Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23
FROM SHOP TO COURT.
a PRETTY PHILADELPHIA SHOP
GIRL BECOMES A PEERLESS.
sAs ssssy 81 Diass Blshss Good Fortune
A Rsupa.cs 81 rIny yssrs AEo-shs
fsn the stsg. ssr Home IL England.
Her Second Marriage.

isn the st.ss ssr Home 10 England
Her Second Marriage.
Forty years ago Eighth street, from
Market 20 Arch, wss bordered with two.
story houses, most Of them contemporary
with is,o and given over TO small notion
stores, the proprictors living 10 the second
floors. The bushes. done was very limit.
ed, old Mrs Hsrbsck making more money
IN her little candy store than any merchant
on the street. Miss Rachel Lang kept n
dry good. and trimming store In the scigh.
borhood Of Eighth and filbcrt. St- was
q kindly old Scotch lady, who would rs
soon have had . man behind her counter
q q German hand before the door.
SO an her assistants were girls. Gloves
were the only mems wear sold In this shop,
aud Miss Lang noted with satisfaction that
her sales In this line were rapidly increas.
ing, but IL never occurred 70 her that this
vas due to any other cause than the excel
lencc Of her goods. although In fact her
gentlemen customer cared very little for
the price and quality Of what they bought
% long a, they were waited on by Diana
Blake, who was generally admitted 10 be
the iovelicst girl within the city limits.
Long nosed, ssliow faced ladies. with un.
deniable social records and pockets full Of
money, often visited the store and wondered
by what caprice of fortune . common Irish
shop girl should have had such dover Of
beauty which In the fitness Of things ought
20 BE- the inheritance Of women having
Quaker ancestors and big bank accounts.
As A sIior cint.
One Of them went 90 far A. 10 suggest TO
Miss Lang that Miss Blskcs good looks
wer. too apparent for her station In life.
but went away much offended when the
little Scotch lady remarked that " every
one minded their own business wo would
all got along bsttor"
Diana was born In Galway. ireland. but
had come 10 America when an infant She
was typs Of that Irish beauty ~ scarce In
these days, according TO John brougham.
as hens teeth. Dark blue eycs, like wells
Of living water, shaded by long. dark
iAshes, blue. b,sok hair, and complexion
that Wa simply marvellous. wers added 10
. swset voios, graceful form and manners
at once piquant and modest. Her father
was day iabopr. and the family lived Ia
Chester street, above Race.
Although Diana fully appreciated Tie
sxigeneieu Of ksr position. there was ono
temptation ~ could not forcRo, and that
was dancing. When only o years old abe
had taken lessons from Signor Julian. who
had . school ~ Tenth and Vine streets.
The fact that he was an lrishinAn named
MeCA.key did DOT make him less efieient
a. . teacher. and when his pupil was II
yeass old he seeurvd her employment at
ths Walnut Street theatre In one Of those
elaborate halleus that % delighted our I'M
sophisticated xrandfathcrs. Her talent
soon won recognition, and tho dollar she
received for sach performance did much
for the family income.
DANCING WINS A HUSBAND
No whisper Of this had reached her EN-.
ploycr. and it was not ustil SHE was Is thrs
Manager Wood mads her an offer OF sls a
week and IL became necessary for her 10
quit Mis Lang That lady was y good
Presbyterian. and looked on the stage rs
the broad road 10 destruction, but Diana
justified herself through the family neocs.
sities, Asd she now went on the stage ns
dansrnsc premiere and took the name Of
sophia Lee.
Her succs~s was pronounced from the
hrrt, and the jeuncssa dor-e, represented In
thos- days By gAwky young Eentlemcn In
gorgeous vessss and clashes so tight that
they looked ~ n skewered onto the wearcr.
paid ths prstty dAnors many squssky COIN
plisnanAa. at which shs laughed good ma
tnr~ily, though Ahe diseressly kspl hsr
admiuu u distance.
Ahpnt ts<s one Of the Earrings. . nephew
e Iord Ashburton, visited this country
s.A uas welcomed byths best society with
sanxAsa. With him cana young Eug.
naAnAn namsd Richard Hardy. lilo saw
hi9 La = the theatre. was struck with
her ErAs and beauty and secured an In.
sruAIrsina- He was thorough gentlnsaan.
and A2idrr.ssd her not ~ = professional but
- 10y.
Diana fell In love with . rapidity that
rarslsd hoTsnlf After . months quiet at
tnnstons Hardy spoke out He loved her
end wished 70 make hsr his wke. She
SPOKE 10 Kindly Biliy Wood the manager.
He played the psst Of heavy father 10 per-
fsStioa; pointed eat ths evAnesecnt char
actsr a suecsss on The stage, tho hArdships
and parils Of professional Ne and advised
Der not 70 neglect IN opportunity Of seeur-
ing . position ~ onee permanent and hon
srshle, ~ b. had no doubs that her Asenir
~ . vile would bs happy one.
A BEAUTIFUL wiHE.
Diana accepted Hardy, and they were
married. At ". Jo.epks By father Harbe-
lin. In society u was regarded ~ . dis.
unos me~AillAnoo: tho bride poor. AZ Irish
girl and assgs dancer; but Hardy and his
pretty vile cared nothing Tor the opinions OF
the broadbriias aud Aminadsb Sieeks that
prevailed then In Philadelphia, and loft Mt
eRcs ior New York. Befow the honey
Noon was over the first trouble came
HArdys father warnod hls son that such q
marriage would end all intercourse with
his kamily, but Richard had means Of his
own and found no rouble In getting en-
ployment.
In lsss than . year old Hardy relented
end his soa and wife left for England u
SD The fathers wealth swept away by TO
veres In trade,
Sir james Hardy was Richards uncle
And ths head OF the family. lie was snor
mously wealthy. and had bat one son. II,
alro resented tho uniop his nephew hai
made, and dying about this time. left hin
cut Of his,will. Betwsen the inheritance
70 his vast kentish property and kiehs{,
Handy WERE the lives Of eight people. ad,
yet, by ths caprice Of fortune, all these van
ished In two years and Richard became
baronst and his wife Lady Hardy,
She took her place IN society with
grace and digaity thai were natural gifts
and grew more beautiful as tims went by
Her hst sorrow WAS the death Of her hus
baud She was then 10, with one son
Two years after she married Count IL
mont. Flemish nobleman Of dlstinetlo
connected with the Russian embassy y
fars. and when presented at the court @
the emperor was regarded a. one Of III
most beautiful women In Europe, Sh
survived both her last husband and soi
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