Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1879 — Experiencesof a Washington Belle [ARTICLE]

Experiencesof a Washington Belle

A Washington porrespondeut of tl e Chicago Inter-Ocean says of Miss Stautonjdaughter of the late Hen. Edwin M. Stanton, the great war secretary,) who is about to marry‘a Lieutenant of artillery, that she was bom while her father was a member of Buchanan’s Cabinet, and is lust out of her “teens.” It is related of her that she once had a narrow escape. “/The correspondent thus describes it: The Turkish Minister fell in Jove jnth her, and asked her to be bis wife. He is a handsome fellow, with a thick, glossy beard, and, being wealthy and fascinating, was considered a good catch. The girl accepted him, and the titled Turk called upon her toother, who was a lawyer of high standiug, siucegdiceased, to her hand. The prudent brother made some inquiries as to the*social position his sister would oecupy in Turkey and was frankly told that, of course, she would have to conform to the customs of the country, as it would not do for a Turk of the rank of her would-be husband to introduce any innovations into Harem-land When Miss Stanton learned this She indignantly recalled her acceptance, and the Turk and she have nevw recognized each other since, nor has he since attempted to marry an American girl.