Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-12

money IN any QlrecIlOu lOI inc hOus3 eOO, maj
ried wealthy girls Miss Wanamaker is so
pretty that she would be a ''catch' if she
had not u cent, but the possession of so
much gold makes her the most interesting
girl of the season, for she is newer than
Miss Letter and almost as lovely. She
knows a thing or two about money, and
is sincere enough to recognize sincerity In
others. The fortuue-hunter who follows
her will be unwise. For over year she
has been learning how to take care of
money. Her father gives her an allowance
and she buys all that she wears.
No one questions Miss Wanamaker about
her spendiugs, and even if she overdraws
considerably on her bank account it only
brings laughing criticism from her father.
But what girl does not overdraw? They
tell me that they get an allowance Of from
S, 900 to SIC, 600 per year, and the only girl
in Washington who has not overdrawn hers
is Miss Florence Window. Of course, she
does not get that much, as the Secretary of
the Treasury is not a very wealthy man, but
whatever Miss Florence gets she came home
after a shopping tour in New York a
short time ago with % cents in her purse.
1 chatted with one of the richest girls of
Washington last night as to how she spent
her S1O, 900 allowance.
'1 suppose it includes all your travelling
expenses" said I,
"oh, dear, no. Papa always pays such
things"
"Then you pay your living expenses 1
suppOse?"
"what an idea," said the milliOnaire's
daughter.
''Well, do you buy your own iewels?"
Certainly not. Ny jewels are all pres
ents from my father or others.
"Oh, it goes to your dressmaker for your
imported dresses?"
''No; but I'll tell you secret Mamma
always has such things put on her bills"
"Well," said !, ''for what do you spend
it? For your face powder and hairpins,
with few cents for candy?"
"Ye-es''
In the name of Croesus and all the gods OF
fortune think of $4,000 for hairpins and
candyl don't wonder that the girl has to
use face powder, doYou?
Miss Wanamaker is the only very rich
girl in the Cabinet, although the two Blaine
girls are not poor by any means. There is
now no chance for the elder Margaret, for
she is soon TO be married to Mr.. Walter
Damrosch, but the pretty debutante, Hattie.
will bring her future husband, they say,
S400, 600. Miss Florence Miller, daughter
of the Attorney General, will have from
SIS, 600 to 500, 600, and both the Window
daughters ss much. The Eve daughters of
the Morton house will have pretty fortunes
when they come of age-$2, 000, 900 or S., ,OOO,-
900 apiece-and they are being educated BY
their sensible mother as though they were
one day to take care of themselves instead
of fortunes.
Michigan comes out ahead in the million
dollar girls it loans to the Capital this sea-
SOD. There will be five of them
and the man who sits in Senator
McMillan's dove-colored parlor can call
himself blessed for four maids who will
count their millions will talk to him. First
of all comes Miss Amy, the only daughter
of the house. Light, fair and modest yet
she can vie with Miss Letter as the heiress
Of Washington. Three million dollars, if
cent, is what she will one day inherit and
possibly half again as much, as Detroiters
Vouch for 1t that Senator McMillan's for
tune is steadily increasing. Lumber, car
wheels and iron mines are the backbone of
this lump of money which Miss Amy Nc |
MILAN Will one day share with her three |
brothers and the little child of her only sis |
ter who died last year. Inspite of her wealth |
Miss Mcmillan is modest and unsssuming |
and enjoyed her first ball the other night as |
much as the poorest and prettiest girl pres
ent. She is pretty too, and fortune hunters |
claim that they pay her the homage of for |
getting her fortune when they dance with |
her.
She is sensible, withal, and knows a thing
or two about money. Though only 1e for /
two years her father has given her costrol /
of some corpu,ent bank stock, the interest |
of which makes up her yearly allowance.
She has everything she wants. Think of II.
but il is literally true-but her father in /
sist that she shall know the comparative
values of thimble and diamond ring. |
Although she has boxes of jewels she will |
wear none OF them, and at her first ball she
had not even a diamond ''sticker'' pin |
tucked away in her corsage.
The second Of Michigan's heiresses who |
are giving Washington fortune-hunters a
chance is Miss Alice Mcmillan. daughter /
of the second of the wealthy Mcmillan /
brothers. She is of an age with her cousin, |
and has quite as neat fortune. The two !,
OF them represent SC. .000. 900 when they ride
out TenallYtown way together as they fire.
Quently do.
The other two heiresses who will be guests
Of Miss Mcmillan are Miss Thompson and
Miss Newberry, Of Detroit. The first is the |
daughter of ex-Mayor Thompson and has
loads Of money as well as considerable
beauty. The second owns q slice Of the
heart Of the City OF the Straits and it nets
her rental of $50, 900 annually. She is the
Only one Of the quartet who will pocket her J