Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-27
Sensational E.Innements.

There is said TO be such thing as an
epidemic of suicide. 1t is certain that
when a suicide Of a sensational character
occurs it is followed very quieAl! y!
quite large number Of other sulclues'
Nav there not be such thing as an
endemic Of eiopement? quite number
az sensational elopements have occurred
within month. In fact, the leading SEN
sations in the newspapers lately have been
eIonaments or attempted Opponents. 1t
is n remarkable fact that in nearly every
instance the girl in the case belonged to a
wealthy family.
The first 10 attract attention was that
Of Victoria. the pretty and cultivated
daughter Of Morosini, the millionaire ltal-
ian banker Of New York. Victoria was
courted by her fathers cOachman IN the
stables while she fed her saddle-horse
with sugar plums. The coachman cap
| tured the girls heart and ran OF with
her. From all accounts he is a spindle
/ sbanked. narrow breasted. nincompoop,
l and the wonder is what the charming
I Victoria could have seen IN him 10 al
mire and love. As she had been educated
! in a convent. and as her father excluded
/ all beaux Of her own class, 1t is probable
that she was moved to take up with the
I coacbman by some such feeling rs moved
/ the hopeless old maid when she prayed,
/ 30 Lord, anybody SO it's man." The
| fair Victoria has her cOachman, but she
/ has broken up her fathers home and
driven her family to foreign shore tC
| hide their feelings of shame.
The next elopement that sent thrill OF
/ satisfaction through the susceptible hearts
of romantic youths and maidens was that
Of Rosa Sickles, the daughter Of a mil
Iionaire, who has an elegant summer home
\ i'm one OF the numerous villages in The
I neighborhood of New York. She rar
away with a grocer's clerk. The parents
1 Of the frisky maiden, being very sensible
I peOple and having on Investigation found
| the young husband TO be a thrifty, honest
/ fellow Of fair education, took the run
| aways 10 their hearts and home, and said
"Rless YOU, my children" Rosa ha:
/ already set up the choice of her heart l.
! the grocery business in the city of Ne"
/ York, and they are reported to be happy
Learning of the happiness of Nictori'
| and Rosa, a I3-year-Old Boston school girl
very fat and very pretty, who had lost he
/ heart to a Boston dude, gathered up be
/ mothers wealth, amounting TO $4,000
/ which was secreted in the house, ant
/ placed it where she could get it whel
ready to fly with her dude. The discover.
of the loss Of the wealth, however, nippe,
this promising scheme in the bud, as
were, and there is now no immediate
| prospect that there Will be any honey
| moon for Sadie and her dude.
The last Of this series of high life elopC
ments, in which gold and greenback
| formed a rather fascinating background
occurred last Monday. Miss Sail.
Scheuer, a pretty Jewess, the daughter o
Simon Scheuer, a New y Ork millionaire
ran away with Henry Friedman. The.
were married at the Metropolitan Hotel
New York, and are now supposed to b
supremacy happy at Saratoga. How lon
they will remain happy is uncertain, Il
it is alleged that Friedman is no
burdened with cash, and the miIlionair
Simon declares that his daughter ma
get along the best she can, and that sh
and her husband shall not enter his hom
nor have a dollar of his money. This is
bad outlook for two loving hearts, par
ticularly as love is apt to fly out of tn
window when poverty comes in at tn
door.
What are millionaires' daughters to d
to avoid the snares that are laid to car
ture their unsuspecting hearts? In tbei
own country they are beset by cOachmeD
grocery clerks, dudes and penniless Sc
ciety beaux, and if they flee to a fOreigl
country they are in danger of becoming
the victims of titled Adventures. Thei
lot does not appear to be an enviable one