The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-03-23

though poor one. HIS marriage was one
Of the great events Of New York society, for
one Of her sisters was married to Wander
bit, and of course that was the "open
sesame" to the inside circle of Ward Nc
Alisters exclusive four hundred. The
noble lord was invited everywhere. The
late VIM. H. Vanderbilt entertained him
and his bride at his magnificent palace on
the Fifth avenue, and he bride and bride
groom were given the best room in the
house. All New York ran after them.
The lacky American glrl was congratulated
on her catch, and all the girls said, "Oh,
YOU darling don't wish was vou."
As a reporter of a.sporting paper SAID to
me. Why, blow me, If he didn't promise
her royal nibbs palace by the Lake of
Como. It was dead swinde on both
sides. She thought that being a son of a
Juke that he had a half dozen castles at
least, and that Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert would call on her as soon as she got
to London. Lord Vaudeville had been a
bowling swell in his dav, captain of the
Guards, etc., ETC., and he had been many
other things not set down in the books, but
he bad no cash and she had little, and fur
credit. He had spent hundreds of thou
sands Of pounds of other peoples money,
and what little he had of bis own he had
gambled away on the turf, or in other dis
ai bo IL,
who swinded bootmakers, hatters and tail.
ors, who had no character when he came
here, is admitted into the best of our Amer
lean homes and bears away from our shores
one of our most beautiful girls.
A few weeks ago another girl returned
from Europe where she had been iuveigled
into marriage with beggarly Italian whose
sole capital was an empty valise and a
bankrupt title of count. The rascal had
not money enough 10 pay for his breakfast,
and now he is trying to blackmail the
brides family, as the price of his riddence.
The fate of Mrs. Hammersly, who mar
ried the notorious Duke Of Marlboro, is too
| fresh in the memory to need repetition.
The fellows brutality to his first wife was
not sufficient warning to her. so when her
own bitter lesson and humiliation came she
failed to receive that sympathy and con
sideration which she might otherwise have
hoped for had1 she not against all remon-
stranee put her head in the lions mouth.
Marlboro's bad character had closed the
pest homes in England against him The
| Queen would not allow him in her pres.
ence, and yet on his arrival at New York
last summer an unmarried woman invited
him to her house, gave parties in his honor
entertained him for week and she is one
of the society leaders.
Speaking of society leaders we are now
all of twitter over our coming centennial
celebration of Washington's Inauguration
April 90th, 1880. Now people live in the
country may think it is very easy thing tc
arrange an old fashioned quadrille, and sc
it'll all you have to do is to roar out, "Takt
yonr partners for quadrile." when every
body makes rush, seizes the first girl ht
can lay his hands on; fat or lean, old Oh
| young, ugly or pretty, and makes dash tC
get the head, and the ID take the hind
most. That's the way we used to do i
when Broadbrim used to put in his fancy
steps with a style and vigor that mad,
many of the good old hard shells prognos
ticate "that that young man would com,
to no good" That was all we'll enough
then, but it is very different affair now
, One of the most bitter and heartscaldin,
bits Of business that has occurred for
dogs age has been the arrang ement of thi
centennial quadrile. One thing, however
, was settled beyond all question, and tha
was that the dancers in the first set mus
all be descended from Washington himsel
!, or Martha his wife; or failing that the
they must be in direct descent from som
! of the distinguished Revolutionary familie
the Hamiltons, Knoxs, Jeffersons, d
Peysters, Jays and many others known /
9 Revolutionary fame; and right here cam
: the hitch Mrs. William Astor is now ou
e social queen. Nobody disputes that, bu
t her ancestors never fit in the Revolution
e in point of. fact 1t is now two to one tha
Y some of her female relations were draggin
= hand cart about the streets of some of tn
+ fine old German towns at that time; for "
S all know that John Jacob had no svrplu
S cash in his pouch when he first came ashor
{ in New York. But that 5 neither here nc
{ there. John Jacob is dead and buried an
! Mrs. William Astor is queen of New Yorl
just as much as Queen Victoria is Queen c
o England, and TO put her out of the prime
pal quadrille at the coming celebration
just because her great grandfather didn
E drive baggage wagon in the Revolution
+ was the question; and tell you what,
o was puzzler. Talk of hard nuts to cracl
S Have you ever tried to crack hickory nut
u with tack hammer? well. it was wors
y than that, They wantel to squeeze Mr.
ex-PresideRtess Hayes in and also Mrs e,
e Presidentess Cleveland, but neither Of the
/ ancestors were distinguished in the Rev,
e luton, consequently like lots of 9th,
l. plebs., myself included, they had the b,
d sinister across their coat of arms. Whe
n 1t was known that Mrs. Astor was going
be ruled ous, the storm began to brew. Yo
can make Presidents like Cleveland 81
h Hayes every jay in the week. the woods al
], full of 'em, but 1t takes about a hundr,
oi years TO make a Mrs. William Asto
Us Women like her are slow of growth, iii
e the century plant, but when they do bur
ie into full bloom they are worth looking a
ol 1t is not money alone that makes her VIII
OF Ahe Is thouph she has lots of IL hnt IL