Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-23
AMERICAN PEERAGE
FOR WOMEN IN BILL
Senate Measure Giving Citizen.
ship to Foreigners Wives
Would Create Titled List
BRITAIN FIRST IN NUMBERS

Washington. June 23.--1f the bill
now before the Senate giving American
born women who have married aliens
the right Of American citizenship ever
is entered among the Federal statutes,
there will be automatically established
in the United States pcerage baron.
etagc. knightage and landed gentry
which in extent and in the variety OF
titles will exceed similar lists of motel
personagcs in any other land. Of
course it would be purely a feminine
American "Rurkes.' although the
names of husbands would be entered
upon it through what might be called
matrimonial courtesy. thus reversing
European social standards.
The English list would be the longest
and Of the greatest variety In titled
nomenclature. France would come sec
ond with her ancient enemy. Germany
running close. Italy would make an
imposing showing. Spain could head
her list with the American wife of the
present Spanish Ambassador to the
United States, while Portugal. Ger
many. Austria and Greece could claim
among their dual citizenesses wives of
members Of their prevailing or crstwhile
royal houses.
Princess de Braganza in List
For Portugal and Austria the new
list of American citizens would include
the names of the Princess de Rraganza
and the Duchess Of Oporto. For Greece
there would be Princess Anastasia.
wife Of Prince Christopher and formerly
Mrs. William Batemnn Leeds, of New
York, Newport and Cleveland. and for
Germany. the Princess Of Hesse. who
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Reid Rogers, of New York and Wash
ington. and whose husband is a nephew
of the late Kaisertn.
The old Czarist regime Of Russia
and the present day France. Poland.
Italy. Austria and Hungary. would fur
nish long lists. including Princess Cam
tacuzene (Jula Dent Grant and Prin-
cess Pierre Troubetzkoy lAmelte Rives
Chnnlerl for Russia; Princess Fau-
cicny.Lucingo (Mrs. Joseph Stickney.
of New York;. for France; Princess
Andre Poniatowska elizabeth Helen
Sperry. of San Francisco, for Poland
Princess Eugcnia Ruspoli (Eugcnia
Berry. of Georgia and New York;,
Princess Gianhattista Rospigliosi ethel
Bronson. of New York;. and Princess
Boncompagni Margaret Draper. of
WASHINGTON. and Hopedale. Mass.). for
Italy: Princess Hatfield. Of Germany
! CLARA Huntington Of New York. for
Germany and Princess Ghika (Hazel
Singer. of Chicago for Hungary.
England and France would share in
long list Of citizen duchesses. such as
the Duchess of Roxburghe MAY Goe-
let). Duchess Of Marlborough Glndys
, Deacon and Duchess of Manchester
| (Helena Zimmerman for England. and
the Duchesse de Montmorency (nee u
rand (Anna Could Castellanc) and the
Duchesse de Richelieu Eleanor Douglas
Wisel, of Baltimore and New York, for
France.
In the Long List
England, France, Germany. Austria.
Italy and Hungary could furnish n
lengthy list of Americln-born Count
esses who in England are the wives Of
EarlS. This category of the American
feminine peerage would be the most nu-
merous and thus most notable socially
of any of the pecrage subdivisions Of the
European states. In the list would be
such familiar names as the Earls or
Counts Of Ancaster. Suffolk. Essex
Craven. De Lasteyrie. Coloredo Mans
! field. Della Gherardesca, Donoughmore,
SierstorpfF. Granard, Jumilhac. Straf-
ford, Gosford, Zichy. Szechenyi and Or
. lowsk. all Of whom married New York
women.
Among the Baroness citizens would
bo Lady tibblesdalc, former wife Of
the late Colonel John Jacob Astor ::
Lady Decies. who was Helen Vivien
/ Gould Lady Camoys. daughter of Mrs.
W. Watts sherman. and Lady Queens
borough, who year ago as Edith Starr
Miller, of New York. became the wife
/ OF the former husband of Pauline Whit.
ney. of that city.
OF the wives of British commoners
an interesting citizen would be Mrs.
Carnegie. wife of Canon Carnegie, of
Westminster Abbey. She was the widow
/ Of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain and originally Miss End!cott and
daughter Of the Secretary of War Of
4 the Cleveland Administration