Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-17
LOVES LABOR NOT LOST.
HOW DAVIDSON AND WANDER
BILT CAPITULATED To CUPID.
A Sleeping Beauty and an Open Book
the Meshes from which the Former
Could Not Extricate His Palpitator-
His Horses Fall Williams Marital
Mascot
Correspondence ~ Nornina Ne,cs.


young man. His ia Their frowned and told
| him that he must retrieve his losses with
| out the advancement of another penny
| One day as he wandered into one of those
romantic out-of-the-way hooks in which
| Central Park abounds he espied an en-
| chantingly beautiful girl who had fallen
| asleep with her head resting on a snowy
| white arm and an opened book lying on hel
| lap. AudaciOusly peeping at its title
/ young Davidson read the encouraging
/ saw "If at first you don't succeed, Try
| Try Again." AS he read, the fair sleeper
awOke with a little start. The words
which gave utterance to an apology also
paved the way for continuance of the
conversation. When young Davidson left
the park he had lost his heart and resolved
to enlist and take part in the war be.
| tween the States. The identity of his
charmer, who was Miss White, daughter
of wealthy flour merchant, and at that
time one of the bellies of the city, was un-
known to him. A bullet wound in the
knee soon put compulsory stop to Da.
Wilson's career as a soldier, and he re-
turned home. At a ball given by one OF
the blue-bloOded families of the upper ten
thousand, Davidson again saw the hero
inc OF the episode in the park,
learned her identity and obtained the
introduction, which was followed in
due course Of time by the marriage, which
the parents of both blessed and believed
with copious showers of filthy lucre.
vANDERBILT's COURTsHIP.
The courtship of William II. Wander
bilt, he whose name is often mentioned IN
connection with the famous horse Maud
S, and millions of money, is also of a rO-
mantle nature. The scene is laid in
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at night, and nearly all the good people
had been asleep for nearly an hour. On
one of the most central thOrOughfares the
CHATTER of swift flying hoofs warned pc
destrIans to keep their eyes about them.
A very pretty girl sought a convenient
doorway that the mad rider might pass by
without endangering her life. AS he
dashed up the moonlight revealed an I'M
usually pretty face. A pile Of
stones lay near the curbstone. The
fractions animal espied it and
SHE'D, when man and horse took a tumble
together. The maiden in the doorway
gave little scream and rushed to inquire
whether the man was hurt. He replied
that he was not injured at all. CHANGING
into the pretty girls eyes, he lost his
heart right then and there, and she, not to
surrendered hers into his Keeping.
Pretty Miss Nissan, the daughter of
the prominent preacher of that
name, persuaded William H. to
accompany her TO her home near by,
which he was by no means reluctant to
do. Having arrived at the door, her father
was called out, and after hearing the ad-
venture of William he was invited into
the parlOr, where he made himself so
agreeable that he was invited to call
again. He did so many times, and the re-
suit was that Vanderbilt and Miss Kis-
sam Joined hearts and hands and travelled
through life together.
A TARGET FOR CUPID.
There is a young lady in New York So
ciety of to-day who may, at some future
time, prove to be the heroine of pretty
little loYe story. The admirers and for
tune hunters who bend at her throne are
as many as the sands of the beach. The
lady is Miss Ada Van Tassal, the famous
has been in society the past
three years, and since her
first appearance has been a decided belle.
She is rather tall and very graceful, and
is a blonde of the purest type, possessing
large, deep blue eyes, fringed by long dark
lashes and a prOfuslOn of golden brown
hair. Her skin is fair as a lily and her
whole face expresses great intelligence.
Miss Van Tassal, with her mother, re-
sides during the winter months at the
Windsor Hotel, and it was there last
season that they gave grand even
ing reception, with dancing in the
ball room of the hotel. The rooms were
decked with a great prOfusiOn of the
rarest flowers. Miss Van Tassal a.
peared on that occasion in an exquisite
Worth costume of pure white silk,
trimmed with flOunces of costly lace and
sciutillating pearl passementerie. She
wore diamond and pearl jewels, and car
ried in her hand a large bouquet of GRIM
son roses, over which lowered several
tiny humming birds on wires. Her
mother wore a black Lyons velvet,
made with a court train, and trimmed
with rare point lace. At midnight a
sumptuous supper was served and dane
ing enjoyed. About 500 guests were
present. Other entertainments equally
as handsome'were given during the Win
ter. At Long Branch Miss Van Tassal
always creates great sensation Wher-
ever she makes her appearance. Her cos
TUNES are marvels of taste and elegance,
and her horses and carriage are always
finely appointed. She possesses a gracious
manner and is charming to every one,
old and Young, rich and poor. At the
hops and balls she is the cynOsure of all
eyes, her beauty, elegant toilets and
graceful dancing all receiving attention.
Her fortune is a large one, something near
$1,000, 600. She is the only child, and has
had every luxury and advantage, and
has spent much Of her time abroad. AS
vet she smiles on no one of her admirers
in particular.
COSTLY LITTLE LUNCHES.
Wine, woman and song go much oftener
hand in hand in the upper social circles
of the city now than they did few years
ago. Hardly a lady now considers her
nix wi a
bottle of wine as an accompaniment.
One of these female bon Virants, dropping
into DelmOnico'S or any of the other
swell Iunching places, seldom leaves the
table without enriching the Golfers of the
place by $40 or S12. Many of them, of
course, spend much more. The profits of
catering to this class Of metropolitan
society can easily be conceived as
fabulous. No wonder, therefore, that
fashionable restaurateurs are rapidly
piling up fortunes which rival those Of
their patrons. The tendency of the
people who indulge in these little luXQ-
ries is more and more to mixing little
wickedness with the gay lives which they
lead. 1t has become quite the thing
lately for married women to take young
men to lunch or supper and pay the bills.
The caterers regard them with profound
consideration, for they order more eX-
travagantly than men. tits said that when
women do drink they can outdrink men
and show the effects less. An instance
in favor of this theory occurred few
days ago. A young married lady OF New
York, whose name is known in connection
with the grand charity balls and the flower
parties at DelmOnicO's, made a wager
with a young bachelor of the Union
League Club, who was staying at the
same hotel, that.she could "drink him
down." She appeared on the scene Of
the refined contest attired in an evening
dress of white brocade, where her Oppo-
nent awaited her also in evening dress.
The champagne was ordered, and, accord
ing to the walters, E'the fun began" 1t
ended by the gentleman being assisted
from the room before his third bottle
could be uncorked, while the lady, with
sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks, drank
his health in the first glass from her
third bottle and swept from the room
with firm tread. This is only one instance
in many. No pink dOminoes hide the
faces of the participants in these little es-
capades, and if the walters were disposed
to tell tales out of school society scandals
would be even more numerous, if possible,
than they already are. Gay Gothamites
are daily becoming more reckless and the
closets of the upper tendon are rapidly
becoming as OYercrowded with skele-
tons as are those Of the notorious
French capital. A racy story IS
told of fashionable young