THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1, f903
Prom Drudgery
j Dreamland
Wealth
Poor Girls to Whom Lupid
s
TO THF
Came With Millions
JpROM. drudgery to the dreamland of
M1 wealth: from the iort- i.nnlcr I"
the drawing room; from the type
writer to the boudoir; from the "ifice, the
manicurist's table or the loom to the palace
of the millionaire!
What young woman, stinting herself of
'beautiful gowns and ravishing hats, because of
the small pittance she cams, does not entertain
these dreams? What Cinderella of modern
life does not dream of the possible Prince
Charming who will come and deliver her
from drudgery? If 'hat poor maid does not
look forward to her King Cophctua!
It is the theme of fairy tales, this sud
'den bestowing of all the blessings of riches
on the fair but poor maid, the maid who
makes sacrifices for her aged mother or works
'lovingly for an incapacitated father. And,
although it is the frequent theme of Grimm
and Andersen, it is a fairy tale that often
comes true.
Especially in modern life, and in this
tountry, where there are so many rich men
land so many poor girls, King Cophetua is al
most daily outdone, and the latter-day Cinder
ell as find more than the magic slipper ever got
for the original Cinderella.
SOMETIMES, however, there Is a mishap, the, fairy
charm fails to work and the young heir finds him
self precipitated into poverty by the toe of angry
papa.
This was the case with Mrs. Bristow Draper, wife of
the son of Massachusetts' lieutenant governor.
Toung Draper jilted a well-known society girl of Bos
ton to marry "Queenie" Sanford, an actress, and found
himself disowned by his father. Only the other day was
It learned that young Draper is working as a spinner In
a cotton mill at Burlington, Vt., for tl.25 a day in order
to support his wife and baby.
It may come all right yet, friends say; papa is only
keeping his bey on probation. But In the meanwhile tha
young bride's expectations of wealth remain unfulfilled.
This Is an exception, however, and many poor girls
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Ik ll ''irj' jfLr f ill or Ms. fiancee attached to an advertising card. It aeetaa tlWrS'&' 1
H II i Jf, I ? J 1 that In some way an advertising firm had secured a 11 ?s?.Vrl V!?3i 11
M If, '? ( j '""Jf (' ' photograph of the young woman and was using It In UMfiil&fMi'r j
I II ' t:1 ,H"1' f thAl street-car advertising. Vff&tfJWJJ!lWAjr& "JT
' r MS W' i ; IB from his seat, walked to the corner of the car, saw at II 'l 1 I
' I i ' S wifist.l woman who was sitting beneath the picture: "Excuse
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by and encouraged him.
And now that there Is a winsome, blue-eyed baby In
the home of the young Drapers their friends are hoping
that the stern paternal wrath will melt away and that,
after all, the young wife will attain her dreamland of
wealth.
Some years ago Miss Margaret Harrington was a tele
phone operator In a New York hotel. She was always
neatly dressed, quiet and attentive to her duties; in ad
dition, she was possessed of a winsome face.
While she was working at the switchboard one day
she was noticed by Mr. Joseph A. Coram, a millionaire
mine owner, philanthropist and all-around business man
of Massachusetts and the representative of an exceptional
family.
When Mr. Coram saw Miss Harrington at her ewitch-
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or his fiancee attached to an advertising card. It see'ms
that In some way an advertising firm had secured a
photograph of the young woman and was using It In
street-car advertising.
When Mr. Tudor noticed the advertising card he arose
from his seat, walked to the corner of the car, saw at
once that it was his fiancee's portrait, remarked to a
woman who was Kitting beneath the picture: "Excuse
me, madam, for reaching over your head," and In an In
stant he had ripped the photograph off the placard and
placed it in his pocket. The other passengers looked nt
him and at each other In mystification and surprise.
But when the facts came out Mr. Tudor was regarded Iti
Boston as something of a hero.
Bufore Miss Lydla C. Moore was led to the altar by
Frederick W. Schmidt, a wealthy brewer of Philadelphia,
she had been earning her living bravely by working as a
manicurist at the Hotel Walton and the Bellevue-Strai-ford.
Although tenderly reared and of good family. Miss
Moore was not too proud to earn her living In honorable
employment. Her father died a dozen or more years ago.
and Mlu Moore. In order to help the family finances,
learned the art of manicuring.
She had 'met Mr. Schmidt at Clover Club dances, and
when she took up her new trade at the Hotel Walton
he was enabled to seu her frequently, as he made his
home there when in town.
