Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-30
OFTEN Wo0ED BUT NEVER won
Wealthy Women in Whose Life
Love Plays Small Part.
Anne Morgan. Rosalie Jones, Carol Har.
riman and Lota Robinson Have
StcndfastIy Ignored Pleas Of
Ardent Suitors.


but much Of it was lost and now is slow
Nv W,ccumbing to time and tide, fathons
deep. But there is far more romance in
the riches TINT wait tho man who wins
the heart OF an heiress. Still. no matter
who has tried no man has yet been able
TO stir from spnsterhood four talented
women who either have or will have enor-
nous fortunes.
Love has played a small part in the
life of Ammo Morgan: Rosaiie Jones has
been too busy with her suffrage work t.
notice men: Carol Hartman has been
sought but unmoved. while Lota Robin
son. tho southern beauty. has. untempt-
ed, laughed off her pursuers
OF the four It Is most likely that Miss
Robinson has heard tho most proposals.
Her engagement has been rumored time
and again. Frank 4. Munsey, the pub
Usher, wooed her persistenty. strenuous
~. for Il years, and at last society said
he had Won her. Miss Robinson, however.
had not consented. for the wedding never
took place
When he was IS and she 2, they met.
and the confirmed bachelor as every
one called him. began wildly to make
love to her. She was the belle Of Balt
more an hciress. and the young men Of
society everywhere crowded about
She went abroad Munsey dropped his
work and followed her. From Europe she
went to China Munsey also desired to
see the Celestial city. Back to Europe
she went and Munsey was tired of the
Orient. She returned to America: Munsey
was on the boat. Always he was insistent
and determined. She was obdurate. She
fled to Europe again. Gritting his teeth,
the publisher went along
SOCIETY THOUGHT HE HAD WON.
Back and forth they went No amount
of refusing daunted him. Then. In the
late summer OF 1911. It was rumored that
he had won Society believed it. but as
time went on their belief wavered and to-
day Miss Robinson is still unwed
The economically inclined have always
hoped for her marriage. Her four sis
tiers were also beautiful and prominent
in society. Her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ Robinson were very prominent
people. One OF her sisters married Ed
ward Crozier of Philadelphia. Socially
intrenched. as we'll as financially affluent,
I she presented one OF the greatest catches
of all seasons. even waving aside the at
fractions Of her beauty and accomplish
ments. A high government official had
his brief period Of celebration. but still
Miss Robinson was unpledged She went
ahead entertaining lavshly. verifying her
| strenuous social seasons with charitable
| work. imperviOus to the swarm OF woocrs.
Anne Morgan, business woman. philan-
thropist and teacher OF the poor Is
heiress to much OF the wealth which her
Napoleonic father left. The fortune Of J..
Picrpont Morgan was enormous Miss
Morgan was Of attra ctive personality; she
was kind. she had the friendship OF those
in her exclusive social set.
People liked her for her own indvidu-
aity. Men fell in love with her from
afar. but few dared make any advances.
There was something in her determined
aloofness to eligible young men which
discouraged them. 1t was rumored at
one time that one OF them did become
her intimate friend. but that she could
not bring herself TO love him; so he, too,
fell back, dsconsoate.
Her life (she is now around 10 years of
age) has been bristling with activity.
Yachting. hunting big game managing
her charitable enterprises. she has been
| forbidding to suitors. So full of purpose
so cold toward social campaigns and a life
of frivolity, men have instinctively fear
ed to throw themselves at her feet.
II men are interested in her enterprises
among working girls. if they are curious
about her labors as a teacher In the slums
she will talk to them and be as kind and
spontaneous as any of her sex; but as
for their company and society as men,
she turns back TO her desk
A strange combination OF talents anf
linclnations she presents. Witty. gifted II
music. athletic, spirited. she flies fror
matrimonially disposed men of all ages
and descriptions Her millions are hel
own and she doesn't intend to have then
eyed in the light of prize.
-Four children Of Mrs. oliver l.. Jone.
will divide the s6,OM0O which the prop
erty holder left at his death. At presen
It is In the hands Of the widow, but wher
She dies it will be divided. with its acruin,
value, among the children, two Of whom
are unmarried women.
The elder OF the two II Rosaiie Jones
. Familiarity known to the American pub
lie as General" Rosalie. OF br1llian
and compelling personality. Miss Jone
has never been engaged TO he married
The inevitable suitors came, were seel
and were conquered; they did not linger
despite the Generals" undoubted at
fractions OF position and person.
LITTLE T1MD FOR wOOING.
In fact, they had little time in whic
20 do their wooing. The sought -afte
lady was too busy. First she had he
0 suffrage work to do. There was he
i, army. She was weeks in recruiting j
for the proposed march upon Albany
Then, when II was modified, she mus
lead It in person. Throughout the tim
. of the historic drive on the New Yor
n State capital. and ever since that even,
, she has been still too much occupied 1
political and industrial affairs to con
slider matrimony.
Between her suffrage campaigns sh
has been working in New York auto
mobile garage, In greasy apron and cal
q, monkey wrench in hand. She is carry
ing out her ideas concerning the equa
y, ity OF woman in the field OF labor, an
:, scorns society and it's unproductive hal
it's. The million and more which
coming to her, the place In society whic
y she might hold. neither charm nor comp'
>, her.
One of the very greatest Of heiresse
lis Miss Carol Hartman, Her legacy
so large that It is unestimated. The raj
=. road king left millions to his family I'll
- second daughter. Cornelia, was marie
~ shortly after her debut to Robert Livinl
q ston Gerry. son OF Commodore Eldridge :
20 Gerry OF New York. That was seve
!, years ago.