| Show RICH BUT LONELY Widows Who are Conspicuous in San Francisco Society I LARGE AUGUSTS TO CHARITY Mrs Hearst Mrs linger Mrs Swift Mrs Donahue Mrs Hastings Mrs Flood and Mrs Bryant SAX FBAXCISCO May 151S9L Special correspondence of THE HERALDMuch having appeared in print from time to time j regarding wealthy society widows of tho eastern metropolis it may be interesting tb note a few of those residing in the chief city of the Pacific slope Among the most prominent is Mrs George Hearst who takes the lead in counting her millions She is the widow of the United States Senator who died lately in Washington Washing-ton Mrs Hearst was formerly Miss Ap person She is eVII ready to befriend the helplessnot only with kind wordsbut with something more substantial She acts and feels as though her fortune was given to her forthepurpose of benefiting othersand r she is never BO happy as when she has a houseful of charming young ladies to entertain enter-tain Mr William R Hearst her only son and only heir claims her entire devotion Mrs Hearst is now In San Francisco where she will probably remain for the next year after which time she will reside mostly in New York and in her now residence resi-dence in Washington Mrs Hager wife of the late Judge J S Hager formerly United States Senator and at the time of his deathwhich occurred within a yearcollector of customs of San Franciscois another millionaire lady who does much for the sake of charity She has a noble commanding appearance and has long been looked upon as the leader of San Francisco society Her family are of St Louis Mo where she married in her girlhood girl-hood days the wealthy Mr Hicks Mrs Eager has an interesting family of two sons and three beautiful daughters the oldest of which is in societya decided belle The Y family have recently returned from the east and arc now located at one of the swell hotels where they occupy suite of a dozen rooms iJ 1 1 iI It t d b t e p Y X i rIi < nT f = i t f K S IWA 6 l Ij W t UO Ocr ft 1 t C I h 20 = MRS J S nAG En MRS GEORGE HEARST y Mrs John F Swift widow of the late minister plenipotentiary to Japanhas lied nearly all her life in California Her father the late Colonel Wood was one of the early pioneers The subject of this sketch is considered con-sidered the most beautiful of a family noted I I for their beauty MrsSwift wasup to the time of her departure for Japan president of the Womens Exchange an institution that owes much of its popularity to her untiring un-tiring efforts in its behalf She is childless but seldom keeps house without some member mem-ber of her family enjoying her hospitality The Swift homestead is a valuable und immense im-mense piece of property located in that portion por-tion of San Francisco known as the Mission Mis-sion MrsRobert Johnson is another lady who in a quiet way does much good with he r vast wealth She also is childless but she has a large family of relatives who can testify tes-tify to her deeds of generosity This lady does much for art and has for years been collecting the finest specimens from the p best masters both at home and abroad She is a devout Catholic and her church is her first consideration Her residence occupie a quarter of a block in a portion of the city wnere land is very valuable Mrs Henry McLane Martin is a decided d blunde and one of the most beautiful women of San Francisco and although still in th no 4r twenties is a widow for the second time 1 She was formerly Carrie Colton daughte of General DDColton and at a very carl ry ape to pleaso her parents so the worl 1 said gave her hand to tho rich Dan Cook a brother to Seth Cook tho banker In a few years she was left a wealthy widow with one little child Two years later she discarded her dress of sombre hue and again entered society as a reigning hello Abou three or four years ago Mrs Cook made a love match when she married Henry Me Lane Martin of Boston who left there t o reside on the Pacific coast Mr Martin died the early part of tho present month leaving his young widow with a second little daughter as well as a second fortune and the great white mansion on Nob Hill has again closed its doors to present festivities festiv-ities Mrs Robert P Hastings who is a widov of only a few months was Miss Mambo Cog hill the daughter of Mrs John Hemphii wife of the former minister of Calver y church San Francisco but now located i n Philadelphia The subject of this sketch is not over twentyfive years of age and si z years ago was considered the most beaut fug young lady in local society She is a petite demiblondo with a great deal of das h and style She married the son of Judg e Hastings of the Hastings law college Mrs Hastings was mado an heiress by the deal of her father her grandfather and her husband hus-band She is the mother of two small chi dren whose future have been largely pro vide for by their grandfather Judge Hastings Hast-ings Mrs Peter Donahue is another lady who has been left in charge of millions and she has shown wonderful ability in the management manage-ment of her business affairs She is a devout de-vout member of the Catholic church and her purse Is always open to its demands She was the second wife of Mr Donahue owner of the great iron foundry one ot the originators of the San Francisco Gas company L com-pany and for many years its presidentand a leading man generally in financial affairs Mrs Donahue has recently returned from an extensive