The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-16
WALLISTER AND THE $50.
SOCIAL JOYS FOR THESE, BUT $50
OUT IN TEE GOLD.

omitted One May HOpe-What Mr.
McAllistsr Says of the Cutting Down
If the Original -Four Hundred-The
social Circle Squared at Last.
From the Neu5 York World
The Four Hundred has been cut down to
ESQ" That is fact, and the World prints
the names, not Of the "150." but of I49 OF
,hem. Cruelty, even to the Four Hundred,
Is sbborrent to the newspaper, and there
fore. in the new and revised social roll of
honor, one place is vacant that each Of the
o5o unhappy beings left out in the cold
NAV lay his or her head on a pillow unwet
nv tears and say: 'If the World had
nrinted the 1850 names my name would
have filed the blank"
The Four Hundred still exist, but only for
bitterness. A selection has been made
smong them. and quite naturally. A re-
nubIican aristocracy must be ridiculous.
and so must its motives aud ambitions
Women and mon struggle for social recog-
nition in New York because they know
others want it and can't get it. Having es-
,sbllsbed a limited coterie in the social
worId. q sort OF middle-sized puddle for
social toads to flop around in, the biggest
tosds decided that it would be fine thing
N make the puddle smaller and so enable
Zach powerful toad to make more of a
smash The idea was to have dances ard
other performances, and to keep down the
number present.
Il would be necessary. OF course, at these
functions for the entertainers to cut many
Of their friends, unless some clever scheme
were arranged. A clever scheme was ar
ranged-a very clever scheme. A number
of women should each give a dinner. No
ore could complain of not being invited to
ecertain dinner; no hostess can invite all
her friends TO dine. When the dinners were
made up, some women who had no dinner on
that evening would incidentally ask the din
ner-giving women 10 ring their guests to her
house for a little dance. OF course no one
could complain of not being invited to that
dance, for the woman giving the dance had
not issued q single individual invitation.
She had simply asked her dinner-giving
friends to bring their guests. She couldn't
even know who the guests would be. That
little scheme for polite, social boycott has
worked admirably.
HOW THE NUMBER BECAME INDEFINITE.
The functions which are known to the
arlstocracy as "the exclusives and which
the ordinary vulgar citizen might term 1.-THE
freeze-outs, u have been more than success
full. Somehow 1t has happened that about
five women have given the little dinners
simultaneously, and the total number of
those invited has been $50" Different sets
OF dinners we're given on different nights,
and each time when dinner was over the
same "l50" found themselves dining
together. Two hundred and fifty pairs Of
teeth belonging to the Four Hundred have
CRASHED in way to cheer dentists, but it
did no good.
WHOSE NAME BELONGS IN THE LAST PLACE?
In the interest of news the World gives
here the list Of the happy ones. leaving, as
has been told, vacant space as a safety
valve for the emotions OF those left out
The 15Oth name is in the Worlds possession
and may be printed at any time should the
pressure OF public curiosity make such a
publication a plain duty. OF those whose
names are given here, the majority will be
filed with delirious joy. All will try to
disguise that feeling. Many of them, of
course, are not interesting or intelligent, but
they represent perhaps not what is best, but
certainly what is most amusing in
society. Some are in the one hundred
and fifty by weight Of long social distinc-
ton, Others by weight of plain, yellow gold !;
but in general way whoa lot of people
select each other for social purposes and re-
ject certain Of their friends, the most hope
lessly dull are among the rejected. 1t is an
interesting fact that wife may be among
the ''150" with her wage-earning husband
on the outside; daughter with her mother
in the same cherries relation. For most of
the fortunes represented good, honest, or
binary republican work Is responsible.
There is a harnessmaker's daughter, q
po:k-packer's child and, to lend twinge Of
piratical romance, the offspring of an in
dustrious slave-driver among the happy
chosen ones.
When anything happens in the street you
ask a policeman; in Tammany Hall, you esk
Croker; in America. Depew; in society, Mr.
McAllster. Mr.. McAllister has been in
tsrviewed on this important $50" question.
Here are his words:
THE FOUR HUNDRED STILL REMAINS.
1.-THE Four Hundred still remains, do you
see, don't you know understand. But this
1850 represents the NEST brilliant and the
most charming people Of the whole lot in
general society. The 1850 have been lifted
cut OF the Four Hundred, do you see?
Strange too, isn't it, that the Prince of
Wales set number just 1902 Society is very
snobblsh, do you gee, don't you know, uoder
stand! And this is a millionaire's move
meat. Yes, this is a millionaire's move
ment, It's just like the Millionsire's Club,
do you know.
The Metropolitan Club is the millionaires
club. But the 1907 like the Metropolitan
Club, could not get along on mfllionaires
alone, 80 they have to bring in some of the
tolKs with charming manners and birth, do
1 you see?
~, Money isn't everything. don't you know.
lhey nave to get the people who are ct
mats the word-the people who ere fit.
Gont in this exclusiveness of society.
3n democrat. try to broaden society.
nut You'd be surprised if I told you OF
very eminent man who told me that he
Iidnt care damn for general society. He
licked up devil of a row when asked
MN to subscribe TO the New Years ball.
Aes, sir; he said he didn't care damn, and
ne clicked up devil of a row. Why look
az Joe Choate? He is one of the most brill
liant men in the country, but he is not in
tae exclusive SET
lhose are the kind of men who ought to
ue IN society. But they haven't time to de-
sole 10 society. Choate told me he was toe
much enRrossed with his profession. do you
zee cont you know, understands Well, al
SAD we should not be so snobbish. But
t SIo hoGuedu richie make snobs of society
j ue people OF birth and manners don't OBJ
!Tc1 70 the admission of a person who II
..toaSaht and agreeable and cultured. IT.
~ ~ new millionaire who wishes TO keeI
''Ners out after he has got in himself.
"cHoATE OUGHT TO BE IN Tn
r, 1es, it's all wrong for us to have coats
taFms and that sort of thing, don't vol
auow It's all wrong. It's contrary to thu
Ts s.nutlon and spirit Of this country. AnC
t.o @il you something you never heard be-
M ~ None of the Americans ever got into
So 'uqer set OF Vienna. They number $50