Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-14
ROMANCE IN sICKLEs, LIFE.
Accompanied by His Lovely DauRhte
He Hadn't Seen in Fifteen Yeara.

Accompanied by His Lovely Daughter
He Hadn't Seen in Fifteen Years,
From the Kansas City Star
Miss Eda Sickles the twenty-one-year-old
daughter of General Sickles, is a young girl
of Spanish type, Of beautiful face and
figure, brownsh-black hair and deep black
eyes. fringed with long eyelashes. She is
adored by every one in the party of the
generals. She worships her father, and she
is the apple of his eye.'' She has only
been in America a few weeks, and she
speaks English imperfectly. She has lived
all her life in convent in Madrid, Spain,
and the story Of it is like this:
When General Sickles was United States
minister to Spain under General Grant he
married a beautiful senorita of excellent
family. Two children were born of the
and Eda Sickles. When General Sickles
was ready to return to America his Span
ish wife preferred to remain and her faith
err, wealthy old Spanish nobeman, made
his will. providing that the boy and girl
should inherit all his riches provided they
should remain in Spain till they were of
age, the boy to stay with his mother and
the girl to be educated in convent The
daughter became of age little more than
a month ago and she and her brother sail
ed at once for America. When they got to
New York they learned that their father
was out in the country making political
speeches and would be back the next day.
They were at the Grand Central station to
meet him. The meeting between the old
general and his daughter, whom he had
not seen since she was six years old, was
thus described in a newspaper of New
York:
LAS General Sickles alighted from the
train and walked DOWN the platform a
young girl with q, beautiful face and figure
stepped forward and exclaimed in a sweet,
well modulated voice. rs. this not General
Sickles?' He bowed, and answered. 1T is. y
straight in the eyes, exclaimed with a mer-
ry laugh which revealed, two rows of per-
feet teeth. Don't you know me?. The gen
eral, again bowling, and this time also Smil-
ing said: Pardon, but l must confess ana
also regret that you have the advantage"
The young girl, not bit embarrassed,
looked at the general affectionately and re-
piled:
you know your daughter Eda?" Then the
general clasped her to his breast.
few days after this meeting General
Sickles started out on his present tour and
his son and daughter went with him. 1t is
affecting to see with what love and adora-
ton the daughter looks upon her father
She is always by his side when he makes
speech. The sight of the old veteran SOL
diers crowding around to clasp the hand of
her father has moved her deeply and she
says she loves the American people, though
she cannot understand why they make such
a fuss over the election of President. She
is as witty as she is good looking and well
educated. When General Alger was first in
troduced to her by her father in Chicago he
said:
"You are the prettiest girl 1 have ever
seem
She replied in broken English: ''You have
seen very little, general
She kisses her father each morning, not
only once, but she covers his face with
kisses At every station through Kansas
bouquets Of flowers were passed up to the
train, and those were all gathered up by the
Newspaper men and given to Miss Sickfes
At one station she was asleep when the
train stopped and the armful Of bouquets
were piled against her stateroom door,