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Show jliTl y " N ' bf'?TJZTZ" fK cm n" "sure. For the i fi : ' 'fT"1 1 """ ( 1 Wendolls nre very far from V T ' 7 ; - ' ! P W I f, V" y rich. Yet it was only about A-2 n !! jf js5-' K 1 35 "V two years ajro that Cather- I a K h llgl Cli V'U'T'' J' nd "pir earl of "5 cfL i S J L J y - H- ijj j. , f f " Ankh-Amen fame, who has v y U H VyB : . J . , , . -.'-; . .-v. -, J since died. Now the Wen- VyTTV a . v,, ' dell sisters belong to old- y M J,i I "v- ' V est "ew York. Their ' ' -rf'Ub. Jv if i Wendell, with two sons lif '' v C- 4 1 " " and tw-o daughters to bring Saw -i - nlkih: mrimM 1 : x l ift, S w Ammra r, Natl0Dal W C3L. M ; V' l, J Hy . There are many view- Ot-- w.. n.- 'fvYCf r Sttd rer llTl1f flttt I It rltl points from which these international marriagesHJ4tfV pMMt u" X are to be regarded. One cannot indict all these fc2rVVA, 1 j I American women who marry foreign titles any faViJc iMS-ff-M'xi-- le IlinLclIO I more thnn 0ne Can Indlct 11 whole nation. For it f fjVS? fMfM:SSm A3-1 -V V M Is evi(ent; that some are real love matches. Not I lL? fyi ffXk$SS id W s1 11 II always does a fortune go with the bride. Social I twZw ilSyKft&HSl Hl ttflt111 rtlttrtLLlT position has been the heart's desire of women, ev- rfTKfp))w&&? IUUUHM) II erywhere and always, and marrying the right kind yJ" rym 00 id of title abroad is a short cut to It. Besides, young fiSVlulK' I W(mMMiBBi0' v women are often "in love with love," the philos- ry ' ' " ' :h V ophers agree. So the myth of the "splendid Euro- N, S3a,-s' v. pean lover" appeals to them, rather than the " "good American husband." n 4 s By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN tJ. EFOEMERS and others have been vo- s fill ciferous in denunciation of our Inter- e f ! national "isolation," financially and I jf. politically. Recent doings in Ger- 5 many and elsewhere abroad, however, Tjs would seem to indicate that with them I M ft is now largely a case of "Othello's Wi Hm occupation's gone." But they need w WlL. nt cef138 from repining over our sjMi&l) world relations. The subject of lnter-yPfiig lnter-yPfiig national marriages should afford them ((fWl nt leaSt PartiaI outlet or PentuP en" v erBles-Q6) erBles-Q6) Really, you know, when it comes to international marriages the situation situa-tion is exactly the reverse of "splendid Isolation." It's really quite awful the way our fine American women are marrying titles abroad and deserting the "Land of the free and the home of the brave" to say nothing of the millions of good American dollars that go with them. Of course, there's nothing new about these International In-ternational marriages. They've been going on for a long time. All middle-aged novel readers will remember when the subject was new and exotic nough to set Henry James wiggling and twisting through one of his subtle and Intricate studies of international life and character. In fact, Jennie Jerome, born in Brooklyn, who revolutionized the British idea of the American woman, married Lord Randolph Churchill away back in 1S74. At that time the American woman was looked upon In England, as on the continent, as a strange creature, with habits and manners something between be-tween a red Indian and a Gaiety girl. There was nly one type. One was just like the next. Her dollars were her only recommendation. She was looked upon as a dangerous person, to be avoided. Jennie Jerome, however, had wealth, social position, posi-tion, education and brains and her vivid brunette beauty was a sensation in that day of the blond. She won over the Marlboroughs, captivated London Lon-don and became an acknowledged social leader. Later, as the widow of "Randy" and the mother of "Winny" (Winston Churchill) she became a Political and literary power. In 1900 she married Cnpt. George Cornwallis-West and her power grew rttner than diminished. This remarkable woman retained her remarkable beauty remarkably. At the marriage of her son when she was nearly sixty her hair was still raven black and she was said by the London newspapers to have appeared t0 be the junior of the bride and to have been the jnost beautiful woman in the great throng in St. St- Margaret's church, Westminster. It's an odd thing that right now, fifty years biter, the next most famous American woman of a" these American brides should be so persistently persistent-ly In the limelight that beats on high-up personages person-ages In Britain's .public affairs. This American woman Is of course Lady Astor, the first woman to take a seat In the British parliament. And her career Is