Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-06

Mr. vanderbilt may possibly have quite
as much solid cash as Mr.. Astor, per-
haps more, but when it comes to high
tone, of the tip top double distilled old
blue blood kind, the Vanderbilts are
nowhere. The Astors represent the
Sanhedrim of the elect; their stamp
on your whiting card is equal to the
Goldsmiths' stamp OF the city Of Lon
don on sterling silver or. gold plate.
When it comes to tony society we
have nothing better than the Astors.
The family is almost AS old as the re-
public, and to them VIC are indebted
for the only respectable free library in
the city. 1t is true il is not a reading
room for the million, but it is rather
the fault Of the million than the donor,
that they do not avail themselves of its
privileges. The family though one OF
the wealthiest in the land is not often
sively obtrusive, and Mrs. Astor, the
mother of the bride, has long been
known as one of the most charitable
ladies in New York. An acknowledge
ed loaded of fashion, adorning her high
station as few other women could, she
has earned the admiration and love of
her own sex without exciting their
envy. The wedding which took place
on Tuesday night has had no parallel
in our history. 1t is impossible to
compute the number. of thousands of
dollars that this magnificent affair cost;
the floral decorations alone cost mod
crate sized fortune and the bridal pres
ents which were numerous and costly
were worth princes ransom. Some
exception has been taken to the display
of wealth made by Mrs. Astor on the
occasion of her daughters nuptials:
these people appear to forget that even
the lavish display brought money to the
pockets of hundreds of working people.
The flowers were gathered for miles
around; some of the hangings occu.
pied upholsterers for weeks; decora-
tors, livery HIen and nunureus or 9th
ers reaped some of the profits of the
Astor wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. Astor
are abundantly able to pay the bills,
and it is eminently fitting on such an
occasion that they should give their
money chance. In the hour of their
great joy they did not forget the poor,
but they sent bountiful feast to the
paupers of Bellevue who had cause to
bless the wedding of Miss Carrie Astor.
l will not attempt to give an elaborate
account of the magni(icence of the dec
orations, the splendor of the presents,
the style of the fashions, and the tone
of the company. Jenkins has fortu-
nately saved ME that trouble. Suffice it
to say that everybody Was there who
was anybody. The afternoon recep-
ton, though tremendous squeeze,
was so admirably arranged, there was
not the slightest accident to mar the
happy event. 1t might be gratifying to
my lady friends if could furnish them
with all exact catalogue of the brides
trosseau, but as the lady herself with
unusual modesty has not made that
matter public, we shall have to
omit it. Each of the bridesmaids was
given her entire outfit, and the dresses
of bride and bridesmaids all came from
Worth.
Heaven be praised, after long suffer-
ing slugging match has been stopped
in New York and the brutal black
guards who have kept our city in a
turmoil for months, are at last to be
put under some restraint. Mr.. Sulli-
van, who is regarded as sort of dem
igod by all the. thieves, gamblers and
vagabonds i'll the country, is no longer
to be allowed to half kill his opponent,
and call it harmless amusement. Take
from these exhibitions the possibility
of some slugger having his neck bro
ken. and you would not have corpor-
ais guard i'll to see them. The receipts
on Tuesday night were over $1,000
more than Mspleson took in the night
before with the grandest operatic star
in the world. It's burning shame
that these brutal slugging matches hav 9
been allowed to go on to the present
time, but the election is over and they
have no present nse for the plugs, so
we may hope for season of law and
| order.
The exhibition of the National Acad-
emy of Design is now drawing to a
close and is one of the most successful
that we have had for many years,
thanks to the wisdom and ability of
those who have devoted their skill and
talents to its management, without
price. Fault has been found with the
managers of the Academy on account
of their artistic exclusiveness, which
was supposed to he devoted to crush
ing out every rising aspirant to fame i.
1t is true they have placed the standard
very high, but it has been solely for the
! purpose of elevatims the noble art to
which the great body Of them have de-
voted their lives. They have no place
! for drcnes, charlalans or f aud; the
F., Academy was not instituted tor that
class of persons, but true artist when
he demonstrates his ability will always
find brotherly recognition. By their
untiring energy and devotion, the
condition of American art has been
raised beyond hope or expectation. A
few years ago if the annual sales of
pictures realized ten or fifteen thousand,
it was considered a most fortunate sea-
son, and happy was the artist that got
two hundred dollars for landscape,
The students were in back rooms aud