Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

erick Tanning Aver and Henry South
wick Aver. reside next door, AT No. o.
Mrs. Aver was the eighth generation
from Lawrence and Cassandra South
wick, settlers from Lancashire. Eng
land Coming in the Mayflower on its
seventh voyage). at Salem. Mass, in
1927. who were prosecuted for being
Quakers. threatened with condgn pun
ishment and finally banished to Shelter
island. eastern end of Long Island,
where they died in 1860 within three
days of each other. Their property was
not confiscated, however. and two of
the sons. Daniel and Josiah. who had
left for western Massachusetts, found
ed the town of Southwick. in Hamp-
den county. and rejoined their brother
John and sisters Mary and Provided in
the old home after the death of their
parents.
One of Whittler's poems, "Cassandra
Southwick." tells the story of the sore
fluctuations of those who preferred to
worship God in their own way and
thereby aroused the vindictive ire and
fanatical hate of the then dominating
class in New England known as Puri-
tans.
Among noted members of her family
now living are DR.. Alfred p. Southwick,
the father of the electrocution law of
New York state. connected with the
university in Buffalo, George N. South
wick. congressman from Albany; AL
bert P. Southwick. the author Ca near
relative); Louise NJ. Southwick. the
poet; Francis II. Southwick of Brook
lyn, prominent merchant in New York
city; Clarence Southwick, editor. of
Kansas City. and her nephew, Henry
~ u. al. q
wick company of Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Aver had lived permanently in
Paris since 1889, and no one will be
more missed in the French capital. She
was the most prominent member of the
American colony there and one of the
best known women OF that city. Her
great wealth, her lavish expenditures.
her brilliant entertainments. her gowns
and her jewels We're the talk of the fau-
bourgs in the city on the Seine.
A prominent newspaper has said OF
her "She was really good woman. one
of the most charitable and generous in
the world, and those who said i'll of her
were those who had been benefited by
her bounty"
She was liberal patron Of art, paid
enormous sums for pictures and was
ever ready to aid the struggling Amer
lean artists and singers who went
abroad to study. Her purse and her
sympathy were never appealed to in
vain, and often she sought out those
whom she believed to be worthy. She
had retinue Of servants, employed a
dentist, who visited her daily, and a
physician to look after the members Of
her household, while she consulted spe-
cialists, to whom she paid princely fees.
ri nj HtCta raD I'd nj
her as their best customer. Size occa-
sionally was fieeced by them, but then
she knew IL and smiled compassionate
ly. 1t was not the part of n grande
dame to discuss these conditions with
| the shopkeepers. She would purchase
| $500 worth of gloves at time, and they
| do not cost one-third as much there as
in the United States.
| Not for a moment did she think OF
remarrying, despite the many rumors
started by would be Benedicts who
craved a share in her millions. At one
time no less than three princes were
aspirants for her hand. More than one
duel was threatened.
Prince Dangerously is a Pole of dis
tinguished appearance, who has an
| income of 500 month and reputation
as a gamester. Prince Giedroye is a
Russian, a brother of the late emperor
morganatic wife. He is fat and reason
ably rich. Prince Valori is Spaniard.
The last offered to introduce Mrs. Aver
to Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender.
and secure her a social position of the
first rank among the European nobility
If she would marry him. but she de-
clined.
| There were others fiuttering like
moths about the flame. but she was not
moved by the glamour of title.
Her crowning social success was the
dinner she gave in Paris. in 1897. in hon.
or of Mrs. William Aston. Nearly every
guest bore title. and they were all dis
tinguished. Mrs. Aston wore all her
famous Jewels, but she was outshone
by her hostess. Melba sang Les Anges
| Pleurent."
One of the most conspicuous pictures
In the French exhibit at the Worlds
fair was her portrait by Carolus Du-
ran. The brilliant coloring attracted
much attention. In this portrait, now
in the house OF her sons, she is shown
dressed very gorgeously In gown OF
mauve velvet. which was painted In the
artists most spectacular and realistic
manner.
She was very young looking woman
at the time Of her death and retained
to great degree a form of girlish
| grace. though in her seventy-first year.
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