Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-06
A PETTED HERES.
The Romance of James Hayden
Spoiled Daughter.

Mrs. tArz Anderson. in Coller.s.. -..
The rich men of today, the men in our
Wall street, the clever gamblers In
stocks, with millions of dollars passing
through their hands daily are a product
OF new civilization. and are rather diff
ferent from the rich men of yesterday.
Joseph Hayden was one of these. He
was fairly good looking, with deep gray
eyes. active, rather nervous, and with
lines of care. A wish for notoriety and
love Of excitement grew upon him with
that kind of life, and an intolerance
came with his power, but there was a
certain daring about him which was at
tractive. His conversation was largely
of money with men, but he was also
rather fond Of pretty women. and his
wit was quick and full Of fun. In his
home. however, you could only think Of
him as big man, and you had an ad-
miration for him. INSCRIPTIONS he may
have been, but he lavished money on his
wife and child. and his houses on 9Th
avenue and at Newport were filled with
beautiful works IF art. He was most
hospitable and GENEROUS beyond all rea-
son to his friends and to charities, and
many kind things were done for. poor
people that no one heard about.
The strain Of money making by these
down comparatively young, and died sud
denly of heart trouble. There was ex-
element and trouble over his will. Some
said there was little money found: others
said a peculiar will had been left WHICH
was liable to lead to a law suit. that
relatives were fighting for the money and
saying harsh things. The art treasures
were left to museum The curators. OF
this museum, however, complained that
the donor was. ill-advised in his cOllec-
Inn 1,f rnl1 :,
the Murillo proved to be long-lost pic
ture cut from large canvas and stolen
years before from a Spanish cathedral.
There was not much room In the mu.
scum, and they decided that they could
not accept the bequest Some money was
left to his church, but some righteous
persons objected: they never liked his
methods Of money making; bad money
must not be used for good purposes, they
said. But they took 1t. nevertheless
Joseph Hayden was dead; perhaps he
never knew. -
Joseph Hayden's daughter Eleanor grew
up to be a spoiled and petted hefress.
She was the only child. and she had every
thing In the world she wanted. When
she was reprimanded she would say: Il
was born good, but l am spoiled now
AS she grew older she became very
pretty. and she knew it; she was tall and
slim. with golden hair and big brown
eyes. and her mother. dressed her with
TASTE Eleanor knew lndC@ some Qdy she
would be very rich indeed. She began to
have admirers at an early age, and as
she was developing q mind Of. her own
she grew rather difficult to manage. Her
mother became worried about her. "She
had better be married soon to suitable
person." she said, and began to look
about for the suitable person."
A Russian prince appeared upon the
scene. He was young, with good deal
of dash: he drove his automobile faster
than any one else; he played polo; he
made quite sensation at Newport. He
thought Eleanor would make a handsome
princess, and then she would bring him
a big dot: and he wanted to be still rich
err One day Eleanor's mother asked her
IL she would care to marry the prince.
Very young girls rather admire sporty
man. Eleanor thought it over. little an
concluded that it might be rather anus
ing, on the whole. to be princess. The
engagement was announced, and 1t was
the most wonderful wedding ever heard
Of They went to st. Petersburg. The
life was all SO strange and new, and she
was young. but the glamour soon wore
off for he did not treat her kindly. She
was angry and lonely. Before very long
she went to Paris and lived her own life.
had her own friends, held her own salons;
she was much admired--in fact. she be-
came the rage. But was she happy?