Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-23
THE LOVES OF GREAT MEN.
All Remind uso We May Make Our
Loves Sublime.
HOW WHITNEY WON HIS BRIDE.
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He Was So, Well Pleased With His
Friend'sB Sweetheart That he
Took Her Himseif-Cupid
Among Notabics.
Mhitners Willy Wnys.

| ney, recently secretary of the navy, has
| proved veritable mascot to him. And
| the manner in which he became close
ally of Standard Oil is indicative of the
| good fortune which has attended this
| astute politician and financier through
out his career.
When young Whitney was at Yale he
had chum in a oonfiding classmate,
| who is now Rev. Leander Chamberlain,
| n brother of Ex-Governor Daniel II.
| Chamberlain.
Young Chamberlain, so the story
| goes, had won the heart of Miss Payne,
| daugh hter of Henry B. Payne, of Cleve-
! land. Ohio, and he gave his classmate
| glowing accounts OF the charm of man
ner, conversational powers and other
| good qualifications of the lady to young
| Whitney. On one of his vacations
| young Chamberlain invited his chum to
| go to Cleveland with him and make the
acquaintance of Miss PAYNE.
| The future corporation counsel and
| secretary of the navy accepted the in
vitation; he made the lady's acquaint-
ance and managed so skillfully to be
stricken by Cupid's oleaginous bow that
ere many moons had passed young
| Chamberlain friend. chum and bosom
| companion walked away with the fair
| prize.
Owing to the devotion of Colonel
| Oliver Payne to his sister, she has
| proved II boon to Mr.. Whitney, and the
| splendid house on F'ifty-seventh street
and Fifth avenue, and large gift, said
| to be S50O,O 900, when the secretary and
| his wife set out TO startle Washington
| with magnificent entertainments, are
| generally set down among the good
| things which young Whitney's chum
| lost through that coniiding introduc-
| ton.
A romantic story is told about the
| first meeting of August Belmont with
| the lady who Is now his wife. AS be-
came her brave blood, the daughter of
| Commodore Perry, "thc hero of Lake
| Erie" while still blooming Baltimore
belle, had an intense admiration for
| personal courage.
| 1t WAS while she was on visit to some
| relatives in this city that the activ We
and sturdy young German banker, who
had at once taken the place in metro
politan society due the representative
| of the powerful house of Rothschild,
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At the theater one evening he was
among u group of young men. and be-
| tween the acts one of the party eX-
| pressed his admiration OF the beauty of
| the ladies present in the boxes, among
| whom was Miss Perry. a noted
| Georgia "fro-enter' standing by, who
was widely feared and avoided rs a
| bully and u dead shot made some re-
mark rejecting on the virtue OF women
| generally "1
There was silence for moment,when
| young Belmont, q Slight, aimid-ooking
| fellow, to the dismay OF his companions.
| faced the bully and said in distinct, de-
liberate tones:
THE dog who could utter such a SEN
| timent insults the memory of his own
mother and is unfit for the company of
decent men!"
White with rage, the bully hissed:
"You shall hear from me, sirl -
1t was before the war in the good old
times, and q duel followed, of course.
Belmont's friends gave him up as a
| dead man. But when tine smoke from
| the simultaneous fire OF the two pistols
| bad cleared away it WAS found that the
| bully had bullet through his heart
| and Belmont had ball in his left leg
| below the knee.
| He became the hero OF the hour, and
soon after he was able to get about he
proposed to the beautiful Miss Perry
| and was accepted. He afterward con-
fessed it was her noble face that nerved
| him to resent the imputation on her
sex. To this day he limps painfully,
| but his wife is proud OF his distgure-
ment.
The story of George Gould's courtship
| of Miss Edith Kingdom is known in some
| of its main features, and yet there are
| phases of it OF Il lively interest in them
| selves and yet not so fully displayed to
| the outside world.
a we'll known actor who Travelled with
Miss Kingdom when she was on the road
| in the west previous to her engagement
by Augustine DAILY recently entertained
q few friends with IL recital OF what he
termed the true story of the affair.
According to this narrative, young
Mr.. Gould first see eye on Miss Kingdom
over the footlights at Daly's theatre.
She was playing dashing part, in
which her natural bouyancy. nerve and
chic had full play, and these mado a
deep impression on the young iinancier.
He determined to have an Introduction.
He sought it through well known
dramatic manager and dealer in plays,
and by him the desired event was
brought about. The admiration proved
mutual and the devotion pronounced on
either side.
There was one obstacle in the way of
unalloyed happiness during the engage
ment that followed. And that was
Miss Kingdoms mother. The lady is
the shrewdest kind of a woman, and the
story told of her generally is that she
kept regular maior-domo eye on her
daughter throughout her career upon
| the stage. She always chaperoned
Miss Edith, and always found it con-
yenient to join her daughter whenever
she received callers, especially male
| ones.
The consequence was that Young Mr..
Gould longed for short engagement
and swift marriage. How he sue
| ceeded in gratifyingchis desires in that
line is now n riiatter of history. He
makes devoted nus band, and she de-
voted wife. They have two children.
| There was a touch. of romance in the
wooing and wedHhgoi Major William
A. Pond, the c9neeW and lecture mana
ger. No stranaek Who sees the gallant
major strolling hbnE Broadway with
| pretty, delieate.l loQking young l'dy on
his arm would imagine that be as ac-
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