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SSr V women at different periods.
The first died. The second
rejected his proposal. The
third he married. His
biographers say he
camo whon ho wns twonty-two
One of the
President's Few
Sinilina Moods
Mrs. Lincoln
rirst inaugural
Ceremonies
BRAHAM LINCOLN was a lovor,
out ho was nn unusual lovor Just
aa ho was unusual In ovory othor
way. Ills first recorded affair of.
tho heart, an emotion doeper than
tho calf lovo of half-grown youth,
camo whon ho was twonty-two
years old and dorklm? i
'at Now Salem, 111, Ann Ilutlodgo, tavomkeopor'a
'daughtor, was tho girl.
Tho Bocond affair camo when ho was about
jtwonty-fllx. It began as a Joko, aftor Lincoln had
bocomo a lawyer and was practicing at Spring,
iflold, but It caused him untold worry bocauso
'tho girl, Mary Owens, was fat and ho didn't
want to marry her. Tho third affair "took."
rhat Is, Mary Todd bocamo Abraham Lincoln's
wlfo, whon ho was thlrty-thrco yours old.
Whon ho was a youth In tho wilds of southern
Undlana, Lincoln had his sentimental vaporlngs,
'ono ot which cppoalod so Btrongly to his sonso of
.romanco that ho wanted to wrlto a story about
lit. This vaporing was tho kind most of us havo
along about tho tlmo tho down on our uppor IId
'begins to toughon.
i It Is doubtful If Ann Ilutlodgo ovir lovod Lin
coln. 8ho simply appreciated his sympathy and
affection sho had boon jlltod by Jamoa McNeill,
who tired of her and wont East to oscapo his
obligation. Ilor father, James Ilutlodgo, ono of
tho founders of Now Salom, kept a tavorn, and
thoro Lincoln wont to board when In 1831 ho loft
Tub homo and bocamo clerk In a storo thoro.
At breakfast, dinner and suppor ho Bat by tho
flldo of tho, tavornkoopor's daughter. Ho was
twonty-two; oho was loss than twenty. Sho was
Bad of heart and ho trlod to choor her. Lincoln's
sympathy rlponod Into doop affection, but tho girl
waB faithful for moro than a year to tho memory
of McNeill.
Evon If tho girl had boon willing, Lincoln was
In no position to marry. Ho was very poor. Ho
was ono of tho first to volunteer In tho Black
IHawk war. Whon tho war was ondod ho ro
'turned to Now Salem, ran for tho legislature
and was dofeatqd. His financial condition was so
muddled at this time that ho seriously contoni
jplatod becoming a blacksmith In ordor to mako a
Hiving. An opportunity camo to him to got an In
terest In a Btoro without putting up any real
monoy. Ho was a wretched Btorokoopor and hia
ipartnor was no bottor." Tho business did not
(flourish, but his courtship did. Ho and Ann Rut
Ilodgo oat at night on tho tavorn stops or walked
long tho roads around tho llttlo sottlomont.
Thoy woro young and youth Is tho ago of glamour.
(Lincoln was beginning to think of a caroor aa a
llawyor. Ho bollovod ho would bo ablo In a year
or two to support n wlfo. Ann could not forgot
McNeill, but tho dovotlon of Lincoln provnlled
and Bho consented to marry him.
I Tho 8ummor ot their ongagomont was tho hap
piest, porhnps, In all of Lincoln's Hfo. Ann Rut
ilodgo was beautiful in fnco and figure and dimm
ing in ovory way. Sho was not tall and waB
rather dollcato. At times whon sho would bo
como a llttlo weary, Lincoln, whoso strength was
unusual, delighted In taking her up In his nrras
and carrying her iib If Bho woro a child.
With their ongagomont ovorythlng scorned to
'brlghtou for Lincoln. Ho was appointed post
'inaBtor, ho began to mako a llttlo monoy doing
Burvoy work, and in tho full ho was olectod to
tho legislature.
Tho young couplo decided to got married In
tho spring. Ann, nnxtous to comploto nor educa
tion, docldcd to go to Jncksonvlllo to attend an
academy thoro during tho winter. Mounwhllo,
Lincoln went to Springfield (o attend tho hcbbIoh
of tho loglslaturo, continuo 1Mb law studios and
liroparo for his admission to tho bar In tho spring.
Ho was In Springfiold whon ho got a message
that nearly broko his heart. Ann Rutledgo was
load. At tho acodomy Bho contracted a fover
and died In a few dayB. Lincoln was predisposed
to melancholia. Tho death of tho woman ho lovod
bo much almost upset IiIb reason. Ho novor fully
(recovered from his grief.
