About Paris . w titlesworth buying, and in selecting the choice shouldalways lie between one of England and one ofGermany. An English earl is the best the Amer-ican heiress can reasonably hope for, and afterhim a husband with a German title is very desira-ble. These might be rated as sure and safe investments. But these French titles created by Napoleon,or the Italians, with titles created by the PapalCourt, and the small fry of other countries, arereally not worth while. Theirs are not titles; assome one has said, they are epitaphs ; and thebest thing to do with the young American girlwho thi
About Paris . w titlesworth buying, and in selecting the choice shouldalways lie between one of England and one ofGermany. An English earl is the best the Amer-ican heiress can reasonably hope for, and afterhim a husband with a German title is very desira-ble. These might be rated as sure and safe investments. But these French titles created by Napoleon,or the Italians, with titles created by the PapalCourt, and the small fry of other countries, arereally not worth while. Theirs are not titles; assome one has said, they are epitaphs ; and thebest thing to do with the young American girlwho thinks she would like to be a princess isto take her abroad early in her life, and let hermeet a few other American girls who have be-come princesses. After that, if she still wants tobuy a prince and pay his debts and supply himwith the credit to run into more debt, she hasonly herself to blame, and goes into it with herpretty eyes wide open. It will be then only tooevident that she is fitted for nothing WHAT MIGHT SOME TIME HAPPEN IF THESE WERE LOVE- matches AMERICANS IN PARIS 205 On no one class of visitor does Paris lay herspell more heavily than on the American artstudent. For, no matter where he has studiedat home, or under what master, he finds whenhe reaches Paris so much that is new and beau-tiful and full of inspiration that he becomes asintolerant as are all recent converts, and so hap-py in his chosen profession that he looks uponeverything else than art with impatience andcontempt. As art is something about whichthere are many opinions, he too often passesrapidly on to the stage when he can see nothingto admire in any work save that which the mas-ter that he worships declares to be true, and hescorns every other form of expression and everyother school and every other artist. You almost envy the young man his certaintyof mind and the unquestionableness of his opin-ion. He will take you through the Salon at aquick step, demolishing whole walls of picturesas he
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