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. ; TIE-: cnrccri'.'curoAy. joinu;Ai-: .roaTLAKD vx&xr .. r;; j. ;-lv i; mm w m. 77 V 'C7T) '77 r ? TTrs.Uiil Thome . , Feeling, tstoe-s ' 7f78. IS7 Groocs at . ' 3 CD I fifes AmyZodan, "Boston 3hop$lrt Who Tawec s Millionaire, : 2lisTft)xrpAy,UJoatcm Mxrtresr; whose Catce WonWlffanMiefly$2eat V EEKtrn A . "J K s-V La- Vu .x I , - 'A jjTiss Violet Oxtcetf, Trivatte f Sc6retrywho ttuvici the, I j, ar steamship Tiialte Vf- r, JXYis. John "2)urrjn&. who &nv2b&,n. Veer ess d !trf from, Battemea that Batter e 1 from Oroavsnor Squtr. , r . . - "Will" Thorns, who renreaentB tha Hanth WMtham ' . constituency, and U eereUxy of tho Gaiworkr" and uvhubi iwnn union, II Mpcili7 napyy 4 it wis homalife, , ltboub- lira. Thorn complain that bla dutlea kfjJ hint awny from faia family to much, "Will gt out at (.30 o'clock every morning: and dnea not coma back until 1 or I o'clock the next morn-, Inf." ah remarked recently. "On Sunday he la fen erally addresains meeting somewhere, o that w ae little enough of him aloe he ha been elected to Par liament" Tb Thorn occupy a email houa tn the East End of London, and to the cere of this and her children, &r. Thorn devote hrlf.- There are ten children In all. Some are grown and married, while the baby t Is atlll in its cradle. . ' V HERE is it roinz W - stot t" asked exciteir Boston mamas of the soctaVstf in indignant chorus re cently, when they learned that another millionaire representative of a blue blooded family was about to wed a working girl. J , Il ,r Within' the last few years Boston's aris tocratic Back Bay district has experienced a I flrl. MU Amy Xogan, pretty tenotniplin I They wer weaaea wo weea w Although tb bride 1 from a good tfaH r belng related to the late Oaneral John A. Logn tha fact that ha was a stenographer and I -earning ber own iivroa- w?n , :Sb U twenty -year oi ger Bna " ."C" V Both tha father and mother of Mr. Thome were ' L -t .L..L. L.'. rttnm hrt Rnt. brtckmnkera. and the father was killed when he was T V '" i -, - ; years old. Ha never went to fohool a day r H1LE John BurnsZWilV Crooks: , v ti i:- uiMHPl TL j.i.j Mra, Thorn Is very proud o V JVnrxinrtnc, rr n mnvi n wnie , ho has reached the honor of a. seat In Parliament. nthtr lahnr IrtAert in tht f- n1 ' perfectly willing to contribute her own. labor Oiner-iOtfVrieaaeriJn.inef'ng, unoaruihf-4nrde-to-maintain a comforlabla horn In his life, 'tni frit tht thnllt fit lintuetlCeted ff - but, through-porsisunt fforVh acquired a good d; .J""' - ' , , . V - " - ne Is very proud of ber stalwart husband. mance. 7ft A Prrlttml jirm tiiitm At Ht fmlttlfr r r. . for hlin. . , " ; 7 ' . ' J Thia home, nnnretentiou enough, Is at tJpton Park. Ulattng for an immense, empire., upon WhlCh another rather poor London suburb. In th rear Is a the sun 'never sets, their wives at home arejTX. S Ih rai"" f0 tnd ban jfoX mWir; okingi sng.0ndaj: MD P6oR constituents7 f tending to the matt detail nf houjeivork that - 1, 4 . ... V -TrtJjfcii-; ?.. Poplr- In th Eaat Ml"" Hfuil lff-wrrei i minim tit. . nnq. live jar, ana aire, . will jrceW. The Hour t-e- In all tarts of the country of late Cupid's archery Has brought wealthy victims tumbling at the feet of lovely , but poor and compara tively humble, girls. Within the last few months matches of this' kind liave been' so frequent as to cause genuine alarm in the camp of blue-blooded tnatrhut tnhnte nfin Aaurhtert are mis sin r the About fifty members of the present Par- JhTiutSm that they have retarded as rightfully liament were elected upon the Labor s ana most or mem are aciuaf wurKtnrmen.u'm,.".r'- '"., wnom ne aaecuonateiy yfft 1 . t .t J v kii iiiuiucr, ia aii unuKK memeen of ine American iungresj, British lawmakers receive no salary, and the labor members must be supported by the va-- rious labor organizations t , r .'