Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-06
clY BIRDS OF FASHION.
BRILLIANT BALLS ON THE
INO wAPIS IN GOTHAM.

ST.rriage-AGanagsr ArOnsOn's Re-
Il aont LaWSuits.
w. .rw YORK, Dec. Anew York may
corple of balls this winter, which
'" nso the talk of the entire country. 1t
VIZ AZ all improbable that the Wander
sn'ard Astors will endeavor to eclipse
DIVE no of the kind which has ever been
nv either family since entertain
sl,0r Of spectacular nature have been
behind the thresholds Of society.
ssL tamily is on the point Of planting a
Sa'b s,,a in the social flower garden. BY
s,ssnoe coincidence, however, neither
~ fair debutants bears the name of
'te'r,ilv under whose auspices she will
nt "iiiiontlv be introduced into the social
@uatoilations which shine about them.
gu Ssul's.Tpet-faced beauty who comes to the
lN nnder the tutelage of John Jacob
iVl ny coat.of-arms is Miss Edith Min
Asui niece of Mrs. William
u - Miss Miuturn is tall and
a. irr slender. but to compensate for a
S,i,y form her face is notably pretty.
auiiss+eppd bv beautiful blue eyes, and
Oli.dn,rpd bv masses Of dark brown hair.
sIav lS wears old. Her father is Robert
S,,,,rp. a son of the founder of the old
lnlii.Dsontile house of Grinnell, Minturn a.
Co hut the family has for years been
<5ollv retired from despIsed trade. Her
'ncle John Minturn, committed suicide.
sSo IS connected in several directions
.,b fashionable families, besides her
vn,ant alliance to the AstOrs. A ball is
y no given by Mrs. William Aston to in
.,dnee her formally into society, after
Ssmanner now fashionableto distinguish
odorfipr of short trOcks and the DOMINIC
siionp trains. This ball if possible will
.aiinse the famous social event incident
,stbe marriage OF Miss Carrie Astor to
NJ 0rme Wilson, few months ago. The
Vanderbilt protege is Miss Annie Webb,
.tter to son-in-law of VIM. II. Wander
ME- is a granddaughter OF the late James
watson Webb, who edited the Courier and
Fsomyer and daughter Of President
webb. Of the College of New York. Her
motber is a Remsen, and she is of APP
nrOyed blood all around. None of her
amilv is in business. She is not yet Is,
and has fine figure, dark hair and eyes,
md a bright complexion. She has an
Oder sister, Bessie, who is a recognized
Mia and her brother Creighton is one of
Me- most modish of men about town. Her
stber is West Point graduate, and was
general in the late civil war, wherein
NJ cot at SpOttsylVania bullet hole that
remains still Enclosed in his head. In
behslf of this protege the Vanderbilts will
mt their best foot forward, and Gar
Biy's marble palace on the avenue is
sure TO be ablaze with glory. While
neither Miss Minturn nor Miss Webb is a
uperlatiye beauty, their social positions
and connections make them vastly inter-
sing, and they are bound to be the most
famous bellies Of the season by reason of
@heremarkable entertainments to be given
ID their honor.
ARONsoN's GOOD LUCK.
Nearly everybody remembers seeing
Rudolph ArOnsOn's name in the papers
ines innumeraDle in connection with
quits to GUST him from his lesseeship of
be Casino. When Aronson built that
retty little theatre James D. Fish, Fer
Inland Ward and some of their friends
we're stockholders. Fish was gay old
port with penchant for chuckling bal
e girls and chorus singers under the
chin in the somewhat libidinous precincts
the green-rOOm. 1t was a common
hing for the jolly old finaneier to open
bottle of champagne with the girls behind
scenes and if be had been given full
SIg, j0llty would have run riot under
rs sovereignty. Young AronsOn, how
Na did not relish this sort of thing, and
none Occa ion went so far as to eject the
ascyi0us old roue from the green-room
'ltl an admonition never to return. Fish
eyer tOrgave the young manager, and
lietly began efforts to drive him from
Be theatre. In this he was Joined by
ard and his brOther-in-law, William
seatl and his partner, the brokers Of
oOsini, with whose daughter his coach
pan ran away. The enemies OF Aronson
slluted vario1s actions against him,
no lne object OF Ousting him, but they all
led, and Fish, Wards brother-in-law,
asl's partner, and other5 were voted
NO the Casino directory, and ArOnsOn
named in triumphant possession.
lngs are very different now, however,
ldt Is more than probable that change
scome over the spirit of the old mans
cams ? he lies IN his cheerless bunk
lld the bars at Auburn. The indict-
sne hanging over Wards head seem to
s'ase that he, too, will never more be
participant in the kind of little larks
sneh he was once so fond. Heath is
Ludlow street jail as a fraudulent
o9r, unable TO give 100000 bail or get
tuuced, which In his case probably
ans imprisonment for considerable
1s CHARLES E. Quincy, his partner. in
VIZ name the litigation was conducted
alnst AronsOn, is threatened with the
lug late. In the meantime, secure in
%,esslon OF the Casino. Mr.. Aronson
eelorces his rule against the admis-
uu r0ae stockholders or others behind
%enes, and among others, ballet girls
NNl'rus Uara N hOn1 hfa nrdar f,ro
WI. Ms. Schelling Hulskamp, daugh-
u Aorosini, the famous Italian stock
WI, 70 whose losses by the irony OF
may De attributed the incarceration
I~sfs Heath and Quincy.
WILL MRS. STEWART MARYp
,op'e don't seem 10 know whether or
N.Y. oe'leye the rumor that has been
NJ. a5 around OF late to the effect that
q. merry Hilton and Mrs. A. T. Stew.
ABOUT 10 be married. Judge Hill
N, ny sag To have Indignantly denied the
rss nevertheless, there are many so
W. knowing ones who shake their
~ Mysteriously and convey the i'm
nIu nat a denial on such a subject
aug exJudge might have been ex-
uas matter OF course. When one
NM Ufer the matter, the idea OF such
r,. Vues not seem at all improbable,
~, o' nan so absurd as most people
~ AK 40 believe. In the first place,
n1u1llIuon by iudicious manipulations,
r5S Ses ldl'ally added 20 the vast fortune
y, W,s,tovO which Mrs. Stewart inher-
h, , 'ne ueath Of her husband, and Of
con- ltdge has since had almost en-
n All ~ The two have been thrown
Il N 'ttlers company great deal, and
.de9 partnership should have
10 hr.o.'S,e llng somewhat stronger than
sbg "qship would not be az all sur
sL Us, OF course, true that
m, b., oeWart is Judge Hilton's