The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-14


! getting up. and which at that moment die
not look very promising. Mr.. Wana
maker left room full of gentle
men discussing a postotfice matter tt
take the young woman kindly by tbs
hand, pat her on the cheek afectionately
as is his custom, and then, with hurried
excuse, he left the department, pushed the
young woman into cab, and drove to the
| White House. Mr. Harrison treated the
young woman very CONSIDERABLY, and
promised that he would use his in Iuence
| with his wife to attain the object his visi
| tor was after.
"Why not go and see Mrs. Harrison now
about it?' said Mr. Wanamaker.
Good idea said the president. '.let us
CO." And the three started of together to
| ind the presidents wife.
II was near lunch hour, and Mrs. Har-
rison warmly invited the entire party to
| join her at lunch. The young woman was
i much surprised at her cordial reception
and well she might have been, for she ez-
| pected that she would have to wait few
| days in Washington before an opportunity
would present itself to even see the
! presidents wife. After luncheon was
| over Mr. Harrison whispered something
in his wife's ear and left the two women
together They chatted for half an hour
| on the subject, while at nrst Mrs. Harri-
| son demurred against taking the prom
! inent part in the fair matter that her visl-
| tor wished her to take, she finally con-
| scented, and once more surprised the girl
| by saving: "As you are d stranger in
! Washington, will take you around with
me for drive this afternoon"
| And so it came that the presidents wife
| and the young woman drove for couple
I, of hours through the streets of Washing
! ton, and finally in the early twilight the
presidents carriage drove up to the small
hotel at which the young woman was
stopping, and she was deposited there the
happiest being in the world.
GOULD MAKING MILLIONS.
Jay Gould is very naturally the most
marked man in Wall street these days,
and everybody is wondering how many
millions of dollars he is going 10 make out
. of the semi-panic. | saw him in lower
Broadway Yesterday, thin-faced, weaz-
ened-up little fellow, wearing suit of
clothes that certainly did not cost him
over SIS, shutting along in the crowd with
his hat pulled over his eyes, the least con-
tented looking person on the street. And
yet men who know him say he is happy.
His health never was better. A while
ago he was troubled with in
somnia, but that has entirely
disappeared, and he now sleeps like a
plough-boy. He often walks from his office
TO his home on Fifth avenue, and fire.
| quently is seen at the theater or the opera
with some member of his family. How
much money Gould is worth no one can
| tell. How much he viii make out
of Wall street within the next
six months is a still more
difficult problem. | have heard the figures
placed from 81 ,000, 900 to $50, 000, 900, and
should not be surprised if the latter sum
were nearer correct than the hrst. All the
world knows that Gould has plenty of
| ready money on hand, and during the past
| few weeks any man with ready money in
| Wall street could double it ten times over.
Gould has been very busy doing that
identical thing.
HOW 1T FEELS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.
have yet to ind the man who doesn't
wish to be rich, but u have always been
| curious to know how it feels to be mill
ionaire The opportunity of getting an
answer to this question presented itself to
y.
| dressed the question was none other than
| George NJ. Pullman, who is worth $50, 000,-
| 600 at least, who has made fortunes for
Others, and who has no one to thank for his
success but himself. Mr.. Pullman looked
at me very curiously as / asked him the
| question, and then replied in a slow way ::
81 never thought of that. But now that
| you mention it, | believe that l am no
| "a Sol,
| was when | didn't have dollar to my
name, and had to work from daylight until
| dark. | wore a good suit of clothes then,
and l can only wear one suit now. l
relished three meals day then a good
| deal more than | do three meals
day now. / had fewer cares.
/ slept better, and / may add generally
that | believe that was far happier in
| those days that / have been many times
| since l became millionaire. And yet it
| is comfortable feeling to be rich" And
with that he buttoned up his snug form,
! slowly walked down the hotel steps, pain
| fully crowded his way into a coupe, and
was driven of. In his younger days he
| would have walked and would have been
| better for it.
AsToR NOT TO SETTLE IN LoNDoN.
1t is not true, as has been reported, that
! ex-Minister Aston is to settle in London
| for few years. Mr.. Astor has more in
| terests in this city and country than
most people imagine, and his most
vital interest, beside his money is his
| great love for America. Like most wealthy
men who tire of a surfeit of rich banquets
and dances and other excitements, he
| ices to Europe occasionally for the
rest an ocean trip gives him. and
as he is man of large fortune, and is not
/ compelled to give TO any one an account of
the time he spends, he finds now and then
a months visit to London very agreeable.
/ 1t is true that he has hired Landed wne
| house, with its magnificent art treasures,
! and during the coming season will
| give a few great entertainments there.
/ But he will be here again in the summer
to note the progress that is being made on
| his vast hotel, to nnish another novel, and
| TO take part in the social gayeties of New
| port. He has no idea of settling perma-
nently in London. FosTER COATES.