That grand being, the American heiress, specially created for the
relief of embarrassed nobles, has attained almost to the summit of her ambition. She has not won a throne yet, though she may if the King of Servia is a wise man; but she has almost approached that surpassing altitude. Accord- ing to the Pall Mall Gazette, Prince Isenberg-Birnstein has been accepted by Miss Pullman, daughter of the lord of dining-cars, and the Hereditary Prince is not only eldest son of a mediatised Prince, one of the even-born who might marry a Hapsburg, but is himself an Imperial Highness, his mother having been an Austrian Archduchess. At least, so says the Almanac& de Gotha, which is a final authority. American brides who have only won Colonnas, Borgheses, or English Dukes, will feel themselves quite eclipsed, and take no further pleasure in diamonds. The passion for rank is certainly not confined to England, though here it is so strong that even the Queen felt promoted when she was saluted Empress.
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