.." ' This means that their incomes are Urn tted. As a rule, .they live, in very modest homes, in unfashionable neighborhoods., Usu-r ally the housework and the care of the chil- J- J m.mm 4 L ml Jm,.t J .......... "" Diana for the betterment nf lahnr ranHltinna .... . f . . 1 . , n ..- le J"a!n I'ttle parlor Mra. Crooks ha soma or- ! is said that, when Mr. Burns, some r.m ' wh'ch. ?nr proud. There is a silver - ,t - ..ij . ' i:to,t presented to her in recognition of th publlo- monthS agO, VtStted the King tO receive hlS aplrltcil eftorta nf hrlf and , her , huaband. whila " it Commission IS amemberfUhJuabtnetirS Upon the walls are two pictures r wWoKwrmimtdr Bums was at home cheerily scrubbing theUZfiSfc V.nbnnncla.Tr;!Vhi TO". ha"r ; poors. , ; Jfrss -Leslie. Geen.&4soo7 Ccriso72i3 Gtni who Sforried ' JL?&firj3t77yaori9 Nephew Crooks. alwnva at hla ald. aldlnv In Kla Kkln. A gentle, motherly woman, Mra. Crook feels deeply th condition of th poor about her, and la constantly endeavoilna to aid them. She doesn't forget the fact that her husband spent part of bla early lit In th workhouee or almshouic.-r-J- '. Bealdea keeping house and attending to all her do meatte dutlea. Mra. Crooks conducts an employment bu reau in Poplar, devoting her efforts especially to se curing work for th wives and families of men who are out of employment. 1 ,8he Is regarded as th good angel of the commo nlty, and the people there would gladly elect her to T'ar.iamcnt, if they could, to assist her husband in bis OT long ago th Insatiable nttl archer robbed th bom of Colonel Stephen Crosby, Mt Man borough street. Back Bay, Boston, of an ffloisnl housemaid and eak baker. ' Mls Elisabeth Jennie K-urphy, who bad offldated In that dual rapacity, la now at the head of a splendid establishment of her own, th bride of Leroy Fay, a well-known millionaire clubman, .. Tall, stately and refined in feature and bearing, Mr. Fay Is a brunette of striking appearano. Last summer she waa employed by a family named Berghan, near Weston, Mass., when Mr. Fay, who wa visiting hla aunt upon an adjoining estate, saw her. . With him It was a case of love at first sight. Her beauty and th cakes mad her worthy of any man. Therefore, Mr. Fay lost no time In securing an Introdue- ' tlon. - After that no on could bav aceusej him of being A laggard in love. t Fortunately for his pear of mind, hla suit prospered. ' When Miss Murphy -returned -to Boston to enter the" I,.. l Was Mayor of Pnnlap soma win rn TTrmn Ih. ...11. ... . hin.llu. ..kl.k - - " . w. PaUJ m.. v.. .. .1 - r' . . . ri . . j . n u f,v.u. wh.uii Hill painiVfl , w. vvivuvi 1 . any m WMXiiiiwiim imum even more pronounoea. imn, one nn oay, tna ttev, MRS. BURNS la said to be a simple-hearted, un assuming little woman, although of attractive ' personal appearance - and uncommonly good sens. . During all ber husband's long career In . Parliament he entered that body in lm eh baa been bis warm supporter and efficient helpmeet. - Through all thes years th Burnses have occupied a quiet, little home In Battersea, . a poor suburb at