Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — DEALT IN ITALIAN COUNTS. [ARTICLE]

DEALT IN ITALIAN COUNTS.

New York Matrimonial Korea* • ■ Disaster - to ■ . Another marriage syndicate his gone id the wall. Antonio Ferrara,, who has the grand-a case In Grand street, no longer la interested lift the -subject of international marriages. and my fren’, Garramone, the cheese-a man, we been beeg marks,” says Antonio. “We been what yoff call-a stung.” * Antonio and Garramone and half a dozen other speculatively inclined Italians framed up a syndicate to marry young Italian men of title to young American girls of fortune- “We follow-a da law of supply; an’ deman’,” says Antonio, according to the 1 Cln.-. cinnatl Timea-Star’s New York correspondent. “The yong-a mah he want-a da mon—da yong-a woman she want-a da title —we. breeng them together. Yong-a man feev us mooch mon’ when marry, and we all geet reech.” And so they Imported half a dozen or so counts and marquises and barons. ’Tonio had titles on tap just as he has pasticci down at his case. Well-to-do young women were urged to come down and look over “the stock. good titles,” said Antonio. “No flivvers in da boonch. We look-a den? all up. Da yong-a men no got more mon’ dan da flyin’ squirrel, but all good-a look, all educate,’ all got hon-est-a title. But no more-a deese counts, for ’Tonio. Dey put him on de bum.” The syndicate promised to pay the expenses of the Imported counts. The imported counts lived In the Plaza, rode In taxicabs, gave dinners after the opera and the Ferrara syndicate paid. And not one of the delicatessen showed any disposition whatever to marry. They flitted from flower to flower, but they didn’t" settle down anywhere. “An’ da reech American / glrl Is wlse-a," says Ferrara. "She is fly. No bum-a count for her. She wan-a da reech man wid da titlb, and no poor bum wld one suit of clothes and a coronet.” ' The counts and marquises lived high, but they didn’t marry. And one day the marriage syndicate shut off the supplies. The counts came down to Ferrera’s case to demand money and ’Tonio tossed ’em out, “No throw-a da good mon’ after da bad,”, he said philosophically. ”Hey«„ Vergillo! ” The big waiter, with the ferocious black mustache responded. “Watch-a da door, Vergilio,” ordered Tonio. “Eef da bum-a count come in t>ow heem in da street. Da syndicate has bus’.”