The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-11-15


husband and the government allows her
pension of $1,000 year. So she Is
quite well-to-do. She has four children
and twelve grandchildren. who make
her life a very full and pleasant one.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris. the only
girl of the Grant family, was bride
~ the white house twenty wears ago.
spiration which rare old Joe Jefferson
is to the actor
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher Is one OF
the most delightful of all the famous
widows. She is "a years of age, but SC
pleasing in face and manner, so young
in heart and thought, that it is hard tc
realize that she has passed so many
milestones of a way sometimes weary
and rough to tread. She lives in a
pretty apartment, surrounded by pic
lures, books, and all sorts of remem-
ORANGES Of her distinguished husband
All of her faculties are unimpaired and
she is thorou hly informed on all of the
deligi ted to discuss them.
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson was once
the f.. lady of the land, when her
uncle, James Buchanan, was president
and she was charming, gracious Har-
band, Henry Elliott Johnson, she went
back to Washington to live. She has
one of the handsomest residences in the
capital and goes great deal into So
ciety.
Gen. Grants widow. Mrs. Julia Dent
Grant, divides her time between New
York and Washington. She has not as
yet decided in which place she will buy
her f.rtt 49,
She married a nglishman ana
went abroad to a, =. Since the death
Of her husband the rich young widow
has spent all of her time In Washing
ton. She has a pretty home on r
street and her two young daughters
live with her. The only son Is at school
in England.
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt Is inter-
esting, aside from her charming per-
sonality, by reason Of being the widow
Of the richest man in America. No
capitalist has yet come up to the $780,
300, 900 which Mr.. Vanderbilt left at his
death. She lives nearly all the year
around in her palace on Fifth avenue.
All around her on the beautiful avenue
are her children, her grandchildren and
the little great-grandson, who is now
years old. She entertains very little,
but now and then throws open her
doors for some great function.
Mrs. Ward McAllister, the widow Of
the late social arbiter, is positively I'M
known to the people Of New York. AL
though her name always appeared upon
the lists of subscribers to the assembly
balls and other social functions, she
never appeared at one. SO retired has
been her life that she did not even pre-
side over the dinner parties her husband
was so fond Of giving. All of her social
duties have been relegated to her
daughter, Miss Louise McAllister, who
has inherited her fathers fondness for
society.
Mrs. James A. Garfield is said to be
worth now 100000, almost all the gift
Of the American people. When Gen.
Garfield died his estate aggregated only
100000. Mrs. Garfield lives in elegant
but quiet style in Cleveland.
Mrs. Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, Wild
DIV of the admiral, lives in Washington.
She spends much of her time in liter
airy work and writes for publication
when she feels the inclination. Two of
her sons married Drexel girls, bringing
with them fortunes of $4,000, 900 or 3d.
100000 each, and the Dahlgrens were
we'll provided for themselves. So the
work Is merely labor Of love, though
the publishers are always glad to send
substantial check in return for 1t.
Mrs. Joseph Drexel, the beautiful wild
ow Of the great banker, lives in a mag
nificent house on Madison square. She
is one Of the best amateur musicians in
America, playing with equal skill on the
harp and piano. Her three daughters
are all accomplished Musicians, having
chosen different instruments. Frequent
~ at the different musicals Mrs. Drexel
delights in giving all Of the music Is
furnished by the family quartet.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, one Of the rich
est widows in America, has deserted
Washington, where she used to spend
so much Of her time, and lives most of
the year in California. She Is much in
:erested in the great university on the
Pacific slope, built as a memorial to her
only son, Leland Stanford, Jr.
Mrs. George Hearst, widow of the Cal
fornia Senator, still keeps her old home
n Washington, but spends most of her
lime in travelling on the continent or in
California.
Mrs. Lucy Carnegie, sister-in-law Of
Andrew Carnegie, probably has the
most enjoyable time of any widow in
he world. She is the only woman men,
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