The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-27

Catharine Schuyler. the wife of Cen
eral Philip Schuyler. was the gentle
woman Of the revolution. All that
wealth, culture, social position and the
education of the time could give were
hers. The only daughter of John Van
Rensselaer,, the PATRON" of Green
bush, from her earliest years she had
known the possession of wealth, and
the lavish generosity and hospitality
which marked her fathers home left
their impress upon her. Indeed, her
father was known as too liberal a man
even to collect the just dues from his
tenants, and the antl-rent struggles
which almost convuised New York in
later years were by many traced di-
rectly to the lavish bounty of the Van
Rensselaer, home, which disbursed on
every side, not always wisely nor too
we'll. But generous as John Van Rens-
selaer was to those who were dependent
upon him, his beautiful daughter, Cath
crime, received far more from him, for
all that he had was hers. She shared
in the management of his vast estates.
was taught to play the part of the Sady
Bountiful and was the idol Of her
father and the favorite in all the region.
She learned to speak fiuently several
languages beside her own, and was ac-
life And yet she was never spoiled.
She seemed to give the lie TO the cur
rent proverb that wealth robs young
people Of power, for all that money
could give only increased her strength
of character and generous disposition
Refined, cultured, and yet strong, she
was like a piece of finest Steel which
IS all the stronger because it has the
highest temper.
HER HUSBAND.
It was only natural that Philip Schuy-
Ter, whose ancestors had dwelt for 100
years nearby at Albany, should be
drawn TO this beautiful girl. And when
they We're married it seemed TO be the
union of what was best and truest in
all the region. For Philip Schuyler was
one of the finest types of the gentleman
the rough new world had yet produced.
Wealth he mad, but how he regarded
money can be judged from the fact that
by the right of Drimogen1ture he in
herited all the vast possessions Of his
father, but he at once divided his in
heritance among his brothers and sis
ters, although legally not one of them
had any claim upon him. His growing
power had already brought him into
prominence, and when the young Of
ficer with his noble presence, strong
mind and courteous manners, brought
wife, the new home at once became the
center of all that was best in the quaint
Dutch town.
HER EXECUTIVE ABILITY.
Philip Schuyler was compelled TO go
abroad in 1862 and the beautiful man
sion he was erecting was left uncom-
pleted. But his wife was equal to the
emergency and at once assumed the di
rection of affairs. Steadily the work
went on, Catharine Schuyler superin
tending ali the details. and ii was not
long before the noble dwelling was COM
pleted. AS both husband and wife We're
of Dutch descent, the Dutch style pre-
dominated in the quaint building. and
when Philip returned it was to find the
work done and his own uneXDressed
wishes and tastes all understood and
translated into being by his wife. The
old house stood on the corner of State
and Washington streets until a little
after 1900. In il Mrs. Schuyler was hos