th southwett of London, where th wife cooked the meals, scrubbed th floors and kept- her husband's clothing in rvpmir. glasses, china, ornaments, and even a enmWI llrtia ' china pigall given In gratitude for help extended at some tune of desperate need. . . - Mrs. J. Ramsay Mncdonald," wife of th member for Leicester, finds time from th car of her modest flat In Lincoln's Inn and ber four children to take port In the labor propaganda In which her husband Is engaged. Bhe is a lecturer and worker for the Independent La bor rarty. Wot Inn sine Mr. Macdonald was booked for a lecture at Ilkeston, but found that bis Parliamentary dutlrs would not permit ' keeping th engagement. Ao-. cordlnaly Mrs. Macdonald went to Ilkeston and 1st-' tured In bis stead. . j "it was a description of a walking tour. Illustrated After th 1st political upheaval m England. -Mr, -.. br lanUsrn slides." ehe explained later, "nnd as I had BtH-nsi- financial ..condition Improved. He waa Invited been on the trip with my huxband, I was able to glv "'i0""--.: Father David J. Power married th counl at his nap- ocblal residence. Mr. Fay is now 88 year of age and bla bride la M. Although h Is wealthy In his own tight, It Is believed he Is likely to inherit a large shar of th f4000,(K fortnn of his aunt, Mrs. William Matthews. On day a year agq, Jerome Alexandre,. Princeton man and millionaire, not then twenty years of age, walked ino th office of. bis stepfather, Paul Bonner, m New York, and hi eyes foil upon a pleasing plctur. 1 ' Mr. Bonner's stenographer sat beside- him, taking dictation, but at thai moment sh did more eh took ' a firm grasp upon tb heartstrings of young Mr. Alex- ' andre. , :, Twenty rear of acre, with a lovehr oval faca. dark ' blue eyes and wavy brown hair, sh seemed th em- . bodlmont of beauty and grace in th eye of th enthralled . Jfarie$zf7Je. Clements. Trenoh TTixJa. who Wan Jbh.vAlsto72.l1bW' hea& , ... , . . A few weeks ago U wa announced that an acquaint ano romantically begun between a wall-known woman magasin writor and a -young American millionaire bad rssuiiea in a weaaing in ran. The former Miss Anna Strunsky, th bride, although oniy years of aare. la widely known through ner view upon social problems. Mr. William English Walling, tho Into th Cabinet as President of th TvCcl-OovTnmentlba Jccturc".It ia.aaid.sb gav. It moet attfactorlly. " i position carryin a salarv of I10.0U) a year. 1fe of a Cabinet Minister. Mrs. Burns has now Board, a As ; standing at court functions, th first woman from, tb Circles f labor to enjoy that privilege. When she was recently presented to th King and Queen this modest little woman, who still doe ber own housework, wa an object of great curiosity to tb baughty peeresses who surround the throne. If they, expected to titter over a bicarr or awkward spectacle, they wore disappointed. - They saw a rather pretty woman, becomingly and correctly dressed, whose ,: manner wa above criticism. She wss probably th only woman In that brilliant throng capable of cooking her husband's dinner r darn ing hi socks, and yet she did not appear at all un-Comfortable-or-aut of placev. Jt wa t)tlcdthat their j. . n v. " "".. .i.liuu. mi iter. nil, waa antnewhnt conspicuous in the throng of stately grsnd aamrs about ber from th fact that sh wora no tenrela fcome time ago, it Is related with gusto In London, Lady llsversham, a new peeress and a known "lion 1 unier,"' who aspire to become prominent as a Liberal hot (, undertook to natrnnlxe the woman whose hue I had been eltivated from labor's ranks Xo a Cabinet f ilon. Po ah wrote as follow from her fin bom La fnsltlonahle Orosvenor Square; ; Dear MT.VBurnst I should be glad If you would rone to my "at home." Tou will excua my not f ' tuning on you, but I fid Battersea is such a long . way from Orosvenor Sauare. . ... Whereurmn th labor leader wlf promptly sent m muowiag repiyi REVEL IN NATURE. t When they find time which Is not often Mr, and Mrs. Macdonald may b seen taking long walks to gether. They also bav a little cottage in Buckingham- , hlre, to which thi-y retlr when Parliament ia not In pension. Mrs. Macdonald is noted as being on Of th best housekeepers in that section. " . While Keir Hardl. on of th best knowtt"df fti" Labor leaders, Is attending aession of Parliament, Mrs. Hardle usually remains In Ayrshire, where she ssys sh : Is perfectly happy looking after their littl home. tJh. ot '-Ward, member for Stoke-on-Trent, , whll taking a rest from cooking dinner recently, ex- r ' , . "'""'"" wun in jBemanas.Jnaa 111 "H ha to leavo early In tha morning for th work a word that la repugnant to Imnatunua youth. Mr. Alexandre began wooing the pretty young no$rHiner wun tin int vaor ot a looiDeit rusn. - A few months ago he won her consent to an engage ment. "I think I must have fallen in lev with him at . first sight," she naively explains. Not of long duration, however, waa the engagement destined to be. Despite his youth, Mr. Alexandre manl fesrul some mastorly qualities. On spring morning be quietly walked th- girt of hli' choice nut of her ofiice, bundled her Into his automobile, hurrlud off uptown to the home of a clergyman, and then and there married her offhand. Forgiveness of the yeung man' mother was speedily forthcoming, as was n invitation to th young couple to spend their honeymoon at "Nirvana," MTs, Bonner'a beautiful country borne- In-Connecticut,""""" " ' " ' Th. vminff hvinmeturk la (ha nnlv inn Af ( V . 1.. V v ' ' Alexandre, a millionaire steamship owner, clubman ani blidearoom. Is deenlv Interested In social settlnment work. Some time ago, unknown to each other, both went to Russia to secure unbiased Information regarding that country. Thia wa In line with Mis Btrunsky's regular work, but the trip was undertaken by Mr. Walling from purely philanthropic motive. - ' Although they had never met at horn, tb two wer thrown together In St. Pttersburg. Tb fact that they had so many alms and sympathies In common ripened . their friendship so rapidly that they were engaged to be married within month. .... i ' Not only Is Mrs. Walllnf tKOtlftrt tmt she possesses a remarkably keen mind, When only It yeare of age ehe wa contributing article to magaslne for adults. Whll a student at tho Lei and Stanford, Jr., University sh collaborated with Jack .London in "Th Kempton Wace Letters." . - ' ' . - The man whom she married I the son of a Chicago physician and the grandson of William H. English, who .wa a candidate for Vice President of the United State on th Democratic ticket In 1SS0. From the latter, tb voting man Inherited a fortune of several mllllcn dollar. For some time he has been engaged in studying socio logical problems.. '.. A PACIFIC COAST ROMANCE.. V H Last year the social circles urtherpaclfic Slop wer F.. Hunungton. 