The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-28

house than the adJutant general of the
/ army, but it has been many moons
now since General Corbin crossed the
Patten threshold. Even now that the
reconciliation has taken place he does
not 90 to the house because of the op-
position of the other Patten girls TO
any. of the family marrying. and so
dividing up their millions.
The only one of the family that has
evers married was the oldest daughter
who some ten or twelve years since
married ex-Congressman Glover of St
Louis Her wedding dot WAS SIOu QUO
which Mr.. Glover found entirely in
adequate for his methods of living
and so upon the death of the mother
a rev years after his marriage he and
his vile sued Tor an equal share of the
mothers property, declaring that the
marriage dot was not to be regarded
In any sense as portion of the wire
snare This, of course, caused a ire
mendous family teud, and although
MIS- Glover has long since sued Tor
ana OBTAINED a divorce from her de-
cidedly expensive luxury of a husband
the other sisters have never spoken to
ner. The litigation was a long one and
notify contested on both sides, but the
courts finally ,decreed that the 800 900
was TO be regarded as forming part of
Mrs. Glovers legal share of her
mothers property
Ever since enaI time the Patten girls
nave looked with distaste upon the idea
Moreover the large fortune left bv the
mother has rolled itself over and over
many times since then, for the oldest.
MISS Mary Patten, has a keen business
dpiiity ana has proved most fortunate
IL .her Investments for the FAMILY So
the girls say they do not wish To sena
rate their millions, as would have tn
De oohe IN the event of any one of
lnehh marrying, consequently the Ut,rrl
opposition TO General Corbin
3 o. But. like fl.lle lover. Rx-l,,o hin
qeterred by trifiess when he found the
atmosphere OF the once plea SAINT home
no longer pleasant for him. he settiad
tne dllnculty by declaring 10 Miss Eaith
i,: alten mat whiie he did not mean TO
ulmlnlsh his devotion 10 her, he would
no longer go to c.. upon her Chat 5.
ne would not go into the house. brf
every fine afternoon he drove up wi, h
ms beautiful sorrel team and waited
outside until she appeared to join nun
in a drive.
Then came the eventful afternoon
Just before society scattered for the
summer when General Corbfn made
the rounds OF fashions leaders and
asked them to go for a drive from 4
10 O'Clock on a certain Friday after
noon on the Rotten Row of Washing
ton, the driveway back of the White
House grounds. Every one OF imDort-
ance was there, and when the driving
70 the music of the military band from
Fort Mayer. was at it's height down
dashed General Corbin holding the
reins over the sorreIs, With Miss Edith
Patten, all in white, by his side. So
clety, thoroughly cognizant Of the state
OF affairs at the Patten household. took
TINS, of course, to mean an open ac-
acknowledgement of an engagement, and
so congratulations were shoWered in
on all sides
Nothing more definite happened in
the generals wooing until early in the
winter, when General Corbin suddenly
left for several days stay in New
York. Then it was whispered far md
wide that Miss Patten had at last def
nitely made up her mind to acquiesce
IN the wishes of her sisters and so
had given General Corbin his congo
Thick and fast upon this announce
ment came the rumor that the general
instead of playing the role of forlorn
lover, was paying devoted attention to
Miss Helen Gould, whose acquaintance
he had made during the Spa nish-Amer-
lean war. A. that time Miss Gould had
frequent occasion to write to the war
department for information concerning
soldiers in whose cause she periodically
spent her wealth. These letters de-
volved upon General Corbin to answer.
Then the two met at Montauk Point,
and ever since that time a correspond
ence has been kept up All this Miss
Patten knew, and whether or not it
had any effect in bringing about the
present reconciliation, nobody really
knows, but society seems to think that
this has been the case.
Time was when the Patten girls first
came to Washington that they were not
the social factors that they have since
become, but there was never any
question about their wealth When they
came here in the first Cleveland ad-
Tninistration they were fresh from
Europe, where. for several years both
mother and daughters had spent the
time diligently studying the languages
and fitting themselves to enter the
fashionable world, of which UP to that
time they had decidedly not been a
part. Their social sponsor in Wash
sngton was Mrs Stewart. wife of the
Nevada Senator. who had known Mr.
and Mrs. Patten in the early days in
California.
Miss Edith Patten is decidedly re
best looking of the five sisters. She is,
in fact, quite handsome, tall, with fine
figure, and has learned the art of dress
ing we'll, is bright and entertaining.
Her face is strongly on the lines of the
De Medici women-oval, with full lidded
dark blue eyes and distinctly marked
dark eyebrows. She has an abundance
of black hair and a rather aquiline
nOse.s She carries herself with the air
of one who is quite at ease with the
world and satisfied with the goods that
have fallen to her share.
The Pattens are accounted among the
happiest entertainers now in Washing
ton society. and where the line was at
times in former years rather uncom-
fOrtably drawn upon them, they are
able now to return the compliment with
ease and promptitude. They possess
the faculty of getting together at their
perfectly appointed luncheons and din
ners just the people best calculated to
draw out each other to advantage. And
because of their linguistic talents they
have always been faVorites with the
diplomatic corps. Indeed, Roustan, the {
former French minister, was for years
devotion itself to the oldest Miss Pat ]
ten, and finally went away from Wash I
ington much cut up and disappointed /
because she would not marry him.
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