When Miss Moore removed her sphere of activity to
the Bollevue-Stratford Mr. Schmidt evidently concluded
that, for him, the Walton wag not as attractive as it
had been, and he also removed to the Bellevue.
In a short time the romanco culminated in an en
gagement, which soon terminated In a wedding and a
Joyous honeymoon trip to Florida. When they returned
the young couple occupied the groom's beautiful country
place at Radnor.
When William Astor Chanter, former congressman
and prominent New York clubmun and a millionaire, mar
ried Mlnple Ashley, an actress, the latter left the trying
work of the stage for the dreamland of wealth.
The romance began one night when Minnie Ashley
was singing in "San Toy." Mr. Chanter whs not paying
particular attention to the performance at Daly's In New
York until he heard a awert voice Hinging "Rhoda.
Rhoda Ran a Pagoda." Every night thereafter young
Chanler, not long back from honorable service In Cuba,
tat listening to the song and looking Into the most won
derful pair of blue eyes he had ever seen.
AND STILL THERE ARE MORE
Then, presently but tho conjecture Is ensy; soon there
was a wedding and Minnie Ashley left the drudgery of
the stage for her dreamland of wealth.
And so the list might e continued. There was doldis
Moln , the sprightly chorus girl who won and wed Alan
W. Wood, the Pittsburg millionaire, only to be let a
widow In a short time; there was pretty Annie Bennett,
graceful and soft-voiced, a telephone operator at the
Grand Union Hotel. New York, who captured the heart
and hand of E. R. Whitney, an aged lumber magnate of
Canada, who also died in a short time and left his young
widow several millions.
There was the case of Miss May Connor, telephone
operator at the St. James Hotel, Philadelphia, who mar
ried the wealthy broker. Thomas P. Stokes. Not many
years ago Miss Sallle Carr, salesgirl In a Boston store,
won Francis Skinner, the ritfl young clubman, whose
winning had been aimed at by nearly every young wom
an in his exclusively fashionable set.
And only n few months ago Boston society was elec
trified by the whispered secret that Raymond Fowlc.
only son of the millionaire Importer. William H. Fowle.
had been secretly married nearly two years pgo to Miss
Mildred Hayes, a poor hut pretty store clerk.
Young Stanley B. Puffer, of Mussarhuoet ts, one of the
prospective heirs to the soda fountain millions. " caused
a great hubbub a few weeks uro by wedding the daugh
ter of a providente mill worker.
In Oakland, Cal.. Miss Evelyn Ellis some time ago
wed F. M. Smith, the multi-millionaire borax king, and
attained the dignity of a fine steam yacht, some magni
ficent homes and the command, of a regiment of servants.
She had been private secretary to the first Mrs. Smith.
Br is fa
bave found themselves transported into a dreamland of
wealth via matrimony during recent years. In fact,
every year adds new chapters to the Interesting serial
torv.
So If you are poor. Miss Cinderella, do not despair;
you may find a prince from the dreamland of wealth com
ing to seek your hand and heart.
Within the last few years some very poor girls have
married Into the very richest families. You recall the
marriage of Rose Pastor, the cigarmaker. to J. O. Phelps
6tokes, the New York millionaire; of Anna Strunsky, a
brilliant but joor girl lnterefted In socialism, to William
E- Walling, who counts his money by the millions: of
Margaret Harrington, a telephone operator of .N.-w Vork
city, to Joseph A. (Jorum, a. millionaire o: .New England;
cf Amy IsaLtllu Iguu. a nenograj 1 er i! Jio.-'. n, t t
Frederi'-k Tudor, a iii.iiiuiiairu gas mawnati . anj at l.vdle
C. Moore, a manicurist uf Philadelphia,! l Vr Inrirk V.
Schmidt, a wt-Aitny brewer. 'And there ai,. mmi. s more.
Bur Hit s notable iomarii.es, jusl as wi r.!' rful as
those of iirimtn. are tp.ca! "I inai.y po. r g.:.- m--.-t!ng
fairy pnncts and Mipjir.s Into the fairy!. mi ,r high so
ciety and a life of i...m. l.i.i :re and luxury
Now. o: ojjsh. it was to,, tad that F.tO.er Draper
would uot count. t,;tt.. ti.o manage ai.d g.w I.- ; arm
tal bit.f)-:g to his s n and his new daughter-!.'! after
the ma-Mate Ir. .Mi.'h. .7 I'p lo t.-..- t:me . ! M mar
riage J.j:.g p.riMcw I'.'.iLcr er.Joye.l a l tl.e .-in
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arstiora were mi.li for rt we..!;.
