The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-21
RY CARPETS DARKENED LIFE.
10 Reasons Why She Lives in Re-
ranna,nt and Has Never Married.

he Reasons Why She Lives in Re-
irenent and Has Never Married.
baltimore Letter to Philadelphia Press.
hiss Mary Garrett is the wealthiest spin
In the United States. With Baltimore
ohio railroad stock at par she is prob
d worth eight or ten millions No one
ole of the Garrett family really knows
VI Miss Mary is worth. She is certainly
WI more than her weight in gold, and
yde is not married. When her father,
JoAW. Garrett, died, his fortune was
vaisly estimated at from s. ZOO, 900 all
theey I'D to $50 100000. No accurate
statent was ever made. In fact efforts
werlken to conceal the figures from the
publ When the gossips and impecuni-
Gus 3 loungers ceased guessing at the
fathd wealth, they began to estimate on
the ,ghters fortune. Quite a number
of ba{or acquaintance gloated over the
descrfbns given in the newspapers of her
valuabropertieS and the estimated ex-
tent DER fortune. What a prize she
would he been in the matrimonial lottery
But skas never in the lottery, SO the
bacheldn Baltimore society looked and
logged Fain.
Miss 9rett is not a marrying woman.
When slWas 90 wears of age she had no
more id9f falling in love than she has
now at-kll, nearly that age. Though not
a literarSoman, she is highly educated
one, a litpn the order of the Rose Cleve-
land classShe is net strong minded, but
able to ma age her great wealth and steer
her way III business and society without
having a In as a magnet. While not a
handsome vman Miss Garrett has charm
ing manner, pleasing way about her that
makes one set that she is homely or that
she is rich, al to only realize that he is
talking to a usible and cultured woman
who is interest," in the noble work of elevat-
ing her sex an caring for poor and suffer-
ing womanhoo
Miss CARROTS the greatest of all the
CARROTS in hequiet and uDostentious way
of doing good Her charities are not
paraded beforele public, and she can sell
dom be persuad to permit her name to be
published in coRection with her generous
acts. Nearly eery institution for the in
valid or the orphan in Maryland re-
ceives handsomgifts from her annually.
She has endowl an institution for home
where poor cldren taken from vicious
parents will fin a refuge A fine building
has been ereCed, Miss Garrett and her
"a CNA4SA ASSbCI bOIdulliso iol 80 SUN VI
money for hissurpose. She is the patroness
of the Socie ylbrst the Protection of Children
from Cruelty nd Vice.
Though reara in luxury, Miss CARROTS
life has been tlged with sadness. Riches
have had no aarm for her, and had her
father taken til advice of her mother and
herself he woulnot have wrecked himself
on the shoals ofambition. John w. Gar
retts wife anddaughter were devoted to
him, and he wa no doubt the only great
magnatof his time who confided
all his tnanclalschemes to the women of
his household. Hiss Mary was her fathers
counsellor in everything. He had a dozen
private secretarie, but she was his only
aid. After important railroad
conferences the Proceedings in detail were
written out by is stenographer and he
then took them hone for her to read. To-
Sether they considered what more it was
best to do. Her Business tact and judg-
nent frequently s,ved her father from
disastrous battles With old Vanderbilt. In
MS private offices atals country home and
MS city mansion she lad her little rosewood
iesk beside her fathe's table, and here they
often worked and coisulted late into the
light. She looked alter all his other inter
'sts outside of the raiEoad, and it is said he
never bought piece If property or made
my important investment without first
consulting her. II was this influence
between husband, wife and daughter that
made John w. CARROTS domestic life so
happy.
Mary Garrett seldom appears in society.
She nursed her mother in her last illness,
md during her fathers decline she devoted
erself entirely to him. For months his
mind was unsettled, and when the nurses
ould not quiet him the patient daughter,
y her soothing presence, Gained him
tight and day she was with him until death
anne, and the blow was greater to her than
0 any of the rest of the family. A few
ears later, and just when she had begun to
axe renewed interest in life, her brother
Iobert broke down and she found herself
gain tie nurse and companion of an in
aid. She Travelled around the world with
I'M, comforting her sister-in-law in her
'oubles and controlling her brother in his
centric notions. Since their return she
ontinues with her brother in the cottage in
.lngwood, n. j. Had she married, her
ONE life would have been happy one and
10 model wife. The dread of marrying
man who would care only for the millions
le would bring him has no doubt led her
ito the lonely life Of spinster.
In personal appearance Miss Garrett is
small but trim figure, dark hair and
yes, and not resembling either of her
rothers. She wears glasses constantly and
resses in black. She has never put aside
lie heavy mourning robes and gowns she
)nned at her fathers death. She was
ever fond of jewelry, and solitaire dia-
ond ring is about the only ornament she