River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-12-08
CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG.


Times, of this city, publishes the fol- |
lowing: The pet of the lyric stage and
pupil of Arditi, Clara Louise Kellogg,
unless she changes her mind--a privi- |
lege which popular sentiment always /
allots to the lady, especially if she is
prima donna-is to be married at last,
having found her fate in Philadelphia |
az. The cavalier upon whose suit the
muses. and fortune have deigned to
smile is Mr.. Whitney, now of New
York, but to the Philadelphia mannor
horn-Thomas B. Whitney, son of
Elisha d. Whitney, the wealthy retired
maltster of 1911 Walnut street, who re-
Gently held the attention of the public
for mouths by his persistent and sue ,
cessful fight against the bay window
of his neighbor, j.. Campbell Harris.
Mr.. Whitney has been in hymen's
bonds before. He was married in this
city seventeen years ago to Miss Julia
Ennis, an attractive and accomplished
lady, residing in West Philadelphia
Mr.. Whitney is IN his forty-fifih year,
hut looks much younger. Elisha ID.
Whitney, his father, to whom he bears
a great resemblance, is one of the best
preserved men of his years in Phila-
delphia-erect, massive and fun of en-
ergy, with a fine, handsome head and
face, and looking no more than fifty,
although he has probably passed three
score.
MR.. wHITNEY's RoMATIC CAREER.
atom" Whitney. as his friends
have always called him, has had ro-
mantle and somewhat adventurous
career As the fathers pet among
several children, he has always b en-
allowed to follow his inclinations. He
was not particularly partial to study.
and soon left the academy where he
was a pupil to study law in the office
of the distinguished barrister, B,pja-
min Harris Brewster, who holds him
in high estimation. He gave up law
some for one of MS restless spirit. He
went abroad; he went to Egypt, he
visited India and finally swung around
to China, where, catching something
of the then prevailing Chinese fever, he
had some notion of engaging in COM
mercial enterprises. He came back,
however, and encouraged by his father,
who, although with means enough of
his own to keep his sons in affiuence,
desired them to carve out fortunes for
themselves if possible, he went to New
York and started brewing. His sue
cess was great, and according to vari-
Gus accounts he amassed fortune. He
sold out advantageously in 1867. Then
Mr.. Whitney went to Europe just for
pleasure, chaperoning companion
named Mrs. Fanshaw, with whom his
| name has been connected before.
MEETING MISS KELLOGG.
1t was at Saratoga last summer that
Mr.. Whitney first met the lady who is
to share with him her Tyre and laurel
and handsome fortune. In the mingled
CLEAN and shadow of the piazzas of the
| United States hotel they first met. Miss
| Kellogg had been around the world; so
had Mr.. Whitney. He was forty; she
was thirty-nine, fair and comparatively
sylph-hke, although not so much 80 as
she used to be, and they found that
they had many sympathies in COM
mon. Mr.. Whitney had experienced
atfectionate conqnests to which he was
| indifferent, and so had the charming
mistress of the repertoire of thirty diff
| ferent operas. They wandered in Sc
questered walks; they drank from the
same cup of the sparkling waters in
Congress park, and were often seen to-
gether arm in arm on the promenade.
| When some one attempted to speak
disparagingly of the companion of her
walks, Miss Clara showed that she was
by no means pleased, and set al
once the seal of her favorable
opinion upon him. There was GER
tainly no occasion to find fault with
his personal appearance. A little above
the medium height, with regular
features and dark brown hair al
Prince of Wales moustache and whis-
kers, and dressing in the most subdued
but elegant taste, he is what ladies
everywhere would call "a handsome
man." Only in one article of attire,
| the neckties-of which he wears great
variety, emblazoned with sapphires
and other gems-does the somewhat
oriental tendency of his nature find ex-
| preston.
ENGAGED AT THE CLARENDON.
When Miss Kellogg, with her moth
er, went to New York and took quar-
tiers at the Clarendon hotel Mr.. Whit
ney accompanied them, and while
there the engagement took place, on
September IL. From there the fair
cantatrice went TO Chicago to fulfill an
| engagement, Mr.. Whitney following
soon after and from there they travelled
to Cleveland together. While in Chi
cago they often met at the houses of
Herbert Aver, president of the Chicago
club, and of Mr.. Fairbank, the famous
scale man. Miss Kellogg was we'll ac-
quainted with Mrs. Aver, and one day
told her that it was a little embarrass-
| ing to have her betrothed travelling with
her and stopping at the same hotel, es-
| pecially as she had left her mother in
New York. Mr. Whitney, it seems,
was pressing for an early marriage and
Miss Clara was disposed to procrati-
nate. "Why don't you break off your
professional engagements and fulfil this
one," said Mrs. Aver, land be married
right off a. my housed"
In cons equence of this arrangement
ensuring brilliant wedding the mar
riage was set for the Goth ofthis month,
and Mr.. Fairbank promised the most
elegant sort of wedding breakfast
But there came a "slip 'twixt the cup
ant the lip"
On the subject OF the trouble MIR.
Whitney claims that when Miss Kel-
logg mentioned Mrs. Fanshaw-some
bu>ybody having whispered the name
in her ear--he Id her the whole Of the
story This was before the engagement
and did not change her regard for him,
but two weeks ago last Sunday, while
both were in Chicago, Pinkerton de-
tective began Swallowing" the affect
iona.e pair, and that detective turned
out to be employed by Mrs. Fanshaw.
The detectives visit was then explained
to his affianced in letter by Mr.. Whit
ney, and several letters from Miss
Kellogg have been received byIhim
within the past week. Whether she is
Gliding him for his absence or wants
to know more about Mrs. Fanshaw
could not be ascertained. Mr. Whitney
was to be in New York yesterday, and
the explanation of his absence is that he
did not desire to make it embarrassing
for the expectant bride. He and his
near friends, however, say that the
marriage will take place IN the spring.
He has telegraphed to Maj Pond not
to make any more denials OF the re-
ported engagement.
The 6astrOsc0pe.