The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13
vANOERB SERVANTS
-rouble Over . ot;sge Engaged for
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! TsTo1-t spec-a- @ july u 70 The SeE
York World says that Mrs g. " Wales Of
Be2co1 s-re-t, B-s:on. tnrsstels 70 sce Will
is1 K Vanderbilt q New York for dan
sEss. - > take some CHER IeSal measure 70
express s5sl1stely sid practically Ter c1!n-
ion = t1a, branch q tos Vanderbilt
family
Ms Wales rented Ter Newport cottage
. &r Vanderbilt at ire beginning OF ta=
seas-1 snd sre now lesrcs that BE lis ap-
p-oprls.@d or. according 70 Mrs. " a-es,
-nlsap-rc p-iated The house . TIE use q MS
servants, having taken TIE Hollis Hume
We. cottage which : next . EerS. Tor TIE
Use q ElUsalf, lis wife and lis guests
NJ. su1 M-s- Wales belong = the ms:
exclusive Boston cletv, and t1e cottage
that M : snderbLlt hss transformed INTO
servants bsl, has been owned AID occupied
u them toi-:y years Tie cottage Is -
ca.ed n The Cliffs JUST south 4 Sheep
Point ard short distance north Of the
mansion of Frederick v. Vanderbilt In
Eediace-y above = are tie Two Ascor
houses, With V luiam K Earderbilt's new
marble palace betE cen them. The cottage
IS reached from Bellevue avenue, Lear the
termination OF that th1rOug hfare, by the
way Of NZnaZs avenue. Il Is q pretty
place. and Ms Wales being az ent1us-
lastlc bric-a-brsc hunter. with & special
fondoess for antique furniture, has fur
nishsd i throughout IN unique AMI effec-
tive fashion.
Friends Of the Wales family in Newport
say tast 10 language can possibly convey
the smaz=mslt aad indignation of Mrs.
Wales when she learned tina. Mr. Wander
blt, having rented her cottage. presumably
for himself, intends now 70 quarter ais
servants there. Tie Waleses, besides being
fashionable AID exclusive, are extremely
particular. and are characterized By q New
England cleanliness that amounts 10 prlIn-
less.
The mere thought, therefore, Of Mr.. Van
derbilt's servants dining in her din.1g-rCom,
sleeping IN her sleeping apartments, and
stretching their plebeIan limbs on couches
that have never before known such contact,
naturally fills her mind with horror. Pre-
sumably the first butler and Mrs ". K.
Nsuderbilt's favorlte maid will, according
Mrs Wales, receive their friends il the
Wales draTing>room. They may dance
there. Her pictures, her broazes and her
br.c-a-brac will furnish subjects for admlra-
ton, and perhaps for criticism, 70 the foot
men and the cooks Of Newport who drop in
70 make friendly calls, and even the piano
may respond TO the touch of some uneduca-
ted genius Of the kitchen.
As a matter Of fact, Mrs. Wales has con-
= =
cottage this summer. and Of high life that
should Be below stairs, but will in this case
be above them, that have have thrown her
into spasms OF apprehension.
Tie position Of Mr.. Vanderbilt in the
matter Is very single. He learned early
last spring that his new marble ps ace
would not be ready for occupancy this year.
and lie caused inquiries t. be made at once
respecting the temporary lodging lie could
under the Circumstances secure. The
hoils-Hunnewel cottage was in the mar
ket, AID this he decided would serve his
purpose, only it Vss not large enough.
The Hunhewells are Boston people. Mrs
Hunueweh, however, being a sister Of Mrs
Frederick Bronson ana a very fashionable
woman. The furnishing and appointments
OF the house were everything thar the Van
derbllts could desire, but the lack of room in
the house seemed 20 offer an iDsurnounta-
bic objection 20 the leasing of it, until the
agent suggested that the Wales house next
door might possibly be secured. Mr.. Van.
derbilt authorized the agent to 20 ahead,
ana the two cottages were leased at the
same tine, and the aggregate rental to be
paid was, 1t is understood, $1,000 for the
season.
After the cottages had been leased the
question Of how the rooms ia them should
lie divided up ceIe forward for decision,
and Mrs. Vanderbilt decided promptly that
she would use the Hunne1en cottage.
which IS the bigger and handsoner Of the
two, for her family and her guests, and she
would house her servants, numbering about
twenty, in the Wales cottage.
II was no. deemed necessary to comnuni-
cate this decision 70 Mrs. Wales, but Of
course Mrs. " ales learned Of 1t Ia due time
The news Of Mrs. Wales anger, as mat
ter Of course, came back to the Wander
bits. Mrs. Wales wrote them on the sub
ject, and the letter is said TO have done
credit to the literary reputation Of Boston,
1t nettled Mrs. Vanderbilt Her answer,
50 the story goes, was that she would be
very glad TO reconsider her decision and put
the servants in the Hunnewell cottage and
occupy the Wales cottage themselves, but
in view Of the fact that they were paying
5000 for the season, Mrs. Vanderbilt
thought that they were entitled to the best
accommodations and would accordingly
take them.
Mrs Wales friends say that she has con-
suited the best legal talent in Boston, and
she has been ADVISED that she has q case
against Mr. Vanderbilt ard can secure an
injunction. The Boston lawyers hold that
Mrs. Wales rented the cottage to Mr. Van
dcrbilt for the ordinary purposes of sum
mer residence AID that be has no right to
use 1t in any other way. He has no more
right, they hold, to quarter servants there
than he has 70 quarter soldiers or policemen
or 70 uss it for a lodging house for butcher
boys or night watchmen.
The lawyers advised Mrs. Wales further
that il there be failure to secure an IN
junction against Mr.. Vanderbilt, and he
persist in lodging his servants in the Wales
cottage, she Will be able to sue him for
damages and win her case. The cottage
will have the reputation of a servants ball,
and no gentleman would care TO take it for
the use OF himself, his wife and daughters
The daughter IN the case, it is suggested,
may be ;he Newport belle of the summer Of
1892, and she certainly would not like the
idea of occupying the sleeping apartment
that in the summer Of 1891 had been occu-
pied by Mr.. Vanderbilt's butler.
The twenty Vanderbilt servants who are
| occupying the Wales cottage, and who have
occupied 1t since the arrival Of Mr.. Wander
bilt at Newport last week. have not as yet
been heard from. Naturally they will not
| sympathize with the Boston objections of
| Mrs. Wales to their presence in her house.