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W ben It comi 'o love, lC can t, j w
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bm Berus.-d t -Rich Mr. Hw.li ,
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Mm gar lord p.a) ed the sir cf T : :- r.
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w. 4 t ri ig i ri. i air :ar.. ei rr.er . n
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l ners wr slier tre rf-rr.irT returned e s-
arurpcr party ta ew T-fc rtnM tj Rs'th Csrrr
chuSB, sr! Miss Ix! Mem;! Ihr sp s br,
fl miran-.a; itai they met ittlo f-r nr. sutf tr.. V
rx. There a sujpr tbst :..r g. rter mfcieh !)'..
(u i snarrrace.
Furious, Indeed. st the ;er t'-ipT H itm.r.j
tat sreuid I'm n.tfctt. ronr to c- wfh his rpr
S oashJe tt ss "vp to " tbs istter tc fovld a
let fr kiSBS r 4 brkia
PW SBfal r Ibe m mt to work as sa erdiaarr
"le-t' s (acusry; nt syal!y kis rva wtr rtnod
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board Cupid was standing nearby. The demure little god
doubtless noticed that an Impression hud been made, for
he launched at ome a ! it from his quier and th3
speeding shaft found l.Jgm nt Ir. the heart of Mr. Coram.
iiut even in love Mi. Coram was influenced by the
traditional cautiousness of his New England anoestois.
He made careiul iriQiiines ahoiit Die iulet-mannered
y oung woman uf the hot i telephone ser ice and learned
enly good reports of her
Then he los! little time. He sought and otitalnod an
introduction,' pursued his wooing wuh ard T iind soon
i privileged to lead a l.lusnine ttide to the altar.
The niarrlage. it is said, has proved except ionally t.apiiv.
Mr t ..ram foiifi-l an id.-al wife, the y..i.' . man f md
. ' r- . f the sharer of an immense forlur.-- ami m rhe en
; v ::.t i.l of luxuries of which she nad oi.ly dreamed be
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hen Miss Anna Strunsky. po"r and a writer upin
socia.lsttr topics, married young William Knghsh Wall
ing in Kun.pe some time ago the stepped from compara
tive poverty to great wea.th
Mr Wailir.g was associated with Holrt Hunter and
J ti. I'f.e'ps Mnkn at the fnlverslty SetiUmert in N'-w
rit- Tiiee young nun organized a pwi-li'atp to pro
il the n ;a;.erp and magazines of w.is c.. ,ntry w'tn
unhlasej inf or n.atlon about Rubnia. They p rsja-ld Mr.
Waliir.g to go to St. 1'etersburg for th.m ai I help with
the Human wr rk. later. and Inde; en. lent of Mr. W all
ing. M.s sjtrunkky was sent to the Rjian capitaj.
Miss Strunsky was naturally thrown with h. r fellow
worker at ntiif Although . t ha l t.nir mtt him in
Anier.c. te fact th.t tfey t a n came Irm Amen a,
and had many i.im ar.d Fm;ath:B in lOMnr.n rl ne.i
their fnn iship t . raridly ti.ar tho "ere er.gag-d nlthia
a month
Ur Wal'.-. is n t or,; h ireisme t 'it hj a remark
sMjr keer, rr.,r..'t P -e Is a Jewe, Irr. in K'Jil and
! r. ught Amr,ea. At 12 years of sge ,hf had cun-
tr.buted fi , a : nagazinrs r-ad by grown-upt. She is
a wirt '' s.'.moforai r. d conomic f .bjects.
i;-'-en. ..f l;rkley, r-!., s; not a work
' g g-H r- n fv cn the ,-rt f Jl K Huntingn.n.
I'.t s 'g s.l'e of the Imnvrse fvrtun 'f the late
C.".i P H .m.r.g tor., the noted railway magnate.
Prv mum a sradast of the University cf California
-mI s grst fanr.i tn s-cial circle of the college city,
t .' h w r.-t b!-d with huh h of this world s goii
r,d her marriar Into a millionaire fsmiiy was regarded
r Y r fr.enda aa a fortunate thing for her.
Thn thr i the rmnc of Miss Ajny Isabel I.
r".. the aK-1-l..okiM Roeton stenographer, who captured
t heart of Frederick Tudor, a weaithr aad popular
Ciihnal of if.H city.
Shortly bvfor his narrlari Mr. Tudor wen tbs fecard
ef the women of Kosioa by ss art of chivalrous devotion.
