The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
FAMOUS BACHELORS.
Men of Mark in Politics, Art and
Literature Who Never Married.

ST. Louis Globe.
Samuel ]. Tilden was the richest Amer
lean who ever entered public life and re-
manned single to the end of his days. His
persistent celibacy was remarkable, for
Mr. Tilden was born with money, and
thus from his youth was considered eligi-
bic by the mammas ofs many young
women.
No Republican efdhalf Mr. Tilden's
prominence has gone through life without
marrying but, including David Bennett
HILL who seems to be confirmed bach
elor Democracy's rolls show a note
worthy triumvirates sof the distinguish
ed celibates, James Buchanan, the only
bachelor PRESIDENT being the third mem
Der thereof. Buchanan is understood to
have refrained from taking wife be-
cause the girl upon whom he set his
youthful affections was obdurate. He Is
said to have regretted the single state
to the day of his death Mr.. Hill, on the
other hand is reported to be a bachelor
from choice.
Literature has furnished a long string
of names to the list of eminent bachelors
Possibly the best Known unmarried man
of letters today is Henry James, the
novelist. He maintains stoutly that the
artist. no matter what the medium of his
expression, should remain single, on the
of domestic life tend to wear on delicately
adjusted nerves and exhaust the mental
fiber of genius, whether it's pOsseSsor be
a painter Of pictures, worker in woods,
modeler Of statues, composer of mu-
sic, a singer, or one who amuses the peo-
pie from the stage.
John Greenleaf Whittier was bachelor,
though not from the same cause as the
brilliant fiction writer mentioned. Whit
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state, we are told, and in his boyhood had
blue-eyed, red-cheeked New England
girl Tor his sweetheart. Together they
went to school as children, and when they
grew to youths estate he told her the
story most girls like to hear She heard
it gladly, too, but he was poor and a
poet, and love must wait for recognition.
She promised, but waiting is wearisome;
before recognition came to the gentle
young verse maker she forgot him as a
lover, and was married to some one else.
Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of
Omar Khayyam's quatrairs, was a Bach
| elor, and there was a romance in his life,
much like the one which saddened Whit
| tiers, but there was little else which they
had in common The celibacy of Charles
Lamb was full of pathos for he remain
ed single all his life that he might care
for his sister. Venerable John Burroughs,
naturalist as well as writer, ana one or
the most charming of men, has never
married. Mr.. Burroughs was not even a
woman hater, neither has any one ever
surmised that a romance caused his bach
| elorhood.
Only one noted Protestant divine has
been bachelor. He was Phillips Brooks,
who finished life as bishop of the Episco-
| pal church, and seemingly possessed ev-
cry quality desirable in model husband.
The cause of his remaining single appears
never to have been understood, even by
those who were closest to him. He did
not avoid the fair, nor has any one been
| able to recall a romance in his life In
his student days and his career as a cler-
| gyman he had many friendships. with
women, while his passionate fondness for
children was remarked often His letters
to some of his juvenile friends, publish
| ed few years ago in one of the maya
zines, were models in their way. r.