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Show TO WED ROBERT BROWNING. A Millionaire Widow of Philadelphia Philadel-phia Captures the .English . Poet's Heart. Philadelphia, February 8. An intimate in-timate friend of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, the millionare widow of Philadelphia, who starts in a few days for New York, whence she will sail to London, has allowed al-lowed it to be understood that the lady referred to by a Hartford evening paper as engaged to be married -to Robert Browning, the English poet, is Mrs. Moore. This lady is about fifty years of age and resides at 510 South Broad street in this city. Her husband was a paper manufacturer, of, the firm of Jessup & Moore, whose establishment on North street gave his widow in Paris and London, as well as in her native citv, the title of "The Princess of Rags." "in his will he left a large sum to be devoted to the en couragement of struggling inventors, and this sum has been for several years devoted de-voted to backing Keely, of motor fame, who has used several hundred thousand dollars of Mrs. Moore's money, and now promises by her aid to bring his invention inven-tion to completion definitely inside of three months. Some time ago she was reported to be engaged to the poet whose last volume, "Ferishtah's Fancies,'.' shows him still capable of writing pas sionate love Ijtics. The Hartford paper says : . Between Robert Browning and the lady in question, the very deepest and sincerest friendship has existed for years. That it has not resulted in marriage is not surprising to those who know the au-. thor of "Agatha's Friendship." The na ture and degree of the lady's affection for Browning has been most admirably expressed ex-pressed in one of her poems, "On the Heights," in a volume published by Remington, in London, two years ago. For those who can read between the lines the exquisite lyrics in "Feristah's Fancies" Fan-cies" will possess a singular charm, suggesting sug-gesting as they do to those who know the author of "Agatha's Friendship" the possibility that the poet is not as well satisfied with platonic love as is the authoress. au-thoress. The brilliant authoress of Agatha's Friendship," "On the Hihts " etc., will be recognized as Mrs Moore, bhould she, as is indicated above, conclude con-clude to change her name, Philadelphi-answill Philadelphi-answill unite in the hope that she may not transfer her residence to London |