'in young man "horn to th llunl,' would Jong since, doubt- 1ms. been balled as a great beauty. - MrT Tudor U -it-f f3ur-WMnhVr bandaom aistei. Som yjars age) their faUier fcept a butcher atore In Bprtngfleli Maaa. Upon l"ir luvmui . - . . w j - - - - - - Boston and secured positions. - ".t.i fbwm afterward the eldest elster, Eleanor, married BiirtoD R reHo a clvM engineer and contractor, and wSSt to preside over bla bandsom bom at uTi t( hT Mmainlng girl and their mother continued t llv.u1p?.SSfloueVrtm.nt. In W.lUngtjn atr. et nave some iiptwnuns v W,Htyworr Mcicyf WWs. Win3.' nU.n?lyhorm b.U PP. hefothe .dool "uV"rr .rr..,;: h- took An and Mm Logan 'InoSu,ri,of tkawoof. rawer , arut Amy In awearlng a aplendld ngagem,nt rtn How thli has Tbeen replaced by a plain wedding ring. John Alston Moorhoad come of one of th rtekart et th many rich families ot Pittsburg, yt hV??; iS?pSdel his Inheritance tor the sake of Til mother last erraTid when sl'ie returned shl.TOUghf tj rnali with ber. pne was oeuiru -rt.r-- An tne Moorneaa nwranin win . - .... tested a surprising dlsposlUon to remain : at .bom. te th evening. He also became very fond of the society of hlsyoun sister, who puU attndnt tb French it w5 om tlm before th Moorhead. patar and mater, became awse of the young mn , 7wlU" Jn; fatuation. When thalr y wr opened at latJt wa EntreaU an storme were alike nnavahlng.-; Mr. Moorhead. Jr., wa told to obooee between th girt and hi family millions., lie repueo wifc w 'itiln "th madSradiamlssed. She took train to New York: young Moorhead followed by the next train. They wer married by Key. Dr. Houghton at th LitU Church Around th Corner. - . . . , . ; So Mil. Marguerit aeroent, Iatly "ffS I became Mr, jonn Aision ; .V1 .,nl... disinherits on.d.y be .at th. head of on f th. greatest nusinesa enici pi inc. - . -. one ot tne largest ionun in . . i For a time the young coupl stopped at th Holland Sou, but it Is stated that th eiaer oornru uuci.n S p.f ?h. U. joontracted. Jhyy w.relievedom lnvlud them to Spend their honeymoon at bla country! P Thrqn of "ct rarely dlacoursgM th. Jlttl. tev. i goa. Not long ago n was nuvoui.Tu J; . , T.. 31 Shoe, a years old. whos. parent live n Philadelphia, had! ' "ri . . . i .ii n c.kirf . ninolnnatl t-anltallit. Tb. o.?nn; took pT.-at thhJmJ of thVbrid.'g aunt. in t- iuis. . . ..... w -..wi.fi . Indirectly, it was suueu, aim sm "- i $1,100,000, which was the amount he was obliged to pay Inl ' order to complete th. term, of a dlyorc. eettlement sep-f ' iratlng him from hi first wit. It Is said h settle Looo.0 on bla littl son and gav Mrs. Reaklrt Ii00.000h in 5Wnlnt"ti- Vifa aem. month (ulr2rn,rtfuf1 Oeoiw C. AppsIL of Mount Vernon, K. T., lost the ervts of Miss Agnes Sprenger, Who for xweniy yesrs, r . r.. ai.i - -4 Kla .tmiiimnhlil biireauS and law offlces. Th bridegroom Is a tnllUonalr. a widely - known- lawyer-ana an mip" n rover Cleveland. ' nt i. .inTon .h. I.oV. .v.? raorn"a. bon vivant of New York. lie- s expert at golf, te a 2nd uaSS w Vf. hom i.V V,'11. V. . "'""W daring horseman and played baseball at Prlneefon In hli AtVeKdrn: r.,a"bo7.Utti.,CJ2ci llt:moTan m.r. Nt Febru.ry h. will tobrlt ll.MO.000 . Mr War L.h4 -I ... " .I'V. . . ... , OI nis lamer lotium. . -' - an riiB iBHUB a.nas.1: aort ix tning aneui nv weeks on a stretch," he remarked, "and '"" J" a sirixe. Tens me I need not expect ny bom comforts if 1 don't spend on day In fifty at home." ...... . On notlceabl chars cterlstlo f th wives of th Labor member of . Parliament la the fact, as a rule. that their husband election to such high and responsi ble national duties makes