The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-09


bright, manly face. In personal appear
lance otherwise pre- apossessing g, it is not to
be Wond ered that Tony de Navarro be-
came one Eof the pc N1ar young men OF the
| so-called fashliona sble set to which the
wealth and positis yna Of his family gave
understood that su eli a man, had he been
la money hunter, might have married an
heiress of the metropolis, but he was
i above the emotions IS that might have i'm
PEELED him to a. purely worldly marriage
4 and even II Tar more enviable destiny
had not brought him to his present hap
! piness it is donbtsed that he would ever
have sought a matrimonial alliance on
the commercial H,asis that such affairs
are frequently "A rranged" in our great
American world sa,f plutocracy.
]. Considering htSm as a practical pro-
! fessional quality,s u doubt that Mr.. De
Navarro was altipgether available. He
nal fAS nave beenS a poet or a painter OF
a masLei' Of belles lettres, but no one can
readily understand that there was too
much flint and vinegar in the work OF a
lawyer to invite shiSm to the active prac-
tice Of the profession. Even now, in, his
mature manhood, Che is a dreamer--not
Gilbert has satiri9Sed so exquisitely in
'tPatience;;'' not ao1le of those who can
think of a bird o1ss,ly as birding or Of /,
brook as a brosoklet, and who makes
verses to green Npottle flies and paints
I green jardinieres HOn ladies fans, but a
/ dreamer none THE less-who loves the
beautiful and theS chaste in art, who sees
| ana feels the poetry in art, in nature and
who locates his yArcadia far beyond the
range Of the drawing room. But Mr.. De
| Navarro seeks hiss couleur de rose in a
simple associations. and loves the wild
flowers better than those that bloom in
conser yatories. lBut we at least have
understood that MFR. De Navarro has a
dreamy and poetic turn to his nature,
and the writer has gone out of his way
to call attention tso it here in order that
Miss Anderson's Sfriends and admirers
may be answered the question they have
SO often asked: SNhat she saw to love
in that Insignificant New Yorker? She
saw In him gr$sAt deal ofssunaffected
sentiment and tilsnyl real glow of manE-
ness and after aIAsSwhat is there in our
sex except those two qualities that is
calculated to win aan honest woman S: re-
spect and undyings affection? Mary An
derson's hand was sought by men Of far
more Importance in the great world than
Mr.. De- Navarrd, but she had played
Pauiine:often enough to appreciate a real
Claude Melnotte when he came along.
| Mi. De NAVARRO first saw Miss Ander-
son on. the stagse.3 II was as Bertha in
the Daughter of sRoland.'' at the Fifth
Avenue Theater, lin New York city, about
IL years ago. HIS admiration ait the very
outset was profound, not only for the
great artist but flor the noble and beauti-
full woman, and Elaving seen her once he
went to see her ;hgain.
AS a matter OF fact, every night dur
ing all her engagements in New York
city Mr.. De Navarro might have been
seen in the saInfEe sta1l-un known to her
for weeks, but NONE the less more ardent
and devoted OF her admirers. On Mr..
De NaVarTo's part it was case of love
at first sight. Ellis part was hopelessly
involved even Before he had the honor
OF addressing single word to Miss An
derson. Happily for him there was a
friend who secursed Miss Anderson's con-
sent to present fgim to her. De Navarro
was small, dark, almost swarthy and
rather plain logging young man, we'll
dressed, we'll meannered, rather grave
frank and courteous in hisl bearing, a
young man OF TINE world, up to the times
on any topic ofa conversation, and alto
| gether calculated to interest Miss An
derson or any otlh Ter woman. And he did
interest her, Tor fin less than year they
had became the Nruest of friends.
But SO great sand good a woman as
Mary Anderson WAS not to be had for the
courtsh1p OF seven years, during which
| time MI. Ne navarro was the most faith
fuA and ardent OF suitors, that she finally
consented to engage herself to him. This
was during thes year 1889, about eight
| montns peIore t3heir marriage; and now
comes another \ proof of the fact that
Mary Anderson Amarried a real man.
| When they BECAME engaged Mr.. De Ma
varro's nnanclalS expectations were of the
| most brilliant SPORT; his father was more
tnan millionaire, and was prepared to
bestoW upon each one of his children an
Independent fortune.
| But shortly yafter this time reyerses
| that mad not EVEN been dreamed of occur
req IN the ne fNavarro family, and the
largest portion Tof great fortune was
swept away. Antonio De Navarro, find
ing the condition. Of affairs so unexpect-
edly altered, aftIaough he had still means
| enough left TOR sIhe support of bachelor,
was SILL unW1illIpg to undertake matri-
mony until he c6Anld put a wife beyond
peradventure, and proposed to free the
| 49, SA'', - SAAe1xdSSu0ul IIeI SILL
pie and noble reply: Was ST have enough
for us both,' ? and If her wish had been car
ried out the marriage would have taken
place at once.
But Mr.. Nayarro's manly pride bore
him even above his Lowe. He would en-
deavor, he said, to increase his fortune,
and if he succeeded in afnassing a com
| potency he would again ASH Miss Ander-
son to marry him. The engagement. how
ever, was not Cancelled, and, ialthough Miss
Anderson left soon for LoIldon, she left
her heart in New York city.
While young De Navarro was Just be-
ginning the struggle for Increased pros
perity in New York near$srelative died,
leaving him an ample fortune. He was
not slow in advising his lagiy love of his
good luck and was shortly ION his way to
London, where he arrived daring the first
week Of June, 1890. WithiIa 10 days from
that time, or, to be SPECIFIC, on the 18th
day OF June, 1890, Antcnioi De Navarro,
of New York, and Miss Mary Anderson,
Of Louisville, KY, were united in the
bond Of wedlock at st. MEaryts church
Holly place. Hampstead LoTtdon Owing
to Miss Anderson's dislike9 Of publicity
there were no formal invitations and only
la few members OF the two ffamilies were