European tour in company with her wealthy widowed sister MrsEd ward Martin Mrs Donahue has not any children of her own but she has indeed proved a mother to those of her late husband hus-band She is the sister of the late exGov ernor Downey at one time governor of California Cal-ifornia and is noted for her generous hospitality hos-pitality The lady lives in tho old homestead home-stead which occupies hall a block in the southern portion of the city Mrs Edward Martin is one of those good kind women one is always glad to meetS meet-S be too is a Catholic and is noted for her mbagniflcent dressing She has recently as andoned her beautiful residence on Sut l tMr street and gone reside with her sis tor f lar s Martin is the mother of two bright IdS I-ds Tvhojhavo been sent to college rar ru2 i Y r t t IRS 3 F swirr tits CLARK CROCKER 1 > strc Marvin Donahue who was Dretty Helle Wallace is quite a young widow with vo lit tie children She is the second daugh tar of Superior Judge W T Wallace Hors was a marriage for loves sake after vo years of courtship commencing when she was but thirteen years of age But the nuptial knot involved her in a sea of trouble owing to the fast life led by her husband who met an early death from a life of dissipation She has recently succeeded suc-ceeded in getting her rightful portion of her wealthy husbands estate which she almost lost through his injustice Mrs Donahue is rather tall and stout with soft blue eyes brown hair a fresh complexion a sweet disposition and charming manners She 1 divides her timo between the fashionable watering place resorts her fathers resi dence on Van Ness avenue and her lovely country seat at San Rafael Mrs James C Flood is another who counts her possessions by tho millions She Is the widow of the wellknown mining man banker and cidevant saloon keeper who died a couple of years since in Germany Ger-many Mrs Flood is the mother of young Jim Flood around whom some scandal clings and also the mother of the heiress Jennie ood who some ten or twelve years ono was engaged to the third son of General Gen-eral Grant Jennie who has passed from the bloom of youth is so rumor says engaged gaged to an eastern gentleman MrsFlood and her daughter spent most of their time at their country residence at Menlo park and the big house on Nob Hill is closed two thirds of the year Mrs A A Sargent goes but little in society iety nltnough the high social position of the family would be a passport to the hIghest high-est if desired She is the widow of the late United States Senator Sargent who was atone at-one time our minister plenipotentiary to Germany Mrs Sargent has two brilliant yeducated daughters one of whom Eliza beth received a diploma as a specialist for the eye and ear treatment and who only for the love of her profession is a practi tioner The two Sargent boys are good Business men Mrs A J Bryant is the widow of a Dem cralic mayor of San Francisco who died three years ago leaving a handsome fortune for his wife and one young daughter Ros lin to enjoy Mrs Bryant is still a young woman and is devoted to her beautiful child a girl of thirteen who will be the heir to her mothers millions Mrs Coll Deano has been a widow but ash a-sh rt time She was the wife of a well known stock broker and head of the firm of Deane Co who left a fortune approach ng million of dollars to his wife and several sev-eral young children Mrs Howard Coit formerly Lillie Hilch cockhas been resident of the Pacific slope since infancy with the exception of a few years spent abroad when she was a noted belle at Napoleons court and the favorite of the Empress Her girlhood days are wellremembered and numerous instances are related of her eccentric doings One of her hobbies was to gather SIll the children in the neighborhood and march them down the street to a matinee on Saturday afternoons after-noons Another was to mount the drivers seat of the old stvle > omnibus upon a rainy lay when the inside of the vehicle was filled At the sound of the fire bell she would invariably be seen heading for the place of excitement It the fire was in the immediate location of her own residence the bravo fire laddies were always sure of a supper before returning to the engine house She was idolized by the fire companies com-panies and while yet a girl was made an honorary member of No 5 Mrs Coit has a largo fortune which came to her through the death of her grandfather and her father To her fortune will be added that of her mothers some time in the future QMrs M A Parrott is perhaps the most wealthy of all the San Francisco widows Her income is supposed to be 1000 and by some 82000 pot day She Is the second sec-ond wife of the late John Parrotta pioneer and banker in Californias palmy days Atone At-one time his residence was the wonder of the coast The entire inside vood work was of the first grade of mahogany The rest of the structure being in perfect keep ing with such magnificence Mrs Parrott is a lady somewhere in the forties and ono of the most prominent members of our society so-ciety All her daughters have married welL 1 SS Jof Vw g til > I r WS < > j r 4 4 < < J6 3 5 it l Al t I f j I JNJ f t t J d < l3 < to 3V > ms Jon tlIIurLI MRS MERVTN DONAHUE Mrs JII Johnson who became a widow during tho early part of Aprilhas been left a fortune by her husband She has two lovely daughters and many friends Mrs John A Paxton was the wife of a fortunate