The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-28
A Story Of Mrs. Grants Hopefulness
Even in the Midst Of
Despair.
Gabrielle Greeley, the Last Of the
Great Editors Family, q
Recluee.
The Passing of Nellie BLY, Into Obscurity
and Matrimony-The Wizard Of
Wall Street

stately tomb is soon to be built, Mrs. Zen.
Bowen said recently:
sIt seems to me like fairy tale, and
have thought of it q thousand times since
that day. There was a time when Grant
had run of bad luck. Things went wrong
and no was pretty poor. That il why it
happened that Julia (Mrs. Grant) and the
children were home at their fathers. We
were all going to a hop given by the officers,
and, of course, we wanted her to go, too.
4 She wished to go, know. but she had no
dress that she thought good enough to wear.
/ In friendly fashion We teased her, suggest
j ing one thing and another for her to liz up
with. But no, she would not 90.
We set forth in glowing terms
the splendid times We would
+ have, mentioning this and that friend who
would be present and doing all We could to
\ coax her to get ready. Her eyes filled with
tears and. to hide them, she picked up her
baby which was playing at her feet and be-
gan to caress it. Never mind, Ulie,' she
! said, turning to me with a smile, Papa may
be president of the United States one of
these days, and then We will have plenty of
dresses.' Nothing could be more unlikely
Z then and yet it all came to pass. II l
should live to be old enough to forget al
most everything else, I will always remem-
Der how Julia looked as she uttered these
Y words"
4 Among the people who occupied the plat
i form at the unwilling of the Greeley statue
was Gabrielle, the only surviving member
\ of the great editors family. For years she
\ has lived the life of recluse at Chappa-
\ qua. Many men have solicited her hand in
/ marriage, (for Gabrielle Greeley is and has
1 been beautiful woman) but in vain. She
\ has grown old rapidly, however, and her
Y face betrays her acquaintance with sorrow.
! Only an occasion such as that could have
4 tempted her to leave the lonely retreat with
which the name of the founder of the
/ Tribune is SO closely identified. Not many
of the spectators recognized her as the
4 whose memory in bronze was being cele-
\ brated that morning. Behind Mr.. Depew
7 and almost out of the range of public OBJ
z servation, she sat motionless save for the
4 movements of her lips which betrayed the
1, emotions aroused by the orators eloquent
\ and achievements. Her tears completed
VI the story of these emotions. Old friends OF
4 the illustrious newspaper mTn shook hands
n with her az she withdrew to return to the
W place where she will spend the years that re-
main to her. Taht she has passed out of
I. Conspicuously absent from the ceremonies.
\ at which hers was perhaps the most con-
spicuous figure, was Mr.. Nicholas Smith,
whose marriage to her sister, now dead,
brought with it so little happiness. For one
of his principal claims on public recollec-
v tion he is indebted to the fact that after
having ofiiciared as groomsman at q some
what memorable wedding he presented
4 to the newly married man a stiff bill which
was either for services rendered or expenses
h married man in question, refused to settle,
& and public controversy in which Mr..
4 Smith succeeded in obtaining much noto-
II riety, If not money, was the result. His
absence was the source of little comment
+ and less regret.
The name of Nellie Bly, is not now often
seen in print. The virtual disappearance
of this energetic and self-possessed young
4 lady causes little comment. It was case
Z of high pressure from start to finish, and
Y no human being could have kept it up.
She struck new vein; but it was too far
! from the customary level for ordinary res
piration, and now is breathing in quiet, but
! endurable, obscurity. journalistic exotics
!. spring 1duANAy AAto Oo1AAks OAOOW Au1AOuSly
and fade quickly. Those who last go
singular conditions. When she leaped into
the journalistic arena veteran newspaper
men regarded her with the curiosity which
/ distinct and entirely novel species always
provokes. She was perfect stranger to
. the embarrassments which beset young
women when they venture into an atmos-
phere hitherto reserved exclusively for the
other sex. She sauntered into
Offices where young men had been known
only as visitors and made acquaintance
with scant ceremony. II should not be
1 otherwise than that some of these acquain-
tanceship should ripen into friendships, for
Nellie has strong individuality and it is
4 quite true that conquests may be made even
i in newspaper offices. The sang froid with
{ which tho new conner would ingratiate her
self with all types Of men likely to BIO use
/ full to her was astonishing. One or two
language into shape" to excellent purpose
j succumbed to her attractions, and gossip
now has it that the editor of Life" will
lead her to the altar. If this happy con-
summation is brought about, Nellie, not
j withstanding her present obscurity, will
/ still be permanently identified with iitera-
' ture-and both parties are to be congratu-
lated.
The tight money market that recently
Z prevailed IN wall street has been viewed
{ with the utmost complacency by Mr.. jay
7 Gould. He has never accepted the gloomy
forebodings of the army of pessimists Who
i have been persistently knocking at the door
of the United States treasury. In speaking
of the situation the other day he said:
II never had 80 much money on deposit
with the banks as have just now-at least
not for five years. 1 suppose that there
were many days when could have drawn
my checks for SIC, 000, 600, and they would
have had to be certified. The stringency
cannot be ascribed to undue speculation in
stocks. 10 my mind the wonderful alb
sorption of ready funds to move The crops
/ is alone responsible. When matters looked
their worst was liberal leader and did
rot lock up my money"
A gentleman who happened to be stand
ing near by, and who heard the great Wall
street maonate. remarked later ON, after
bidding Mr.. Gould good-by:
ut is evident that the Little Wizard is
not buying stocks, for he invariably pre-
cipitates semi-panic before making his
purchases. In this case he had the game
in his own hands, as much as he did in
1885, when he pulled the strings of his
heavy bank balances. thus forcing the sus-
PENSION of Napoleon Ives. and enabling
him to obtain control Of the Baltimore and