The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-02
MRS. CARNEGIE AT HOME.
The LittIe-KnOwn Wife of a Well
Known Man.

London Mail.
Though all the world has heard a great
deal of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, whose income
is said to average s5.4S0 a day, and who
gave 100000 to Scottish universities i'm
pursuance of his scheme of distributing
1900 before he dies, singularly little is
known of Mrs Carnegie.
Like the mut-millionaire-ph ianthropist
Mrs. Carnegie does not court the attention
of the personal paragraphist' and shud-
ders, 1t Is said, at the mention OF the word
interviewer. She prefers to be. regarded
simply as the mistress of Skibo Castle
rather than as person of public interest
This reluctance to thrust herself forward is
honor of being her guest Charming, viva
clouS, clever and a model hostess, she
seems to studiously avoid saying or doing
anything which the visitor may esteem of
sufficient Importance to repeat TO the out
side world. Wherefore the society column
is seldom enriched by a paragraph about
Mrs. Carnegie.
One story however may be told ilustrat-
i've of the devotion in which he man of
countless millions holds his viii A pretty
little custom which Mrs Carnegie adopts at
her dinner parties is to put into a small silk
bag slips of paper bearing the names of all
the ladies present. Then, Just before dinner
is announced. she carries the bag around TO
all the male guests and each dips for his
partner at table.
One evening Mr. Carnegie drew his
wife. His boyish delight was immense.
HOLDING the slip OF paper so that all the
company could see the name inscribed
thereon, he playfully invited the men to
make bids for 1T and the honor OF taking
down" Mrs. Carnegie Presently he grew
serious. The offer is withdrawn" he said.
My luck is too precious" II was also
at one of these pleasant little gatherings
that the conversation turned upon the de-
STABILITY or otherwise of an Anglo-Amer-
lean alliance. Mrs Carnegie raised the
question of what would be the most suit
able flower a bi-national emblem.
L would suggest the dandelion, prompt
~ replied Mr.. Carnegie. Dandy would
stand for the cute Yankee business man.
and the rest of the word for the British
lion; such blossom ought to rule the
but whether she agrees with remark her
husband made on her art is not known "A
great thing this instantaneous photog-
raphy," said the laird of Skibo-"one has
Carnegie is twenty years younger than
her husband. He did not marry until
late in life and after the death of his
mother, to whom he was greatly attached.
There is daughter, a winsome little miss
In whose name Skibo was purchased.
The "star-spangled Scotchman," as the
Americans like to call him, is having
huge mansion rebuilt near Central Park,
New York. The kitchen arrangements are
receiving the special attention Of Mrs
Carnegie. The kitchen. it is said. will be
the most perfect ever built. Some idea of
the size of this part of the palace will be
gathered from the fact that the coal-bin
holds no less than 200 tons of coal, which
Is carried to the furnace by means of a
miniature railway. Mrs. Carnegie. who is
an excellent manager" will superintend
quite a small family of servants.
Mrs. Carnegie is an enthusiastic golfer,
and has herself designed a golf box which
is being built in Westchester county Ii is
said that while she and her husband were
strolling in the district picking the berries
Mrs. Carnegie was struck with the wild
beauty of the place and its proximity TO a
famous links. She thereupOn purchased five
acres of the land, and here next summer
Will entertain distinguished disciples of the
royal game.