Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-19

MRS GARFIELD ANNOUNCES TIE KNGA0RMxNr AND
SAYS THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL GO TO EUROPE
TOGETHER IN JUNE.

MRS. GARFIELD ANNOUNCES TIE KNGA0KMxNr AND
SAYS THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL GO 10 EUROPE
TOGETHER IN JUNE.
The widow Of President GARFIELD. Just returned
from q European trip with her daughter, Miss
Mollie GARFIELD, was anxious to reach her home
speedily, but was detained In New York BY last
Mondays blizzard until Saturday, when she started
westward. The New York Times SAYS: Much at
tention socially was paid to Mrs. Garfield during
her stay here. She Is enjoying excellent health,
but there was one matter on which she was III at
ease. She felt that some OF the newspapers of the
country have been treating her and her family
with great injustice. One publication-that which
most gave her pain-represented some time ago,
just after Mrs. Garfield started to Europe, that
the real purpose OF her long journey TO get her
daughter out OF the country In order to be the
better able to break on a marriage that she con-
templated.
The story was that j. Stanley Brown, who was
Gen. Garnelds private secretary, had won Miss
Mollle Garfield's heart and was anxious to make
her his wife forthwith TO Mrs Gariieids Intense
dissatisfaction Miss Garfield was pictured as
being carried OF 10 cure her OF her love by rapid
european tour, wherein new scenes and new faces
were relied upon TO make her forgetfuI of her
sweetheart. Mr.. Brown Is scarcely sthirty years
Old He has brains and pluck and principle. Born
or poor parents, he haB a little fortune now, for
nara work and prudent ways have brought him
prosperity. When Gen. Arthur succeede1 to the
presidency he urged Mr.. Brown TO continue with
MIN IN the relation he had with Gen. GARFIELD, but
the secretary had other plans Commodore A. +.
Batelnan, who Is now one OF the leaders In Wall
street, was then In the banking and brokerage
business in Washington, and Stanley Brown be-
came MS partner. When Mr.. Bateman LETT the
capital TO come To New YORK. Mr.. Brown, deciding
not 10 continue longer In the brokerage line took
4 place In the Geological Survey, where he re-
nltned I'LL about year ago, when he determined
upon course IN life which would be helped ma
terlally by college training Forthwith he en-
tePed ae'S Scientific School, and Is now In New
Haven pursuing his studies. IL is tnJimated that
an important post in the Smithsonian Institution
awaits the young man. However that may be,
Mr. Brown is preparing for a further course at
heidelberg. He Will sail for Germany in June.
lie Will take bride with him, and that bride will
be Miss Mollie Garfield.
announcement. IL was not till many days after
her return home from Europe that she learned OF
the sensational construction put upon her foreign
trip by newspaper scandal hawkers. She and her
daughters were met On their arrival by Stanley
Brown, but he at no time permitted either the
mother daughter to learn OF the stories that had
peen published, though putting him in an embar-
RAISING position IL was by accident that Mrs
CARRIED discovered the fact, and this Just before
she was ready TO start wesI. .'Nowr said Mrs.
nave presumed TO put Mr.. Brown in such a false
position deem 1t my duty to have the young folks
announce thelr engagement formally at once. lii
stead or opposing the suit Of Mr.. Brown | have
welcomed IL. know how manly he Is and how
worthy OF every confidence. could not trust my
daughters fortunes TO any other that could make
me happier. am deeply sorry that my trip has
been made the pretext for tnfiicting eInbar-
Tassment upon him.. The only fault that can
md with him Is that he did not promptly deny the
offensive tale, as he mad every authority 10 do
instead OF thus putting himself right, however, he
deemed that II would be unmanly for him to
enter into anything like dispute with the rumor
distributors, wherein the names OF ladies would