the customer 6< popiting thousands. Only lew years Sro person with small savings looked ,upon bankers as crusty lot and kept : being insuted. Today even the majority eons of comparatively modest means. Bxnks have simply followed the changed Altitude uf business In general. All busi- eyery year. And this spread of courtesy H the basic reason why pickp0ckets are 6oN rarely heAsd s&