He was rvliag ta a street eaur vbea be saw a fcaetocTapS
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OW IT'S the moto; caravan in Europe.
Will the fad be imported to this country?
What is a motor caraTanf you ask.
Why, jtiFt a conrlcnsr-d house on wheels;
the very cf-senco of your home put into a kind of
I'ullman car, but a car that i roallv an automo--bile
at.d which may travel anywhere over rood
roads, instead of bcn.g hi Id to the pcnt'up Utica
c f stf-c 1 trac ks.
"Jl.m:hoatit;c on lan.j" in what you might
call motor caravnnin;;. Th-c little trareling
h"me8 can ho arranged to provide a remarkable
dial of comfort. Thi? utt rutr tiny liavt attained
pr-at f .pulnrity in K;irr;e
Caravanist have their home even though it
he a -mall pilition "f a hon.e alway with tbem;
they may po when nd where they please and "cut
anchor" for any length of tin.e in a "pleasant
harbor."
dear,'
RSE. we might pro abroad. Ereryhody
abroad when they tire of STerytaing
Aad I'm wsajjr of lbs eeaUoeat.
Mrs. Goldlump Van Rich languidly addressed her
husband at breakfast.
Mr. Van Ilich revolved his thumbs rapidly, some
thing which Indicated rapid thought-
"Wby. dearie." he said, "why not let us get one of
those new motor caravans? We can hsvs our bedroom,
dining room and sitting room, with all comforts, our
own aervants, our own cocking, and w csn go wherever
we wish "
8he elspped her hands. "But Is it true? Are there
such things? '
"I 11 have one Imported at once.'' And he rose to go
to the library
Th lda of the motor nravan a conceived in the
mind of some rnlu. unknown to deserved fame, who
ssscw-lared s gypsy caravan with sn automobile
He Improved on the original caravan, and made of
It a modern. If emsll. home. He divided it into rooms.
He enlarged It and put It cm automobile wheels, and he
found that be hud a home on wheels, which, to h; rlnd.
wa the neweat, mst comfortable way of traveling in
the world
In Europe France especlal'j' the motor earavsn
baa hxomt popular, alntor-esravan clubs hare been
formed. The new hlcl is built afttr the style of a
Hwias chalet, with a front aad rear entrance and an
additions! one at the side.
I'sually the MiterW Is c!lvl4d Into four rooms, ss
cosy and anu aa can be. In the rear Is a kitchen, wnrt
rxo. utensils and a folding- hed for the cook. Adjoin
ing this Is a dining room. arrerrd so thst sis pe-ff n
may be sested shout a tab. The table Is rmertb
and at alg ht Its apextsneat can be mads a slecpin room
ta ensergeociea.
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There is a regular sleeping room, equipped with
wafhsrand, mirrors and wardrobes, so arranged thst by
the changing of panels and turnlture It may be convert
ed Into a charming boudoir. Then there is a sitting
room, beautlfu.ly decorated with pictures and brlc-a
brae. . ...
Beneath the machine Is a place fer extra furniture,
and baggage. Hv adding another machine to the res'
the houwt mav be doubled, snd an entire family, cni
dren nurses snd all. may go for a long journey.
Imagine vourself touring In on of thee movable
homes 1 No 'waltir.g for trains No tedious parleying
about timetables. None of the dlseomforts of traveling
with crsnks in trains and one always nveets them In
trains No rompulfton to go by certam prescribed routes
to certain detinstions at s regulated tlroe.
Wtth a motor rsrsvsn you may trarel to jult your
own sweet will You may go fsst or slow You msy
o up mountalra or down valleys, along forests or rivers,
"ou may go ss long ss you like and stop when you
r'fVou can In fact, combine the delightful nohemisn
lm of the Tps lif with some of the luxury of the
,lOf1,couTe the carsvsn home Is a hesy affair snd
must htTi good roads over which to trsvei. It cannot
take ail the rvrsl hlghwsys over which the avrrsge aa
lomoblie mar spin or crswl. according to condlUona
But the iaraisn !s home, il may be fitted F
manr comforts drmsnded by lndividusl tutn. Fer thst
reason It Is bim'r popular across M-e wstr. Them.
, ' mtr etk rieaint acenes on the rummer e-
,Z7 remain In one place as lor.g ss fsnry Is we Jaded
)' r-m a rsmsfwahly clerer summer tnrtitatKea, this
tnetor cwrsraa ef latter-dsy genlua.