| Show AMERICAN 4 WO WOMEN ABROAD Chicago Journal Tho The report that Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago Is negotiating negotiating ne no- with Princess Henry Honry of ot Battenberg Bat- Bat tenberg for the purchase of Osborne house in the Isle of Wight lIght causes but languid interest In British society Britons aro are so used to the American Invasion they have ceased to resent I Ithe the tho surrender of their most historic castles and villas to lo rich purchasers from the United States Slates But there is another reason why Britons are arc becoming reconciled to tho tile so-called so American invasion American dollars are not merely re rejuvenating rejuvenating re- re their tumbledown show showplace showplaces showplaces places place and bringing landed lande estates up to their former glory glor Combined with American tact and common sense the they aro are democratizing British society teaching manner manners manners' to the Idle rich and infusing new life Into a n worn out aris aris- American women In Increasing Increasing- numbers numbers num num- bers hers are molding the life and customs customs customs cus cus- toms of tho the British aristocracy Several Several Sev Sev- eral of them arc aro wearing ducal coronets coronets coro core nets as as If IC their theft ancestry ran back for centuries In Burkos Burko's Burkes Burko's Peerage It Is to their credit that their influence has been wholesome The fhe renex influence of American women's social victories abroad is al alread already already al- al read ready seen en In this country Europe and America are aro Joined b by tics ties of blood and social relationship that arc fully as potential as the vaunted much-vaunted political solidarity of oC interests |
