The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-28
The Wife Of the Maryland Cover
nor Snubs Some Of Her
Visitors
Failure to Admit Of Her Leader
ship the Cause Of tho
Trouble.
Now No Receptions Are Given at the Ex.
ecutive Mansion In the Capital
of the State.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, March 27.-Gov. Brown
has been resident of The executive mansion
at Annapolis for several months. After
one or two receptions it was announced
that no more would bo given for some time.
Il now appears that they were discontinued
because of petty jealousiss and rivalros en-
gendered among the ladies who had been
regarded AZ social leaders and who were
unwilling to award that position to Mrs.
Brown. The feeling has broken ont into
open war and the local papers have taken
sides. The tempest began to gather At the
first Saturday afternoon reception. Invi-
tations were sent out and scarcely any one
attended. Meeting some young society
people afterward Mrs. Brown pleasantly
chided them for not visiting her that even
ing and invited them to call on her recep-
ton day. When they called they were met
BY servant, who expressed the hostess re-
Grets that she could not receive and rs-
quested them to call on the following Sat
urday. Nea!ly all did call but they were
turned away. II is said that Mrs. Brown
took this means to avonge the slight put
upon her at the first reception. and that
she and the rest Of tho family were looking
through the Stats Of the blinds enjoying the
discontinue of the visitors
Mrs. Blown has been known as very
ambitious society woman. anxious for years
TO be leader of the fashionable set. The
old biblical saying about a camel getting
through the eye Of a needle only mildly sx-
presses the difficulties of wealth or official
position breaking into the top circles of
Maryland society. Mrs. Brown, in her
maiden days, was great beauty. bus un-
fortunately the member Of a family in very
moderate circumstances and OF no partic-
ulnr social station. She and the present
governor were very much in love with ono
another, but Brown himself was without
any particularly brilliant prospects, In
that state of affairs it was not surprising
that the young woman was induced to be-
come the wife Of a wealthy man who, in
addition to his money, had an incurable
lung trouble. The couple went to Europe,
where the husband shortly afterwards died,
leaving all his money, q million and half,
to his wife.
After chs regulation period Of mourning.
had passed the wealthy and childless widow
became the wife of Fl ank Brown, who had
meantime come into considerable property
himself. Thus provided with the necessary
article, Brown. by his liberal subscriptions
to campaign funds, at once assumed lead
ing position in tho councils of the demo-
cratic party. President Cleveland made
HIM postmaster of Baltimore, and the goal
of his ambition and that of his wife was
reached when last year he received the
democratic nomination for governor. which
in this state il equivalent to an election.
Mrs. Brown is still young, and If any
thing, moro beautiful than in her girlhood
days. she ia queenlv i'll appearance and
With an imperious will that brooks no OPP
position to her rule as mistress and leading
lady atthe executive mansion. But society
i'll Annapolis is probably without coun-
tsrpart outside of the exclusive circles of
Boston. 1t is as old as the ancient city,
where it has it's habitation, and has among
its members many who can trsce their
penealogy back to the royalists who named
this county after the queenly Anne Arun-
dol Though it's wealth is not in proper
tion to its blood it is very exacting as to
its rights. and the snub which the gov
ernor's wife has administered is not likely
to lessen the feelings of opposition ongen-
dered by her assumption of leadership,