The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-23
pIsrgeUisHED but UNHAPPY WIDOW
HOOD

| on many OOOhraiOh9 SAf'N
ton and desire. Those positions brought tt
them money, fame, influence, friends, Will
ali that these imply, and yet to-day, will
prhaps one exception, there would be founC
few, however ambitious, that could be in,
daced 10 exchange places with them, whil'
there srN many in far humber oifcum-
staho, rs the world goes, to which these
oace quyans OF the joyous, social circle
would not cheersully exchange could they
indeed restore tho happier days OF yort
before death OF disease had done their fear
ful havoc. We refer more especially TO th'
notable instances of Mrs, ex-President Gar
nald, Mrs ex Precedent Lincoln, the eT'
Empress Eugene, the ex.Empres' CarIot's
the Queen Victoria, aud W Mira A. l.
Stewart, rs striking illustrations in this con-
nsction. The former the once happy, alec
tionale, noble wife of . noble man, whost
D verify sho had 20 cbeerfully shared, whose
gradual rise she participated in and
aided through all its tolls and fluctuations
until the acme OF world ronown and national
glory had been securely reached. The other
the we'll beloved wife OF q statesman who
had ontrenched himself in the hearts OF his
people, second only, perhaps, to Washing"
ton. The other, The early sweet>heart OF
moor wAndorer. when first she knew him, the
then luckless scion of grand progenitor,
and subsequently, bis sdored helpmate'
The other, tho loving and lovable spouse of a
man whose many merits and elegant traits
of character were worthy Of hie exalted
lineage. The other, woman who loved
above all Others Of The millions OF her sub
iec.s and friends, him 10 whom she subse-
quonty gave her hand and plghted
her intensest affections. The other, the
widow of the merchant prince, who counted
his treasure, in piles beyond ANY one who
had ever engaged in the came pursuit as
himself. The first woman referred to, Mrs..
Garfield, ia to-day plunged into widow
hood OF woe, refusing to be consoled from
the grief that sits iobbing in hor boiom,
while all her hopes now lie flutiering on the
ground at tho sight Of a gallant
husband, summoned to his long home from
his official pro-eminencs by the assa''in's bull
let. Next on the roll comes Mir. Lincoln, who,
when proposing to witness some dramatic gai-
ETY., SAW enacted in her private box one OF the
bloodios tragedies in the book of time, and
then went tho way of poor Ophelia, when
her natural protectors were rutblessy torn
from hor. The ex- Empress Eugene, depriv-
oil of her place as the wife off once powerful
head OF mighty nation, divorced from her
broken hearted husband by the cruel hand
of death in his exile from LAID he loved,
denied the only comfort Of even her adored
boys presence, the prince, killed in the
wilds of Africa, on whom she 80 fondly,
tenderly dotted and doubly lovod for his own
and his revered fathers sake, now wsnders
without home and without family finding
in Der voiceess agony the poorest pttanco of
earthly consolation in n secluded convent.
And poor Carlotta, the lively, genial, joyous
Carlotta the wife of tho handsome, young,
unfortunate, short.roigned emperor of Mex
leo, tho courted arch duchess, now, with
reason toppled from its throne, sits and sings
her weary life away within the gloomy walls
of the insane sylum, calling daily, dining
daily in the disordered palace chambers OF
her. Imagination with her own Macmillan
slsin, claim officially for no fault of his. And
then, next, and whenever the thought Of do.
nestle affection through the loss Of ones
next best friend, Is obtruded, instantaneous.
" comes up tho name of that pure woman
model mother, and loving wife once-widow
now-who only day or two ago sent mes
ssges of heartfelt coincidence TO her sister in
distress, the highest woman in her country
officially, to tho highest here. Victoria,
highlands queen, who from the hour
that death set his seal on her
cousin and her husband Albert, has felt and
has acted like her noble predecessor "him
that wept son" when "tho fated bark wen,
down." wearing yet tho livery of mourning
for him for whom no replacement, in her re.
Wondering bosom could DO found, and with
whom
"Memory Ia tina only friend
That grief can call Its own"
And last, though in the more private cir,
clos, We are led TO contemplate tho harrow
lug case of woman who with millions O.
money might indulge in silks the costliest
gems the rarest, laces and all such psrapher
MALTA the most expensive, is to-day and ha
for years been in pursuit Of one of the mos
anomalous and continuous Of grief and morti
hcstlcn work, the skeleton in the closet of he
later life, tho search after the remains of he
dead husband, who was not even permi.te,
to lilo in graveyard peace when lfo's ntiu
foyer was over, These are cases of woman
devotion, OF wifely cooperation, her crow
of honor and hercrown of thorns, aud ar,
but illustrative of myriads of others simila
of nature. And surely these are some of tn
troubles of tho great and the rich and IN,
powerful in the conspicuous plane of life, tn,
tisl summing up of lives all trimmed with
glory in their prime, but whose se,,ius