a romance no less. She wns Nancy Wltcher Langliorne of Virginia. She was t lie widow of Robert Gould Shnw when in 300(1 she married Lord Astor, son of William Waldorf As-tor. As-tor. great-grandson of the founder of the Astor family, who became an expatriate and received a 'He in England for his donations to royal charities. char-ities. Consuelo Vanderbilt also married a Churchill 'be ninth duke of Marlborough. They are now separated. She is the daughter of the late Wil-"am Wil-"am K. Vanderbilt and her mother Is now Sirs. O. H. P. Belmont, presl Q-w dent of the National V JJ" J? ' Qj Woman's party. I; 1 ' , There are many view- e um. n'"- points from which these international marriages are to be regarded. One cannot indict all these American women who marry foreign titles any more than one can Indict a whole nation. For it is evident that some are real love matches. Not always does a fortune go with the bride. Social position has been the heart's desire of women, everywhere ev-erywhere and always, and marrying the right kind of title abroad Is a short cut to It. Besides, young women are often "in love with love," the philosophers philos-ophers agree. So the myth of the "splendid European Euro-pean lover" appeals to them, rather than the "good American husband." On the other hand there are International marriages mar-riages where it looks to the average American as If the holder of the title were after money entirely en-tirely and as if the American women did not get their money's worth. Anyway, it is a one-sided bargain. We get nothing in return for a fortune and a citizen. There is, to be sure, an occasional exception by way of emphasis. We did not lose a citizen and may have gained one when Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, only child of the late George W. Vanderbilt, recently married Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, third son of Lord William Cecil. Her father's will provided that in order to inherit his estate at Biltmore, N. 0., she must always maintain her residence in the United States. Mr. Cecil resigned from the British diplomatic service and is assisting In the management of the estate, one of the show places of the country. Up to the time of the World war International marriages were on the Increase. An Incomplete list of the more noteworthy in a 1914 almanac totals to-tals about 250. Many of them caused a sensation in their day. The aftermath of others still finds Its way to the first page of the newspapers for example, the marriage of Anna Gould to Count Boni de Castellane and later to the Duke de Tal-leyrand-Perigord, Prince de Sagan, and that of Mary Victoria Lelter of Chicago to Lord Curzon, now earl of Kedleston. During the war the business international marriages mar-riages fell off. After the war came the influx of French brides with their soldier husbands not many fortunes there, one imagines. Now the business is booming again. They do say that the 40 presentations at the Court of St. James this year through the American embassy would have been 600 had all the applications by American women been granted. Anyway, 1924 has already broken all records with Its long list of International In-ternational marriages. Gossips of two continents are still talking about the first International marriage of 1924 that of Mary Millicent Rogers of New York, twenty, granddaughter of the late H. H. Rogers of Standard Stand-ard Oil fame and heiress to something like $40,-000,000 $40,-000,000 well protected. In January she married Count Ludwlg Salm von Hoogstraten, about forty, of an Austrian noble house. The count and his bride were married in the municipal building, New York, and took her parents. Col. and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, entirely by surprise. They went to Paris. In April her father went to Europe and returned with the countess. The count did not come, as he had pressing tennis engagements in Berlin and Vienna. The gossips Intimate that her father arranged matters so that the count may be able to devote all of his time to tennis nbroad. An example of an international marriage which apparently affords little ground for carping is that of Trlnce Viggo of Denmark and Miss Eleanor Margaret Green of New York last June. The bride is a granddaughter of Abram S. Hewitt, once mayor of New York, and a great-granddaughter of Peter Cooper, the philanthropist. Her ofli-clal ofli-clal title Is Her Royal Highness Princess Eleanor of Denmark, countess of Rosenborg. There is no great amount of money on either side. It is stated that Prince Viggo was obliged to waive all