The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
SOME COURJSHfPS.
First Meetings Of weil-Known Men With
Their Future wives.

Marriage has always been one OF the world y
greatest themes The great thing, a wise philoso.
pher said. Is 10 get the right gin. There Is no
stcreotyp,d way Of getting her just az men
have found different ways Of proposing, 50 there
have been endless ways In which men have met
their iates.
Horace Greeley and Mary Young Cheney were
married the first day they met They had CORE
| spondel for some time, n common friend who
WAS something Of a matchmaker, having brought
this about She WIS all his fancy painted her
but she was much disappointed in his appearance
80 much so that when he appeared before her
having proposed and been accepted by letter, she
frankly told him that, although she married him,
she was not in love with him Their married life
was long and happy. and the loss Of his wife was
u blow which Greeley did not long survive.
The second time that Bismarck mot Fraulein
johanna Puttkammer he kissed her in the pres
ence of a number Of guests. The immediate
| effect Of this behavior was the prompt announce"
| ment Of the be,rothal, which was soon followed by
the marriage. Fraulein Puttkammer was a
bridesmaid for Il friend the first time bismarck saw
her These two young people, as Rosa!ind says,
mo sooner met thar they looked, no sooner looked
than they loved"
The first marriage Of jefferson Davis was Of a
romantic character. Falling desperately in love
with Sallie Taylor, daughter Of Col. Zachary
Taylor, who did not approve OF the attachment,
the young people took matters in their own hands
and elup'd Sixteen years passed before odd
Zach" would speak to his sOn in law, and then II
WAS because he and his regiment had covered
Themselves with glOry at the battle II BurnA ' lSia
The first tim" Mary Todd met Lincoln she sad
H. her SISTER, That man Will b" President ON"
of these days. IL" will make "A husband T. b"
proud Il" About that tine I.Inculns chances
ui becoming rrnsIdrat seemed nS remote a. pos
Slbl', and MhTy's sister laugh ii the idea e. scurn.
\ icN mouth, attraarl Mary Todd was mar
RED to Ugly Ab', and m fourteen wears the pre-
dlCtiuu wa- fulfilled. .Ns a child the future Mrs
the wife II a P%rslIcn, Of the T'ni,'d stats,
Nnn li"nIy n; sMniey' lhs rSTpiorrF rd IT %%t
persist nifty rniuSrd t. consent - her daughter
marrying. Dolly Is all that have left and |
cannot stall not pftl with h,L,, Bn,l1en'%a'
daughter ir my wife Stanl'y said, give her
t. M and do you at tn" same timp become my
muthrr father brother, and sister Ahe Is
yours, replied mamma, and So am l.. mat
in brief. Is the story II Sankey's wUOing ana MI.
Tenant Is ms aS irrepatably and lndISSo!nb'y
rs her daughter is, and Mr. Stanley i sad T. D.
a model husband and a traCtabir son -
1t was through his novel, The Scalp Hunters
that Capt. Mayne Reid won a BRIDE. lie VAS
30 years M When h" mt a dam,"l 81 thirteen;
with whom h. at once tell In love. Tn" child
| took no motto, = him, but he save her Ia" story
I, r'al rs riIrcuy" a manner ol c'ur,l1g III TINS
nineteenth century aS ever was Otn'llo : IN an
earlier one. Two years Later III" young laIy
was at n public N 'ttiug whar' capt, Read spoke
on behalf Of the Polish refuge ~, An electric
! thull seemed = pass through me rs he enter re
the room, she said att"rwari, AMI when tn meet
1 ing was over she went up = speak t. MIN. !
! leave for London on the ne Vt traln, he said, hur
| ricily. Please send me- your addresses.
Il DO not know where, she replied with som"
Embarrassment lie Instantly banded ont hl~
card and was gone \ iutmal little note followed
dear capt Reid, as you ASKED me- t. send you
my address, | do So By return ol post came
the answer only say that you love me and
viii be- with you at once. aud then III" reply !
think | de- love You
Being told by n friend that Miss : eyes
possessed the property 81 double r'lracilun. ~
| j,r,rgr \iry, the ASTRONOMER, exclaimed l"di
me. hat is very odd, ! should ike tp see that
| Do you think | might venture 10 call" .Ao he
was treasured ON this point, Lee took heart ul
grace and called, In the course of conversation
h. asked permission 60 examine ia" young lady
f pS@ltd II in the" tie Interests n"T Of l(Icncd. Tie problem
grow 81 enthralling thar No at length resolved
To make IT a life study and finally p!ucNed NJ
enough courage 10 prupoS~ lie was accepted
and this strange NouIng lid the foundation ul
many wears Il happy married HE.