The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-31
ONE wOMAN's TWO ROMANCEs.
Bishop WhippIes' Bride the widow
of a Famous old Man.
From the New York Herald.

Oh u fuhOub Olu MAN.
From the New York Herald
Mrs. Evangeline Simpsons marriage in
this city on last Thursday to the Rt. Rev.
Hery B. Whipple, bishop Of Minnesota,
says yesterdays Evening Telegram. has
aroused great interest among those who
know the brides romantic previous mar
riage. She is now 40 years old; her hus-
band is 70.
Mrs. Whipple is well remembered in the
county town Of Saxonville, Mass > "A the
widow of Michael Simpson, a wealthy
manufacturer of carpets and horse blan-
kets, who made an enormous fortune dur
ing and after the war. In his day he was
the king of Saxonville, nearly the whole
of which he owned, and a very wise and
benevolent king he was.
Everybody liked Mike" as he was
fondly called, and nobody envied him his
good fortune when, at the age of rs, he
won the hand-and some folks say the
heart also-of Eva Mars, who was %
years of age at the time.
She had come with her parents and
brother four or five years previously from
Roxbury to the old Hill estate, near Dud-
ley Pond, in Wayland. The Mars family
was not much more successful at farming
in Wayland than they had been at keep
ing boaders in Roxbury. but Mrs. Mars is
an intelligent and very energetic woman.
So, when the family fortunes were at the
lowest ebb. she began TO look around for
some means to mend them.
Michael Simpson, the millionaire, attend
ed the little Episcopal church in Saxon
vile. where the Mars family also wor-
shipped He was a widower, for whom
many a woman had set her cap. He was
wrapped UP in his business affairs. He
So Itro
Mars. Iii ~
The two were not yet acquainted, and
the village tradition as to the manner in
which the acquaintance began Is to the
effect that she painted his portrait and
sent 1t to him as a Christmas present.
Mr.. Simpson was not a strikingly hand
some man, and the portrait did him am
pie justice. 1t showed his kindly, honest,
smooth shaver Irish features with his
long white hair curling down over the
shoulders. A-
That portrait broke the ice. Mr. Slmp-
son went in person to the Mars home to
thank the donor and artist, and was smit-
ten at the first interview. Mrs Mars was
very happy.
Mr.. Simpsons one hero In the worlds
history was Napoleon, and. as he after
ward told a friend, Eva Mars had regular
Napoleon eyes. That settled 1t, and the
courtship began at once. % n I'll ~
Simpson. All the villagers said he seemed
suddenly to have grown half a century
younger, which is not wholly unparal-
leled case, for the great Goethe fell vio-
lently in love at seventy eight, and renew
ed his youth and all its fresap
Eva Mars was fascinating enough to cap
tivate any man who appreciates the finer
traits of woman's character. Her face was
not a pretty one. but IL was finely chisell-
ed and very spirituelle and womanly. Tall
and stately. her bearing was that Of a
high born lady.
Mr.. Simpson was deaf as a stone post,
and. though love is blind 1t is not hard OF
hearing The villagers recall the specta-
Gle of two happy lovers driving through
the streets in Mr.. Simpsons phaeton. with
his pack of yelping, barking hounds fol-
lowing on behind. He couldn't even hear
the din made by those dogs. but he seemed
to hear Miss Mars perfectly well when she
would throw one arm around his neck and
shout into his ear.
OF course, the courtshlp and prospective
marriage were not at all pleasing to Mr..
Simpsons children, but as Is usual in
such cases, their protests were unavail-
ing. Winter, spring and summer few by
and when autumn came Michael Simpson,
the millionaire, and Eva Mars were
quietly married. .D
HIS wedding gift was the magnificent
house, valued at $4,000 which he built for
his bride near her home. This mansion
is to-day the finest residence In all that
section.
The married life Of the Simpsons, though
brief. was apparently a most blissful one
About two years after the wedding the
Saxonville woollen MILL owned by Mr..
Simpson, took fire one winter night and
burned down. He was sick abed at the
time with a cold. but nothing could pre-
vent his getting up and going to the fire.
He returned TO his bed and never got ND
again His death occurred a few days
later The burning Of the mill and Mr..
Simpsons death we're terrible blows 10
saxonviiie. from which the village has
never fully recovered. He was the kind