The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

was always awry and his black string
tie rested comfortably under his left
ear. On the street his old, stained
SLOUGH hat always attracted attention
He bought a fine house at Eighteenth
and K streets, now occupied by Sena-
tor Fairbanks, of Indiana, and which
now belongs to Miss Van Wyck. In
1894, while changes were being made
in this home, Gen. Van Wyck con-
ceived the idea of moving into the
Church of the Holy Cross, in Dupont
Circle, which he owned. 1t was high
Episcopal church and the congregation
had fallen into financial difficulties.
Gen. Van Wyck bought it and permit
ted the congregation to occupy it for
several years. Then it gave up the
struggle.
The auditorium was divided off into
drawing room, dining room and bed
rooms and the vestry was turned into
kitchen. 1t was handsomely adorned,
in keeping with the architecture, and
occasionally home concerts were given
on the church organ.
Gen. Van Wyck enjoyed his residence
! in the church immensely. He delight
ed in sitting in the front yard in his
shirt sleeves, smoking corncob pipe.
| After he failed of reelection to the
| United States senate he made his home
/ in Washington the greater part of the
! time. His daughter was his pride and
! joy. Three of his children had died
and he INDUCED her in everything.
She frequently accompanied. him in the
old blackboard in which he was accus-
toned to drive about Washington.
Gen. Van Wyck died in 1895. Mrs.
| Van Wyck was an invalid, and her
daughter has been chaperoned by many
famous women, Mrs. Dolph, widow of
Senator Dolph, of Oregon, acting most
| frequently in that capacity.
en- n MI
! Wyck was born on New Years day.
Her eccentric father named her Hap
Ply New Year" and she was so christ
ened. When she grew up she rebelled
! against the name and called herself
Theodore, but the childish name has
chung to her.
Daughter Odd, Too.
/ Miss Van Wyck has displayed some
| eccentricities from time to time. For
three seasons she has been at Atlantic
| City, always under the care of an eId-
| erly chaperon. During one of these
seasons she became widely known as
| the girl with the green stockings
owing to her preference for hosiery Of
| that color when she appeared on the
board walk.
She is really a very beautiful girl.
with a profusion of red hair, which
makes her conspicuous no matter how
| quietly she is gowned. Her mother
died last summer, leaving Miss Van
| Wyck in absolute control of her large
fortune, which is said to yield an in
come of nearly 100000 a year. She
has observed mourning closely, and
| TINS was one of the reasons given by
her friends for conserving to an infor-
+, NAL marriage ceremony.
Frank Mitchell is reasonably we'll
known in Washington. He comes of an
old and prominent Southern family.
and is a particularly nice young man
| who is rather sought after in Wash
| ington society, where dancing r1cn are
too few. He is clerk in the Office of
| the Southern railway at salary of
| $50 a month. The Southern railway
employs hundreds of young men of fine
family and no fortune at all save what
| they can make, and many of them
are recognized in Washington society.
| Several have made excellent marriages.
but there is no one who knows Mr..
| Mitchell who will not Indignantly rcpel
| the suggestion that he is a fortnne-
hunter. Indeed, sympathy Is rather
| with him.
When Miss Van Wyck returned to
! washington in the early part of last
| winter she took apartments at the Nor
mandle with her aunt, Mrs. HI. c.. Mott.
VINO acts as her cna1eron. Some of
her baggage went astray and in her
searching for it she met Ar. Mitchell.
/ He was so courteous and attentive
that she came to like him, and on his
part he succumbed to Miss Van Weeks
charms almost at once.
A Quiet Wedding.
Their wooing did not attract any par-
lucular attention. Miss Van Wyck new