The San Francisco call., 1899-07-14
FELL IN AND
OUT Of LOVE
VERY QUICKLY
Aged Mr.. Boardman
Is Forgetful.
LOVED A SWISS LAUNDRESS
MRS. GLADSTONE'S CLAIM is
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
The Capitalist Very Much Surprised
That the elderly Widow
Should Ask Half a
Million.
LOVED A SWISS LAUNDRESS
IRIS. GLADSTONE'S CLAIM rs
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call


The story of aged Mr. Boardmans loves
has not been half told 1t has not been
one-quarter told. According to a former
statement of Mr.. Boardman and ultimate
developments, only one twenty-second part
of the romances of his affections has yet
been unfolded.
The many acquaintances of the amorouS
old gentleman are rot surprised that Mrs
Elizabeth Gladstone should want haIt q
million dollars for her wounded heart.
They would be less surprised II half
dozen others should appear each claiming
a substantial SalVe for broken affectlons.
1t has now developed that on the very
afternoon of the day on which aged Mr..
Boardman led the handsome young high
school girl to the altar he proposed TO
the lovely young daughter of his Swiss
washerwoman This pretty little maiden
absolutely refused to have anything to
do with the man nearly i've times her
age, and said that death would be prefer
able TO such a union. Considerably an
noyed with this rebuff, the old man went
back to Miss Walker and hurriedly com
mitted matrimony.
The youthful Mrs Boardman says that
she is surprised that Mrs. Gladstone, who
is almost an octogenarian herself should
have brought suit against her husband
The girl-wife says she has known Mrs.
Gladstone for a long time-even before
the death of the second Mrs. Boardman
four months ago She says Mrs. Glad
stone even came to their house and con-
graduated her on her marriage, hut said
in her own heart which she now declares
can only be closed by half-million dollar
plaster.
Mr. Boardman who, like Mrs. Glad
stone. has had three spouses, but, unlike
her is not the parent of seventeen chill
dren, admits faint recollection of a
certain Mrs. Gladstone, but he ridicules
the idea that he ever loved her or that
he ever intended to marry her.
This is partly borne out by Mr.. Board
mans oft-repeated statement prior to his
marriage to Blanche Walker, in which he
said that the girl for him must not be
more than II and that she must be
plump little damsel. When he did marry
he calmly said that it would be folly to
suppose that he was drawn into the
wedding by Blanche's mother, because
Blanche was but one OF twenty girls any
one of whom he could have for a wife
| Mrs Gladstone and the Swiss washing
| girl make up the twenty-five to whom
| Boardman made love between February 4,
the day of his wife,s death, and June 4,
| the date of his third marriage.
Mr. Boardman is not having everything
! his own way snce he married. In addition
! to the discharging of the men cleaning
the house by the mother-in-law, there
| have been other differences of opinion.
| Only a few days ago Mr.. Boardman pur-
! chased some shades for his house. With
! his usual economy. he bought shades Of
| a very cheap pattern. This did not suit
| his aristocratic mother-in-laW, and half
| an hour later she appeared at the store
| demanding that the shades be changed for
a quality more In keeping with the pre-
| tensions of man who is supposed to be
| worth nearly half million dollars.
! So far nothing has been heard about Mr..
! Boardman having made a will. 1t is
known that there is one heir in this State
| and many more in the East, and it is ex-
| pected that before long the courts will be
! teeming with litigation arising from the
romantic marriage of the 75-year-old man
| and the 17-year-old schoolgirl.