Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-03
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
4 SPEND hrift'S ESCapad6 and
a Brokers Revenge,
The Latest Society Furore.
How Some Millionairss Have Dfs-
tributsd Their Property.

How Some Millionairss Have DE-
tributsd Their Property.
There Is q good story told 1t tn
clubs about . certain young man II
this clty-too good not 10 print
which, unfortunately, does not los,
all It's point In Withholding the name'
of the principals. The young man ir
question inherited q fine business
from his father "a self.made man Of
the highest integrity. and although
the estate has not yet been settled,
the son has been able to get hold Of
considerable money; but, having got
under the influence OF q cieverer and
more vicious man, he Is spending more
than his income warrants. Although
he has q wife, no has become inter.
ested In q lady connected with the
stage, to whom he has been paying
marked attention. This lady took It
Into her head the other day that she
would like to have some diamonds,
and she expressed her wish to the
young man. OF course, gallantry
compelled him TO crafty the winh;
and he went down to q diamond broker
In Maiden Lane and purchased $10,.
600 worth Of the precious stones,
which he duly presented. When
he took the diamonds he
did not pay for them; but the
broker, knowing who he was and hii
fathers reputation for integrity, al
lowed him to take them with q simple
memoranda Of the transaction. In a
day or two he called at the young
mans place of business and asked for
payment. The young man was very
polite, but regretted he had not the
money Just then. He would, how.
ever, give him an /. o. u, which the
broker took for the sake of having
something negotiable. He felt Q little
uncertain about Its value, and con-
suited with q prominent business man
who he knew would know all about
the young mans affairs. To his su-
preme disgust, he was told that the
note was not worth the paper 1t was
written on; that, while the business
the father had left was apparently
fourishing, this note was entirely per-
sonal, and that the town was white
with similar ones. The poor broker
was worried to death. A loss of
$4,000 was not easy to bear, but he
set himself to work 10 think QUO q way
to retrieve his loss. Relief came In
the most unexpected manner, like an
answer to prayer. The woman to
whom the diamonds had been given,
with a fckleness that Is peculiar to
her kind, got tired of the setting In a
few days, and, without saying any.
thing to the young man, sent them
down to maiden Lane to be reset.
When the broker saw them come In
he could hardly believe his eyes.
"They we're sent to be react, said the
clerk, handing them to him. 81 will
reset them," said the broker, II will
reset them in the safe;" and there
they are to. day. What the woman
said to the young man when her dia
monds didn't come home, and wha'
the young man said to the woman lr
explanation, Is more than even thu
prying ears Of the club have dlscov'
cred yet, but I fancy that there was
90 on which 1t would be we'll t.
ring down the curtain.
The fancy dress and masquerade bnl
of Mrs. Willism X. Vanderbilt o,
Easter Tuesday is the great soola
event of the future, which all othe
Affsirs briskly step out Of the way Of
1t will be quite the thing to 60. l an
afraid o good deal Of the Lsnten intel
Loot will be wasted In the plans ant
conspiracies that are ever now goiue
on about costumes, A good many
have been decided on, and some arr
already SIN the works." Mr.. Wander
bilt will appear as "Mine Host o
Mine Inn," and Mrs Vanderbilt will
personate Cinderella. Mr.. Edward
Woolsey goes as q Knight, Mrs. Wool
uey as "Patienoe," Lady Vaudeville q
"The Four Seasons" "The beautifu
Miss Chamberlain. of Ohio" is o q
Cannes with Col. John Hay and Mrs
Hay, but II is reported that she vii
get home in time for the ball. 1t
also rumored that the English beauty
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, will come owe
and may be present, but this Is ur
likely. Thirteen of this seasons pre-
tiest debutantes will appear as q SUI
of cards-the thirteen hearts.
A Juror which has been rsgln
among the ladies for some time, an
which seems to be at Its height
present, Ia that of having q plast'
csst made Of ones hand; some even {
so far as to have them done in marbl
OF course this Is only done when Il
lady has, or thinks she has, a pree'
hand. These little souvenirs a
given to a favored lover or put on e.
hibltion In the drawing room. l W
talking with q prominent tculpt
about this rage the other day, and
said that while he had made maj
oasts of ladies' hands he had done We
few which he would care to use
models; very few which same up
his idea of artistic beauty. Artists
no means consider q small hand bea
tiful, except 1t be we'll shaped and /
long to a tiny specimen Of humanit
SPY the way" said the sculptor,
met a lady from Cleveland, the 9th
day, who has Just the kind of q hal
1 want fer a model, and what Is me
she promised to let me make a cast
1t. Possibly o might not sic
it as fine as l do. 1 think 1t aim,
perfect; it Is long and strong, wi
tapering fingers, not the hand OF
worker, for you know workers alwa
have square finger ends, but the ha
OF one who combines strength
character, frmness of viii, with y G
a~rtIstic temperament tho hand
one who hes generations Of cult
behind her."
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