The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-28

there, for the reason that they "care moth
ing for ith Depew has been read out OF
the Inner circle''-or, to state the bald,
brutal fact, he was barred out of it before
he got in-snd if he did not subscribe liber-
ally to the New Years balls and other pass
thehat functions he could not have his
name printed in the newspaper list OF even
the common, frayed-out Four Hundred.
But MIR. Depew looks upon society as quite
harmless while affording some amusement.
Being rich and generous, he will continue
to pay his aSse ssments and caper around on
the outskirts simply for the fun he gets out
of it.
The late Henry w. Grady, the southern
orator and editor, was man for whom
society always had it's net out, but never
succeeded in wholly capturing. When he
was young he was fond of social gather
ings, but got over it even before he reached
middle age. 1t is told of Grady that when
he was drawn into society with hawser
he never got inside the parlor door. His
favorite position was 10 sit outside leaning
! against the wall, his hat on the back of his
head and a toothpick between his teeth.
| Here he would entertain dozsn people at
once, and notwithstanding his toOthpicl1
and the fact that he would not trust his hat
| to the hat rack, was the lion of the occasion.
Men like Grady and Choate, and the older
fellows, like Daniel Dougherty aud Colonel
lngersoll, could do great deal for society
but they won't. All they ask OF it is to be
let alone.
THE BUFFERS LATEST
see that my friend Mr.. Ward McAllis-
| ter, the self-appointed arbiter of "Society'
in this city, has made another division of
his famous Four Hundred, and nov mas an
exalted inner circle composed OF $50 rich
people whose name he furnishes TO his
newspaper, and who are said to be really
the creme de la creme Of our New York
social life. Of course Mr.. McAllister is
wise enough to pick out very rich people
who are anxious to exploit themselves in
the social world and are able 10 do so. That
is precisely his idea of what constitutes a
claim upon society. Brains, merit, achieve
ment, industry and all that sink into insig-
nihcance when people are not able to enter
tain and contribute to the support of Butler
McAlhster.
Since the butler began writing and tulk-
ing for print the people whom he serves as
general butler and lacquey are growing,
think, little tired of him. His caddish-
ness and general ignorance of what is really
refined and elevating in life are rapidly
bringing him into well-merited contempt.
And now that he has earned the hostility
of $50 members Of the original Four Hun
dred who have been excluded from his pre-
ferred list, it is easy TO predict his early
downfall This, taken in connection with
tUS Sldlcu0IG TOOOueiy Aduo Wy
that his ole manners are not GrSt-class
and that he has been actually seen upon the
street to blow his nose with his fingers
, leads me to believe that we soall soon see
an end of mis- presumption as q social leader
and his preposterous claim as q man Of
fashion In fact he is already regarded
here as cross between silly clown anC
! the late ridiculous Count Joannes.
SUCCESSFUL AUT BOREss
Probably the most interesting female
personality in New York just now is Lauri
Jean Libbey. Her name is more advertiser
certainly than than of any othec woman
' hereabouts. Her publisher finds it profit
able to inform the world in the costlies
> ssreading notices. he can insert in the mos
conspicuous columns of the newspapers, al
, about what Miss Libbey thinks and wear
( and says and writes. She is personally
4 modest little lady. She has childish blu
eyes and she is as unaffected IN her name
t as a New England school teacher. Sh