Ann Rutledgo had boon dead two or throo yours
-whon Lincoln bocamo ongagod again, In Spring
ifleld thoro lived a Mrs. Ablo, with whom ho was
well acquainted. Sho had a slstor, Mary Owonn
of Kentucky, who visited Springfield for a short
tlmo and to whom Lincoln had boon Introducod,
Mary Owens was bright, clover and buxom. Sho
yeturnod to Kentucky and Lincoln probably forgot
her. But ono day Mrs. Ablo Informed him that
Bho was going to Kontucky and then, in a spirit
of banter, oho said to Lincoln:
I'll bring Mnry back If you'll agree to marry
hor,
"Marry her? I'd bo dellghtod," said Lincoln.
Mrs. Ablo wont away and a month or so later
Bho was In Springfiold again and sho had hor
slstor with her.
Lincoln wont to call. When ho Baw Mary
Owons ho gasped. Tho girl had grown enor
mously. Sho had bocomo outrageously fat.
"Well, I'vo brought hor back for you to marry
according to promlso," said Mrs. Ablo.
Sho waB Joking, hut Lincoln wasn't suro wheth
or It waB n Jest or whether Bho was serious
and was cloaking her foollngs in tho light man
nor in which Bho spoko. Ho called regularly upon
Miss Owens nnd paid to hor all tho attention ho
thought an engaged man should. It waB not
pleasant, howovor, for sho was enormous In bIzo.
To mako tho situation still moro absurd, ho was
vory tall and vory thin. Tho contrast botwoon
tho two was enough to mako any person smile,
no mattor how gloomy ho might bo.
Lincoln worried greatly over tho situation. Ho
felt that ho was In honor bound to marry tho
lady, but ho dreaded tho taking of such a Btop.
But while Lincoln had duo regard for tho
sanbtlty of his promlso, implied or otherwise ho
tried hard to mako MIbs Owens understand that
ho was not a doslrablo partner for life. Ho wrote
to hor somo of tho queerest lovo letters that por
hups any man over penned. Ho told hor over nnd
over again what a mlsorablo Hfo she would havo
with him. In ono of them ho said:
"I am afraid you would not bo satisfied. Thoro
Is a grout deal ot flourishing about In carriages
hero In Springfiold, which It would bo your doom
to boo without sharing. You would havo to bo
poor without tho moans of hiding your poverty.
Do you bollovo you could boar that UIcntly?"
Anothor tlmo ho wroto to hor:
"I know I should bo much happier with you
than tho way I am, provided I saw no Blgns of
dlscontont In you. What you havo said to me
may havo boon In tho way of Jest, or I may hnvo
misunderstood it. If bo, then let it bo forgotten:
if otherwise, I wish you would think aorlously
boforo you docldo. What I havo said I would
most posltlvoly abldo by, provided you wish It.
My opinion la that you hud bottor not do it. You
havo not boon accustomed to hardship and it
may bo moro serious than you now inmglno. I
know you are capablo of thinking concrotoly on
nny subjoct and If you dollberato mnturoly upon
this boforo you docldo, then I am willing to nbldo
your decision."
Lovera' Tears nnd Quarrels.
Evidently Miss Owens had somo spirit, Sho
sont a roply to ono of his lottors that stunned
him. Sho rojocted him Incontinently, nnd sho
piqued his prldo In doing It, for sho told him that
ho was "deficient In thoso links which mako up
tho chain of n woman's happiness."
You would not think of Lincoln ns a dancing
man, yet ho did nt timca indulgo in that pastime.
Thoro aro aomo rocords oxtant in proof of this.
Thoy take tho form of cotillion notices printed
nt tho tlmo ho was thirty years old and n llttlo
before his mooting with Mury Todd.
Llko Mnry Owena, Mary Todd was a Ken
tucklan, anil, llko Mary Owons, alio hnd n sister
LINCOLN'S TRUE KINDLINESS.
Mrs. Amandn Kulin died somo mouths ago In
Philadelphia at tho ago of olghty-four. During
tho Civil wur hor husband was wounded and sho
wont to tho hospltnl at Washington with her only
baby to nurao him. Ho rocovored, but sho stayed
to nurso others, Thord Lincoln saw hor nnd waa
dooply Improasod with tho womnn's dovotlon to
tho noods of tho Injured. Hor baby attracted him.
nnd, realizing that tho child was n burden nnd
nnxloty to the loyal nurso, ho arranged for Us
caro In tho Whlto Houao whllo the mothor wns
busy In tho hospital. That, was llko him. It Is
moroly anothor atory of tho many that mark
Lincoln as tbo biggest man tho modern world has
known.
In Springfield. Her sister was tho wlfo of Nlnlan
W. Edwards, one of tho most prominent men of
Springfield. Miss Todd waB bright, witty, highly
educated, ambltioua, nnd at onco becamo tho
bello of Springfield. Few young women havo had
moro grout men aultors for their hand than had
MIsa Todd within ono month of her arrival.
