St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-06
LADIES UNDERWEAR.
piled. and then she added. .ff mamma

piled. and then she added, "if mamma
could go. too
That night the matter was talked over
with Zelda and her mother, and 1t was
settled that they should wait at their.
New York home until Mr.. Baldwin
notified them that the arrangements had
| been made.
Zelda's head was not turned by the
great good fortune which had come to
her. and to only few Of her most in
innate friends did she confde the secret
that she might soon BE transplanted to
the Pacific coast. Sometimes she almost
fancied that her friendship with the
millionaire was part of the fairyland of
"Cinderella." and then She would loss
her curis and say:
well. if play Gin again this winter
this will all be rehearsal any way,
won't it?"
Not mauy days ago there was ring
at the door, and very prosalc and I'M
fairyllke messenger boy handed in
telegram which read: Come at once.
VIII meet you in Chicago. BALDWIN,"
The next day Zelda and her mother
were on the way. When they reached
Chicago Mr.. Baldwin was there and the
two firm friends we're delighted to see
each other again. That afternoon they
left on special train which carried
them westward till they came to the eel
ebrated tract Of land in the Santa Anita
valley, where Mr. Baldwin has built
magnificent mansion, and which he has
beautltied in a thousand ways, until
there is scarcely all estate of more
beauty or fertility IN all the world.
Zelda's exploration of this place, with
its hundreds of blooded horses and
stock Of all kinds. made her big blue
eyes open in wonder, and impressed her
anew with MIR. Baldwin's wealth and
power. From there the three went on
to San Francisco, and Zelda has written
back to some of her friends that life is
so changed that she seems In a dream
of pleasure. She Will shortly leave the
Baldwin hotel for the boarding school
which has been selected for her. Next
summer when vacation comes. she will
make a visit to New York, but San
Francisco will be her home for several
| years to come.
| The career Of the millionaire who
turns to child to brighten his closing
years is as remarkable as those of many
other Californians. For many years he
| has been one of the foremost figures on
| the American turf. One Of his greatest
victories of the black jacket with Nal
| tese cross was the winning OF last years
! Derby at Chicago by the outsider, Rey
| Ell Santa Anita. Mr.. Baldwin is now
! seventy-one years old. He drifted out
! to the Pacific coast from his birthplace
! in Indiana. and landed eventually in
| the bonanza district Of Nevada. He
was a common digger in the Comstock
mine, until CRe day he staked out
| claim of his own and began to work it.
! Nobody thought much of his lead. but
| lie kept on sinking his shaft. One morn
| ing
He Struck 1t Rich.
| and before night he was within reach of
| fortune. He went from Nevada to
! California, where he became associated
/ with Sharon, Ralston, Flood. O'Brien
| and other men WHO had struck bonan-
| zas. He increased his fortune on the
| stock exchange, and his wealth is now
estimated at $40, 100000. The hotel and
! theater were erected at cost Of s., 000,-
| not attract attention. He is small aid
spare. and very nervous. His face has
| been wrinkled by d life of restless ener-
gy. He wears beard. and usually
/ dresses severely in black.
1t was at the Baldwin hotel that he
met and married his second wife, who
| lived but two years after. 1t was there,
too. that in 1883 he was shot by a young
woman who said she was Fanny Bald
win, his cousin. Baldwin denied all
relationship. His wound was not sem-
Gus, and as public sympathy was with
the girl there were no proceedings
against her. When the Baldwin hotel
was opened there was skeleton at the
feast in the person Of Winnie McCor-
mack, who sued the millionaire shortly
after for $4,000 for breach of promise.
She had been employed to sew tapes.
tries in fitting UP the hotel, and made
serious charges. Baldwin fought the
case bitterly, and the trial was very
20 isational He won the suit.
Mr.. Baldwin has been married three
times. OF his third wife a romantic