littl apparent dlffcreaa in vu, iiiiinvinv. They do not seem to think that turn dlstlnvut.tiaif fMlnnva in .mllw lliniiH ...... .1. """ Dear Lady Maversharoi I have been tudvlne- tba . .wi-- i...hi. Sr..AnXw "f ."ping my enure exmtence, map. and I flnfl that qrvor ttvt t ggactly ti Jhoutd; b ."T Safe. hTtiii" v "I am not a bit s shamed of th fact that t w. m working girl; In fact, I am proud of It," said the pretty young- bride shortly after her marriage. :, "I never dreimed, of course, that I would be able to d j anything I desired and lust have a lovely time, for even when 1 flret grew to love Jerome I bad no IdVa that be was Inheriting a fortune. i "Two year ego I was graduated from the Normal School of New Torkv having atudied to become a teaehar. but later decided to go Into business. I certainly bay no intention to become a woman of leisure and fritter away out ii is very pleasant to reel that to be bound down by a routine of Lealla Green to Howard In a soa of Henry Huntingdon, the favorite nephew of the late Colli. P. Huntington, and who Inherited much of the famous railroad magnate's great wealth. Miss Oreen would be claased as a poor girt by most ' persona in thes day of wealth, although she ha peon a great favorite In th social circle, of Berkeley, Cal. Her charming personality speedily captivated the stalwart young heir to the Huntington million. - A short tlm ago Frederic Tudor, member of one of the bluest-blooded famlliee of Boston, who trace their . ancestry back to the Tudors, of England, amnsed the occupants of a streot car in Which ne waa riding by : tearrns from an advertising space the photograph ot a beautiful; young woman. )t was th face of his fiance, and had been used to advertise a photographlo estab lishment. . : - ' Connected by family and social tie with th most exclusive social set la Mssaaehusetta, Mr. Tudor chose hla wife frotnj among th rank of Boston' working 7 Not long go, Bumigm, v". -- .Yf v. r.m,7 .f tho annmaohlng marrlag of Wlilv lam IX. Jones, a wealthy druggist, and his pretty cashier ; i, ' . iJ n.ii to Jnnaa la said to have reachec fir. of 4 while the young lady. Is but . A youage sinter has taken her place as cashier in tn store. ' Because The was not ot age. Coleman Nelson Logansport, Ind.. was eomPelWA to secure , the wrli could Bcur a UcnM to Wed Mt Uilu Moaning former 1 ShnVW th'e tot .u rnmmm tha nlnneep nf Fort wavna. I i la aald his family xooa nun w .nn vMiii,.iiii.iiuiui m u "hise a nch tor blm, hop ng that-be -would eottlk ' .. . . . v.. villi.. .Irl whii nun r. nlnr.il till upon J k anu .via . --- - ------i H slipped away, however, and returned to Indiana" - 11.. .i.lTi.in. Kla fnlhar'a consent to the match. r m!m Gertrude Thompson, a pretty voting detectlv In a department store In Broadway New York, beeamj acquainted over a boarding bouse dining table with Chris! tnhr Fa, ateoson of a wealthy New Bochelle conr trrhlt was six months ago. Toung Fox lost no ttm tr hi. wooing, but Miss Thompson only gav. th. whisper! . "yea" a short tlm. since. It waa during an vnlnT call upon ner man- vj "" ..." . 1 1 So overjoyed was Mr. Fox that he .insisted upon hanq Ing tho marriage ceremony take plate at once. Till couple pent the remainaer ot uie evening trying to nnt a minister. . - I - .At 1 o'clock .In th morning they routed Judge C. A J Van Auken from ble bed, and he obligingly made the' man anl wife. Bride end bridegtoom tbtn started upoaK h.MVMAIM trlM tA tlOStOn. . 11 A i A v