Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1899 — Worth More than Their Weight. [ARTICLE]

Worth More than Their Weight.

Several brides have been presented with marriage portions far exceeding their weight id gold. The average weight of a bride will not exceed 130 pounds, or 2,080 ounces, and this at S2O per ounce is $41,600. The marriage portion of Miss Pauline Whitney, daughter of ex-Secretary Whitney, was $1,000,000, or more than twenty-four titnes her weight in gold. Miss Margot Tennant’s marriage portion of $15,000 nyear was more than twelve times her weight in gold, while the marriage portion of Miss Mackay (now the Princess Qf Colonna) of $2,500,000 was more than 300 times her weight in gold. W'