The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-29
To Gordon W. Barnham, the Aged
Philanthropist.
A Glimpse Of the Beautiful New
Lycsum Theater That Is 20
Rival the Madison
Square.
Straight Tips and Newsy Gossip Picked Up
on the Crowded PAvements OF
Gotham.


and millionaire, lies dangerously Ill and
probably dying in his handsome residence
on Fifth avenue, the brown stone corner op-
posite Chicksring hall. Beside his FIVE chill
dren, there is among the watchers by his bed
Miss Kate Eanborn, who was to marry him
tomorrow. The bride * pectant is Just
thirty-eight; her fiance is nearly eighty-two
difference which will, TO snme minds, de-
prive the tragedy of its sentiment. But l
don't believe there ever was any humbug or
false ~pretense between the two. Durham
IS very rich manufacturer, and nobody
would guess that he was over ~sixty-fve or
seventy. / saw him get out Of his carriage d
month or 20 ago, and was struck by the elias.
ITCHY of his step and the alertness of his
form, which was as straight as that of David
Dudley Field. His mind has had some
training, till he has acquired q strong bsnt
for literature and an eye for art. He
Dror zes in A nsrica. and his residence is
fairly populated by creatures OF the fancy in
various com bination of the brown and gold
en- metals. Hrs parlors are art galleries -
long and ram bling visias of beauty. Miss
S,ntoFn Is n well-known teacher and writer.
Her fstber was q professor at Dartmouth.
She herself was for years professor OF bellies
letters 1T Smith college. she has written
magazine articles, has published q book or
rwo. and has lecsured far aud wide. She has
a plump form, \ strong face. blue eyes and =
crown OF yellow hair. 5ne was IA intimate
fnend OF Mr.. Burnbam's wife, who died two
or three years since, and IL was while visit
ing her that Mr.. Burnham learned to feel an
interest in her literary work. Last summer
they met again by accide al, and he called
upon her and paid his address. and on Christ
mas day they became engaged. He did not
pretend to DO controlled by a devouring pas
zion. but he said:
Kate, I am not certain that I can make you
happy, but | am sure you can make me hap.
py. Am Lonesome ia my great house nov,
and the feW years that remain TO me / should
like TO spend In the sort OF literary aud ar
tistic company which you can brine q, the
house. have an ambition that way. have
tried 10 live \ straight life. and to do food
rather than harm, aud l have never sought
p'eesure OF any sort away from NV own
nouts. II you consent to pe my vile mean
that you shall respect me.
This 10 eli there was OF the love making.
The speech was repeated 10 me n month ago
By = connection OF the family. | suppose
I do respect you. Your life has been a
noble one. The opportunity TO become tho
center oil = choice literary circle has been the
dream OF my life. Let u bs fnlfiied. | will
do what l can 10 care for you and make your
SO they were TO be married to.morrow. o.
course the old man dotted on his bride 10
be. He gave her q handsome cluster dia.
mond ring that cost not less than $500, aud
ssid:
This liza maksshitt for al engagement
rins. 1 oil give you y better one ~ soon as
Ne can select 10.
And he planasd for $1,000 worth OF
trink cts for her ears and neck and hair. And
he said:
You can have thar big mahogany table In
the library to write on, and We -ill have
those two new hooks OF you published.
you an biticus ghl. And our house will be
very GENITAL for the journalists aud artists
and musicians Of New York. Let Us have
some weekly receptions for them, and see IL
IL won't be pleasant all around.
] must say ! don't see any harm In 1t. IL
Was. / think. In 1873 that Miss Ssnborn
wrote ne . pote, saying:
On next Tuesday afternoon I lecture 10
6teinwsy Hall. shall repeat some OF tbs
nonsense that you 'uns have uttered; and IL
you will come and bring with you Catlin
aud Prentice Milford aud Eli Perkins and
Orpheus G. Kerr and Max Adeler I will le.
you sit on a front seat, and, ~ my lecture
proceeds, vii. point you out as horrible ex-
smples.
Ibid not show up as an illustration, but
those who were there said that she told her
story Of the newspaper ~trifiers very well.
Yesterday / called on Miss Sanborn at the
residence Of the dying millionaire. aud she
came down to The b~ronzs-inhabited parlors.
She told me but little that wal new. of
course. ..Mr Burnham is such a noble char
scter anu Mr.. Burnham's children have be-
hAvsd in the most lovely manner to ward
ue''-thst was the burden OF her talk.
81 don't zee why the newspapers shonld
say so much about me in the matter" she
continued. 1T seems to me out of plaza.
But IL they are going to say anything. / wish
they would say that they have sho sn the
very kindest spirit toward me And another
thing: Mr.. Burnham did not get cold while
WaitiBg for me half an hour at the ferry in
. close carriage. IL is an unreasonable the.
org. He went to Lakewood because 1t is
the winter ssnitarium OF this part OF the
count5y-because IL Is considerably warmer
than the coast and there are few chill winds.
We found IL . delightful spot. He came
home iirst, and when l got ready to come
and found my train late, ! sent two dts
patches asking him not to come for me to
the Terry. He received one Of the dispatches
but he insisted on coming. On! IL we bal
only stayed In lakewood"
When Mr.. Burnhsm was stricken down,
be said: Send for \ priest; let Us be mar.
risd ~ once" They sent for Bishop Potter,
bot he said he could not marry out OF his do.
csse. Then . Clergyman Was summoned;
but when be arrived the invalid had g sing
ing turn. and 10 was postponed.
w shall not be married now" said Miss
San born to me. II would not have the cere.
mony performed II Ii Won 4 cost him . sin-
gle moments discomfort"
Mr.. Burnhsm mas made Q special bequest
In favor Of Miss Sanborn OF 500. 000, | be.
lieve.
A rfe WINDOW ron THE WEST.
The largest window In the world. made OF
osaiescent glass, II being put In the new SO.
Psui's church ~ Milwaukee. and lie design
ere and constructors, Louis A. Tiffany & Co.,
have just clipped from here the last panel.
IL 10 a nave window, the lower halt be n
composed Of three % panels. and the
upper half OF . splendid rose and tracsry, In
assmi circle OF brfllisncy. The window 10.
IN iis extreme measure, 2ix30 feet. The
SUBJECT 10 the cruciHxion, and the window Is.
IN fact. . copy OF Dosfs MASTERPIECES. Chdst
Lssvine the Prastorium." IL H. somewhat