The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-22
M'ALLISTER AT THE HELM
NEW YORK SOCIETY HAS NOT DE-
POSED ITS LEADER

But the Social Graft Does Not Steer as
It Once Did-rhe Four Hundred
Splitting Into Factions-The Leader.
ship of the German, the Charity Ball
and Other Momentous Matters.
Sarah Bernhardt and Sir Edwin
Arnold and the Duke OF MARI
borough.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-New York society
is pulling itself together for a winter sea
son, the character Of which no one risks
forecasting.
The horse show. following the chrysan-
themum show. gives some idea of how the
wind was blowing. but it conveys a serious
paucity of tips There was big crowd at
the flower display. one of those autumn
crowds that ogles itself in iIl-concealed
curiosity. At the horse show the IAN on
the favored nights has been bigger still.
Naturally the sprightlier set are more con-
spicuous at the display Of equine beauty.
Women who dote on horses do not diminish
in number. Some Of the most sagacious
criticisms on the thoroughbreds are de-
livered by feminine visitors, who are mean
while illustrating to the observer the latest
fads in dress.
What the winter ball rooms NAV have to
say on the dress question no one may pre-
dict, but the Madison Square garden shows
indicate most emphatically that American
women are more French than ever In their
dressing this season. Everything has a
Frenchy, an extremely chic, demeanor. On
the purely artistic side the fashions were
m hiIaOf,c btft II &c aha -
Of the Partisan way of doing things that
the styles are nevertheless charming. 1t
took American women some time to seize
the French theory Of uniform tint. But
having accepted the idea they are holding
to it with delightful tenacity. Femininity
is going to be harmonious or die ia the at
tempt. Whether the harmonies are in
Nile green or in daring and unmitigated
white, they are consistent with the central
and dominating idea.
One Of tho feminine visitors of the horse
show was Sarah Bernhardt. Mme Bern
hardt has been very busy woman ever
since she reached New York, for she has
been conducting rehearsals for new plays.
She is living at the Hoffman house. When
she goes out the excursion is effected quietly.
though with a curtain artistic impressive
ness. AT the horse show Sarah conveyed to
me an impression Of a gray luxuriance.
Auolo Was q BT6db u6hl OIL OOa ABOUT her,
She moved and spoke always like the con-
summaJe actress that she is. Under all con-
ditions she is always the Incompatible Bern
hardt.
Certain society people have made efforts
to get at Mime. Bernhardt. But she seems
very shy this season. The Americans do
not talk French and they personally tire her
agood deal.
The society people have had much better
luck with Sir Edwin Arnold, who is very
good natured, and anxious TO convincs the
Americans that he is not only great poet
but good fellow. At a little gathering near
Union square the other night Sir Edwin
read and recited for nearly two hours, and
everybody seemed to be delighted. Indeed,
the author of the Light of Asia" bears close
inspection i'll the social sense, and as a
reader is even more interesting to q drawing
room group than to the sort of audience
that filed the Carnegie music hall when he
trst came to New York.