Among thoso who paid ardent attention to hor
were Stophen A. Douglas, James Shields, who
lator was sonator from throo states and who
mndo a glorious record In throo wars; Abraham
Lincoln, and a dozen others.
Tho Edwarda fnmlly protested against Miss
Todd's partiality for Lincoln. Thoy thought his
family was plebeian; thoy thought, too, ho was
too grave a man. But Miss Todd loved Lincoln
and thoy becamo engaged.
Thoy woro not altogether happy In their en
gagement. MIsa Todd waa Jealous and oxactlng.
Sho loved balls and parties, frlvolltlon of all sorts
that aro ao dear to womon. Lincoln did not caro
much for those tilings nnd waa shockingly
thoughtlcas and Inattentive for an engaged man.
Whon thoro was aomo merrymaking, if ho didn't
want to go, ho didn't think sho'd caro. Sho, how
ovor, thought it a slight. Sho complained that
ho neglected her. Then, to mako him feel bad
about it, sho would go with Shields or with
Douglas. Thero woro tears, reproaches, quar
rolB. Thoy would mako up and fall out again.
All thla had a vory bad effect upon Lincoln. Ho
bocamo oxtromoly morbid. Ho began to aenrch
his soul to anawor the question as to whothor or
not ho would mako tho woman's Hfo unhappy.
Thoy were to havo been married on January 1,
1842. Somothlng hnpponod and tho wedding did
not tako placo Thoro was a story, which was
credited to W. H. Herndon, that Lincoln failed
to appear, but this has been pronounced untrue
by those who ought to know. It la moro Ukoly
that ono of tholr many quarrela led to tho break
between them.
Somo of Lincoln's letters written about this
tlmo disclose hla Bufferings. In ono of them ho
say a:
"I am now tho moBt miserable man living. If
what I fool woro equally distributed to tho wholo
human family there would not bo ono cheerful
faco on earth. Whothor I shall over bo bottor
I cannot toll. I fear I shall not. To remain as
I am is lmpoaalblo."
Reconciliation and Marriage.
Ono of his frlondB In Kontucky Invited him
thoro In tho hopo of choorlng him up. Ho had a
hard tlmo aroiiBlng Lincoln from his melancholia,
but ho finally succeeded In a manner ho never
expected. Tho friend foil in lovo himself and
began to fool qunlmlsh as to whether ho would
mnko his beloved buppy. Ho bocamo so mlsor
ablo over hla doubt In thla regard that Lincoln
tried to chcor him up, and In trying to choor his
frlond, Lincoln encored up himself.
Whon Lincoln returned to Illinois ho was
much bettor. Ho and Mlaa Todd mot and thoro
waa a reconciliation.
On November 4, following, Lincoln nnd Mury
Todd woro married. Whllo tho marrlago cere
mony wa8 being porformod ono of tho greatest
Btorras In tho history of Springfield wnB raging.
"Did you over write out n atory In your mind?"
Lincoln onco asked a friend. "I did whon I waa
n young follow. Ono day a wngon with a lndy
and two glrlB and a man broko down near ua, and
whllo thoy woro fixing up thoy cooked In our
kltchon. Tho woman hnd books and read ua
atorloa, and thoy wero tho flrat of tho kind I over
hud heard. I took a great fancy to ono of tho
glrla, nnd whon thoy woro gone I thought of her
a grent doal, and ono day whon I waa sitting out
In tho sun by tho houso I wrote out a story In
my mind.
"I thought I took my father's horso and fql
lowed tho wngon, nnd finally I found It, nnd
thoy woro surprised to soo mo. I talked with tho
girl and persuaded hor to elopo with mo; and
that night I put hor on tho horso and wo started
off ncross tho pralrio. Aftor Boveral hours we
camo to a camp, nnd whon wo rodo up wo found
It waa the o:u wo had loft a few houra boforo,
nnd wo went In.
"The noxt night wo tried again, and the Bamo
thing happened tho horse camo back to tho
sumo pluco; and then wo concluded that we
ought not to olopo. I atayod untU I had por
Biiaded her fathor to glvo hor to me. I always
moant to wrlto that story out and publish It,
nnd 1 begun onco, but 1 concluded It wus not
much of a story. Hut I think that was the bo.
ginning of love with me."
A prlnco by royal proclamation
sits In tho United States houso of rep
resentatives. Ho is J. Kuhlo Kala
nlanaolo, dolegato to congress from
Hawaii. Ho is a cousin of tho Into
King Kalakaua and Queen Lllluoka
lunl, and during their reign was a
member of tho interior department of
Hawaii.
During tho roll call of tho houso
laughter usually ripples through tho
galleries whon tho clerk In measured
tones calla tho namo of tho gentle
man from Hawaii, but It id never in
dulged In by fellow members, who
havo learned to consider him a prlnco
of good follows as woll as ono of royal
degree.
