National Republican., 1888-04-09

Mn DAVID NJ. STONE is the name of the three
score.and.tcn editor and proprietor of the
New York journal of Commerce. n most in.
fiucntial and prosperous journal Mr.. Stone
lives in Brooklyn and Is now widower, having
been left in this bereaved state through the
Effffh fha HfSSl SSl ora MlftSc tcEth With Eh9PI be aQheSsi
period of forty-SiX years Mr.. Stone does not
care u marry again, but being gentleman of
wealth, of hale and hearty appearance. of
fine cOnY ersatOnal powers. and having home
with conservatory, and all the other adOrn-
lnentS and luxurics that one could ask, he be
came an object Of special interest in his
neighborhoOd as soon as Mrs. Stone had been
put away. Mr. Stone claims to have been
greatly annoyed. There are wdowers who are
so iIreverent to the memories of their deceased
partners that they are actually nattered into
believing attentions like those vel! meant and
therefore they are quite responsive to them
There are In fact, few marria2eabe persons
in the world more readily, easily, and i'm
mediately responsive 10 anything like an ap.
peal TO the telIpr passion than an ordinary
widower But Mr.. Stone Is not one of that
kind He has even gone 80 far as to allow
himself to be interviewed on the subject,
thinking thereby he may perhaps he saved fur
ther intrusion on the part of the widows, old
maids and young girls Of his community.
Mr.. stones interview was published in the
New York Tribune. Concerning one case he
speaks In this wise zone widow who lives in
Classon avenue and owns two houses came to
me and said Mr.. Stone. how lonely you must
be here You have such beautiful conserva-
tory and such "a splendid array of flowers. o,
am so fond OF flowers! Now could sell my
two houses and well she wanted to know
II could not give her place. | was deaf to
her entrcaties. one widow from Penn
sylvania wrote 20, ne three times. She
thought Lslust be dreadfully lonely here too
Then the widows kept on calling. They came
from all over Brooklyn and from elsewhere
They declined to statr their business TO the
servant They railways came in the morning or
the evening when they knew | would be at
home, and they always pleaded important
business with me personally. They would see
no one else. Finally became so annoyed and
eXasperatcd that had the servant put ont
bulletin" The bulletin Mr.. Stone had posted
on his front door read as follows: Mr.. stone
declines to see ladies who are strangers to
him unless distinctly Informed of the purpose
of their business" II is indicative of a terri
bic state Of affairs when "A widower has to
banicade himself, rs II We're, against an on
slaught of women who want TO marry him,
and we think there is something here deserv.
ing the attention of some such body as the
Women's international Council. Whata scor-
Ing Miss Anthony, or Miss Willard, or Miss
Helen Gardner, or Miss Lille Dcvcreux Blake
would give these Brooklyn widows who are
thus annoying poor Mr., Stone, VI Mr., Stone
tells the truth there ought to be some or.
gnnized method Of relief. We have societies
for the prevention of cruelty TO children and
for the prevention Of cruelty TO animals. Why
not have one to he called for the Prevention
of Cruelty 10 Widowers; This is thrown out
by way of suggestion, and we would like to
have an expression on the subject from those
who have themselves observed Instances of
cruelty such rs that practiccd by designing
women against poor Mr.. Stone,