The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02
TIE WHIRL OF GOTHAM.
A PATHETIC SrORY OF TO-DAY
roLDBY RECORDER sMYFH-
saved by His Loving Wife Beautiful
women Who Are Soon 20 Weo-Ihe
linton OF Hearts and Fortunes.

saved by His Loving Wife-5eautiful
women Who Are Soon TO Wed-Ihe
linton OF Hearts and Fortunes.
tCoDyrioht 1851
NEw YORK. Nov. 1.-Uctober Is the
brides month. the month OF orange BIOS
SONS. the month when Cupid smiles, for the
ssncv little fe low with his arrows of love
has pierced the hearts Of young men and
noaidens. and he smiles broadly as he listens
m the solemn words Of the ministers as they
pronounce the loved ana loving couple man
aud wife.
An unusually large number of fashion,
able weddings are to take place during the
fall and winter Most of these will occur in
Ns.z York. but London and Paris will
claim some, and Boston, Philadelphia, Chi
cago and st. Louis will have their snare.
II Is fashionable now to have very elab-
crate weddings The cost of some of these
min I'D into the thousands of dollars. We'd
ding arrangements among the Four Eun-
dred are carried on in the most lavish man.
ner. and it is because of this extravaga ce
that many persons prefer to be welded in
London. In the great city on the Thames
oouple NAV be married in a fashionable
church for third of the money that
wedding would cost in America, not to
mention the fact that there is no necessity
Of an elaborate breakfast or supper.
| However, there are some people who still
rrefer America, cost what it will. One of
these is Mis- Louise Shepard. daughter of
Col Elliott f. Shepard, no will he married
daring the winter to Villa J. Schietfelin.
The wedding will be one of the most bril-
liant of the season. Miss Shepard is the
frs of the younger generation of the Van
derbllt family to wed. Sue is a tall, hand
/ some girl, a lover of outdoor sports. splen-
did horsewoman and good hand at an o r.
Like her mother and father she is of a
religious turn of mind and as for a long
ume a teacher in st. Bartholomew Sun
day school.
4 fine portrait of her in her fathers house
shows her 30 be singularly beautiful girl,
With bead that Sir Joshua Reynolds " ould
:. liked t, paint. Some day she will be
worth good many millions. Her fathers
house on FIT b avenue is now bel z redeco-
rated and put in order for the nuplials.
The bridegroom-elect is wetl-known So
ciety man. He is nearly feet tall, and
be and his fiancee make striking couple.
He was educated abroad, pri cipa ly in
Heidelberg. and is a junior member of the
great drug house that bears his fathers
name He b IS given much stuiy to chem
cals and is rated very high in his line by
experts. He is worth considerable money,
and with his br de's dowry will be able TO
entertain as well as anyb)dy In the circle Of
younger married people.
Another wedding that will attract atten-
ton, aud one in which society people not
only in London but ali over this country,
are interes ed, is that Of Miss Charl ute de
2erega daughter of John de Zerega, who
is to be married to Sir Frederick Frank
land an E glishman and cousin Of Charles
Pelham-Chnton. who married the beautiful
Miss LIZZIE = 2 rega. Miss Charlotte is a
beautiful girl. and will make her aristo-
CRITIC husband a splendid wife. She will
not bring her husband much of dowry,
to be sure; but then in this C Use money is
not SO much an object, for her husband has
enough to live on very nicely. The couple
Will spend a portion of the winter
in New York. The wedding will take place
some time il November.
An exceedingly interesting wedding may
be looked for when the nuptial knot that
will make Miss Amy Coudert and Nc
Kenzle Sempleone is tied. Miss Coudert is
the youngest daughter of Charles Coudert, of
the well known French family of that
name, and IS about 81 years oi age. S lie IS
graduate OF the Convent of the Sacred
Heart, but tials ed her education i'll Paris
She is of medium hight and brunette of
striking beauty. Mr. Semple is au assist
ant IN the district attorneys office, and won
considerable dstinc tion in the trials of the
''bood!en aldermen
Edward Faes Coward, the well-known
and popular amateur actor, who is Such
tavorite at the amateur theatricsls given at
the Rockaway Hunt Club House at Cedar
hurst has bestowed his heart and baud
upon a Philadelphia ellie, Miss Mable
Ridgway, The uride-elect is very hand
some brunette and has many wealthy rela-
uveS.
A story of to-day, moe interesting than
Notion because it is the truth. The
sce~e is laid in New York, the
pri clpai dramatic persona are a
husband, wife, an employer, aD am
Dltiols daughter and Recorder Smyth, be-
fore whom mora criminals pass each year
than any other judge N the world.
A VISITOR to his court room On a busy day
would De as onished at the rapidity with
which he disp .tches business. There is no
more Woodworking man On the bench than
ne. and the way he goes at the d :sposition
OF the Gale ldar LEADS the person VIII knows
nothl G about his method of business to
believe that his only object is to get through
Win us work, no matter what becomes of
the prisoners.
IL is the greatest mistake you could make.
sid the recorder. | have to hurry nv
work, for my court is overcrowded. but
never In all my experience on the bench
nave Dee SO hurried that | could not
give all the time and attention that was
necessary to prisoners When a man or
woman comes up before me whom have
never seen before, whose looks or manners
give indication that they are not really
CRIMINALS at hart, l suspend Judgment in
tnelr case until the matter is thoroughly
Investigated
VI ne scores Of cases of men who have
come before me and pleaded guilty. NOT
showing really what they were doing but
anxious TO get out of further trouble by
takiAg sentence and hiding themselves
away IN prison, recall one that I shall
remember as long as l 1--we could not
Ioi get IL IL would, for the man in the case
milleS TO me regularly. comes to see me
~uen convenient. and never ceas s
10 thank me for my good Offices
"a his behalf. 1t was this way.
was sitting on the bench one morn
Jug and had disposed number of ordi-
lay 20 cases when the court officer presented
~ ~ Me a espectable-looking man of about
oocnarged with burglary. | looked at MIN
cry cry narrowly and he seemed to be a little
1--we the ordinary grade of prisoner.
i inere was something about his face that
. .tiCsis oily drew me TO him. He looked me
va MY IN the eye without brazen effrontery
t -iiu seemed only too anxious to have SEN
'7ICs passed upon him and get into prison.
You are charged with burglary, nv
eood man." l SAID to him. "Wha5 have you
to say!' ''o