A Prince in the Caucasus is as common as a Colonel in Kentucky, and in Austria and Germany there are poor Barons in the streets.

There was a time in my life when I could have had a foreign title, but I found it ridiculous, and so refused it.

But in England, in spite of your amusing radicalism the real thing still counts.

It is a valid asset--a tangible security for one's money--from a business point of view.

And Americans or foreigners like myself and my niece, for instance, are securing substantial property and equal return, when we bring large fortunes in our marriage settlements to this country.