rights ' of succession to the Danish throne of King Christian Chris-tian X both for himself and his heirs. When Mrs. Jacob Wendell of New York (and Hertfordshire, England) recently announced the engi-gement of her second daughter, Phllippa, to Randolph Algernon Ronald Stewart, twelfth earl of Galloway, another glimpse was given of the realm of pure romance, where American dollars cut no figure. For the Wendolls nre very far from rich. Yet It was only nbout two years ago that Catherine Cather-ine Wendell married the Viscount Portchester, son and heir of the earl of Carnarvon of King Tut-Ankh-Amen fame, who has since died. Now the Wendell Wen-dell sisters belong to oldest old-est New Y'ork. Their mother is a descendant of the Washington and Lee families of Virginia. When their father died Mrs, Wendell, with two sons and two daughters to bring up, had an income of approximately ap-proximately S13.000. She went to Hertfordshire, where she could live cheaply. She also lived quietly quiet-ly and the two titled suitors had to come to the country home to do their courting. Rich? Yes, Indeed; both earls are very wealthy. And oh, the family traditions that go with their titles! For the brides of the House of Carnarvon always have to face at Bretby Hall the ghost of Lady Chesterfield, an ancestress of the time of Charles II who visits them In the night and warns them against the wiles of men. And the brides of the house of Galloway always receive one visit from that ancestress who was no less than the bride of Lammermoor, famed in song and story. The story of the marriage of Ava Alice Muriel Astor to Prince Serge Platonovitch Obolenski Ne-ledinskl Ne-ledinskl Meletski shames fiction. She is the great-great great-great granddaughter of the original John Jacob Astor (1763-1S48), with a fortune of ten or fifteen millions, and a relative by marriage of Lady Astor. He is a penniless member of an old Russian family. fam-ily. Badly wounded in the World war. he was nursed back to health by the widowed Princess Barlatinska, daughter of Czar Alexander n by his second (and morganatic) wife, Catherine Doigor-uki. Doigor-uki. He married her. After the revolution In Russia Rus-sia they went to London, where Princess Obolenski vent on the concert stage to support them. She got a divorce from him In London last spring, charging "neglect, infidelity and nonsupport." Soon after her mother died, leaving an estate of about $30,000,000 which was beyond the Prince's reach. Nothing daunted, the prince turned around and married Alice Astor. The fortune of the second Princess Obolenski comes from her father, John Jacob Astor IV (1804-1912), who went down with the Titanic. Her mother w:as Ava Lowie Willing of Philadelphia, who Is now Lady Rlbblesdale, the wife of an eccentric Briton who Is seventy and owns 4.S00 acres. The father and mother of Alice were divorced in 1909. Her father then married Madelein Force, who is now Mrs. W. K. Dick and the mother of John Jacob Astor V. Mathilde Oser's marriage in 1923, which set the international gossips fluttering, links the Standard Stand-ard Oil and Harvester millions. Mathilde is the daughter of Harold F. McCormick and Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick and the granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller. Her parents have been divorced and McCormick Is now the husband of Ganna Walska-De Duigorn-Fraenkel-Cochrane-Mc-Cormlck, a Polish woman whose beauty, marriages and prima donna aspirations have interested two continents for several years. Mathilde, at sixteen, six-teen, with her hair down her back, announced that she was going to marry Max Oser, proprietor of a riding school in Zurich, whose age was variously stated to -be between forty-three and fifty seven j ears. And marry him she did. Her mother never gave her consent. Her father made her wait till she was eighteen. And now Mathilde Oser has a daughter, presumably heiress to untold McCormick and Rockefeller millions. Mrs. William Ii. Leeds, widow of the "Tin-Plate King," is said to have attained higher foreign rank than any other American woman. In 1920 she married Prince Christopher, brother of King Con-stantine Con-stantine of Greece. George II Is now king and Princess Anastasia, who was originally Nonnle I May Stewart of Cleveland. Ohio, died iast year. Her son, William Ii. Leeds, at nineteen married Princess Ksenla of Kussia in J 921. She is a daugh- ' tor of a sisler of the late King Constnntine. Young Leeds, who presumably retains much of the Leeds j fortune, is still an American citizen and says he ! Intends to live In America. |