The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-08
First Meetings of Wen Known Wen
with Their Future wives.

Marriage has always been one OF the
worlds greatest themes. The great thing,
a wise philosopher said. Is TO get the right
girl There is no stereotyped way CT set
ting her. just as men have found diu2rent
ways Of proposing. 80 there have been end
less ways In which men met their fates.
Horace Greeley and Mary Young Chs
were married the first day they met They
had correspondent for some time, common
friend. who was something Of match
maker, having brought this about. Sne
was all his fancy painted her, but she was
much disappointed In his appearance, so
much so that when he appeared before her,
having proposed and been accepted by let-
ter, she frankly told him that, although
she married him, she was not IN love with
him. Their married life was lons and Gap
ny, and the loss OF his wife was a blcw
which Greeley did not long survive.
The second time that bismarck met
Fraulein Johanna Puttkammer he kissed
her I'm the presence of number Of guests
The immediate effect OF this behavior was
the prompt announcement of the hctroinal
which was soon followed by the marriage.
Fraulein Puttkemmer was bridesmaid
for a friend the first time Bismarck saw
ber These two Young people. as Rosalind
saws s'no sooner met Than they looked, 70
sooner locked than they loved
The arst ms fiarc OF jefferson Davis was
., a remnants character Falling desper-
atetv In love with Sallie Taylor daushteF
OF col zachary Taylor, who ala hot ap-
prove of the attachment. the yonnR pecp's
took matters in their own names enu
aloned sixteen years passed berore pia
zach" would speak TO his son-in-.aw. ana
then II was because he and his regiment
ma covered themselves with glory al the
battle OF Buena Vista
The nrst time Mary Todd met Lincoln
~ saId 10 her sister, THAT man VIII De
-
= husband 10 be proud of" About that
,tr,e 7 inroIn's chances of becoming presi-
dent seemed MS remote as posShie' anu
Narv's sister laughed the idea to scoIh' n
few months afterward Mary TOGO was
married to "t'rly Abe and IN fourteen
las tho nredictlon was fulhred. As u
child the future Mrs Lincoln had nrophe-
sled that she would become the VIE OF
president OF the United States
with Henry NJ Stanley. the explorer. II
was love my daughter. love me- MIS-
Remnant persistentiy refused TO consent 70
her daughter marrying. dolly Is Az that
/ have left. and / cannot shall not, part
with her" But 10 entreaties she finally
,.ialded 81 want your daughter TOR
nv wife " STANLEY said. GIVE her 10
mo and do you at the same time become
my mother. father. brother ana sister
''She IL yours" replied mamma, ana SO
am r." That. IN brief, Is the story OF
AS irreparabiy and indissolubly as nor
daughter is, and Mr.. Stanley is said to be
a model husband and a tractahe son.
II was through his novel. The Scalp
Hunters" that Capt. Mayne Reid won
bride He was 30 years old when ne met
damsel OF 49, with whom he at once feil IN
love The child took no notice OF him, but
he gave her the story to read-as effective
n manner of counting in this nineteenth
century as ever was Othellos In an earlier
enc. Two wears later the young lady was
at a public meeting where capt REID
spoke on behalf of the Polish refugees
IAN electric thrill seemed to pass through
ne as he entered the room" she said aft
erward. and when the meeting was over
she went up 20 speak to MIN. j leave for
London on the next train' he said, hur-
riedly please send me your address
II do not know where" she replied with
some embarrassment. He instantly hand
ed out his card and was gone. A formal
little note followed: Dear Capt Reid;
AS YOU asked me to send YOU my address,
I do SO" BY return OF post came the an-
swer: "Oniy say that YOU love me and
win be with YOU at once" and then tho
reply 81 think do love you
Being told by a friend that Miss IS
eyes possessed the property of double re-
fraction, Sir George Airy. the astronomer
exclaimed. Dear me. that Is very odd;
I should like to see that. DO you think
might venture TO caltF As ne was feas-
sured on this part. he took heart of grace
and called. In the course Of conversation
he asked permission to examine the young
lady's eyes 10 which she conFented The
call was repeated In the interests Of sci
cnce. The problem grew so enthralling
that he at length resolved to make u "a life
study. and finally pluckcd up enough cour-
age 10 propose. He was accepted. and this
strange wooing laid the foundation OF
many years Of happy married life.