Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-22
MUS. ADKItN TsELIN.
10, Interest IN Musical Entertain
RCylts.

<vw YORK, Nov. 9c.-sitting in the
,,o,ronolitan Opera House the other
1jg5t watched the beauty, wealth
and ashton e. New York enter their priv
10 hoxes. Prominent among the patrons
- music are The lselius, one Of New York's
-oslt,ia5t and hesI known families. Dir.
"1-jao lSelin was Tor many years On i'm
--1ortar Of DRY goods and subsequently a
bbonkor. He amassed an enormous for
t,-ra bat his henetactions have Increased
lin If. Recently he gave public library
20 me town If New Rochelle, where he
aDd 1ne OF his sons own handsome sum-
MGR residences, and now ne mas given New
Rochelle its water works.
the Town house OF Mr.. Adrian Iselin is
-, tna NORTH SIDE of Madison square next
tba brunswick Hotel, and has been the
sosna II some OF the most sumptuous CO.
3ortairlpg ever given IN New York. In
I'D the acquaintance of the family is so
o[-,en4Ive that at some of their larger re-
con+i,ns even the large Madison square
mansion proved inadequate, and on such
occasions DelmOnco's ballroom has
been used for the Isellns' grand private
balls.
O,Donnen. AS is known. two great Irish
families emigrated from Ireland, one to
France. the MacMahOns, OF whom Mar
cbal Mae Mahon was son. The other
irish family. the O'Donnells, went to
Snain. and subsequently member of the
famiIv came TO this country, settling at
Baltjmore in the early days of the
rpnuplic. Although they bore an
irish name, they spoke no language but
Spanish. ,..
int h q 0it
of the bluest blood, and We're looked up to
as the aristocracy. The name OF Column
bus shows the father OF Mrs. Iselin to be
nj Spanish origin, and OD0Bnel shows
his Irish origin
Mrs. Iselin in her youth was famously
handsome, and now, the mother of q
grown family aud about so years Of age,
Abe still shows much of her girlhoOd' )
beauty. She has certain hauteur, with
dark ewes, dark hair, now slightly silyered
and remarkably strong features. Her
nose is large and aquiline, and her chin
and mouth show great strength of
character. She is altogether a most
striking, distinguished looking woman,
whose face lmpresses every one who may
See her,
Sho was the handsomest OF q large
family OF sisters, all Baltimore bellies.
She is related to the Baltimore branch of
theBonaparte family by marriage. Other OF
her own children, all of whom are tine look
ing, first is Mr.. Adrian lselin, Jr., who mar
red Miss Caylus, daughter OF a promin-
ent French gentleman of New York. A
daughter is the wife of Col. Delaney Kane.
Then Mr.. William Iselin comes next, who
is well known In yachting circles. Young
Oliver Iselin married Miss Jones, grand
daughter of the famous Mrs. Mary Mason
Jones, whose block Ofwhlte marble houses
on Fifth avenue, between Fitty-eighth
and Fifty-nnth streets has long been an
objective point of interest. MIR. Columbus
O'D. Iselin is a well-knOwn whip cross
country rider and athlete, who is also
married, and who owns fine estate at
New Rochelle, near that of his father.
In all this large family the greatest
congeniality and harmony has always
prevailed; the mother is responsible, to a
great extent, for this delightful order of
things. She is deVout Roman Catholic,
and gives very largely of her ample means
to the church. To Oe on the Iselins' list
is boon deYOutly to be wished for by
those holding or desiring TO hold a high
social position; but it is family and intel
lectualitv rather than money which is the
"Opern sesame" to this family's friend
chip. While kind and affable Mrs. Iselin
has no sympathy, or rather cOngeniality,
with the nouVeau richie; il there is an
aristocracy in America, certainly Mrs.
Adrian Iselin is the nearest approach to it.
G, X. H,