New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-06

country houses than any OF hh ptueccnSois
ever was. or than any Heir Apparent to any
| Continental Throne Is. lie goes I" the
old nobility and 10 the new plutocra's The cstso
| lshments OF both are on . scale winch MAKES IL
EASY for his hosts 10 entertain him without any
expense which ANYBODY could think excessive.
There is q standard in such matters. Whoever
exceeds il is swiftly rebulied. Even In society
there ia such a thing as pnblc opinion. Any I'M
usual display OF wealth or luxury is voted vulgar
There IL, in truth les, display in London than in
Ncw.York less ostentatious use of money lesd
competition in splcndor; greater simplicity. ]
never heard Of dinner in London which was said 3
ba We cost $40 600 nor Of diamond bracelets for dil
nereifia: nor is il for the benefit Of London int r.
TIA: TIE chateaus II France are stripped Of their
decorations When Lady Jcunc seeks 10 rcproach
the new aristocracy Of England with lavshness,
she can think Of nothing more remarkable than
sdeboards grooming with gold and silver plate,
and gorgeous foot1ncn resplendcut in gid and red
liverles That Is sufficiently commonplace The
"Mincing Lane millionaire" can do better than
that when he chooses. Half dozen of IN 50 gen
tlelnen have qun'Upled the prices Of Reynold<'s
and Gainsboroughs, Of old plate and o. LOUIS
Quinze cabinets, Of almost everything that Is pre-
cous and decorative. They have been the bene-
fac.ors Of the old families whose treasures haNa
come TO the BANNER Of the dealer. IT, a. Lazy
Jeune says these lays Of finance and trade nave
arraycd themselves in the discarded feathers Of
the peacock, they have NJ least paid good price
for them.
And don't know that it signifies very much to
the people 4 Ens land whether II be Stowe or Men-
more. Hamilton Palace or Waddesdon Wcnheim
or Tring. in which the masterpieces Of art ma
their permanent home. What does signify 70 the
people of England is that these priceless porsr;'
sions should remain in England. and they would
have lcf. England forever but for the millionaire
Of Mincins Lane or Of New Court, Just as the
Althorp Library would have gone to America hod
not tie widow Of q Manchester cotton spinner de-
sired H. for her own country. IT II hardly worm
while for the English TO throw stones M
the D.. pie who 10 them this service II anybody
has cqus' 70 regret the munifcencc 81 the English
millionaire. il IT, not the EngIshunn, O"t the
American.
Lady JcYne'~ chaiiics and criticisms alike con-
Germ themselves with morality, or with mmorallty.
The Home for Fallen Women al the East End
seems TO have lis counterpart in the plliory she
sets M for erring sisters at the West. One OF the
main points she now declares. OF her first article
was what caunot help describing a. the mercc-
nary character a'tpching in Nh increasing degree
10 relations Otherwise deploFahe enough. TINS
is tolcrably pla:n speaking. The women OF Eng
lish society are II you credit the one OF them -
whom we are listening. not only vicious bl Nenal'
and BIT, vice and veuaty arr increasing. ono
iei: like 10 put plain question "a Lazy J"u""'
How pan, women in society are TIER Wh"'
either 20 Your knowledge or by common repr'
could be iuclud-d in This charge" such II fhin3
as personal knowledge in such matter is hardly
conceivable Common report. which l. pretty
Cften common scandal il the real authority. A.
i, must be- pre'tv common 10 have acv force. ono
pcrsou i A. likely 70 b. familiar with II ~ n
other. WIN Lady J-une say that she knows OF ha'f
a dozen cases in which such charge has ever
been brought or implied against any woman who
holds IL considerable social posI:ion' Ana II sh'
does not, whei becomes Of the general accHs1tlon
And II this falls 70 the ground for want 81 any solid
fonndatou, wat broomc- % othcr equally sweeping
inspirations FOR which no evidence ~ 3hlnr'i'
Or. once more. arr such impita'iod~ uc" j.
the present w.rrr than the past? Has l-1HN Jr'"r
FORGOTTEN ,hc origin Of the fortunes and iIme %
some u the hrst laaier in England? l. II con
criyalle in tho-. dsys that 20 be- mistress 70 KING
or 4 Prince ,laulI lead {, Uukodom' L. either
vice or voralily more shameless than il was under
Charles I! or Loal- XIV or the Regent ~ France
!. il ore-'entl On twentieth part 80 common r. -
fpprant@ II Lady Jounc ca'cs Tor a se,mpl" or an
Illustration OF earlier days, there l. te story which
Paul Louis Courer quotes from, th'nk' m I'M
named anihor,y-precisely what Lady Jennc IL
al,yovs giving rs Two great ladies at court az"
gambling. Ore 81 them ,tal,cs higher srnl than
he other li,,.,. Ia cover She look, at M" pile q
onl and ok. Mas alors madame. comb"n yo'
nnants voas donncnt-ir? =" And III" answer -
" Autsn;. l1sdatnc onc yous on d.nu"z anA yoir"'.
V-ho, .L.t litfl. auecdo.a can hc matched out OF
fl. ro.,p of MAYFAIR, IL viii hr time 20 say that
liayiaf * worse than Versatile was; r"Y"1 Wi'n
,L. first Ave thousand pounds Of the scl"iii VI tie
tu,ure ca. . frscod "a the same ORIGIN AZ 'h" r-i
Ave Thousand villa whic, began g." m'u"yci
fortune Of he greatest English general 81 inc E''
century v hos, D.krdom -flil shrfiN"' -, .