The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-02

= Oh olSn Oh terraDil upon which even Il
baltlmorean might be willing 10 stake his
reputation. HIS fortune is not iargs-per-
maps couple of hundred thousands-but
with the income from that, and the money
ne makes In Wall street and in other
financial operations, he may fairly be said
60 De man VINO need not give any thought
to the wolf az the door.
Miss Fair, his fiancee. is well known in
" ashlngt0n and on the Pacific slope. she
Is the daughter of the Fair, of bonanza
fame, has seen considerable Of the world
been educated here and in Europe. end is
together young lady, aside from the
rich dowry she carries in her dimpled hand.
who would attract attention even in a
crowd. She was a marked figure at the
great New Year ball, where handsome
women were almost as numer-
GUS as the leaves in the
famed valley OF Vallambrosa. With
her mother she has spent the winter at the
Hoffman house in this city. She has been
seen at the theater, the opera, and at dance
TO a considerable extent, and has made
very pleasing impression upon society.
There is nothing loud about her. She has
abundance of elegant clothes, and Jewels
sufficient for kings ransom, but she is not
ostentatious in their display She is a good
whip, an enthusiastic sailor, and gene
mother, who obtained a divorce from
the Pacific slope nabob, has been her chap
eron. Like her daughter, she is quiet in
dress and easy in manner, and has made
many friends in the gilded circle of New
York society. Miss TeSsie is considered the
greatest catch of the season, but it is a true
lovers match, and one that the friends of
both parties predict will be unusually
happy. 1t is probable that the wedding
tour will be made abroad, and in the
TALL the newly-married couple will
settle down and become recogriz ID
factors in New York society The prospec-
tive groom is about 35 years Of age. while
the bride that is to DO is ten years younger.
Mr.. Oelrichs possesses the open sesame to
all that is good ia New York social life.
and the round of bachelor dinners that he
will have to eat between now and the
Ginning of the wedding bells would ruin
the digestion of any other person than a
trained athlete. 1t looked at one time
as though he would DO nominated for
mayor Of New York. He is on good terms
with all thespolitical bosses, and is SO well
liked by club men, amateur athletes and
men about town, that he would unuuestion-
ably have polled large vote. He has two
brothers, unmarried, and three sisters, mar
ried, that are in the best society.
Mrs. Fairs suit for divorce against her
husband was nine days wonder in San
Francisco but so carefully was the inquiry
guarded that the newspapers contained but
very little about the affair. His wife was
able without any difficulty to obtain di-
vorce from him and fortune of IS, 600 600,
besides magnificent family residence on
Mob Hill. Fair is worth perhaps $50 .OOO.-
600. 1t is openly stated that 5000, 900 of
this will go to his daughter
on her wedding day, and she
will inherit also her mothers millions
at her death. OF all the men who made
vast fortunes on the Pacific slope, there is
none whose career contains so many con-
trasts as that of Fair He is credited with
being the sharpest and most INSCRIPTIONS
Of all the bonanza millionares. With
Flood, O'Brien and Mackay, he formed the
Big -Four, but he is Of quarrelsome dispo-
sition, and, at one time OF another, all his
partners have left him. He is the personifi-
cation of reticence. He has no conf
dants. No man knows exactly what
he is going to do; but he has enough
money to atone for any eccentricities of
character, and he is shrewd enough to save
it. He spends literally on himself, but his
charitable acts ara quite in contrast with
those of his wife, who gives literally and
entertains in a regal manner. It cannot
truthfully be said that she is q woman of
culture, but she possesses what. perhaps, is
more to the purpose, tact and common
sense.
At any rate the wedding of her daughter
is to be great affair, and is likely to be a
sensation even in this city, where the giving
of 81, 900, COO TO bride on her wedding day
is rarity.
Mr.. Edwin A. Abbey, the well-known
artist, is about to become benedict, and
will be married about Easter, the bride
being Miss Gertrude Mead, the daughter of
Frederick Mead, rich tea merchant of
New York city. Mr.. Abbey is about 81
years of age, and Miss Mead slightly
younger. Like her future husband, she is
devoted to art, and is something of a poet
and astronomer. She has made very large
and valuable collection of pictures, which
has been on exhibition in New York on
several occasions. The acquaintance began
in London several years ago through mu-
tual love of art, and the betrothal occa-
stoned no little surprise to Mr.. Abbey's
friends. who thought him absolutely welded
to his profession and cut of the matrimo-
NAL field. The match is one that excites
very general attention in the art world in
both England and America. Miss Mead
is very charming woman, with many
accomplishments and an education
that embraces science, classics, political
said to have been most romantic one, the
American being struck almost on tle first
acquaintance with the strong originality of
Miss Mead's ideas ON art, for which she had
developed a fondness In childhood. The
wedding will take place in New York.
z As an offset to the Abbey-Mead match,
it is announced that Theodore Thomas, the
impresario, will, aftor Lent, espouse a
beautiful and accomplished Chicago girl,
Miss Rosa Fav, the daughter of the late
Rev. Charles Fay, an Episcopal clergyman
Of Worcester, Mass. For several years Miss
Fay has been o belle in Chicago society, her
brother being pre- ident of the Chicago
Telephone Company, and Fher sisters.
Mrs. Wilmerding and Miss Amy Fay, being
all very popular 10 elite circles in the Lake
City. The bride-to-be is about % years of
age. retite, and dark-haired, with lovely
complexion and decided musical talent
Her sister, Miss Amy, is one Of the finest
pianists in Chicago.
The heiress market, with the exception Of
two or three notable quotations, has been
rather dull this season. Some of the most
attractive matrimonial prizes hang fire in a
remarkable manner. 1t isn't often the case
that young girl who possesses wealth in
addition to beauty remains single after her
third season in society. The diligence of
the mammas and the obvious fact that
the girl has great expectations from her
fathers money bags, rarely fail to accom-
plish the capture of a desirable fiauce with
in the time mentioned. Yet there are some
who do mysteriously remain single, and
whom, despite charms, accomplishments
and riches, Cupid passes scornfully by,
season after season. Among the maiden
millionairesse3 OF New York there are