Alumnae Recorder . between titled Europeansand American girls, is beyond question, but the number of these is sosmall that they may be left out of the consideration. In ten out of adozen cases the marriage is simply one of convenience. It is con-venient for a poverty stricken noble to have his purse replenished, and atitle is a very convenient thing for a woman to have about the house. Two American women are now duchesses in England ; one has not livedwith her husband for years, on account of his public and shameless profli-gacy, the other might find difficulty in upholding her right to the ti
Alumnae Recorder . between titled Europeansand American girls, is beyond question, but the number of these is sosmall that they may be left out of the consideration. In ten out of adozen cases the marriage is simply one of convenience. It is con-venient for a poverty stricken noble to have his purse replenished, and atitle is a very convenient thing for a woman to have about the house. Two American women are now duchesses in England ; one has not livedwith her husband for years, on account of his public and shameless profli-gacy, the other might find difficulty in upholding her right to the titlein the courts. It is after the marriage, when the gilding begins to weara little and the baser metal shows in spots on the coronet, that my ladyrealizes that the money was not the only consideration she gave for hertitle, and she perceives that, like the good Benjamin Franklin, she paidtoo much for her whistle ; and realizes the truth of the aphorism as to thelack of cohesive power between money and a fool. 18 ALUMNAE RECORDER.
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