Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-08
FAMOUS mENs WIVES.
They Play AN Important In thC Live
OfMen,

II there In amy part OF the hfestoriea
OF greaEmen which has fascination for
every one, ID dS certainly that which
tells how they wooed and won their
Eivea, and d would seem that their diff.
Gtnent methods of lovemaking are at
lepgSt characteristic of the men as amy
Ckher of their acts.
One cannot for instance, picture
Bsm&rk laying ~ long Siege to alady's
heart and consuming himself with
signs and tears, IL WAS characterize
OF the man that he should take Cupid
by the ear and compel him to sub
iech,on-and 80 he did, 1t was at a
wedding thaIt he fIrt saw Fraulein Won
Puttlammcr and Ito see WAS to be
vanqulshed lie had scarcely doifed
lis wedding garments when he sat
down and wrote to her parents, de-
manllng her hand In marriage.
When Herr Won Puttkamlner re.
ceived THIS pcremptory demand from
o. yomng man whose repute was not
too good, ''It was" he said, "as II
some one had struck me on the head
with heavy Az" However, he in
wted the bold wooer to pay him q
Visit; and within u few hours young
Blsmark made his appearance.
On his arrival the parents and
daughter was prepared to give him q
polite and formal welcome; but Bis
marks Intentions were much more
cordial, fer, ignoring the extended
hands Of the parents, he threw MS
arms around The daughter and gave
her hearty and rtsoundlng kiss, The
citadel wsS stcrmed, and Within few
minutes the impctuous lover was for
merly betrcthed.
Mr.. G,adN.cne's woclng YVES much
none conventional and ceremonious,
als might he expected. It was over a
Glnner table that Miss Glynne caught
her first glimpse OF the young man TO
whom she was to deyG.e her life. DO
YOU See that young MANI states.
man who WINS sitting next to herN0lu'
"some day he will be Prime Minister
Of England
NO wonder the young GIRLS interest
was aroused, and when, in the winter
following they met aRudn In the
lovers Hand Of Italy, what wonderland
the wooing proceeded npnce, and that
the foundation OF one Of the mcSt
beautiful married Lives in history was
laid?
No man ever had a mere romantic
woo!ng than Richard lIrinsley Shtrl-
dan when he determined to make Mss
Iyinley. the beautiful Nightingale 'ot
Bath" his wife. She counted hersutl-
orS by the score, but Sherdnn'sroman.
tic devotion. wen her heart. lie die.
CURSED himself as coachman mere
ly to have the pleasure OF Gnving
her; he escorted her to q French nun.
merry to rescue her from the precau.
Hlons of an odioud wcoeT, with whom
he fought two duels on her behalf
And this YVES but q type Of the chlval-
rous adventures which ultimately en-
abled him to head her lilo the adler
In April, l773,
His second woolng was just as pep.
sletent. When Sheridan first met the
beautiful daughter of the Dean on
Winchester he was middle+aged man,
and anything but personally foscinat-
ing. MIST 0gle could net bear the
sight OF him, andcallcd him "0n odious
creature" and ridiculous fright"
but within a short time she was glad
togive her hand and heIart TO most
fascinating man i'm England, and a
husband Of whom any girl .might be
proud
IT was Mrs. Lewis rather than Dis.
raei who did the wooing. for she made
no conceaNment of her admiration fer
the rising Statesman, and pursued him
with attentions which I'm a younger
woman would have been indecent,
And vet the "dowdy widow" succeeded
where mere youth and beauty would
certainly have failed, for who re-
aiat the worship cf a woman? And
she succeeded by a hve long devotion
In winning her husbands heaTtas well
as his gratitude.