banker who made the bulk of his riches in Marysville Gal and in Virginia City Nevada and then came to San Francisco Fran-cisco to enjoy it The lady has a handsome country residence up among the foothills where she spends most of her time when not residing in New York or traveling in Europe She takes much interest in Sunday Sun-day schools and is > exceedingly charitable to her large number of relatives Mrs M B M Toland is a lady who thinks as much of others as she does of herself her-self and is constantly doing somebody some good She has done much in the way of literature both in prose and in verse in many cases making her own illustrations for some of her finest productions Her husband was the physician who instituted the Toland medical college that proved so beneficial to tho coast She bus lately lost a son young Dr Toland who a couple of years ago married the young actressTrella Folks Her only remaining son Hugo To land who will be his mothers heir cannot resist the fascination of the footlights and so has become a full fledged actor Mrs J R Allen whose husband died recently re-cently may well come under the head of wealthy widows although she has been obliged to resort to the law to obtain her rights Mrs John McMullin will be long remem bered as one of the most extensive entertainers enter-tainers of San Francisco She is u tall graceful lady almost as young looking as her eldest daughter She generally spends her winters in Washington when she is accompanied by one or two society belles from California Mrs Thomas Breeze has long resided in San Francisco She is exceedingly charitable charit-able and does much good with her large income in-come Mrs John Skae who is wellknown in San Francisco is another wealthy widow She resides at the Palace hotel with her daughter Alice ner only child and a very charming young lady Mrs Henry Barriolhet a widow of less than year is a line looking woman Her Husband was a banker and at the same time Chilian consul ho being a native of Chili Mrs Barriolhet spends most of hor time at her country residence near San Mateo where much of her attention is given to the cultivation 01 flowersespecially roses and violets which are considered the finest specimens in the country Mrs Charles Lux is the widow of one of the cattle kings of the Pacific coast He was so wealthy that it was noted fact that his cattle could be driven up the coast from Mexico and pastured each night on his own land Mrs Lux is childless she is something some-thing of an invalid and islooking forward toatrip through Europe in the near future fu-ture Among other wellknown society widows who count their wealth by the millions is Mrs Clark WCrockerwhose husband was a brother of the railroad king Mr Charles Crocker Mrs Crocker is a quiet modest matron who does not aim at display but entertains in a most graceful manner Her daughters have married prominent men and her sons giv promise of making thoirmark in the world Mrs Hall McAllister is the widow of the once famous attorney who was a brother of New Yorks four hundred leader Mrs Elizabeth Tallent long a resident of San Francisco was the wife of the well known banker Mr JDTallent Mrs Elisha Cook was the wife of a noted lawyer who massed a largo fortune Her son Carroll Cook is a promising young lawyer and her pretty daughter Leonide is one of the leading belles of San Francisco Fran-cisco Mrs Peter Decker formerly of Marys vIDe is now a resident of San Francisco where she resides at the Palace hotel with Tier daughter Alice Mrs Morton Cheestman also formerly of Marysville is now a resident of the Pacific coast metropolis She resides at the Palace hotel with her daughter Jennie 1 jt I Q > I ti j < MtII r f r h t I ri y l J Ill J t if 1 1 I 1t1i q I 7ro Mf1 rr l t ifIJi fJfi7 i J F1 r MrIJ d tPL tf 7 v iI wir Y 7 MRS Jr B X TOLAND MRS THOMAS BREEZE Mrs Judge Hyde is the widow of a former Alcado of San Francisco She has several daughters who have made brilliant matches Ono unmarried daughter is yet with the mother and until lately she had a daughter who was a nun in the convent at Oakland but who died lately Mrs Hyde is a Catholic Cath-olic and is devoted to the faith Mrs John Carroll whose husband met with such a tragic death very lately is a daughter of the rich Martin Murphy of Santa Clara thus she secures a fortune from both her husband and her father Mrs Richard Tobin in high standing with the Catholic church is the widow ot the former celebrated attorney of the Hibernia Hi-bernia bank Mrs H B Williams Mrs Mayor Otis Mrs A W Sisson Mrs A A Porter Mrs Mathias Grays Mrs N G Kittle and Mrs G O McAlullin have all been left wealthy by their husbands About the youngest society widow is Mrs Charles N Shaw who was formcry Eva Towne the only child of Mr A N J owno the manager of the Central Pacific railroad Mrs Shaw resides with her parents She is so youthful looking she is seldom taken to be the mother of her little sevenyearold daughter Mrs Lucius Stone is the oldest widow whose wealth is extensive Mrs Stone is i approaching the nineties She is a hale hearty old lady who lives alone in an elegant ele-gant residence with her servants Miss Hattie Stone a granddaughter will be her heir The above do not compriso all the San Francisco ladies upon whom death has devolved de-volved the loss of their husbands vast accumulations ac-cumulations but enough to show that our eastern cities havo no monopoly of the I widows |