Always happy, always smiling, al
ways smoking that's tho prlnco, who.
becauso of his affability and rotundi
ty, 18 aomotlraes called "Cupid" among
hla intimates In tho houao cloakroom.
Hla oyes aro always twlnkllmr. his
smile Is over present, his cigarette leaves a constant trail of Bmoko behind
him.
Thero is nothing superficial or useless about hla urbanity. By It tho
prlnco manages to interest representatives from Kansas to Maino in his
Island, with tho result that Hawaii Is usually up for attention whenever
Kalanlanaolo feels called upon to act.
Congressmen and friends of Kalanlanaolo address him aa "Prlnco," Juat
tho Bamo aa childhood lntlmatea might aay "Hello, Mike." It Is remarkable
how democratic "prince" can sound when applied with familiarity.
AT LAST HE IS A PEER
Gibed at for years bv Americana
bocause ho abandoned the land of hla
birth and becamo a citizen of Great
Britain, William Waldorf Astor placid
ly wont his way. hobnobblnir with
royalty and nobility and drawing his
income from tho vast estates accumu
lated by his ancestors in tho United
States. Now. at last, ho has nrli Invert
his ambition, for tho king of England
has made him a peer. Ho has been
created a baron and has taken tho
titlo of Baron Astor of Hover Castle.
Thl8 ia the first tlmn nn Amorlmn.
born man has been raised to tho Brit-
Jsh peerago, and it is presumably tho
result of Astor's lavish contributions
to tho British war relief funds. n
always has been a liberal contributor
wnon monoy was being raised in Eng
land for any national purpose.
William Waldorf Astor was born In
Now York In 1848, tho son of John Ja
cob Astor. In 1878 ho married Miss
Mary Dahlgren. He has two sons and a dauirhtor
Ho was a member of
I 1 ol ? 0 Ieeis-aturo twlco and was American minister to Italy
..0010 i00O. our years later ho loft tho United States to live in
England, becoming a naturalized Englishman. His daughtera-in-law aro tho
augnorno Bisters, famous for their beauty.
J. M. C. SMITH'S LITTLE JOKE
J. M. C. Smith, representative
from Michigan, la not by any meana a
frivolous man, but ho does enjoy a
joke now and then. Not long after he
entered congress ho "put ono over"
on tho folks In tho White Houso. Ono
of tho president's secretaries called
tho Michigan man at his office and re
quested him to como to tho Wnlto
Houso at twelvo o'clock to seo Mr.
William Taft on a matter of moment.
Smith suspected that tho matter
was something ho didn't wish to do
claro himself on Just them, so he said:
"Yes, indeed; that'a an opportuno
hour. I havo a couplo of friends hero
visiting mo and we'll all drop around
and Just stay for lunch." Then ho
hung up tho receiver.
Tho Tafta weren't expecting com
pany that day, and llko aa not didn't
havo a thing in tho houso, and tho
idea of two or three extra plates on
i, . ,4 ,uocu KiuuL commotion.
SS'S"; r,"?1' Smith's way of being comical, and ho had no
buiufi iu LUU VV111LU X1UUSU III UU,
In his youniror dava Smith
vrv , . - -i'"t.w, emu uiiurwuruB a lawyer.
,fhon ho was faying his first law caao a lawyer on tho othor side made a
mw,wm M vw fcimi. ouuuuu uio motion, said Smith
FITZGERALD'S WICKED SIMIAN
Tb'c If. Ot (Hory o" rVSrsotr'n.
tlva Fitzgerald of Now York and a
rlngtnll squealer whoso wickedness
has mado tho congressman tho defend
ant In a Bult for $1,000 damages.
Representative Fltzcernld didn't
know much about ringtail squealers
until two years ago, whon somebody
mndo him a present of tho nnlmnl
with which this atory deals whllo Mr.
Fitzgerald was on r. visit to Panama.
Slnco then, l-owovei. his education
hua boon completed.
Tho ringtail BWoalor la doscrlhn!!
In tho dictionary na a "species of ape,"
otc. Tho complaint filed against Rep
resentative Fitzgerald alleges tho rinir.
tall squealer, the cease ot the suit,
was or a "malicious. vjcIous, ferocioua,
mischievous, dangerous and unmanairo.
ablo disposition,' and In order to mako
Buro that nothing had boon omitted,
adds "and possessed ot othor vtcloua
propensities."
Tho plaintiff is a Mrs. Burch. who rnsirin. .. ,.. .
houso in which Fltz, as tho squalor was callod mX . "r
alleges that Fitz used to make his way into her bade Ard Jnd ?T Sh
of these visits ho entered her apartment and scratched and l, , 0n T
her husband camo to tho r.mm scratched and bc her until
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