Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-04-06
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''Did you know Mrs Marsh?' asked our re-
porter.
Eyes, very well, sir The Marshes live in
a most beautiful brown-stone house on Fifty
seventh street, near Fifth avenue and Cen
trail Park For years Marsh and / had the
finest suit of rooms in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Her carriage and footmen arc the
most stylish in the park.
And the lady herself?'
''Beautitul, sir!-one Of the most stylish
ladies in New York. She is petite in stature,
and has d head OF silver hair that Mother
Washington would have envied. All the
ladies in New York go Wild over Mrs.
Marsh's gray hair. She wears it Pompadour,
and displays it with pearls and diamond dust
On all ball occasions, and, goodness! when
she rides in the park, or promenades at the
charity bail, don't the people stare!''
The Marshes are rich, then, Mr. Per
kins?'
Yes, Caleb Marsh is rich man. They
don't live on less than $25, 900 a year, and
never have while in New York. 10 be sure,
MRS. MARSH NEVER WENT IN THE BEST SOCIETY.
She went in a respectable, but in second
rate set-a set of moneyed aristocrats-a fast
set, who live in Europe summers and live in
opey,-boxes and at the big public balls in
winter-anyWhere they can be the focus Of
fashionable excitement and the center CT
! wondering eyes. One thing peculiar about
| Mrs. Marsh, she seldom went with her hus-
| band Caleb almost always stayed at home
| or tloated around the outside of the ballroom
while Mrs. Marsh generally appeared i'll
society 1esplendent with diamonds and toleted
| in the richest of Worth's dresses, but hang
| no nf doc nty 1,ao
elor. She liked to be admired by gentlemen.
| She had no lady fliend-didnt want any;
but when it came to young beaux, why, Mrs
| Marsh just took them right away from the
young ladies'
''rerhaps that was the trouble between
| Mrs. Marsh and Mrs. Belknap?" suggested
our reporter.
Eyes, that was just it. Mrs. Marsh was
stylish, but
! SHE WAS FULL OF SENTIMENT,
full Of passion. Her figure was we'll rounded.
She always wore her dresses low, to attract
gentlemen. And with her personal charms
| she could and did win gentlemen away from
Mrs. Marsh, who only held them by her sty-
ish ways and beautiful and costly toilets
Men were proud to escort Mrs. Marsh, with
her diamonds and Worth dresses, in q big
crowd, while they were glad enough to get
Mrs. Belknap in a side room and tlirt with
her Mrs Belknap wore her dresses SO low
| in theneck in Washington that she caused
many modest ladies to blush and turn their
| heads. Her neck was white and delicate,
! and her bosom was always hid away in laces
| SO coGuettishly that-Well, confounu il! you
know the gentlemen could lot keep their
| eyes off her!"
Zone day" continued Eli, ':some one
| ~ Dol
knap's low neck dresses, when the old fellow
remarked, Humph yes, pretty low, but /
| like it-outsi(e OF my own family"
THE WOMEN QUARREL
"What made the fuss between Mrs Marsh
and Mrs. Belknap?"
1T was jealousy. Mrs. Be,knap (nee
Bower got Mrs Marsh's gentlemen friends
away from her-more especially a certain
for an escort in Paris, but Mrs. Belknap (nee
Bower) captured him. This brought about
coldness, and though the two ladies went to
Europe together, they returned on seperate
ships; and when Mrs. Bower married Sec
retary Belknap she put as she thought, the
last nail in Mrs. Marsh's coffin by not invit-
ing her to the wedding. This set Mrs Marsh
crazy. She sought for revenge. She put
her husband up to kill Belknap in order to
get even with Mrs. Belknap and satisfy her
wounded pride. Yes, sir! Caleb Marsh killed
Belknap to please his wife. Or, in other
words, Mrs Marsh ruined the Secretary of
War, broke up her own family. and raised the
whole low, just so she could snap her finger
in her..rivaps face"
CONCERNING CALEB P. MARSH.
.'Who was Mr. Marsh formerly?"
"Why, Marsh" continued Mr.. Perkins,
''was once one of the best men Cincinnati
had. He was once in business with Mr.. Pro-
basco-the richest man in Cincinnati. Marsh
got rich honestly, in the iron business. He
could draw his check any time in Cincinnati
for $50, 600, and the banks would cash it.
All the 'swe] people in Cincinnati knew
the Marshes-the Pendletcns, Groesbecks,
McLeans, and all of them
"How does he look e. inquired our reporter
"Well, Marsh is about As years old. His
wife is about 40. He is tall and slim: has
gray hair-prematurely gray-lke Mrs.
Marsh, they are both brunct,es. Marsh wears
a dainty, goay mustache. He is very styl-
ish man-looks about as Fernando Wood
did twenty five years ago"
"Is be honest? Z"
Yes; Marsh is honest. hypercritically y and
Theoretically honest He's cold, calculat-
ing icebergy man. He never laughs, never
melts, never talks much. His forte is to
stand around and let people look at him, and
see people admire his wife. He likes to get
on the box and drive span of horses around
the park-]ikes front seat at the Jerome
races, and always has front seat or none at
all. Marsh would feel it his duty to tell the
truth df he could make dollar by it), if it
should kill the President and his entire
Cabinet. He is cold, selfish, man-despissing
woman-h hating man of the world. Marsh
wouldn't lie to make dollar, put he'd sacri-