The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-30

be their leader.
Mrs. Field is the daughter of New England
clergyman. In her attire she is quiet, and
dresses suitably to her age. She has a special
adherence for grandmothers VINO array them
se.ves in girls costumes. Mrs. Field walks lit
tie, using fine English coupe, with liveried
coachman and footman, whenever she goes any
distance from her own residenee Just now she
is soiourning at Lakewood, N. j., which place
has become a fashionable rendezvous for those
desiring to escape the chill winds of our usual
more equahle. and the proximity or the pine
woods at Lakewood also renders it attractive to
New Workers
MRS. RUSSELL SAGE.
AS you walk down Fifth avenue, almost any
fine day, you may see drawn up in front of one
of the many brown-stone houses in block near
the corner of Forty second street. coupe of
modest appearance, plain, comfortable equip
age, with no attempt at display, the colosed
coachman clad in plain livery, with no cockade
upon his hat anything particularly distinctive
A very tall rather slender lady descends the
front steps. She looks little frail, having re-
Gently been somewhat ill. Her features are
clear cut her profile almost Grecian, her hair
worn in an abundance of puffs and brads, and
waved over her forehead. is snow white, giving
her distinguished appearance, yet her face is
not old-she may be trihe over fifty, not more.
This is Mrs. Russell Sage, whose husband is so
Mr. Field in business. Mrs Sage has refined
gentle manner, which is an indication of her
true nature, for she is always kind and tender,
and is most charitable. She is woman one
would not fail to notice, on account or her
abundant white hair, and having once seen her
she is never forgotten for her appearance is de-
cidedly striking Her maiden name was Miss
M. Olivia Slocum, and her brother, Col Slocum,
is connected with her husband IN the manage
ment of his Office. Mrs Sage has no children,
and. therefore. has no special incentive to min
gle with the gay world to any great extent,
and seldom gives large entertainments. She
does, however, like travel and the life which
gay hotel affords, without being obliged to par
ticipate in the gayety. For this reason both Mr..
and Mrs Sage have visited Saratoga nearly
every summer for some years. Mr.. Sage also
likes Saratoga it is not far from his old home,
he having come originally from the northern
part of the State. AS Mr.. Sage is not in quite
his usual health, the last two summers they
have passed at Quogue, Long Island. Mr.. Sage's
economy is proverbial Notwithstanding the fact
he is worth many million dollars and it is posi-
BILE that Quogue pleases him quite as we'll as
more expensive place. 1t has often been won
der how Mrs. Sage managed to secure so much
money to give to charities, but that she does
secure it is we'll known by the many she relieves
by her bounty, and that all IN need may feel at
liberty to call upon her, she has little silver
plate on the front door of her residence. upon
which is engraved Member of Charity Organi-
cation"
The Fifth avenue residence while large, fine
house, is in no way different from hundreds of
others The interior is plain, comfortable and
cheerful The drawing rooms are spacious, and
are we'll and comfortably furnished. but there is
no startling magni6cence or odd device as Is the
case in the residences of both Mr.. Gould and Mr.
Field. One Of the most attractive points of in
terest.in Mrs Sage's drawing room is a fine oil
painting of herself, painted some years ago,
while her hair was dark brown. It represents
her then, as now, with we'll nodded face, and the
same gentle lady-like bearing.
1t is an almost singular circumstance that not
withstalding the close business relations and in
timacy of Messrs. Gould, Field and Sage their
wives barely know each other and each moves
in an entirely different circle, rarely if ever
meeting Each woman is educated and refined
yet each has her own pleasures and aspirations,
in 70 wise connected with the others. Yet the
three husbands interests and pursuits are al
most identical, each one knowing the other
thoroughly. aud meeting nearly every hour OF
the day. | doubt very much IL either Mrs. Gould
or Mrs. Field know much about Mrs. Sage, ex-
cept what little may be cleaned by an occasional
formal meeting, or that Mrs. Sage, in turn,
knows anything of the dis positions or tastes Of
the other two ladies.
MRS. CHARLES wGRfsHoFFER.
Some twelve years ago the late Charles F.
Wnrishoffer, banker, broker and successful
speculator married Miss Uh whose father was
the founder of the New York Stats Zeitung,
the leading German organ of the United States.
Miss Uhls father died some years since, and her
mother, who was the real brains of the paper
and woman of great executive ability, subse-
quently married Oswald Ottendorfer, then on
the editorial staff of the paper, and who by his
marriage to Mrs. Uhl became proprietor. His
wife, from the time of the establishment of the
paper by her first husband to the present time,
had always done her share Of the labors of the
xv.ct kinnx khA or 4nahH 49,
she made her ambitious efforts reward her we'll
may be understood when it is remembered that
she not long since gave the sum of $780, 900 to
found womans hospital, as memorial to her
daughter Anna. At the time of her DEATH not
long since, she left large sums to charity, besides
literally remembering many old employees Of the
Stats Leitung.
With such TN ambitious and clever mother it
is q natural sequence that Mrs. Werishoffer
should also have executive ability. Mrs. Woeris-
hotter is OF medium size, plump without being
too heshy, has dark hair and eyes. She is still
young, being in the early thirties She dresses
deliberately and when seen in evening toilet,
her display of jewels is very fine. Mrs. Woeris.
hotter continues to occupy, since her husbands
death, pleasant brown stone house in the cen
ter of block not far from Fifth avenue Al
though handsome and comfortable, it is just
like hundreds of other houses in New York, and
neither ostentatious nor indicative Of the wealth
of its owner. Mrs. Wershoffer is the mother
of two pretty girls, one ten years old and the
other ten months Like most Germans. Mrs
Woerishoffer is particularly fond of music, aud
most of her entertainments have taken the form
of musicales. In the summer the Woerishoffers
have always t4ken a house for the season at
some place sufficiently near to permit Mr.
Werishoffer to 60 to and from the city to bust
ness Last summer they occupied fine place
at Orange. n j.
Mrs. Werishoffer has, of course, large cir
Gle Of friends, who sympathize deeply with her
in her present affection cE.H