The herald., 1896-09-13

sp1nsters, as his respect for wealth is as
great as his love for his yellow jacket
and peacock feather.
Miss Mary Garrett is not the only mil
lionaire spinster that the country can
boast Of, although she is the richest by
several millions. The number of unmar-
ried women beyond the allotted age of
girlhood, who have fortune of at least
$1.000,00O is not small. This news may
send shiver of excitement through the
greedy frames of impoverished titled
gentlemen abroad, but it will be we'll for
them to understand that these ladies have
successfully withstood the blandish-
ment5 of matrimonially inclined persons
for some time, and there is every proba-
bility OF their continuing to do so.
FOUR RICHEST SPINSTERS.
The four richest American spinsters
are Miss Mary Garrett, Miss Gwendoline
Caldwell of Kentucky. Miss Anna Leary
of New York, and Miss Grace Dodge Of
New York The fortunes of these aggre-
gate $42, 100000, quite respectable sum
for four unmarried ladies to control, and
the peculiar part of it is that each of
these is her own financial manager, gov
erning her fortune with rare business
discrimination and increasing it by sta
bic investments year by year. Moreover
these four women have done more good
in the world by far than the four richest
married or unmarried men in the coun-
try. They have charming personalities,
ly would not exchange places with any
married woman the world over.
By the recent death of her brother
Robert, Miss Mary Garrett is now the
head of that famous Baltimore family.
In fact, during the past few years of her
brothers life she was the dominating
factor in the management of the Garrett
millions, as her brother had been inca
FACILITATED from active work by his unfor-
tunate illness.
Miss Garrett is now close to go years
OF age, a woman of rare culture plain
and unassuming in manner and dress
ana with mind stored with knowledge
Cleaned from all corners of the earth
She has two homes, one on Monument
street, Baltimore, and another called
Montepeilo. MO situated half dozen miles
out III the country from the city. This
latter Is an estate Of some 1900 acres.
The country house was built by her.
father, the late John w. Garrett, solely
Tor comfort and with no desire to ex-
hlolt MS mlillons IN gaudy architecture.
I, FLOWERS HER FAD
The feature Of this place is it's conser-
vatories, which contain specimens of
plants gathered from all quarters of the
globe. Flowers can Justly be called the
only fad of Miss Garrett. The conserya-
tories of her town house are more mag
nificent than similar affairs of the Kind,
In the midst of a bewildering mass of
palms, orchids, giant cacti and other
tropical plants is pond filled with won
derful varieties Of the water lily. A
beautiful fountain throws up its spray in
the center Of the pond, making the whole
seem like a miniature fairyland
For several years past Miss Garrett
has entertained only on a limited scale.
Prior to that her receptions were ia
nous. and guests travelled 1000 miles to
partake of her hospitality. Her house
IS hlled with art treasures, paintings by
the best of the modern masters predom-
mating. Her collection Of Jewels is an
exceedingly fine one, although nowadays
she rarely wears any ornament Of the
kind.
ly blue eyes, which can look uncom- |
Miss Garrett has dark gray hair, kind |
moniy shrewd 1t times, strong chin, |