Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-12
LITTLE NELLIE GRANT"
Her Daughter Vivian Leaves Social
Gayeties to be by Her Side.

Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, the
daughter of the nation--"Pretty Miss
Nellie" she was called at the white
house when her father was president
has been i'll in New York, and her
beautiful daughter, Vivian Sartoris
abandoned the gayeties of the Wash
ington season to keep vigil at her
mothers bedside.
| All her friends-and they were our
entire nation-were shocked to hear
the report that she was suffering from
cancer and hoped that 1t might prove
erroneous.
No American girl has ever COM
manded so completely the homage of
the nation as did Nellie Grant in the
days that preceded her unhappy mar
riage-unhappy. but not unfortunate,
since it gave birth to such a witch
ing granddaughter of the nation as
Vivian Sartorls.
In feature and temperament she had
the rare gift of sunshine; and that
was her fathers fond name for her
Little Sunshine"
From all over the world came peo-
pie anxious to shake hands with her
father and tell him what great man
he was They all saw Nellie, and cap
itulated to her smile. II was the same
with the humble folk of Washington.
white and black. The presidents
daughter had the same face for all.
Miss Nellie, she jes' th'ows away
smiles on de streets the gatekeeper
of the white house used to say.
Wedding bells brought sadness to !
the white house, and sounded a knell
Tor the daughter of Little Sunshine. 4"
Miss Nellie had a will of her own
the iron will of the great soldier, modi- |
fed by her sex, but none the less In
flexsble. She fell in love, and not all |
the admonitlons of father and mother
and friends could bring disenchant-
ment
Algernon Frederick Sartoris was the
son Of a well-to-do Engllshman, a |
country gentleman. who owned prop
erty in Wisconsin. Father and son
came to this'country in 1873. Nellie
Grant was returning home from a
European tour. They crossed the At
lantic on the same steamer.
1t seemed an unaccountable attach
ment, but the presidents daughter fell
in love with the young Engllshmau.
Every one else that encountered Sar-
toris dlsliked and distrusted him.
His own countrymen attached TO the
British legation at Washington had
no good word for him. Americans
watched his progress In Nellie Grant's
affections with a chill at their hearts.
Gen. Grant himself suffered from the
cruellest misgivings. He used every
influence short Of direct authority to
dissuade his daughter from the match.
Beyond that he would not go. True,
Nellie was only nineteen; but he knew
her spirit, and he was determined to-
save her from the gossip that would
have followed her he crossed her will.
There had been no such wedding
within the walls Of the white house.
The country talked about nothing else.
Pretty Miss Nellie stood with her
bridegroom in the East Room, under
bells OF white and pink flowers, and all
the world crowded to the festival.
That was the end of his happiness,
for the forebodlngs had been well
founded Reports OF his daughters
unhaoplness crossed the ocean at fire.
quent intervals and bowed The old
man with grief It was bad enough
that he should miss her voice, her
footstep; but that she, his Little