The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-09

made nv easy stages. 1t was the in-
tention Of the contracting parties. az
The time formal announcement OF the
Engagement was made In January last
to have the marriage ceremony ce'e-
brated IN April, and all arrangements
we're made to that effect. but THESE
have now been Cancelled and no ne"
date will be named until Mrs. pullman
reaches home.
Miss Florence Pullman. the brlde-to-
be. is about twenty-eight years ola anu
Is the favorite child of George NJ. fulI-
man, of sleeping car fame. Ihere are
three other children. one OF them oeihg
Mrs. Frank Carolan, whose beaulilui
home at Burllngame. near San Francis
co, is one of the attractions OF the Paei-
fic coast. The others are the Twin
boys, Sanger and George NJ. Pullman
Jr. Sanger Pullman Is learning the
dry goods business with Marshall f1eid
G. Co, and Is said to be engaged, II
the gossios may be believed, TO MISS
McMurray. daughter of EX-ShoriH
McMurray. OF New York. George NJ.
Pullman, Jr., Is at Cornell. and expects
to graduate next year, shortly after
which Miss Felicity Oglesby VIII De-
come his wife. Mr.. Pullman has been
liberal with all his children. but t Is
upon Miss Florence. the eldest daush-
ter. be lavishes the bulk OF his a1ec-
ton. He is worth, at n conservative
estimate. from S25,O00000 70 S3OOOO,oOo
on dividend paying basis, all OF wa!ch
Is pretty sure to be some day divided
among the four children. Besides THIS
snug little prospective fortune OF ST.
! O0O. 900 each, Mr.. Pullman has already
given his sors and daughters a healthy
start In life. each child on attaining It's
| twenty-frst year being presented with
| 5000 900 in good. solid bank stock. from
| the income of which they are expected
! to defray all their personal expenses.
In addition TO the earnings of her $780,
600 il is reported without denial that
Miss Florence Pullman draws regu-
| lar salary OF $4,000 a year from the
Pullman Palace Car Company for nam
Ing the many cars turned out at the big
works.
All of her friends, rich and poor, and
she has hundreds in all the walks OF
life. agree that Miss Pullman is young
woman of unusual good disposition anc
deeds, She is we'll favored In face ant
form and while hardly what could b'
called beauty. is of decidedly pleas
ing personality. She is of neither thu
blonde nor the brunette order, but hat
brown hair and blue eyes, and charm
ingly easy manner which stamps he
at once as being of the jolly-good-fel
low sort Of a girl. She is in every de
tail, by education and instinct, fam
fly girl. Thoroughly we'll informed IL
household affairs and competent &
manage either a cottage or a palace
Miss Pullman has all the graces an
accomplishments Of a society leader
although she has never cared to pos
as such and takes but little part in so
cial functions. After a careful trainin
under the best home teachers Miss Pull
man and her sister were sent aDroa
some years ago under the chaperonag
of Mrs. John A. Logan to complete thei
studies, and remained away IN
til she was fair musicia
and had mastered the French, German
Spanish and Italian languages. in a
Of which she converses fluently. He
education finished, Miss Pullman too
up her life work, the betterment of III
condition of the shop girls OF Chicago
| Ear fret pnoua In thic uvac IN N ~ he
aid a number of rich young wome
with whom she organized a societ
which erected handsome and perfect
ly appointed country hotel near III
lake at Pullman, which Is called WILD
wood. Then Miss Pullman and he
friends began a personal tour of tn
big stores to search out the worn an
weary working girls who were in nee
of rest and recreation and fresh al
but were unable to stand the expens
Of taking a vacation. There are thor
sands of such girls In Chicago, an
every year from early in the spring ur
til late In the fall the handsome Wilt
wood hotel is full of them. Each gi
is given free ticket out and back an
kept at the hotel for two weeks free ,
charge. They have nice rooms. III
best meals competent cooks can pre-
pare, unrestricted use of boats an
carryalls, and free range OF woods. ial
and plains. OF all this work Miss Pull
n man takes personal supervision. an
In this way the shop girls and the
, relatives have come to know and 10y
. her. She is their confidante and frien
: as well as benefactor, advising them