The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
(Philadelphia North American,N

philadelphia North American.)
1T some altogether desirable mar
were to come along, guaranteed heart
whole and fancy free. with ne prcvt.
Gus attachments against his affections
that might interfere with a new one,
widows who might be sufficiently in.
terested to look him over.
Now. that's about rs far as any legi-
innate statement of the case can
properly go. Perhaps that altogether
desirable candidate might win one OF
those widows; perhaps he mightn't;
for the millionaire widow is the very
woman who. from her experience Of
life. reaches the conclusion that II
may try all It pleases to put her on
the matrimonial bargain counter. hut
she is going to dodge as long as she
IS able.
The real reluctance to these ladies tc
we'd again seems to be due to II gener.
them all the moro desirable. They all
appear to retain, with the acquisition
OF their millions. that peculiarly FEM
mime attribute of financial common
sense which prevents women from
being spendthrifts. Unless their mar.
riage has saddlcd them with Il Roni
dc Castellane and they r so COM
pletcly enamorcd as Anna Gould. they
all display a notable faculty for keep.
ing what they have which is neither
avarice mol penuriousness. but merely
practical self-dcfensc.
II girl making her debut into
papa's wealth is only o liable to be
dazzled by ~impecunious nobility. But
her mother. widowed and inheritinG
the family fortune. is prone to regard
1t a sort OF sacred trust. That is WIN
only the man who is altogether de.
sirable has anything like a chance ia
remove the mourning veil that GOV.
ers her.
Everybody thought that the beauti-
ful and young Mrs. William b. Leeds,
WIDOW OF the tin plate magnate. al
whose death she inherited the bulk of
lbs estate. would take TO matrimony
again like a duck to water. Captain
faget. son OF General Sir Arthur
Paget. Lord Alexander Thyme, sew
crat other Englishmen and various
distinguished members of Europe's
nobility all thought so. too. She Went
10 england cut a swath in society and
gave every indication Of being, il not
eager. at least willing to accept the
sutton who could offer her social ad-
Vahtases commensurate with her mill
mons. About every week or so the
cables a a new candidate for the
honor OF marrying the tin plate wi
dow. until last fall. when she gently
explained that she really thought the
good old United States would be the
lest place in which to rear her boy to
be a useful citizen and remove her
self as far as possible from the bar
gain counter.
The first Mrs. Leeds. whom she sur
planted In the tin plate magnate's
fancy, has a million Of her own-the
price at which she consented to re-
lease the husband whose affection for
her had been weaned by the sight of
another pretty face. No unworthy
rival of the manH-millioned second
Mrs. Leeds vas the first, whatever Mr..
Leeds taste in wives was. When the
pair OF them ran afoul Of each other
at Palm Beach, the original Mrs.
Leeds in complacent grass widowhood
inc the second in the glory of her
triumph. the first one turned loose
gown after gown until her successful
rival had to call on Mr.. Leeds for
carte blanche in ordering dresses
enough to serve as first aid to her in
jured feelings. The dresses came. and
Mrs. Leeds No. / was outplayed In
the eyes OF the amused throng OF FASH