Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02
Seward Webb's Romance.
How and when He First Met Miss VAN
derbIIt---the Interesting Story of His
From the Newport Journal. J

/ rom the Newport JOURNAL
The election of DR.. w. Seward Webb to
the Vermont legislature from the town of
Shelburne was very pleasing news to his
many friends in New York. DR.. Webb is
a very popular man, and was so long be-
fore Lila Vanderbilt fell in love with him
and became his wife with a fortune of
S15,0O0,0O0.
"Doc'' Webb, as his intimate associates
term him, is in the morning of the forties,
and for several years has cherished well
defined political ambition. He has said to
his friends that there must be a beginning
to all things, and he regards the legisla-
ture of Vermont as the stepping stone to
the United States Senate.
DR.. Webb is president of the Wagner
Palace Car company, and his New York
home is at $50 Fifth aven' The handsome
residence William II. Y .erbilt gave to
his daughter He come an old revolu-
tionary family and foun{ the Sons of the
American Revolution, q hich he was the
first president general. mere weye sever
al boys in the Webb far ly, all we'll edu-
Gated, thoroughly artist cratic but poor.
Seward Webb was the lAvorite of the lot.
He studied medicine and was in his 23d
year when he became a surgeon at Van
derbilt Clinic and attended the patients in
the surgery ward of the hospital.
One day little patient was brought in
with broken leg. She was a sweet little
girl and DR.. Webb spent many half hour
endeavoring to make her life happy. The
| little girl often told the doctor of kind
Young lady who brought her sweets near
| " every day. The doctor did not know it
at the time, but the little girl used to tell
the "kind young lady" how good the doc
| tor was to her. One day the child had a
very bad turn. Her life hung by a thread
and the doctor remained by her bedside for
hours. While thus occupied the "kind
Young lady" entered on her daily round of
charitable work. The little one opened
her eyes and smiled.
"This is the kind DOCTOR" she whispered.
Lila Vanderbilt held out her hand and
clasped that of the man who afterward be-
came her husband. That meeting beside
the sick bed of the pauper child was the
turning point in DIR. Webb's life. Lila
Vanderbilt was in her teens then. 1t was
a case of love at first sight.
After his graduation DR.. Webb figured
that he was cut out for business career
and he went into Wall street with Danie
Worden. A few years later he married
Miss Vanderbilt. He has fine residence
at Shelburne and shooting and fishing
resort known as Ne.ha-sa-ne in the hear
of the Adirondacks.
DIR. Webb six years ago published "Cali
fornia and Alaska" work descriptive o
a tour through the West With his fam
lily, two brothers and few invited guests
he made the trip on what railway mel
characterize as "a brownstone front oil
wheels" 1t was an entire train of Wag
ner cars. One was library, another tn
, dining room, third sleeping apartments
, There were also an observation car, bag
, gage car and car for the servants. Dr
/ Webb is Republican, while his brother
, II. Walter Webb, who is vice president Q
= the New York Central road, is Demo
crat.