The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-16
MODERN MONTE CRIsTos.
Their Experience With Washingtt
Society Far from Satisfactory.

Their Experience With Washington
| Society Far from Satisfactory.
| During two or three winters OF his six
1 years term in the Senate Mr.. Fair Of
Nevada essayed the role Of a Monte Cristo.
The gorgeousness and the lavish style of his
entertainments, says Washington special
to the Baltimore Sun. had never before
been pAralleled in Washington society. Mr..
| Fair was a man of certain rugged character
| istics, but he had not one OF the qualities
| which GO to make up the fashionable and
accomplished man Of the world But he
was many times millionaire, he spent his
money, he had no trouble in gather
ing the cream of Washington society
about him. There is one thing that
certain proportion Of Washington
society can always be depended upon to do
1t will flock to any house, no matter who Is
the entertainer, where there is plenty to eat
and drink. 1t went to the sumptuous feasts
Of Mr.. Fair, but although he was United
States senator, he received few, If any, in
vitations in return. MIR. Fair long since
disappeared from the fashionable horizon of
this capital, and with him went, never to
return, many Of those who partook of his
hospitality, for a large element Of what
assumes TO style itself 10 the SWEETEST cons
tingent OF society here is OF the most
evanescent character, disappearing abso-
lutely every few years as if swallowed up
by an earthquake.
ANOTHER MONTE CRIsTo.
AT the beginning of this last winter
another Monte Cristo from the far west
made his appearance in society circles. He
made his DEBUT under the most favorable
auspices being chaperoned by white house
influences. According to common report
he was the possessor OF untold tons of silver,
and he certainly did his best to make that
metal an unlimited circulating medium.
His entertainments were like fairy scenes
in their dazzling display Of plate and glass
and flowers and music, in their tempting
array OF rare toothsome viands and palate
tickling wines. OF course society"
responded to his bidding, and then society,
as 1t Is prone to do, while pralsing the
entertainment criticised and laughed
at the entertainer aud extended
no hospitalities In return. Society
bellies, according to the gentleman's own
statement to New York Congressman, who
has made 1t public. distinctly intimated to
him that he must invite certain of their
particular gentleman friends to his meets if
he wished to please them. The aforesaid
gentlemen friends, mostly minor attaches
OF the foreign legations. would come and eat
and drink at his expense, and afterward
scarcely noticed him. The only acknowl>
edgement they would make would be to go
TO MS nOCel, leave Gnelr cara In MS DOX, DuG
never inquire whether he was in. The gem
tleman need not worry about this. however,
for his experience In this respect is not at
all unusual.
UNIVERSAL CUSTOM.
It is universal custom in Washington in
polite society to ascertain first If your
friends are out. then leave your card, and
when you meet express the greatest disap-
pointme1t and regret at not finding them
at home. Our new Monte Cristo told his
sympathetic listener, the New York con-
gresham, that the Patti box party which
he gave last week cost him nearly 81 900.
He had four boxes. He had, as he said,
"the finest young ladies in Washington"
and in order to make the young ladies
happy, "a lot Of those attache fellows and a
few dudes from the state department"
Just think of it, he said, he had
to pay for the carriages and flow
ers and everything. and the fellows
did not even thank me-" The gentleman
wound up his plaintive recital with the an
nouncement that he had had enough of
Washington society, and is shipping his
effects preparatory to his prompt departure.
He. in worldly parlance, was the greatest
catch" who has been in Washington for a
long time, but he said If he had met a young
lady he wanted to marry he "wouldn'T have
had the opportunity to propose to her, for
they were all the time talking about the
legation chaps, and that's all you can get
out Of them"