The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
LOVE IN THE KITCHEN.
Some Great Men Who Have Married
Servant urls

a young man in society who caused
his family great pain and anger the
| other day by marrying his servant girl
can plead the example of many cele-
brated men as an eXtenuation or iusti-
fication of his art, says an English eX-
change.
There was William Goblet, the great
writer and the 'liberator of the Eng
lish press, as he is frequently called.
He was only y years of age when,
walking out in the streets of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, one morning, he chanced
to see a buXom servant girl busily en-
gagged in washing the family linen. The
girl, though only 10 years of age, was
pretty, so Goblet spoke to her, learned
her name, and the same evening called
upon her parents and said he would
like to marry their daughter. This is
probably the origin of the expression,
This is so student" 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 son-in-law, but that he
would have to wait until their daughter
was of a manageable age. Accord
ingly, Goblet gave the girl all the
money he had, which amounted to 500,
and she went to England and became a
servant in the family of a clergyman.
Five years later Goblet returned 20
England and married her.
The late Sir Henry Parkes. premier
of New South Wales, is another exam
pie. One night, when dining at
friends house, he was struck by the
appearance of d servant girl who wait
ed at 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 HenTy's house
hold. Then his love for her overcame
all conventionalities and he made her
Lady Parkes.
Sir GerYaise Clifton, whose history of
Jamaica is one of the finest books of
its kind in existence, married no fewer
than seven times, and each time select-
ed his lady from among his domestic
servants. The seventh Lady Clifton out
lived her lord, but the other six he
buried in a family mausoleum which
cost $250,000.
Thomas Day, the author of the IA
nous book, Stamford and Merton" Sc
lected two girls, one from a poor house
and one from a founding asylum, and
took them into his house as servants.
He proposed to both of them in turn.
One rejected his suit. The other prom
promise on account of his eccentrici-
ties. Day, however, admired the girls
courage and settled dowry of S25, 900
upon her. at the same time deciding to
remain a bachelor.
But more illustrious than all these
examples is that of Peter the Great.
one day the founder of the Russian
empire, the great and terrible Peter,
was dining al the house of Prince Men
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 a
servant in the house of Lutheran min
lister 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 politely made a present of |
her to the car, who eventually mar
ried her, renamed her Catherine. and |
she reigned after him as Catherine |, !
of all the Russias.