Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-03
= THE SPINSTERS
And the Bachelor Girls of the
Pension Bureau
AND The OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Will Read This Article Gotten Up for Their
Especial Benefit, and Which viii Encourage
Them 10 Hope On and May Be Some Titled
Lord or Millionaire VIII GObbe One OF EN-.

When a man is in love he seldom
stops to consider whether or not the
Mrs Grundys of his set will approve
of mis- selection or not. If the woman
is willing he straightway hies him
to a minister or a magistrate and the
twain are made one. Men have been
acting that way almost from time inn
memorial. For instance there was
William Cobbett the great writer and
the 'liberator Of the English press"
as he is frequently called. He was
only 21 years Of age Nhen, walking
out in the streets Of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, one morning, he CHANGED to
see a buXom servant girl busily en-
gageu in washing the family linen.
The girl, though only 13 years of age,
was pretty, so Cobbett spoke to her,
learned her name and the same even
ing called upon her parents and said
he would like to marry their daughter.
This is probably the origin of the eX.
preston, This is so sudden which
blushing maidens have made use Of
ever since. The parents Of the girl
informed the young man that they had
no objection to him as a sonin-law,
but that he would have to wait until
their daughter was Of marriageable
age. Accordingly Cobbett gave the
girl all the money he had, which
amounted to 800, and she went to Eng
land and became a domestic in the fam.
lily Of a clergyman. Five years later
Cobbett returned to England and mar
ried her.
Sir Henry Parkes, premier Of New
South Wales is another example. One
night when dining at a friends house,
ne was struck by the appearance Of a
servant girl who waited upon the table
and persuaded his host to allow her
to enter his employ. This she did.
and for a short time held the position
Of cook in Sir Henry's household.
Then his love for her overcame all
conventionalities and he made her
Lady Parkes.
oAA hNA NeAloH 1lAlNOus whose history
Of Jamaica is one of the finest books
Of its kind in existence, married no
less than seven times, and each time
| selected his lady from among his DOM
! estic servants. The seventh Lady
Clifton, outlived her lord, but the other
six he buried in a family mausoleum
which cost S25OOOO.
Thomas Day, the author Of the fam
GUS book, Sanford and Merton" select
ed two girls, one from a poorhouse and
one from a foundling asylum as domes-
tics. He proposed to both of them in
turn. One rejected his suit. The other
promised to marry him, but subse-
quently withdrew her promise on ac.
count Of his eccentricities. Day how
ever admired the girls courage and
settled a dowry Of $2,5O0 upon her, at
the same time decided to remain a
bachelor.
But more illustrious than all these
examples is that Of Peter tle Great.
One day the founder Of the Russian
empire the great and terrible Peter,
was dining at the house Of Prince
MenshiRoff He noticed one Of the
! serving maids particularly, and,
though she was not handsome, she
caught the fancy of Peter Her name,
the prince told the car was Martha.
She had been servant in the house
of Lutheran minister Of Marienburg,
and when that city was captured by
the troops Of Russia, she had been
taken prisoner by General Bauer, who
had passed her over to the prince,
whose serf she was. The count po-
litely made a present OF her to the car,
who eventually married her renamed
her Catharlne. and she reigned after
him as Catherine I, empress Of all the
, Russias,