The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25

To The Editor Of The Chicago Tribune.
At Large IN Ohio. February T.
''Ssllie Ward" said . Louisville lady.
on the cars, to-day. 10 about to have
her fourth and last triumph; che Is
about to marry her fourth fortune"
DO ysu know herr
ia, yes! I've known Ssllis Ward
ever since she Ne . girl. I aw her
gallop her horse through the Louis
vile market. house when she was .
dashing schoolgirl. and her escort had
to pay the fine; and l went to her
wedding. thirty-two years ago, when. .
girl Of eighteen. che married Bieelow
Lawrence, Of Boston"
WAS Sally beautifully"
Eyes. she Vas considered . dashing
beauty then. Add to this paint and
powder-for all the Louisville girls
painted in those days-and brilliant,
snowy dressing-red. yellow and blue,
you know-and you can see that she
must have been very attractive. Why,
I've seen Sallie walk on the streets Of
Louisville, in those crude times, in q
toilet now only seen in . concert
saloon, I've seen her wear . bright
blue dress, blue hat with Q yellow
ostrich feather, and blue CATERS, with
gold bracelets around her arms ana
anklesY
Bracelets on her ankles?"
"Yes. and Sallie would liz her dress,
and show those guild ankle bracelets,
silk stockings, and foot aud ankle
that set the men all crazy. II vas
about this time that Sallie Ward met
Bigelow Lawrence, son Of the rich,
refined and aristocraiic old Lawrence
family that still occupies the magnif-
cent Abbott estate, just out Of Boz
ton"
ibid you know young Lawrence
"La, yes! Sallie Ward was eighteen
then. and Bigelow Lawrence was
twenty. He was . goody-goody young
man-wore eyeglasses, parted his
hair in the middle, and dotted on the
poets-just the opposite Of Ssllie. you
know. Well. Lswrencs-he signed
his name T. Bigelow Lawrence then
came tn Louisville in 1864. and fell in
love With Ssilis Ward. Ssllie didn't
love Bigelow she never loved any.
body-but old Mrs. Ward. who was .
great matchmaker. thought it would
be = splendid match, and she actually
coaxed Sallie and leased her till she
married the Yankee. Oh, but wasn't
it . swell wedding. though! And
such presents! That IL. such rich
presents from the Ward side. and
such mean, stingy. little presents
from the Lawrences Well, the we'd
ding over. Sallie went to Boston.
Now, Just fancy . girl Who never
read a book in her life going to Boz
ton to livel And among the Law.
rences. too. where they did nothing
but quote Tennyson (C, and talk
about geology. social science. aud the
glacial and sandstone periods Of the
world's hissoryl Well, Sallie stood it
about six mounths. When they
talked Tennyson O. she romped with
the dogs and. when they went to
morning social-science meetings,
Ssllie was galloping through the
grounds on horseback. Every morn
ing. Sallie told me, her motker-in-law
would send . servant to her room at
b o'clock with this solemn message:
"Mrs. Abbott Lawrence sends CON-
pliments to Mrs. T. Bigelow Law
renee, and hopes she is very we'll"
"After breakfast Mrs. Lawrence
would suggest chat Sallie ought to do
some sewing or reading. Not she !!
she told MrA Lawrence that she
never sewed snything in her life and
hated bucks.
"But you might make . night
gown OF work seine slippers for
B;geiowr Mrs. Lawrence would sug-
gest.
mo" Sall,e would say: 'ifBigslow
waits for me to make him . nigh
gown, he'll wait till he's gray"
And then che would ride into Boz.
ton behind dashing span Of horsse.
and spend the forenoon gossiping and
flirting. Shed have six men stand
ing around her carriage On Court
street. Shed wear Q Louisville toilet
Of red and yellow ; and Of courss the
BostOnians stared. The result vas
that Sallie and Bieelow quarreled. It
was . case Of mother.in-law, and, in
less than six months, Sallie. sick Of
Boston, came back to Louisville 70
visit her mother, and demonstrate the
fact that she va the most dreadful
Airt in Louisville. she spent money
right and lsft, and sent the bills to her
husband in Boston.
"In the meantime, Mrs. Abbot
Lawrence, the moeher.in-law, had
been examining Sallie's trunk. che
found such dreadful letters from old
Mrs. Ward, Of Louisville. to her
daughter. Mn Ward even called
the Lawrsnces 'sesruwhssl Yankees.'
She wrote to Sallie. advising her 70
seem 70 obey Bigeiow. bot to have
her own way. In regard to painting
and powdering. to which the Law.
rences objected. Mn. Ward said:
DO not use too strong color. and
no one will know IL. A delicate
tinge Of red under little white pow
der u sufficient"
I'm the same trunk with this let
ter were sasceFs Of pink and red paint.
and hotties Of lotion. and boxss Of
powder, enough to break pour old
Nm. LaWreuce's heart.
"Well. after Ssllis Ward had been
10 Louisville awhile. hef husband
wrote fur her to come home to Be-
ton. To this Mr.. Ward wrote
You'll have TO come after Sallie your
self IF Won rant her.' So Sallie stsid in