The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-29

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coarse Is the recompe So Once 8 patriarch,
always patriarch be cau's resiS aud be
PAYS his 500 whether he IS in Europe or in
mourning. ous its understood that the
spare inyltatiOns come to me with which 70
take care Of Strangers
" hat i the rule Of admissionF
i 50 s6cut snd take the general sense Of
TIE body concerning 8 candidate
But iSa't It very dissgresabla for you
sometimesf'
20, yes. but no ody ever acoornplishss
anything n this world without running the
RISK CT making enemies. or course there
are plenty o. people - take Cffsnss and
say, We've as good right 70 be in as any
body, but success Is the Hnal test Of man,
aud my balls have succeeded.
Il used 20 run the +. c. d. c.. Family
Circle Dancing Glass. for the younger
people. Then / gave two series OF balls =
year. The F. c. d. C. WAS held at six
houses. my own being one. and the CotillOn
started ia opposition 70 it. The Assembly
started IN opposition 70 the Pairiarchs.
shouldn't want 70 give you its real history /;
II might. offeud.peOple who are slin living
there were those who wanted 70 get in, and
| personally should have been very glad e.
have them. but it wasn't possible and they
started on their own account; but shey had
i ~ AAfAAS A0NNA AAu ctAAAAc kNkcNAAes 3iR1 IL
ended in perfect harmony, my wife being
an Assembly member.
The F. c. ID. c. was dropped two years
ago, and gave in its stead the first New
YEARS. ball az Delmonico's. When thought
OF 1t first l went there and said, Now, you
do ASH say, and this thing will give your
house greater prestige than il ever had be-
fore The first didiculty was the decora-
tious. But went to a man who had,
knew, some beautiful tapestries in France,
aud said to him, There are the Astors
and Vanderbilts and ever so many rich
men here IN New York; now you send for
those hangings and let me use them for the
ball and you're sure to sell them He sent
q cable message and We hung the whole
place with them. The next difficulty was
the upstairs supper room, hut we turned il
into q conservatory with flowers and vines
overhead on wires, you know, and the
ladies' dressing room We made into a
Japanese room. There were 200 people
there and il cost 81 600.
Last year | was in mourning for my
mother, and didn't give New Years ball ;
tins year | meant TO go 10 Delmonico's as
before, but he objected To our driving nails
etc, and | was really driven to the Metro
| politau opera house. Ouee that point was
settled Of course the idea grew. With IA
subscribers and twelve invitations Co each
subscriber, there are likely to be !, 500 peo-
pie. There will be $50 couples in the ger
man after supper, and that is simply
enormous for german.
II am going to have presentations to the
lady patronesses, Mrs. William Aston, Mrs.
! Philip Schuyler, and Mrs. Peorge Peabody
| Wetmore, you understand. At the queens
| balls they have three presentations. I've
been wondering if we couldn't have two
here; that would DO quite swell, wouldn't IL,
nowF
chow do you account for the trouble
about the electric lightingp
~ don't account for it. The opera house
people did everything for the centennial
ball, aud there they stood up and fed at a
counter, while this will he n very different
affair. We shall have guests who will know
whether the canvas-back duck has been
cooked twenty minutes or thirty, and
| whether the terrapin stew ought to have
black sauce or yellow. We shall receive the
very finest people in the country, and the
success OF the ball will be made by those
who are there. Why, Pinard and Klunder
can't risk their regulations by failure IN
their departments, for it marks an epoch in
social history. We shall have fifty servants
| in livery besides Piaard's men. And the
cost o, say $4,000"
"Who viii be the most beautiful woman
at the ballln
"Ah, there you touch a question upon
which should prefer to express no opinion.
| New York is a city of beautiful women
"Your duties keep you much occupied 2"
Eyes, am tremendously busy; give my
personal attention to every detail. There
have been people who have said, Meal
lister. socially, Is too liberal / am liberal
believe in being liberal That talk about
the Four Hundred is all very we'll, but the
Four Hundred is much like tho light brigade,
it wouldn't take long to shoot it away in a
charge. There are u good many old fellows
among us, and we must have new blood IL
society is to exist at ALL Besides. this is a
growing town. No, it's not my policy to be
too exclusive ELIZA PUTNAM HEAToN.