The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-01-19
NEW YORK HEIkESNEN.
Their WOrldliness md Exclusive
saess-Miss Carrie Astor and Mss
Nellie Gould.

New York heires>es are noted Ivy all
society people to be the stupi,l-st and
most worldly and ca!ious. OF course
there are many exceptions of beautiful.
charming. and sensible girls who inher-
it large fortunes; bat, as Il general
thing. the training OF y New York he,r
ess is calculated 10 repress any energy,
brightness, Or whims she may possess.
She is III many respects like the
daughter of AZ Engli.hmau. bnt not :"
we'll Oft. An English mob.enan's daugh
ter may know any olo. because SIT. is
sure ut the position of her people. But
n New York l,eircss may not, tor per
chance her washer WOMAN WAS an in
innate friend ST her grandmother.
Two OF the g.tate-5 New York heir
esses are Miss Carrie Aston. daughter
of Mrs. William Aston. and Miss Nellie
Gould, daughter If Jay Gould. Miss
Aston has been eat IN society for the
the last few seasons. She is perhaps
twenty-five years olu-a plain, fair. in
Significant looking little girl, whom
hardly any one w,ail think of noticing
twice, ii it were not that she was the
heiress to ,nanv millions of dollars.
She is perfectly bred, and vt,y quiet
in manner She speaks French, Ger
man and Italian, has bren abroad
many times, knows aboat pictnies sta
tuary, the opera, the park and Fifth
Avenue. and that is all. She. like most
girls o. her class, has 10 decided Ol,iu-
ions Of her own, but refers everything
to mamma" And she undoubtedly
will marry just who .'ma.nma'' tells
her. She is religious and likes paint
lngs and em%b roid-ry. visits the hospi
tails. is interested in many noble chart
ties, and has never been known to make
the slightest breach of etiquette.
Miss Gould Is mol quite gsown up.
She is between ffteen aud sixteen
years Of age, and possesses a sweet.
bright face and a graceful carriage.
She is still at school and is quite Il lin
gaist and very sensible. She will n
doubleday 60 into society year after
next, but whom She will marry is as un
certain as when the world will end.
Most New York heiresses are made
aware of their important position in
thia world before they can talk, but
they testify their Knowledge OF the fact
by screaming at the nurses. OF which
commodity they possess fiom three to
four, by demanding to be Carried all
night aud other signs.
1t the family is noted for large feet
or hands or mouth. the baby is taken
in hand. It's little feet are kept in lin
en- %bandages, and it is never, until full
" grown, allowed to waIkany distance.
Its hands are treated in the same man
NET, and it is taught every day to re-
peat q number of words such as
"pr1nes and prism<," to make its
mouth small. 1t is exercised every
morning ty being thrown up and down
in the nurses arms, goes to bed at sun
dowo, and, until out Of school. is not
permitted to have u heavy supper.
This information Was given t. the Jour
nal by an old woman, who had been
Q0rse in some OF tue wealthiest fami- !
lies.
A French governess is secured when
the heiress is about a year old, and slie
learns two languages at one time. She
Its never permitted to romp, and she
has only u or two companions of
her W age, and sometimes not that.
She must have her hair brushed every
night aud morning for an hour to make
It thick. She must have her eyeIashes
clipped while Il baby to make them
grow long and curl. She must have
her finger nails attended to every morn
ing by a manicure, aud wear braces for
fear she might grow round shou!dered.
Her insteps aud eyebrows must be cal
tivated, and almost every action natl
raj to a healthy child is forbidden her.
She cannot play steam cars with the
nursery chairs or. make mudpies iii the
back yard. She cannot play seesaw or
swing. Al! these are unlaaylike aud
beBeath her station.
She belongs to a private dancing class
and riding school. Learns painting.
embroidery. and sketching, and makes
her debut in fashionable society by q
large ball at either D%elmonico's OF
her fathers house. Then comes tile
trouble.
sShe 10 eourted by every kind of a
man from the weak but money wise
dude to the bogus nobleman. Here
the tact of her wise mother comes into
play. If q gentleman calls to see Ethel,
her mamma goes down aud inspects
him, telling him she is $50 sorry Ethel }
has just gone out" or "Ethel has a ter
rible headache" and if, after many sub
tile questions. she is convinced he is all
right. she invites him to ''call again."
An heiress of good family is hardly
content unless che marries a real noble
man. but an heiress Of new family is
very glad to ecu the poor scion of a
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