Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-20
As a Harum SCarunn Youth,
He Wooed and Won Mrs.,
WrigIey-Had No Fortune
Then

CHICAGO, Dec. 13-On a steam
| boat out of Philadelphia Al years
ago a harum-sc youth of 10
met a beautiful girl who was travel.
ing with her parents.
! The two struck up a friendship
which later ripened into love.
She must have liked his tempestu-
Gus ways. He must have wooed her
| ardently.
At any rate, they were married
within the year shortly after the
young husband turned 20.
That was when the bride lost her
identity as Miss AIDE e. Foote and
became Mrs. William Wrigley, Jr.
Today her husband is the chewing
gum magnate of the world and one
of the wealthiest men alive.
But when she married him almost
half a century ago he had little
more than a sterling character and
his future.
Worked for Father
The couple started keeping house
on the SO a week that young Wri2-
ley made driving a four-horse team
through the mountains of eastern
Pennsylvania selling soap for his
fathers factory,
OF course a dollar in those days
meant far more than it does now.
But every penny had to serve its
purpose.
And because the young wife
proved herself a capable manager
they somehow got by.
Today Wrigley, with all his mil
lions, is fond of telling how good
home seemed back in the good old
days.
He was always glad to get back to
it, he says. 1t was warm and clean
and there was good food on the table,
though there was not much of a
variety
But Wrigley did not remain long
behind his horses. Soap did not Of
fer the opportunity he sought.
With only $50 in his pocket he
launched out to see the world.
By the time that move was made
his family had increased.
A little daughter had arrived.
All three arrived in Chicago and
settled in modest quarters.
WllSlSy udu TIE NlSIOIls Ills NlLC
gave him the needed encouragement.
In his dream of conquest he won.
Today he spends millions yearly
for advertising alone. He owns a
ball team, an island paradise off the
California coast, beautiful homes
and is a director in countless en-
terprises, including banks, steam
boat lines, taxi companies and
mines.
Wrigley says he never has had
home troubles unloaded on him UNI
til he was fed and rested. His wife
says that her Billie was always
interested and always trying to be
helpful about the home.
He took an interest in her clothes
and hats. And this is to be noted.
| When he criticized an unfortunate
millinery purchase of hers, he al
ways accepted the challenge to help
select a new hat, says Mrs. Wrig-
| ley.
Island Home
The Catalina island home of the
Wrigley's is named ''Mountada."
Out there they call her Queen
of the Island"
They turn out the band and the
| pier whenever the king and queen
come home
That isn't the way she feels or
acts, however. 1t is a kindly lady
who steps off the boat wishing they
wouldn't make such a fuss.
Her tastes are simple. Her sym
pathy is tender. She feels deeply
| for those who are having the strug-
| ole that She came tbrO11ob
! "Mountada" overlooks Avalon bay
! in the Pacific from a hill that is
! terraced with the gorgeous blooms
of California.
There is a winding road and a
long flight Of steps that leads up
to the porch where Mrs. Wrigley
loves to sit with her inseparable bit
of needlework.
Sews Constantly
She always has that little sewing
bag with her. On fishing trips or
excursions about the island her
needle is constantly flying.
1t may be cushions for the boat or
draperies for the little community
church that she is making. Some
rimes it's linen for the hospital
which she built and save to the is
land city.
You see Mrs. Wrigley just can't
| stop working. She had TO work be
| fore her husband made his millions
and now the habit persists.
In addition TO the daughter,
Dorothy, who is married TO a Chi
cage patent attorney, Mrs. Wrigley
has son.
His name is Philip X. He is mar.
ried. And there are young grand
children in both families.
Philip is the original Wrigley'