St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-03
HER IMMORTAL YOUTH.
Mrs. Hicks-Lord, Remarkably Beautiful
Woman and Social Leader in
New York.
Fer Wonderful Jewels Include Pearls,
Rubies, Emeralds and $4,000
Diamond Necklace.
How the Notable Lady Acquired Her
Millions--Her Magnificent
Home
Der Daily Toilet Not Surpassed for
Splendor in Any European
Court.

Mrs. Hicks-Lord. who has been a social
eader of note in New York Tor many
Tears. has come prominently into notice as
he purchaser of the fine old house in West
Washington square where Gen. Mcclellan
ived during the last two or three winters
If his life, and where she expects TO make
permanent home. Mrs. Lord has pur-
chased the house for some good, round sum
undoubtedly, as she possesses a large for
nne She has moved her many valuable
possessions from her former home IN Four
seenth street. and has returned. after de-
ightful summer at Saratoga to enjoy the
Iuiet of her new mansion and the society
If her large circle of acquaintance.
II VIII also be remembered. says the
New York Journal that Mrs. Hicks-LOrd
Vas a Miss Schenck, of POughkeepsie,
When she married her first husband, Henry
Hicks. a man of vast wealth. AT his
ieath she became possessed of large pOr-
ion of his estate. which was mainly in
rested in Toledo, o., property.
Her brilliant career as a society queen in
London is familiar to everybody.
When she married her second husband,
Mr. Lord her beauty and accomplishments
we're the theme of many conversations in
social circles. where her society was much
sought after. She married Mr.. Lord in
January. 1878. 4 year later she was left
widow. From Mr.. Lords estate she re-
.eiyed an additional fortune, which made
her vastly rich.
The house. which is No 80. is one of the
broad, Old-taShioned mansions, built over
half a century ago. when spaciousneSs and
IN, oriI nd
great wide hall of tesselated marble, with
its broad winding staircase of black walnut
at one side. its lofty ceiling and carved fur
niture, is an index to the rest OF the lnte-
riOr.
The three large drawing-rOoms, the spa
cious dining-roOm beyond. the great bed
rooms upstairs with their carved post bed
steads, old-fashioned wardrobes and chairs,
remind one more of some old fashioned
country mansion than the New York home
Of a woman of fashion and wealth.
But Mrs. Lords undiSputed good taste
has saved the old mansion from any incon-
gruity. She brought all her old-faShiOned
chairs and sofas. candieStickS and pictures,
curtains and mirrors. and they are placed
so appropriately that they seem to have
CROWN with the house and to have been
always there.
Some few improvements, such as paint
ing and frescOing. putting in new bath
rooms and the like, have been effected, but
they are not particularly noticeable, and
we're evidently made mole for comfort
than show.
The little central drawing-roOm where
Mrs. Lord receives her friends is one of the
most interesting in the house. 1t is crowded
with carved furniture. highly polished; on
the walls hang many Old oil paintings,
portraits and landscapes in the fiat, gilded
frames fashionable a half-century ago.
Carved candlesticks of brass and silver,
vases as quaint as could be wished for, real
blue willow-ware plates. and bric-a-brac
collected from every quarter of the globe