Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-04
From tho New York Graphic.

From the New York Graphic
The society girls who were not invited to the
vanderbilt ball. but who had arranged with GER
tam invited ladies to 90 disguised as their maids
had sorry time on finding that no domestics
were allowed to enter the house. They were
obliged to remain in the carriage outside One
OF these victims writes:
" Ii was dreadful. Because, in addition to the
tedlousness of waiting so long in the cold would
you believe it, that impertinent 1O0tman of Mrs.
s. s took it into his head to beguile the time by
entering ON Irritation with me. / was at nv
wits end, for was obliged to keep up the char
acter and the impertinent fellow was not to be
easily rebuffed assure you. He presumed on his
supposed equality to keep up conversation to
which was obliged to reply though Of course
only in mOnOsyllables The fellow was not ILL
looking either. and being In full livery his calves
were unexceptonable. l think Mrs. S. might
have had some regard for my trying situation
out there. But she didn't. She staid till the
last. and when she did come out took it all as
good joke on me. think her appreciation of
the Joke as she was pleased to call it, was
stimulated and heightened 10y the champagne
she had evidently drank. | could not complain
to her concerning the audacity Of the footman,
for what redress could have obtained against
a menial3 She might at least on finding out
the true state OF the case have had me driven
back to her house. l shall get even on Mrs. S.
some day."
The day of the big Vanderbilt party was sit
ting in the brokers' parIors of Mr. Enos, right
opposite, among group Of men, watching the
flowers go up into the splendid mansion. and we
began to talk together to the following effect:
Said to fine old gentleman who knows al
most everything in New York in a social way:
what do you suppose the taxes on that prop
erty arp?"
II think the lot cost about $3.50. OO0." said he.
The building, furniture and real estate proba-
bly, came up to 81 100000. 1 dare say the taxes
are $4,000 year"
that house without an expense of 800, 900 a
year. This party will cost $50 600"
Now, said the old gentleman, 81 wouldn't
go through the mental trouble of giving such
party as that if it were to have a far greater
result. There are so many things to be consid-
ered. 1t Is such gratuitous performances
There will be SO much complaint on any little
point not well covered that it can hardly pay in
any point of ambition"
;Another gentleman spoke up: saying: evil
liam n. Vanderbilt is one of the most modest
men you ever saw. He lets his wife do this, |
suppose"
80 Is his wife Of superior social quality to the
other Vanderbiits ~
Oh. yes" said another person present, I" the
Vanderbilts have never made much push into
society," Society up here has a good many
ranges. William KS wife is In about the third
or fourth class from the top now, but she is
aiming further along. Some of her own family
connections like the Sloans, do not come up
into her own set. She has been living in New
York most OF her life, though it is said that her
origin is Virginia. At one time her mother was
in straits. She has brother married to a
1Znasa, and another Yznaga is married to Lord
Mandeviile or one OF his family. That accounts
for the Mandevilles being around this house
The English connection both stimulates and as
sists Mrs. Fanderbilts social ambition"
From the New York Sun.
g see Won of der Wanderp:lts has q pig pail
glfen.' said the German barber near the COOper
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