The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-28

MP. ALLEN MAY GO ON AND WE'D
PRETTY MISS STEVENS.

rage Is Quite Proper; Do You Catch
the PointP Quite Proper, Indeed.
And Allen Should Pc Happy.
From the NeiC York World.
I'm tell you the whole story-the whole
story, don't you know. so that you will I'M
derstand all about lido you seep'
Ward McAllister was speaking Of the an
nouncement yesterday that Frederick H.
Allen would soon marry Miss Daisy Stevens,
daughter Of the Duchess de Dino. Mr..
Aliens name heads alphabetically be it
| understood, for ne is only primUs inter
parasitic list OF the elect, Mr.. McAllister's
"l49." Miss Stevens name does not appear
in that list. So the announcement set people
a.wondering whether another chosen one
was to be added to society-that is Mr.. Nc
Allister's 149.
IN tell you the whole story, began Mr..
| McAllister, 80 that you may understand,
don't you see, that Miss Stevens already oc-
cupies place in the best society--the very
best society do you understand by virtue
of her mothers position, and that her mar
riage, her marrlage-d'you understand?
do you catch the point? will not affect her
one way or another.
"Old man Sampson was the father of the
Duchess de Dino, d'you see! By his first
wife. understand, for old man Sampson was
married twice, the second time to Miss APP
thorp, but he had no children by his second
marriage-d'you catch the point! Old man
| Sampson made an IMMENSE an e-mense
| fortune-ten millions, or something like
that, don't you kno g?-aud he bought the
| house No. Bond street, the house at the
| corner of Bond street and Broadway. don't
you understands from old Samuel Ward,
who was the father of Sam Ward, the Sam
| Nnu 1,,hf oh hat
old Samuel Ward was the father of Sam
! Ward, d'you see? catch the points
| "Well, old man Sampson, with all his
| money, was mean, didn't spend any Of it,
don't you know? He was director of the
Bank of Commerce and he lived in what
| was then most fashionable neighborhood ,
understand, but he didn't spend any money
not a cent, catch the point? So his daugh-
ter, now the Duchess de Dino-remember
that, now the Duchess de Dino-was brought
up in plain, quiet style. She married Fred
| Stevens a young lawyer, poor, d'you sees
| but of a very good family, very good
| Don't you know? none better, understand
an old colonial family, came from Connect
icut, descended from old Gen. Ebenezer
Stevens, who fought, don't you knows in
| the revolutionary war. Well, Fred Ste
vens and his wife were poor, and although
they were welcomed anywhere, in the very
| best houses people were always glad to sac
them, catch the point2 Their children were
brought up, too, for awhile, very quietly
and plainly.
"Well, old man Sampson died and left
| Mrs. Stevens all his money, dyou see!
| Understand? Catch the point2 All that
immense fortune, millions, went to Mrs.
Stevens. That rather turned her head
don't you know! Made her queer, d'you
see2 She and her husband went abroad
and bought out the interiors Of some palaces
and chateaux; understand? Bought out the
interiors of some palaces and of some
chateaux; bought gobelia tapestries and
Spanish tapestries, don't you know
and candelabra and marbles-catch
the pointl-and decorations. Their
they came back and built the house at the
south west corner Of Fifty seventh stree
and Fifth avenue and Observation-Disclosures
it, don't you know-with the decorations
aud all that they brought with them from
Europe. Such furnishings were rare enough
in Europe, do you sees Rare enough
abroad, but they were entirely novel il
| New York, 6nd that house was generally
| conceded-yes there's no doubt of that
don't you see-that house was generally
conceded to be the handsomest house in tbs
city.
"1hen the Stevenses went to Newport, ia
Newport, understand, and Mrs. Stevens
bought on Bellevue avenue, on Bellevue
/
nearly opposite the Ocean house, anG
she gave there the handsomest fete
don't you know, the most supert
fete, don't you know, the mos
superb fete that was ever seen in New
port. Her head was turned. d'you see SHE
was queer, understand; she was like the
Persian monarch; yes she was like the Per,
sian monarch, who was always seeking neU
pleasures. There are some rich people il
society now-you must remember that
who are Just the same, just the same
they're always seeking new worlds to con-
quer Understands Do you catch the
point?
MRS Stevens met the Marquis de Talley-
rand, - Mr.. McAllister went on, refectvely
lone of the Talleyrands Of France, d'you
know? and l suppose Talleyrand said to her
What poor life you are leading'-under-
standa Catch the point? What a poor life
you are leading. g-'whC
might have all Europe at your feet She
was not satisfied to be a quiet American
woman, don't you know, 30 she got a divorce
from Stevens-cstch the point? Got a di-
vorce. Edwards Pierrepont-hes dead now
don't you know-who was minister at the
court Of St. James, gos the divorce for her
Daisy aud boy went with theil
father, d'you see. and another CIR
went with her mother. who wa:
very generous to all of them, to all of them
don't you know gave them all handsome
allowance. Then the Marquis to Talleyrand
and his wife were divorced; catch the point
She was Miss Curtis of Baltimore, don't
you know! and even after the divorce she
remained the Marquis de Talleyrand. Nc
one could take that title away from her
d'you seeg No one could, and she is received
now in the very best Of houses, you IN
derstand, the very best houses in this
country aud abroad?
Then Mrs. Stevens married the Marquis
de Talleyrand. you understand? She sold
her house to Whitney, to William g. W Dit
ney, don't you know, for S550,000 and she
bought chateau near Paris and she took
all the furnishings-the candelabra, the
gobelin tapestries, the Spanish tapestries
you must understand-from the house on
Fifth avenue and she furnished the chateau
with them. But an odd thing happened in
Paris, very odd thing, as you'll under
stand. Morton-Levi P. Morton-he's
Vice President now, don't you know
was our minister to the French courl
and he gave a grand ball. The Presi-
dent of the French republic was there
with all his encourage, with all his house
hold, you understand; the diplomatic corps
was there, all Paris was there. The Marquis
de Taleyrand, who was Miss Curtis, was
there and the marquis and his second wife
we're there. But you must understand that
the old Duke de Dino had by that time coded
his title to his son, the marquis-do you
catch the pointl But the moment the Mar.
auis de Talleyrand saw the Duke and Due
| hoes do Dino ar MOrtOnis hall she kurnad