Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-09-06
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
How a New Power Suddenly
Sprung Up.

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Country and City Home
ooPYRIonr 1882 Ft
Among the fashionable young men Of
New York, there is none more prominent
Just now than Mr.. James NJ. Waterbury.
and to say this of member OF the set
which holds Delaney Kane, Ward McAllls-
ter and Willie Vanderbilt. besides all Of
that order OF picturesque dudes repre-
sented by the names OF Robert Hargons
and Worthington' Whitehouse is 10 say
much. Wealth aud membership In nine
swell clubs are not what distinguishes him
so peculiarly, for these he holds In com
mon with many other young men who
have not attained his social celebrity.
Neither IL IL extraordinary dressing, Law
ish entertaining nor aptitude In leading
the German that accounts for his ascend
ency, for he is not the man TO make n show
OF himself with any accomplishment. II
Is his all-round ability us social leader
that gives him his prestige. He possesses
n genius In this direction. Progressive to
a radical point aud friendly disposed to-
wards all innovations in amusements he
has introduced to society novelties more
startling than any II has experienced since
Mrs. Potiphar's liveries first whirled down
broadway, and has raised no fuss withal
for being crank, but has carried the APP
proval Of the majority with him, and
herein lies his claims to admiration. What
he has already accomplished is no doubt
but an earnest OF the future, for his star
appears steadily rising with its course d.
rected full towards the zenith. Il
II was Mr.. Waterbury who lnaugurated
in New York the revival Of the dress OF
our Rrandfathers for evening wear, being
chief Of the dudes who last Winter pre-
sented themselves mt a Vanderbilt recep-
tlon In knee breeches and tailiess coats; an
example which was followed soon after In
Germany by the young Emperor William.
But Mr.. Waterbury's great coup dc mode
OF the past season was the ameteur circus.
IL was daring experiment., so very
Fnnchy, you know, and so reminiscent of
Partisan naughtIness; but whatever Mr..
Waterbury touches Is a 20, and society
from the entire British Legation at Wash.
ing TO the Beacon Hill conservatives Of
Boston, accepted his Invitations with such
nlacrity that he was constrained to issue
double the number OF Invitations orig.
inally sent out.
To be sure the Waterburys are g,ouedu
riehc; this must be conceded to the per-
sons a generation removed from trade who
say IL. for they are still ia business; but the
entire fashionable set, from the Astors
down. IL on their Visiting list. and to the
uuinstructed there Is no difference between
them unless there lies one I'm Mr.. Water
bury,s acumep for cleyerness Ia said not
10 run In old families. Mr.. Waterbury
inherits from his father An interest IN the
Cortlage Trust Co. which manufactures
cord. twine and paper bags. aud his shrewd-
ness In acquiring certain patent processes
for making twine is said TO have been the
means OF netting the company one million
dollars within the past twelve months.
He claims TO inherit also from bis father
the name Of Moutpassant and the family
plnte has this fnmily,s crest upon IL.
III. IA under forty and was married some
wears ago TO Miss Furman WHOSE family
WAS enriched by the sale of large tracts OF
land Mt the upper end of the island to the
city for public parks NRHA
Mrs Waterbury pets through An enorm-
Gus society round In season, and this In
smile of the fact that she has seyen chill
drep. ali under thirteen. She goes 10
balls, suppers, lunches, teas, theatres,
partles--but ali by proxy. In other words
she discharges her social duties almost en-
tirely by means OF her visiting card. Az
no social event occurs but Invitations are
left ut her door her lackeys and carriage
are in constant motion dlscharging her
obligations. Two thousand visiting cards
in n season is the enormous quantity she
uses. and the plate from which they are
engraved Is made of steel, instead Of copper.
ms is usual, and hardened to bear the
amount OF engraving demanded; her note
paper Is ordered three realms ut n time aud
her seasons paper bill amounts TO from
600 upward BY this means she keeps up
her end OF society while remaining, for the
most part, quietly at home with the chill
treu. Still she makes frequent contribu-
tions to the amusements Of society and
tAey are apt 20 be delightfully."- unique.
One OF the most charming features Of the
past Winter was her Saturday luncheon
parties ut their country seat, eighteen
miles up the Sound. The mild
Winter favored this enterprise and
every week a four-in-hand bowled over the
road, filled with an eager party who en-
ioyed the drive to Its utmost, and who ar
rived at "Pleasance" with the most vora-
cious OF appetites. Aud the end Of the
Journey WASH I disappointing. "Pleasance',
Is one OF the show places which adioln the