The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-26

| there she inserts ouU ooAisr or ten dol
lars as tina case may Beg. Shall send
Won one dear?' OF course, .sdear,. saws
yes The commission business Is car
RED to greater extremes in New York
than in any city in the world. The no.
tel clerA who recommends you to a hat
ter stems around and collects his little
percentage. Every customer sent TO a
tailor haberdasher, bric-a-brac dealer
or rnilliner is worth SO much to Some
bo,lv and the man who is instrumental
in placing an advertisement in a news
paper invariably presents his picayune
claim. There isnot business in this
CITY. however inconsequential. which
does not have.its parasite.
wANTTD-A RICH WIDOW,
It will perhaps be remembered
that in this letter. some time
ago. devoted bit Of space
to the wealthy widows of the country.
These facts were gathered at considera-
Bile pains, and am pleased to know
that they have not been wholly wasted.
i received the other day a letter from
Mr.. j. II. French, partner in firm
lat North Topeka, Kan, dealing in
hardware, tinware, stoves, wagons,
agricultural implements, etc. In this
letter Mr.. French expresses a de-
sire to secure as wife and help
meet a widow OF some fortune.
and, assuming that I was an ex-
pert in these matters, sent me his
rather quaint appeal. Ashis letter may
interest some of the rich widows of the
country 1 feel justified in giving 1t to
the public My personal knowledge of
rich widows is somewhat limited. Here
is Mr.. Erench's letter:
t.Dear Sir: sec ON article written nv Won
about rich widows. I ara widower of forty.
six years and want a number one widow about
| thirty to thirty-fve years. old for wife lam
home man, nnd fIse to make homo pleasant
for wife. am no Fauper. Hava two chill.
dren-boy OF eight. girl OF fourteen want
wife and mother for thcm. One who. can play
and sing and knows how to take care OF a home,
and yet she must be worth some money say NOT
| less than one hundred Thousand dollars in
actual money. I can and will give her a nice
happy home and Christian home I can give
as good reference Us there is In this state.
| have held place Of representative, end stand on
| an equal with the best Of men here, also in my
| business. Find me please such q woman as
| have asked for, and putin on the right way to
| get acquainted, and will be under great obi
| cation to you I mean business in business
like manner. I would assist you under like cir
cuInstances. Please And stamp and envelope,
! and please write me, as want happy home
| once more. Yours, ]. Il. FRENCH"
/ trust that this will fall under the
eye of some kind widow, possessed of at
least s1oo, ooo,. who Is searching for
happy, Christian home in the western
section OF the union. When a man says
ne will assist me under like circum-
stances he can depend upon my doing
my very best for him. II Mr.. French
| does not secure helpmeet through this
broadcast advertisement it will prob
ably be because the demand for 800, 000
widows is somewhat in excess of the
supply.
THE OHIO MAN TO TIE FRONT.
The dinner given by the Ohio society
to AIr. Whitelaw Reid, our late minister
to France, was a charming affair. 1t
brought together some of the brightest
and most alert minds in the country.
/ Mr.. Reid certainly had reason to feel
in every sense a marked event. The
Ohio society, which, by the way, is be-
coming social power in This city, was
never better represented than at this
dinner. We have all heard a great
deal about the potentiality of Ohio and
the way IN which it has impressed it.
self upon public affairs since the begin
ning Of the civil war. The fact was
brought out at this dinner the other
night that not onlyis the presidentof the
United States an Ohio man, but four
members Of his eabinet-Messrs. Fos-
ter, Elkins, Noble and Rusk-had the
honor to be born m that radiant
and assertive state Mr.. Halstead,
commenting upon this dinner, says
that he was much struck by the pleas
ant intercourse which took place be-
tween Mr.. George w. Childs, of Philae
dalphia, and Mr.. Charles A. Dana.
They sat side by side at the table and
their geniality difused a pleasant glow
over the entire dining hall. The fact
that Mr.. Dana had for many years
"guyed" and poked fun at the noble
hearted editor of the Ledger seemed, in
the estimation of the company present,
to call for little GOODNESS. When this
was not manifested an impression pre-
vailed that the editorial millennium had
arrived. AS matter Of fact Mr.. Dana
is one Of the most genial men at the
dinner table ever met. Although sew
entyEhree years of age, his mind is as
acute as that of a boy Of twenty, and
he has way Of saying pleasant things
which suggests sweetness of temper
almost feminine. He does not seem to
bear malice against those who have re-
viled him and he does not allow any of
tho amenities Of the dining room to in
terfere with his pastime OF
flaying people who happen to
cross his orbit. In other words, his
dinner geniality seems to be as evanes-
cent as the champagne. A few years
ago I sat by his side at a dinner given
in Boston to Col. Taylor, of the Globe.
Notwithstanding the hostility which
had been engendered between the Sun
and the World Mr.. Dana was almost
fatherly in his tenderness to mo that
evening. He chatted pleasantly about
pretty much everything and everybody.
The impression left upon my mind was
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