Show i I I I ANOTHER i AMERICAN FORTUNE E GOES TO EUROPE E. E I n By Mrs Ir John Logan All truly loyal American learn with regret that man many of ot tho the Vanderbilt millions are arc are areto to go 10 to Europe through the marriage of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt to Count In contemplating the sequels to other international marriages whereby great fortunes have havo gone abroad one trembles for tor the fate of this charming heiress heiress' to American millions The Tho natural in incompatibility incompatibility in- in compatibility of oC temperament between American women and European men is In the beginning beginning- a serious Herious objection to such unions In addition the wido difference in their training and their ideas of domestic life Ufe make them all the more undesirable There has thus far been ver very few Instances where Amerl American an girls have been able to adapt themselves to the tho restrictions and exactions of or foreign hus hus- bands hands Without exception these men feel themselves themselves themselves them them- selves bettor better than the ver very best born Lorn American women women women wo wo- wo- wo men consequently they insist upon of ot their wives in all things no matter how superior In character virtue and Intelligence the wives may bo be be or how vast a a. sum they may have brought to impecunious husbands or how large a a. sum tho the wives ma may have paid to liquidate the debts of or their foreign hu husbands bands A majority of t such uch marriages have havo ended unhappily un un- happily on account of oC the insatiable demands of oC these unscrupulous men who after securing wives with fortunes not only continue their profligate lives but give free rec reign to their reckless propensities and spond their wives' wives allowance lavishly frequently going far tar beyond the limit though It Itma ma may havo have been most generous If It they are unable by cajoling to Induce their wives to make greater demands upon their parents or guardians the they resort to petty persecutions indignities and threats that can have but one result unspeakable result unspeakable torture and humiliation and ultimate separation It is Incomprehensible how American women who have known only onh Independence Indulgence and tho the consideration can cnn bring themselves s sto to the point of or sinking Into insignificance and become become be uc- come como the wives of ot men with questionable habits and titles Titles which should mean nothing to an American who has been reared with a proper appreciation ap ap- ap- ap predatIon of oC republicanism especially when the tho representatives of ot those titles are bankrupts morally and financially and who have done dono nothing for tor their countr country or themselves As a rule rulo the they are men with mediocre intelligence ence and prodigious conceit con- con colt celt who sooner or later disgust their Intellectual and spirited proud-spirited wives It I Is equally astonishing how low imperialists are able to impress republicans with the thu Importance of or titles which are aro absolutely empty the highest being being belag be be- ing lag meaningless to most persons of or ordinary ability That the admiration of dr these scions of or nobility for tor our countr countrywomen Is based upon I mercenary motives has hag long since Inre b been en proven pro by br I i. i r 1 t J t J 0 J. J di lo I ON- ON 10 1 ZOO ok t the tho fact that there has never nover been an instance oCono of oC ono of or them offering himself to a n. poor American girl The origin of or the wealth of or those who have havo married titles has been Ignored scrupulous scrupulouS' ous ouS' scrutiny however Is ah always as a's given ghen n to establish tho the fact wh whether or not the woman chosen choon has hns money and how much Even women who have married into the European arm army and navy nan must mut be able to bring ample do dower Cr Mrs Greens Green's Interview on the tho subject of International international international Inter inter- national marriages ts was interesting and gave avo evidence evi dence of her wisdom on questions other than finance Unfortunately I have been made natie between men and women of or our own country countr hut but thc they are not ns as liable to occur for tho the reason that American m men mn n unleSS forsooth the they thoy bo he unworthy unworthy un un- un- un worthy worth have greater reverence and tenderness for tor wom women n than foreigners their tastes educational Ideas of oC life are aro more in harmony harmon with that of the wom women n of ot their own nationality With us wh where re either hu husband band or wife wICo prove false to tho the other othor the tho guilty ono one has the condemnation of all who know them Husbands Husban J Jare are expected to bo be as loyal to their wives a as the tho wl wives s are to their husbands consequently con con- American women arc not prepared to tolerate privileges which foreign n men arrogate to themselves A As a n result unhappiness follows discovery dis lIs- US- US covery of unfaithfulness which is the rule and arid not the exception in international marriages e Miss lIss Gladyss Gladys's marriage docs lOGS not promise a as flatteringly ly lya a aft as did ld that of or her cousin Consuelo to the Duke Duko of Marlboro tho the disastrous culmination tion of this supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed brilliant marriage the tho world worl knows tho the duke uk proving no exception to th the tho usual degeneracy of scions of or nobility or n a moro more profitable investment that a n majority of or those which have havo been mad made in husbands from his class s. s The duchess has given on the best befit years of her lif lifo and milliOns n of monc money to retrieve Marlboros Marlboro's fortunes fortun s lost he hc her health and gained nothing nothing but but her boys for whom she fhe must make a a. continuous fight anti and frequently add to the tho extortions which he will demand or keep leep her hel children children chil chil- dren from h knowinG her r knowing her mothers mother's heart will cause her to submit to anything rather than be permanently separated from them The weakness of women will probably cause causo them to be bo victims of or designing unscrupulous men evermore |