This may have been true in some cases, but other causes than such sordid motives must be looked for.

It is the attractiveness and the beauty of the American girls which enable them to capture so many foreign husbands.

Their pleasant manners and winsome nature predispose a person in their favor, and with their well-grounded education and ready fund of knowledge, they easily win any gentleman with marital propensities.

Had I been single when I first visited America I too might have been a victim--no wonder then that American men prefer American wives.

Once I was an involuntary match-maker.