The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
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dler is the mother-in law of Senator
Eugene Hale, and it is probable that the
Senator and his wife will live with her
when her mansion is completed. The
ground upon which this house is being
built cost S. per square foot, and the cost OF
the house, doubt not, will run close to
100000. Zach Chandler, however, left
fortune, and his widow was millionaire.
The most OF the money that Eugene Hale
owns comes from his wife, and the family
is as well off as could be desired. was
talking one day with one of the millionaire
| Senators, and he told me that when man
had SAC, 600 a year it did not make much diff
ference whether he had any more or not.
| doubt not that Mrs. Zach Chandler is In
this condition, and [ do not suppose it
makes much difference whether she is
worth more than million or not A mil
lion at per cent. will, you know, bring in
$4,000.
KATE CHASE sPRAGUE.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague is widow in
one sense if not in another. She was
divorced from her husband years ago. and
she has spent good part of her life ever
since then in Paris. During the past two
years she has lived at Washington, and she
is low residing at Edgewood, the country
seat which her father bought some time be-
fore his death. She promises to make a lot
growing out towards il. A part of it has
been divided up into lots and it has quad
rupled in value within the past three years.
Kate Chase is just as bright now as she
was when she presided over her father
mansion here at Washington, and she ex-
hlbits the same qualities today that made
her SO famous then. IT was for her, | am
told, that her father anXiously desired that
he might be President OF the United States.
| bou
made her "A more remarkable mistress Of
the White House than any this country has
ever had, and her father would have made
a magnificent President. Mrs. Sprague is
a woman of fine literary ability, and / IN
lderstand that she is now engaged in writ
ing a life of her father. She has her
fathers diary containing his memoranda
which he iotted down every night before
he went to bed, and she has private CORE
spondence and letters which contain great
amount of unwritten history. She is work
ing very carefully and very slowly on the
work, and she verifies all her statements as
she goes along. The work will contain two
volumes, and it will be a valuable contribu
ton to the history of this country. Mrs
Chase has her children with her at Wash
ington. Ethel Chase Sprague is one of the
noted horsewomen of the capital, and She
is very bright society belle. She has {
taste for the stage and, like her two sisters
is possessed of more than ordinary intel
lectuaI ability.
NOTED ADMIRAL's WIDOW
Madeline Vinton DahlgreD, the widow O.
Admiral Dahlgren, spends her winters il
Washington. She has built fine house
here on wedge of ground facing Thoma.
/ Circle. She planned the house herself, an(
its interior is filled with curious ideas il
architecture. Her library has floor of ;
SPIDERS web made of wood inlaid with diff
ferent colors, and Mrs. Dahlgren once tolt
me that this web was meant to indicate tina
the pursuit of knowledge should be withou
end ard should go on as long as life lasts
1t made me think of my girlhood poetry:
Round as this ring that has no end,
So is my love to you, my friend"
1t is the same in the curious thing of tn
library fireplace. ''The passion flower,
said she, represents the love which on
should have for learning and other curl
Gus conceits / found in the ceiling, tn
arrangements of the books and in the hang
ing of the fine old paintings which locke
down upon me from the wall
Mrs. Dahlgren is another literary widow
She has written a number of novels an
some books of a more solid nature. She /
very earnestin her Catholic faith, and in tn
; library there has been made a little alcov
light which comes into this alcOve shine
through stained glass window, and the in
terror is made in the shape of heart
lace curtain separates the alcove from tn
rest OF the library, and it is here that Mrs
Dahlgren says her prayers. She is a yer
kind hearted lady, is rot ostentatious O
snobbish, and though she has seen man
: years she knows no lack of mental or phys
cal vigor.
/ THE WIDOWS OF cox AND RANDALL
: The widow of Sunset Cox owns sewers
l houses at Washington. One of these wa
built after Mr.. Cox returned from Turkey
and it has rooms fitted out of the Turks
or Moorish style of architecture. Th
: friese of one room is text from the Koran
and the portiers are richly embroidere
4 curtains from Mahommedan mosques. TIL
house is worth, / should judge, about $50
600, and is one of the most comfortabl
homes of Washington. Mrs. Cox also own
a house in New York, and she has sper
3 most of the winter in that city She is,
am told, engaged in writing biography {
a her husband, aud she possesses remarkabl
: literary taste. Her husband referre
7 many things to her, and she was, like Mr.
General Logan, one of the most valuabl
wives that statesman ever had. She kel
3 all kinds of worries away from Sunset Coz
; and it was through her aid that he was alb
l to accomplish such great life's work. Sb
2 Travelled with Mr.. Cox wherever he wen
S and l have in my possession a picture
t herself and husband taken by the midnigf
q sun in Norway. Mrs. Cox was original
: very well to do. Her husband made gre;
e deal out of his books aud he was success
3 as lawyer. During the latter part Of b
! life he made some good investments and h
S estate was quite large.
: Sam Randall left next to nothing, and b
< estate, all told, will probably not foot u
3 So, 900. He was not a money maker nor
/, money lover, and | might also say that /
: was not much of a money spcnder. TT
e little house which he owned here at VAST
a liDgton is not worth over $1,000. and | a
I not sure, but l think his country place w;
e a rented one. Mrs. Randall's daughte
S Annie married young lawyer of Washing
0 ton, and, though it is not settled, it is pro
q able that Mrs. Randall will spend much {
: her time here.
OTHER NOTED WIDOWS.
. Mrs. Mollie Garfield Brown has bought
. lot on Kalorama Heights, and am tol
! that she will erect a fine house upon it,
. is reported here that Mrs. Garfield wi
. then come to Washington to live with ht
:, daughter, and she will certainly spend man
of her winters here. She is we'll to. {
!, through the fund raised for her at the tin
? of General Garfield's DEATH and she has Ii,
. $1,000 year as Presidents widow. Mr.
!, General Grant did think of buying a hou.
\ in Washington, and there was a prospe
p last fall that she would buy the hou.
: which Edwin M. Stanton used to own, ia
" ing Franklin square. She concluded
i wait for year or two, however, and 81
!, has remained during the most OF the wint
9 at her New York house. Mrs. Stanle
:. Matthews spent part of the winter hel
; this year, and her big house is offered f,
. sale for something less than Sl0O.0
!, Mrs. Waite has also been here tn
!, winter and there are n nuu ber of 9TH,