The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-29
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Tho last week Of June and Tho first weck q
July are always perfods Of what the SCOTCH cal
-Aitting" All who have not gone 10 Ruropsoe
into bsnkruptcy should have lsft town By this
time, for svoA the most ardent lovsrs Of cock
nsy plsasurss and city oonforts nust take -
themselves winss whom the rsd-hot "Fcurths
looms MP In near proximity. Society In town
may therefore bs said TO have ceased 70 existy
that 10 70 cay. the women are all gone. Thsy
have bVtakAn themselves TO summer 0uNrteras
and are occupied In mounting their country
households. or In arranging and beaatifying
their cabin like rooms In first or second class
eountry hotels.
Climb Mo. which. however. II not society. stin
psmains 10 al the vacuum. and town topics for
dob uss are nevsr wanting during even the
dullest season. Those which have presented
thsmselves during the past week hsve not beaA
Of . particularly lively or spicy nature. how.
ever bat hass struck rathsf . minor chord
asong even the most selfish and thoushtless.
The overthrow Of commercial firms whose ex-
issence datea back to Q time whom the present
membefs were In their earliest Infancy die.
pases both old and young mon TO cit down and
talk about earthquakes. And the traiiins Of
a. old and henorsd nams In the dust through
the folly and stupidity Of one who bears II. has
rather dispintine effect upon hsads Of FAM
iiiss. who have no assured certainty that theiS
own sons may not 60 and do likewise.
Unequal marriages are probably OF less ins
portance In this country than In any other and
there is nothing to stand In the way Of labor.
sr'e daughtar bscominR . lady Of education
and refinement. or gardeners son exomplfy-
Ing IN his own person the romantic history 81
Claude Nelnotts. And yet OF all the fruitful
sources OF human misery not one 10 moro pro.
linc than marriage between pair who have
had . different social training Parents can.
not forgive IT, and society rarely oondones the
offence. In England . man can raise his wife.
II she be good and honest to his own position
in Mie. A woman. u she makes meealliancs.
sinks at onoe TO tho level OF the man she mar.
riss. In this country the disruption Of family
ties. unoongenial associations leading to weari-
ness. safety. dissraoa and even crime. are the
almost inevitable results Of ill-assorted
matches. and they are often equally dlsss.
trous to both the contracting parties.
Tho Borland-Risss wedding ON Tuesday waS
. small but very pleasant and pretty affair
Intensely English" the fault finders said. but
neither worse nor botter on that account per.
hsps. Nor 10 there any good reason why ID
should not have been English ~ Mrs. Rives.
though Of American birth herself. comes Of q
long line OF English ancestors. Her uncle. Mr..
Anthony Barclay. WAS British Consul ut this
port for many years. and her mother. Mrs.
George barclay. formerly . Miss Perkins Of
London. was Of the most perfect type Of Eng
lish eentlewoman. and distinguished for her
soft. low voice. that most excellent thing In
woman" which her granddaughters seem 70
have Inherited. and which thirty ysars ago was
IN absolutely unknown quantity In an Ameri.
oan eiri's fand Of Vaccinations.
The Ooney Island races have ceased to b.
fashionable. but have become faster and moro
amusing to the sterner COX. The match raca
between Mr.. E. Berry Wallis Wsllnower and
Lord Abercromby's regent purchase. LernA.
attracted tho largest crowd Of the week on FRI
day. Mr.. Wall. 1t was aAid. wished to with.
draw from the contest on the ground that -
the nace had bean postponed from Thursday.
the contrast was null and void and By all thu
rules Of the Eace course. Mr.. Wall was undoubt-
eddy RIGHT. Bat after IN animated discussion
the club decided otherwise. and the raee Wa
run. The betting was against Wallnower from
the hrst. tho dudes showing . most disloyal
unwiilinsness 70 stand By thoir king and tia
result proved The soundness Of their Judgment.
A ANAL diAnsr 10 Lord Ronald Cover was
Givsn b. Mrs. Jordan L Mott on Wednesday.
Mr.. william Stuart formerly manager OF the
Winter 0anden Theatre who for many y>Ans
eotsd - inprsserso for Lester WAilAek. afterA
long eclipse. andtn conJusetion With Mr.. Jsnss
V. Parker. did all that was possible to make
the occasion enjoyable to tho noble lord and
70 his fair hostess. Mr.. Lawrence and Mr.
Leonard ". Jerome. who ara relatives OF Mrs.
Aoet wore also among tho guests. An Ameri-
can woman dearly loves . lord. and. although
lords are 40 plentiful In this country now as 70
have iost oil the glamour which formerly hung
about them. yet 10 bring them to their houses
and 600 them seated at their tables is the
browning ambition OF tho average society
woman OF the present day. an ambition so eRsi-
" gratifed that one wonders why 1t has not
long since died natural death.
The engagsment OF Miss Caroline Astor and
MT. Orme Wilson has been formally announced
In Paris. whittier Mr.. Wilson followed Mas Az.
tor very soon alter her departure. and whence
no Will return her accepted lover. NOtWith-