Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-14
NEW YORKs NOTED WOMEN.
Mrs. Gen. Hancock Now Located in
the MetrOpOljs

NEW YORK, June 12.-SOcially, New
York is as ''dead as Chelsea" and our
streets are no longer filled with familiar
faces. The influx from the Southern
States bring many noticeable people on
the avenues and in the theatres and
stores. The hotels are crowded with peo-
pie from the West, who stop over a few
weeks IN our city en- route to some of the
great watering places. a notable house
on Fifth avenue closed Its doors for the
season-that of Mr.. Levi z. Morton. Mr.
and Mrs. Morton nave occupied the large
double brown-stOne house corner of Six
teenth street and Fifth avenue, and their
entertainments the past winter have been
great social attractions. They have now
hired house at Saratoga for the season,
where they intend entertaining their
many friends. This is looked upon as
having some political significance. 1t is
We'll known that SaratOga is the
place of places where the great
est number OF political leaders
congregate. 1t is an open secret that Mrs.
Morton is very ambitious for her husband
To enter official life again. Mrs. Morton
enjoys the lite at Washington and Mr..
Morton is not adverse to a new political
field. 1t is said Mrs. Morton has quite as
much TO do with her husbands success
as he has himself. 1t is rather an unusual
"A.
William ii. Vanderbilt was alive he and
all the many members of his family al
ways took up their quarters at one of the
large hotels there. Roscoe COnking who
is frequent visitor, patronizes the ho-
tells. AS general thing, however, Sara
togo is not place to pass an entire sum-
mer. People come and 90. AT Newport
IL is quite different. One must be in a
cottage" to have much attention So
cially. Hotel guests seldom affiliate with
the cOttagers. But in Saratoga, where
this IS not the rule, it looks as if the Nor
tons had come to stay, so that no one who
might visit Saratoga at any time during
the season would miss seeing them.
Mrs. Gen. Hancock has at last left
Governors Island, and is very comforta-
bly, located at the home of Mr.. Nicholas
Gwynn, whose daughter married the son
of Mrs. Hancock, who died few years
before his father, leaving his wife and
three little children, two girls and boy.
The youngest girl is named Myra, after
Mrs. Gen. Hancock.
1t has long been desired by Mrs. Han
cocks friends to have her leave the
island, where everything constantly re-
minded her of her bereavement, but she
dreaded to make a change. Recently
Lieut.. Griffin being obliged to go away,
necessitated Mrs. II ancock's leaving also.
1t is hoped amid her new surroundings
she may soon be more cheerful. She still
suffers from nervous prOstrati0n, and
passes sleepless nights, which have worn
upon her. But she has her three little
grandchildren around her, who take her
mind of herself. sue declares they are
all she has TO live for now.
Mr.. Gwynn's house is a fine large
brown-stone residence In the centre of
block on Fifty-eIghth street. A long
flight of stone steps lead TO the front door,
which is massive and over which is a
stone pOrtico, held up by huge pillars. AT
the bottom OF the steps on either side are
large stone posts, giving the house an i'm
posing appearance. Inside everything is
luxurious; lemon satin curtains hang at
the drawing room windows, while long
vista OF parlors extend beyond. Ola gold
plush pOrteres embroidered In cOlors sep
arate the rooms, while the entire ceiling
is covered by painting OF Rubens' Gar
den Of Love-" me rest of tue house
abOunds in all that wealth aud refinement
can suggest. Mrs. Hancock has made no
plans whatever for the future, letting her
lie flow on with each week taking care
OF itself. Her daughter-in-law is still in
the south at the plantation which has
been her home. She will return I'm few
weeks, When Mrs. Hancock will then de-
termlne what she will do. But for the
present she will remain with the Gwynn
family, who are all very fond of her, and
In their attractive home 10 Is likely Mrs.
Hancock will improve IN health aud
spirits. G. Il. n.
uRed Tion', EUvfr ia pleasant and NJ