The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-04-04
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@-We extract the following from letter of
New York correspondent for the purpose of
giving the readers an idea of "Society" and
electromagnetic" in that city:
"What is called "Society" in New York is a
queer thing. The great city is full of people
who have made money rapidly, and whose
principal desire is to figure in what they call
"Society," that is to say, to be recognized as
people of fashion-to have their wealth recog-
nized and to have certain status among the
upper-crust. The real aristocracy are compell-
ed to recognize these new creations to a certain
extent, for the Almighty Dollar has power
anywhere in this world. A little lawsuit in
one of the cities the other day developed some
of the ways by which the shoddy aristocrats
attain their notoriety. These papers give ac
counts of ladies present at certain balls, and
their toilettes-for consideration. They have
regular scale of prices which the fashionables
pay. A mere modest mention costs $40 !; a COM
plimentary adjective or two thrown judicous-
ly in as to the lady's beauty, adds a five dollar
note to the bill; a minute description of tot
lette brings up the expense to $35, and a full
description, from the white slipper to the top
dressing, costs from $50 to SIS. At one ball a
husband had agreed with one of the reporters
for description of his wife, with which he
was displeased when it appeard, and he refused
to pay. The reporter took his revenge by suing
him, and as he could prove contract he got
judgment.
"Will not this expose ruin your business ?"
inquired.
''Not at ALL" was his reply, cit will increase
it, for it will show them all where they can get
good accounts. But it has killed Mr.. and Mrs.
x. Everybody knows to a dead certainty that
they contracted for my efforts to make her ap-
pear as she desired-and all their kind friends
will know that everything that is done for her
hereafter is matter of contract. They don't
care what people think for they are shoddy,
but they dread proof"
ExrRAvAeANcE.
A lady blazed all over with diamonds at a
Fifth avenue party last week. On each should
er she had four stars, the size of dollar, made
of diamonds. Her hair was set thickly with
diamonds. There was diamond bandeau up
on her brow. She had diamond earrings and
diamond necklace. Upon the sides of her
chest were two circles of diamonds. From
them depended lines and curves of diamonds
reaching to her waist, round which she wore a
diamond girdle. On her skirts in front were
large pea cocks, wrought of lines of diamonds.
There were rosettes of diamonds, on her slip
pers, and diamonds large or small, all over her
dress and person, wherever they could be placed.
The lady's grandfather was cart-man, her
father pawn broker, and her husband-well,
he lives upon the father. But it don't matter.
The old gentleman is worth his millions, and
as he still follows his business and is adding to
his store, his daughter can afford it. He is
never present at these parties though.
A LIVING WoNDER.-The Glasgow, Kentucky
Times says: Our town has been for the last
two days unusually excited over the arrival of
the child wonder in the person of Dero Edward
Chambers, who has heretofore had mention in
the columns of the Times. Dero Chambers,
the subject of this notice, was born in Barren
county, on Skegg's creek, on the 18th day of
August, 1871, and at the time of birth was
characterized by nothing unusual to ordinary
children. When about three months old he
began 10 feshen and soon began to attract Sc
rious attention of his parents and immediate
friends. His accumulation of fat has been un-
interrupted, and now he exhibits an obesity Of
huge aldermanic proportions.
We visited him on yesterday and made a
careful examination and measurement, which
we give to tn curious public. His parents are
the reverse of their infautile representative so
far as physical proportion is concerned. The
father, Smith E. Chambers, is delicate, spare
made man of not vigorous look, and weighs
l27 pounds; the mother is small, delicately
built, and weighs 144 pounds.
Dero, the young giant, stands in perpendic-
ular measurement 81 inches. The measure
ment around the wrist lO4 inches, and above
the elbow 161 inches The leg around the calf
gives circumference of Is inches, and the
thigh the enormous length around of 283, while
the hips take full 43 inches of tape to circuit
their hugeness. Around the waist he shows a
girth of 40 inches. His avordupos pulls down
the scales easily at 1854 pounds. The child is
quite intelligent, can walk with much easier
locomotion than his ponderous, unhappy form
would indicate, and enjoys very good health
For a child of his age, being as before stated
only % years DID, he bids fair, if his life is pro-
| longed a year two, to become one of the
most noted Of the age. His parents are pos
sessed of only this living child, although they
have had three others, all dying carly. One
of the deceased children was very similar to
the one now exercising the curiosity of our
people.