Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28
WHO Is MR. SILAS B. DWIGHT?
The PiGssant Story Told CT an Amer.
fcasi GESPaIl.. In Paris.

Tow SHARK BROTHERS & HEWITT TOOK HIN IL
HAND. SHOWING HIN LIFE, AND MARRIED
HIN TO Young AND PRETTY CIRCUS RIDER
From The London TRUTH
Mrs. SilaS b. Dwight's is a very hard case.
Mr.. SilaS h. Dwight, her husband, is OF the May
flower nobility OF New England, aud his great
grandfather was concerned III 1.-The Boston tea
party" q little more than hundred years ago.
From mason of Providence. his grandfather
on the maternal side, he came TO own the land
which locks the harbUr Of JOppa Bay in MaSSa-
chIlsettS and the docks and warehouses lying
round the port. His dollars are countless, and
though he has squandeTed them sadly, have
gone on multiplying. Sila5'S education was be-
lr4In i'm collrrIy circles In Europe where his step
father the Hon. ArnlSa Grey, served his country
under different administrations as Minister
Plenipotentiary. It was finished at eithG" Yale
or Kenyon where high hOnOrS were carried OFF.
Had he been less rich, the young graduate would
have catered West Point on leaving college, for
he had 4 head for mathematics and q taste for
soldering. But being CrceSu5 in private life
he came back to Europe to renew his acquain-
lance with courts, couTierS, and public men of
eminence. and TO spend. according 10 a plan he
drew up III his Undergraduate days, a third OF
his income. His attorney re30mm2 ldal him to
open an account with an enterprioin- firm OF
American bankers, who had got themselves
talked about immensely In Paris. The were at
the head and tai OF every patriotic gathering.
charity or monetary enterprise, ran patents and
a fashions Office, and We.e d!Stanciny t.Ia Old
bankers.
This was ten years ago. People s0me.irnas
house OF Shark Brothers IL HeWett. II the
wonder was expressed before any OF their an tes
a good explanation was given OF the mystery.
The wife of Col. IIeWctt. the senior partner
was first cousin to that little Spiriiler MIS-. r
-, who had twisted De AiOrncy. FORBADE
Fould and still higher parS image rou1d lie :,
delicate fingers. She Ind obliged the g3-aAead
bankers IN launching tra1ScoltineQJat Duo-
be, and Obtained for them a navy contract
Like WordSWoFth'S Christian family the 3uarG;
were seven and church goer5 on Su1da IS
~ oh fFp-S rfAr,N
was to make oceans OF money While amusing
themselves IRENE ad0usiy. In their barker 5
code finance was taTgeRt G-S GHtres. Another
maxim showing the perSpicacity OF their bust
les fcatIes The brothers Shark SIOne Waen
out of church, i'll the monde contme Il MEN falt
Prs, AMI went in for li lie ia its Jttjylde Goa
dilion.
Attached to Their light squadron was q Ger
tain pretty ciTCIs rider, the daughter OF an
Eng sh grCom; Minnie IIumming Bird was the
name given her IS an infant prodigy. aul S1e
keit IL. IL did nos t5 her when she deFGjJ9aI
tutO a splendid, fuli-grOwn woman, Wia6 4
snowy skin and an outline OF figure which ms
CIlaTity did not rob OF feminine Sofjl5SS MN
ne jumped through hoops and swung on ira
FSz25 with an attitude borrowed from Thor
TaidSCnS "AGgei Carrying a Chiid'S son. t.
Hedyel." Scuip-0is thought her an in Grove
lHeut CT the angel AS patrons OF art. loCi.
HTotEer5 bad her m0do-e and llmueG f1T TIE
picture gallery which was connected win their
bank, ana they had her real presence at s5U,5sTe
Ia
invited when he came vita his letter o. credit
to The brothers entertainments. lie was 5.Tucl
with MinnieS plastic beauty, small, T. ru!ar,
teeth, which, perhaps, Size showed too oiTe /.
ana taken Win Tie smile that Lit up IeT whole
face.
Wnen she performed at the Hip1 1drome h
went % see her, and WAS enabled by his bank
eTo care u penetrate to the stables into which
she IOQC from the circus, standing on one Ie-r
with her arms laden villa flowers t.4rOWl at her
by tie male spectators and aught dying. The
II h = TtsNu,
hef to be IelCel with them. she rnlde points
by pelting back when she had more thla she
could carry.
