Evening star., 1901-03-19
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cial functions which, the young lady at
tended. and, In fact,5 showed true knight
errantry in his devotions.
or course, It was by mere chance that
on the Gay OF the departure OF Mrs. and
Miss Agan from Washington that Mr.. AL
drfch discovered a pressing business en-
gagement in New YUfk. He slipped over
to Baltimore and boarded the train there.
He did not find the object of his search on
the train, however. but nothing dismayed,
telegraphed back t5 washington. By
means means OF the wire the determined suitor
interest was coming north and quietly
waiting until 1t came along he boarded it.
Just what was said as the express rushed
through New Jersey to New York will
never be known. but Mr.. Aldrich is a de-
termined man. He 'shwE the ladies to their
nome; he called Sunday; again on Mon
day, and the words he, uttered on Tuesday
evening were of such import that arrange
menus were at once made for the announce
ment OF the wedding to society. In fact.
the successful suitor, once started on his
quest, never left the enterprise, but in true,
breezy western style overcame all obsta-
cies-and no one says there We're any-to
the successful termination of the affair.
his suit Is set down yas record-breaker,
ana the wedding will take place in May or
June.
Mr.. Aldrich. besides having served two
terms IN Congress from the Hyde Park
district OF Chicago, is, the son Of a former
representative. He was successful in busi-
ness and politics in Chicago, and is now one
OF tne national bank receivers. He is a
widower.
DfscOntent Among Trainers.
Th1s is the season of discomfort among
trainers. The weather has been so bad dur
ing the past ten days that it has retarded
horses in their preparations for the carly
spring events. Each morning there is more
or less frost in the ground. The race tracks
are In no condition for fast work, and only
SLOW ga1lops can be ipdulged in. TO send
a morse along at fast clip would be dam
gerons: Ihey are in: no condition to be
hurried at this time of the year; then. too.
there is danger of slipping into hole and
breaking a leg. SO all in all, the horse
trainer has his troubles just now. Only
those owners who are going to Washington
clip, and even this speed is taking great
chance,' as trainer expressed it. Philip
J. Dwyer, president of the Brooklyn Jockey
Club, will have few but select horses on
the turf this season. When he sold out
last fall it was understood that he had
maze up his mind to retire the famous
red with blue SASH colors. This is not so.
Ihe horses he had proved such bitter dis
appointments to him that he thought it
best to get rid of them and start in fresh
with a new line Of goods. He has several
promising youngsters by his once great
horse Handspring, that will once more
orlns luster to his popular colors.
Heavy Mail From ireland.
st. Patrick's day mail has been heart
breaker for the post office people here.
More shamrocks have come from Ireland
this year, seemingly, than ever before. and
the office was fairly swamped with the
sprigs of green. From every county in
Ireland they came, and nearly every Irish
exile has been remembered by friends at
lpiEprcniefS
In the mail. as we'll as green neckties
There were also many boxes of small 81 cen
harps about four inches long Most of the
letters had small green ribbons pinned on
the shape of a harIsa covered with green
satin, and on one, corner on the outside
was pinned bunch Of shamrock. The
mail from Ireland filled $500 big sacks