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Show CRAZE FOR TITLED HUSBANDS. ' Cynical Bachelor Criticizes Alms o Average Rich American Mother. (H " 'Not only nn English earl, but an i Italian prlnco nnd n German count 11 proposed to my daughter while wo 11 wero abroad, but ' iiH "That Is tho sort of thing," snld a cynical bachelor, "that wo hear on all rH sides from tho nvorugo rich motlior on hor return from Europe. What does 1 It denote? Why, hang It, it denotes Laaafl that tho average American motlior rl feels actually ashamed nowadays it iH her daughter doesn't marry into n no-bio no-bio foreign family. To mnrry into tho foreign nobility Is tho correct thing to jl do, and tho girl who doesn't laud a fH duko or a count or something fools t UBhnmcd, nnd hor mother fools moro doenlv nnhnmed still. tlaaaal "1 don't want to boast, but, consider-Ing consider-Ing tho quality of us American men, I think It's terrible thnt Amorlcun r holresscs only mnrry us ns n last ro- tH sort when thoy nro ashamed of their failure to get a duko or marquis. "If you think I'm exaggerating, Us-ten Us-ten to tho shamefaced mothers of mar-rlngcablo mar-rlngcablo daughters who havo returned ' from Europe without a title In tow. Llko parrots thoy say nothing but: -M "'Yes, Prlnco Pottl and Lord Lac-land Lac-land and Count Sngo all proposed to Mamie, but" |