Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-15
COUNTESS BY BREVET.
An Unexplained Phase of Fashionable
Life in New York.


Clqra Belle IN Cincinnati Enquirer.
There are many queer things in So
ciety in New York which are not easily
explained. At the opening day Of jerome
Park | sat at the and stand waiting FOX
one of the delayed starts, when an ac-
auaintance remarked that the Count
{ was still attentive. We SAT on me YER
anda Of the Jerome park club house on
/ the bluff and below u, level win lue
/ track. were drawn up the drags and pri-
( vate eouipa4es Of the members. The
society people do not mix with the herd
Of commoners at the races. There
were three or four drags graced by
beautiful women and dandYish men,
while the King OF the Dudes, Barry wall,
wandered up and down on the turf at
tended bv few satellites. in another
society group stood Young man who has
been famous now for nearly two mont rs.
he Is the little dude who stole some dia-
monds from a san Francisco woman who
received his attentions. the sad dla-
monds being recovered in due time by the
detective work Of a chorus girl named
U'rquhart. All this appeared in the pa
pers in due time, hut did not seem TO
dampen the fellows spirits at the park,
anG be was still in society" However.
1 was looking for the Count" A mo-
ment later he came within the circle OF
nv glass. lie was the picture Of a biGSe
and 4 stinguished Italian. His fgure,
though rather small, was impressive,
even as he sat on bench
that stood under a beautiful tree, and
ne was as daintily clothed as any Partisan
dandy. They say he is capital fellow.
Sitting discreetly on the opposite end of
the bench, aud talking carelessly to the
Count" was a American woman. She
was born in Albany, but married New
Yorker. Her beauty less than four years
ago attracted attention IN Europe. Even
the Prince OF Wales walled With her,
and she was bit Of a sensation there.
She is unQuestionahly a beautiful wO-
man, Of the pure blonde type that is so
seldom seen. She was dressed In a per-
tectly fitting English walking costume,
with a LITTLE nat made of straw perched
iauntily on her head. She smiled
prettily and pleasantly as she
chatted, twirling her parasol round
and round over her shoulder. That is
all. 1t was a pretty picture and the hand
some faces and costumes of both were
thrown in strong relief by the deep green
of the hill behind them. A mon ent later
the horses were off at the top OF the flag
and popular 2-year-Old Dewdrop, made
a squirt that brought the race-goers To
their toes. Dewdr0p came In an easy
winner, and the stand was nlted with
bowling mob of enthusiasts. pulled up
the glasses TO get look at the jockey,
who seemed faint As the lenses moved
upward they accidentally passed over the
wooden seat where the Count" and his
beautiful companion sat. | stopped in
sunctively and stared at them. Through
all the excitement Of the race they had sat
as utterly Obvious as though they wer'
on a desert island, and when the
uproar was at its highest point, and
I was probably the only observer OF
the pair. [ saw the Count" touch her
hand gently, and she blusned as a school
girl would. Yet they have been the talk
of the town for two years. l cal him the
Count because l want something to
distinguish him by. But he really wears
a title of somewhat higher importance.
He is a married man, who should nave
returDeu 10 Italy Ong ago, as the diplO-
matio mission on which he came was
ong since finished. But he is still here.
The woman is the wife Of man who
married her because she bad 81 100000.
she still has 81 200, 900, with the excep-
ton OF $4,000 year which she pay her
husband 10 keep away from her. The
question Is: How does she keep her posi-
lion in society when she Is seen constant
~ with the Count"