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Show AMERICAN GIRLS WJFTITtES Most Beautiful and Wealthiest Women Learn to Ignore Penniless Noblemen. FIND MORE SATISFACTION IN WEDDING REAL MAN Three Striking Instances -of Late Show Change in Trend of Thought. BY MABG-AKET WATTS DE PEYSTER. By Leased Wire to" The Tribune. NEW YORK, May 7. Prince Francisco Fran-cisco del Drago, son of Queen Maria Christina of Spain, self-confessed fortune-hunter, who has come to America in senrch of a rich wife, will be met with a frosty recoption as has been mado evident by tho action of three of America's richest heiresses in choosing husbands on this side of the water. And that is not all. The inothors of a number of well-known American heiresses and some of the heiresses themselves have formed a compact,' the object of which is to give the cold shoulder to penniless foreign noblemen. noble-men. The Colonial club, the most exclusive exclu-sive women's club in America, has been the seat of much gossip in the past few daj's over the understanding reached, by which American girls will be persuaded to take. American hus- Dancis instead of titles. The marriage of Miss Marjorie Gould to Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., caused u lifting of aristocratic eyebrows, but at that time the "Club for the Advancement Advance-ment of American Husbands" had not been perfected. Thc Gould-Drcxel marriage mar-riage was roally responsible for it. Next came tho announcement of tho engagement of Miss Mabel Townsend to Peter Gerry, aud in view of the fact thnt Miss Townsend had been courted by a score of titled foreigners, it began to believe that titles were below par. It came as the first step in thc formation of this society, and now comes thc engagement o Miss Mary llarriinan to C. C. Itamsoy of Bufralo. I Woary of Titles, Miss Hurriman, Miss Townsend and Miss Gould constituted a trio of the richest and most beautiful girls in American aristocracy. Such women ns Mrs. E. H. llarriinan. llarri-inan. Miss Helen Gould and Miss Anno Morgan are tho prime movers in the Colonial club organization, which has for its primal object the marrying of American men to American girls. Of course, this club of which I speak is not an organization drawn up with a charter and by laws and officers and all that sort of thing. It is a mutual understanding and 83Tinpathetic bond, by which girls will be advised, that is. rich girls, to accept thc hands and fortunes of American men. If these altruistic women should have their way the time would soon bo here when young American millionaires would quit, marrying 'qhorus girls after wino suppers, and young American heiresses heir-esses would cease marrying foreign titles for a sum sufficient to paj thc noblcmnn's obligations. Among the .women said to be interested not one can bo found who will admit that the organization is a fact, but it is rumored other engagements will bo announced by two more heiresses. At tho Colonial Colo-nial club thcro is much whispering and many knowing gestures. In tho tea-room it is a matter of common gossip gos-sip that tho number of international alliances will gruduallv become fewer if the patriotic women hold their sway. Princo del Drago is a friend of Prince ; Mimiel of Braganza, who married Miss Anita Stewart, and is apparently fired by thc success of his royal friend. 1 |