Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-09-30
WOMAN WILL SOME
DAY OWN MILLIONS
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, the
Least Known of the Worlds
Wealthy Women.

MRS, Andrew II Is considerably
younger than her husband, IN 1t Is
but natural to suppose that in the or
binary course Of events she will out
live him many years. Moreover, 1t will
be years before little Miss Carnegie,
the only child, becomes OF age, so that
Mrs. Carnegie will, upon the death OF
her husband, become, in effect, II not in
reality, the custodian Of her daughters
fortune as well as her own.
That Mrs. Carnegie is the least known
American m~illionatreSs and the most
retiring Of the wives Of the republics
most conspicuous citizens Is due en-
tirely to her own wish and inclination.
She has been importuned time and
again In every possible manner to en-
ter fashionable social life, feminine
club activities and other spheres
which engross the attention OF her sex,
but always h has given the same de-
cision--that n prefers TO make her
home and her family the center OF her
interests. But II must not be supposed
from this that Mrs. Carnegie is in my
sense narrow In her activities, her SYM
pathies or her appreciation of all the
things that go to make life worth ltv-
ing.
She has taken the most active inter
est in all her husbands public projects,
and many Of them. as carried out, rep
resent her ideas quite as much as those
which originated with the famous steel
maker. Moreover, she has Travelled
most extensively, accompanying her
husband on almost all his innumerable
Journeys, and every person who meets
Mrs. Carnegie Is quick to realize her
cleverness and the fact that she has
a sense Of humor as keen as II not
keener han her canny husbands.
AH~n l. L. N~-y Ia hA-
62nd year, is a native OF New York
city, which has always been home" to
her, although she has acquired much
affection for her husbands native town
Of Dunfermline, Scotland. AS Louise
Whitfield, the daughter OF q prosperous
merchant, she grew up In the metrop-
oils, and quaint old Gramercy park,
close by her home, was her playground.
The Carnegie and Whitfield families
were old friends n the merchants
daughter and Andrew Carnegie were
good friends for years ere any thought
Of q tenderer relationship seems TO
have entered the head Of either. The
romance that eliminated in their mar
riage began in 1879, when Andrew Car
negie returned from @ trip around the
world and found his girl friend trans
formed. in a comparatively brief space
OF time, into a most attractive woman,
with just the right commingling Of
heart instincts and intellectually to
appeal TO a man with the tastes and
temperament Of the human dynamo
from P~ittsburg.
However, it was not until eight years
later, n following the death of the
~ironmaster's mother, that the two were
united in marriage. Miss Whitfield was
80 years OF at the time and the
groom was so a old. Tne wedding
was a very simple one n conducted
so quietly that it was a thing Of the
past ere even the relatives Of the ia
nous manufacturer learned of the
event. The honeymoon was spent on
he Isle Of Wight, and then the cou-
pie went to Scotland, where they leased
q castle, which they occupied for some
10 years, or until Mr.. Carnegie, in 1897,
purchased his now famous Sklbo es-
tate and removed with his wife and
baby daughter, Margaret, to the pic
turesque castle, where it has ever since
been their a to spend the interval
from May to November of every year.
Among her intimates Mrs. Carnegie
has the reputation of being an ideal
mother. Notwithstanding the demands
upon her time by many house quests,
a voluminous (much OF 1t uninvited)
correspondence II elaborate house-
keeping arrangements which she per-
EOnally superViSeS, 1t is seldom that
Mrs. Carnegie finds IT necessary to di-
gress from her rule to give over the
morning hours Of each day to her
daughter Margaret, reading and talking
with her, playing games, and, If oppor-
tunity offers, riding, driving or walk
ing in the open. Mrs. Carnegie, like
her husband, is an enthusiastic dis
Ciple Of the outdoor life and a love for
this healthful sort Of existence is being
fostCred in the only child Of the Car
negies.
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door life she does not go In for siren
uous athletics and she has no fads, I'M
less a passionate love for music can
be considered one. She q a strong
preference for the music Of the pipe
organ and II was she who has beer the
inspiration Of Andrew Carnegie's nu-
merous n much appreciated gifts OF
pipe organs to churches on both sides
OF the Atlantic. In not a few instances
Mrs. Carnegie a herself paid the sal
airy Of a good organist In order that
the people Of a poor congregation
might derive the fullest benefits from
an organ Installed by her husband--or
through his aid-for Andrew Carnegie,
following the usual custom, prefers to
contribute from one-half to four-ifths
the cost OF the instrument rather than
TO donate 1t outright.
Mrs. C~arnegie's simplicity OF taste
extends to dress, though 1t may be
added that this simplicity is Of that
diflcult-to-attain variety which in
wolves the use OF the richest materials,
the most perfect harmony Of colors and
the most artistic ensemble effect. Mrs.
Carnegie has her own personal char
tiles quite apart from those to which
her husband gives so much Of his time,
and on several occasions, In connection
with her helpful work on behalf Of the
thousands Of tenants Of the Skibo es-
tate. this naturally reserved and re-
firing Lady Bountiful has actually
been induced TO make an impromptu
public address.