The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

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woman. Indeed the rumors that Mefeme,
All and Miss Wanamaker were soon TO be
married have been so persistently eirculat-
ed that not only IN Cairo, but throughout
the capitals Of Europe, ithas been accepted
as q fact in spite of the frequent danials
from Miss Nanamaker, her father and the
khedive.
Plottings such as these are not at all I'M
usual in the Egyptian capital. In fact,
they are the regular thing. But the sur
prising and interesting feature of it all is
that it is Miss Lille Wanamaker who is
indirectly concerned in it. Can this be
the demure young woman who spent so
much Of her time in Philadelphia and
Washington looking. after mission classes
and charitable work.
just before John Wanamaker was made
postmaster general Mrs. Wanalnaker took
the Wapamaker girls to Paris in order to
give them q thorough training in French.
Since then Rodman Wanamakcr, the dry
goods magnate's second. son, has estab-
lished himself in Paris. He married Miss
Parker, you rememher, and his home is IN
the finest apartments on the Champs Ely
sees. 1t was entirely natural that Miss
Lille, after her debut had been mado in
American society, should wish to visit her
brother in his fine Partisan home.
Perhapsyou have heard something about
the style in which Wananaker fills lives in
Paris. The sollof the Philadelphia mil
lionaire does not inherit his, fathers in.
terest in Sunday schools and Bible classes.
He takes more pleasure in coaching parties
and giving big dinners. In fact, young
Wanamaker has been the life of the Amer
lean colony in Paris. He lives like a
prince, spends money like water, and nat
urally there. is a very different atmosphere
about bis home than that in the stately
Wana1raker mansion in Philadelphia.
Wasit in this atmosphere that Miss Lille
began to firt. with Mehemet Ali? Miss
Wanamaker does not admit that she flirt-
ed. Neither does her papa. Both say that
it was only a friendly intimacy. Ali is
a bright, clever fellow says Papa Wanna
maker. ri met him a number of times
when l was in Paris. He and my son are
great friends. My daughter knows him,
of course. She knows many young men.
That is no reason why it should be said
she is engaged to him. Ali is no more to
her than many young men she has met
and been polite to. My daughter is not a
weak girl; neither is she a fool. DO you
suppose that she or any American girl OF
character would for one moment consider
the proposition to become the wife of a
man the laws of whose country authorize
him to nave three wives? Certainly not.
The report is circulated by the enemies of
the khedive, who are trying to bring about
his downfall and that Of his brother.
But the fact remains that Mehemet Ali
spent much time in Paris while Miss
Wanamaker was visiting there and that he
was a frequent visitor at the Champs
Elysees apartments. Incidentally Mehemet
saw much Of Miss Wanamaker, and the
Partisan gossips said that he was very de-
voted to the fair young American. Wheth-
er or not he did really propose to make her
one of his wives I suppose is a secret
known only to Mehemet Ali and Miss
Wanamaker. The young lady says that
he did not, but all Paris believes that he
did, and the Partisan rumors have been
published often in the Cairo newspapers,
though as often denied by the khedive,
who is most likely %furiously angry at his
indiscreet younger brother.
Miss Wanamaker is nov safely at her
home in Philadelphia, once more busy
with her mission classes and charitable
work and looking as tenure as if flirting
whitman heir apparent would be something
too shocking aver for her to consider for
q moment.