Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-01
PLUTOCRACY AND sNOBBERY IN
NEW YORK.

tho Jnlv number Of tic AIo''a
EDGAR FAwcErr turns his trenchant,
sharp, biting pen loose upon New York
.soc.etv"in a manner calculated to make
..roose-desh" all along the spinal col
umns of WARD McALLIsTER and his
.oosnobs and snobbesses. MI FAWcErr
has come to the conclusion after long
.tnav that the sole basis on which rests
New York society is money. 1t used to
he chose who could trace their lineage
back to the early Dutch immigrants, who
were tho suns about which the lights
of high society whirled, a condition
which MIR. FAwcErr considers as hay-
ing been equally Objectionable and un-
Democratic. Now, it is the solid mil
liopaire who rules New York social
life. Brains, wit, talent genius, beauty,
where not backed by gold aud plenty Of
fl. are not "in it" so far as New
York society" is concerned save and
except as inferior beings to be patron
lied. Totho man of brains and sense
To be thus patronized by those for whom
he must have nothing but contempt, is
naturally distasteful, and, so, money
bags are left to rub against mOney-bagS,
to ape the last English fad and call
themselves the elect. Says Mr.. FAw-
cErT;
You NAV, If a man have the manners of
+ 81 Chesterfield ard the wit OF Balzac;
Won NAV, If woman, be beautiful as
/ Mary Stuart and brilliant as DeStaeI,
and vet, pOwerless to entertain you
can I'm no lofty pedestal Position. IN
New York means q corpulent purse whose
strings work as heXbly IS the dOrsal
muscles of q professional toady. And
Itsis Kind OF tOGdy has an exquisite gdT Ion
+ vC,. greatness and dignity the moment DO
. becomes quite sure of your pecuulary
I WILLINGNESS to back both. New Or6 is at
ure.ent the paradise Of parve0us, ana these
occasionally c0Wmlt grotesQue mistakes
n the distribution of civlhteS. because
,ou chose to "stay ia for season on two
they will take Tor granted, II sudQe2ly
brought In contact with YOU, that YOU nave
never 'bccu OUT and could not 20 II y0.
tried OF course, 10 feel hurt by such
cheap lauteur proves that YOU are IN q
manner worthy Of it: but even though you
are not in the least hurt, You cannot refrain
frcma thrill OF annoyance that country
which has boosted I'M 50 .Oud-moutned
WAY 10 Europe of having begun us nation
al life Ov wholesome scorn OF all elias:
distinction. should contain citizens cursCC
bv "a spirit of such tawdry pride. Al leas
tbe missionaries of other lands, vicious auC
rep~eheusible as they nave always been
are vet an evil with certain mahgI
consistency for their support. Like those
,0orarchies of which they have formed ;
nitaous adjunct. they have always been Jh
6urrr0wths Of "a perfectly natural igrOr
arre They arc tolerated Ov progress 10
the simple reason that progress IS MOI We
ready 20 destroy them. Hence are al lul
tatious OF their permitted aud perpetuate
folly in w0lully bad taste. They are more
they are an insult, when pracuse0 IN sue
land as ours. 20 republican energies, INC
tiyes. and ideals Heaven knows, we are
country with sorry enough Substanuaht
halfri her vaunts We call ourselves Tree
--.u and our mines and our factories ar
syyarmiug with haggard slaves. We dC
clare that to be President of the Unite
States is the most honorable Office ma
car hold. and our elected cand
dates Except when they have IN
sDlendid seIf-abnegating courage of
Cleveia1dg wade to Washington throug
a perfect bog of venal promises. We pratt
of our democratic institutions and forge
3 that free trade is one of the first proofs {
q free people. ana that protected industrie
arathe feudalism of manufacture. NeSnet
ut the corruption of Jeffreys or d Mar
borough In the past. and concede thi
br' berry riots in our capital. and that III
internal crist-mill In New York has tO-da
almost as much nefarious grinding to Ct
through with annually as it had whe