The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-17
Roadhouse Keepers Daughter
"A Modern Cinderella.


heard OF pretty Alice Sunderland. the road
house keepers daughter. until she married
Daniel Burnham. Mrs. lie Roy Dresser's
brother. Now every one in the "4O0' is
talking about her.
She is very beautiful and very good.
And the blue blooded descendants Of old
Peter Stuyvesant, whose family names and
surnames and middle names are those OF
the old streets OF New York. have wei
coined her taken her by the hand and
made her one Of their own II is a story
OF surprising interest. like the famous old
fairy tale. When King Copehetua Loved
the Beggar Maid
servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine:
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws.
Makes that and the action fine
George Herbert.
Married at Christ church. January "A.
Daniel Hurnham and Alice Sunderland"
There is a romance behind these simple
lines. romance possible nowhere except
here in America
1t has a sequel in later and equally
simple notice
Among the guests at the Lincoln Birth
cay party at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
lie Roy Dresser. at Oyeter Bay. are Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Blodgett Durham
This marks perhaps the most sudden and
remarkable transition known to American
society-from the family housemaid TO a
| honeymoon in the home of one OF the
400"
On January the patient little drudge
Of an up-country roadhouse.
On February l the wife of a millionaire
Of the 400" and the guest Of the lie Rows
Theree weeks ago Alice Sunderland was
the housemaid at her fathers inn on the
country road near Fishklll-on- Hudson. Sre
swept the floors. She busted the rooms.
She cooked the meals. She made The beds.
Today she is the honored guest of Mrs.
Daniel lie Roy Dresser. whose husband Is
lineal descendant of old Peter Stuyves-
ant. and who is herself one OF the members
OF the most ultra-exciusive and aristro-
cratic set in New York society. on the
cay OF the simple ceremony at Christ
church she became the sister-in-law OF the
brother of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt
The name lie Roy alone is reminiscent
OF aristocracy in New York. Turn 10
the Society Register and the line OF lie
Rows looks like a list OF Mrs. Van Rens-
selar's first families. . Roy Pell lie
Roy Newbold. lie Roy Rutgers. lie Roy
Stuyvesant. There are streets and blocks
and places" to perpetusts them all
There are memories Of high social rank
and prestige besides
II
pretty daughter came. She left her simple
country life Of hard work and meagre
pleasures to join one OF the most gIlded
circles in one OF the most gllttering cities
in the world. In the twinkling Of an eve
the modern Cinderella became n member
Of the 100" And she fitted in as grace
fully as II she were native there and 20
the manor born.
The father OF Daniel P,odgett Burnham.
the bridegroom az the Christ church cere-
mony on January q. was the late Doug
las Webster Burnham. His mother is
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham. daughter Of the
late Daniel Blodgett. whose name the
bridegroom received at his infant christ
ening twenty-four years ago.
Daniel Blodge;t Burnhsn Is the grand
.
the wealthiest manufactures in New York
and New England Tire heroic bronze
statue of Daniel Webster. by Thomas Rail-
in Central Park was presented TO the city
by Gordon Webster Burnham IN Is1s Nr
Burnhsm married a daughter 81 the "a.
nous Bishop Browneil. Of Connecticut
He erected a bronze statue Of his Illus
trious father-in-,aw IN Hartford. His own
monument is one OF the finest in Green
wood
The bridegroom hero % this story r.
therefore. the son OF a multi-mlIlionalre.
the grandson OF a multi millionaire and the
great grandson OF a bishop. Through his
uncle, BrowneT Durham who married
Miss Havemeyer. he is connected with
the family o. the Sugar Kings. Through
h.s sister. Mr. Le Roy Dresser. he Be-
closely connected with the vanderbil;s
Alice SUNDERLAND the bride al Tire wed
ding Of January "a. II simply the daughter
of odd Joe" Sunderland. Keeper ~
-Tcadhouse-
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lox-pala.ed country I'm sith ioT cell
ings and rag carpets.
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