Poor silas B. Dwight Slid into SLEEPING mart
nerS!lp in the banking firm, and was burned In
the fingers. But lie was rich enough not to fee
the loss, and went On l1aning and invc sting
What was more serious, was the creduloIs ear
he lent to the HumIninT Bird, who got her les
son very we'll, and, when he was desperately iii
love with her, came to him with q Lady Go0ch
story. What was he TO do? Hewett, who knew
she was devoted TO member OF the firm. said
marry her" The Empire by this time was
down, and he was feeling uncomfortable ablu5
some bubbles which he had inflated. .IIer
pretty face and splendid points," he said ..yiU
We'll done" You have only TO show her. Give
her the Empress EugenieS diamonds, which
are to be set up at auction. Everything VIII be
forgotten and forgiven for their sake
Minnie Humning Bird was led with some
pomp to the hymeneal altar, followed by train
OF stylish bridesmaids. a Belgian directress
them. Mrs. S. B.. Dwight was authorized to
open an account with Worth and the jewellers
Meilerio and Fontanies. The pick OF the i'm
perlal casket was dung into her lap. She COM
planned that she had no place to wear them, the
bank having broken ~ and the bankers alb
seconded. Boxes were hired for her by the sea
son at the Opera and the itationS, and she had
sitting in the talcOa on Tuesday nights at the
Francois. Expressing preference for tue Va
rietts, she was taken there. Dancing. she dis.
covered, alone rendered life endurable. But
IEJV ,-visy inf ,.f-I
from the joys OF Valentine. Ii She could no;
get asked TO the dances OF other people, size
would see what she could do herself in her own
house. 4 grass widow from India who scented
free quarters and the best kind of living took
her by the hand, and was asked On Il permanent
Visit. This Old soldier received a carte Blanche
to go into the highways and hedges, and con-
strain dancers TO come to the weekly JireeI,
Tor Which, BY her advice, cards were issued
There were theatrical scraps and proverbs in
which the best dramatic artists and aTtiSte5,
Got. CroiZette, Regnier, the Sisters Brohan
acted, selections from operas and Operettas
given by Marie ROZe, sass, Bloch and Sch 1eider
ard instrumental music, S1aringly d0lcd out
by musicians unspa1ingly paid. Three success
SlYe SuppeIS were served, and final Goutsr at
seven In the morning, between which hour and
midnight dancing had gone merrily on. Every
room In the house was open, and no mystery
made about any. What would have been the
use OF bath Of chased silver ii those who
came to tie parties were not allowed 30 see it.
ard provoked by it to hate and envy the lovely
CiCdtuic iuI GilUDl III HdS u6SlS0ou. Minnie.
though gOCd-natured soul, was fond Of ey-
citing The Jealousy OF her sex and triunoninp
over those lie had III playing the game OF life
respected the rules.
Some OF these e5timable ladies discovered
that the Hummlng Bird was not happy in her
golden cage. Her ideas OF enjoyment were
formed in the Circus, round which she would
have preferred canter to all the refined pleas
urGS provided for her. She found that She could
not exist without brother. for Wl0m SIZE had
aSked.the Finance Minister'S patronage. The
grass widow SyTapathZing, Dwight was ap-
peaieG To by her, ard gave the young nan leave
to come and board in the house. Other Gati
were found out and welcomed Brother,
tiocked from every point OF the compass. They
took their place on the drag on foUr-iD-hand
club days with the cream OF high life society,"
and had good time generally at the brother
ia-laW'S expense. lie avoided their society. and
they might still be the real masters OF his
house, but for a jealous English lady who dis
covered that none of them were related % the
Hu1nmlng Bird, ana opened tie eyes OF Sila5
TO this painful fact. lie set an inquiry Oh foot
Birdie then declared that they were her cOuS-
1llS, and when beaten out Of this intrenclnent
her .fTerGs dc ldit. Her mother took In musings
Hence tie multiplicity OF foster brethren. Tnis
was, the husband thought, too bad. He kicked
against it. The verdict Of those who heard the
quarrel was, served him right
think IL a hard case for her to have been told
that she must go and live quietly and alone in Il
villa purchased for her somewhere in the Pro-
yinccS, winter and summer, on an allowance Of
twenty-five pounds Il month. She wanted to
return to her Old circus life, but he would not