The morning times., 1896-11-07
SHE BET BOARD FOR LIFE
Washington Lady Wins the
S.rargest E,eclion Bet Yet.
WAS 100 TO l ON MKINLEY
Mrs. Davis, of This City, Engaged
to Entertain Mrs. Tobin, OF Indl-
annapolis. for tie Rest OF Her
Days If Bryan We're Elected
VIII Celebrate the Victory.

Mrs. Mary Moy Tobin Of Indianapolis
ind., Will not 1--we in washington IUr the
| rest or her natural lie as lie guest oil
Mrs. Sdilie Laws OF III X street north
east. .-
Inls is, not IA society item, as it might
appear ut the first biusl, but il is the
sequei 'oi Ihc ,straHgrs. DeJ OF ali tne
strange uets mace during this strangest
| OF all elections.
1t Is the last chapter without the ap-
| pendiX, which itseii is to bc sweii
society AFFAIR, IN story III taGies WHO
bct iuetIfue sinrcures and hundreds OF
good American dollars on the hazard oi
the ballots from Cape Cod 10 the uoiden
GATE.
great nerve, bank account, and with a
prophetic eye tnat hcnc cloth Will be the
envy OF all the ladies ur the land, To say
motIug oil the gentlemen who think they
Know something about politics.
Mrs Mary May Tubin has also n purse
long ana siiken, and she, too, Is evidently
hbility.
TERMS OF THE WAGER.
The bet was made at long range and 1t
was as follows: The Washington lady bet
OH mckinley, white the Indianapolis lad y
TOOK the Bryan end of the game. Mrs. DAVIS,
al her home IN this city for the rest OF her
(Mrs. Tobiu's) life.
In case bryan lost Mrs. Tobin was to pay
Mrs. Davis the neat sum OF 5000, a Tact
which shows that even If Mrs TObin has
no money to burn She has plenty OF it to
bet, and she backed her Judgment with
something better tnan the mad pursuit Of
n brass band or incunseeuenJiaI talk Of u
tea party.
The very interesting question about this
bet is what were the odds or what virtual
she promised to make Mrs. Tobin
her guest for life. 1t is safe to assume
that people who have this much money to
toy with live at the rate OF 81 900 a wear
aSflp do tn tI,nf
Toblu VIII 1--we at least forIy years more
and n she had come To Washington there's
no telling how long she would have lived
as She has lived this long in Indianapolis.
She. certainly would have been content
to exist fifty years, which is only ha!f a
century, IN Washington. Thai. there
Iore, Il The correct basis for the odds, so
that Mrs. Davis bet $4,000 to Mrs.
TObin's 500, or 100 to l.
SHE GAVE BIG ODDS
Sixteen IL one ain't i'll it with that kind
or wagering, and 1t Will make the book
makers gTr,n with envy VINO huy them
a 30 to shot
one hundred TO one on Mckinley is not
only beautiful, it is sublime: 50 sublime,
IN Iact, that II Is doubtful II the future
lady of the White House would have gone
So deep into her pin money on the ma tor
ihe society feature of this remarkable
wager is that Mrs Davis is 10 give q party
at her house about the list of december to
which, however, only few friends VIII he
invited Perhaps Mrs. Tobin VIII send the
money or she may bring il. which, as the
ladies say would be just too perfectly
lovely for anything in which case Mrs.
Tobin VIII see really how much She lost
beside the election of her political hero.
The boys pay up debts differently.
One of the whcclbarruw bets was paid
yesterday afternoon In the northeast, III
which Mr.. Harry Nolahan had he handles
end of The bet. while Mr.. Michael Brennan
acted as motorman. The route, as they say
about circus parades, was up II street
from seventh to Sixth and return, all
Tor one fare
Another ct in which the wheclharroyr
figured with the an who pushed the good
thing along. was made by Mr. W. Emmett
Hopes ana Mr.. Johnnie l'yles. Mir. lcopes
occupied the inside seat all the way from
Fourth street and Maryland avenue north
east To Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.