St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10

! --o mas what is
commonly known as a hard road to
travel, says the New York Press.
Mr.. AspinwalPs involuntary nOtoriety
has caused a sensation in New York
society. Although many members OF
GOtham'S "beSt Set'' daily cause their
tradesmen great disturbance of mind.
1t is long time since so prominent a
member of the Four Hundred has been
| summarly dealt with in a court of
| law. Mr.. ASpinwalPs predicament is
indeed direful. For to be adjudged of
contempt of court and liable TO arrest,
to have creditors of judgments already
rendered against him each pressing his
claim, and ever on the lookout for even
a suspicion of assets, to have ones check
returned as worthless, and, above all,
to have society look askance because of
a bridesmaids se!fishness in wanting
what belongs to him, is surely unpleas-
| ant IN more ways than one. 1t is simply
the old tale of living beyond ones
means. Mr.. Aspinwall managed to pile
up an enormous indebtedness, and
| hence the grief which has befallen. His
was hot pace, but it was no hotter
than that travelled by dozens now ex-
allied, but likely to be dashed to earth at
moments notice.
| How do society people live and keep
|
outer world. Society yearly increases
the rapldity OF the race, and those who
fall by the wayside are supplanted by
| others just rising in prominence. The
| 400 of this year are not the 400 of last
| year.
VVhatTt Costs to Swim.
To be in the swim in New York re-
| Quires from $50, 600 to 100000 a year.
Among the Four Hundred and people
adjacent to that charmed circle the strug-
giles to maintain position against the
lnroadS OF extravaganza would be eX-
tremely pathetic if they were but
! known. The nav of the plebeians who
supply the necessaries is always open
and 1t sometimes swallows regulations
we'll as fortunes.
League club man, who is a bachelor
with large income, free liver and
wide clrculatOr, recently unbent him
self with few anecdotes.
"pll not mention Names" said he,
because that would be libelously
wicked, and would subject me to com.
plete oStraciSm. But for my life dom
see how some people in society live
AsplnWalPS case is a sad one. He STINT
ply went far beyond his means. He had
to drop. The expenses of entertaining
to make pOtentate tremble. Say YOU
have a country place and town house
and keep yacht. Then there are the
horses, the trips and a thousand other
trittes. It's wonder we don't all fall
by the wayside.
Society Needs Ready Money.
"New York society in these days sad
ly needs ready money. When the
tradesman begins to shut down the
trouble commences. remember year
or so ago friend of mine called upon a
family acquaintance on Fifth avenue.
He was invited informally to dine. He
accepted, and it was the most unfort-
innate thing he could have done. The
dinner, and L believe it took all the
ready money IN the house. Their
butcher and baker had simply shut
down on them, and they have since
gone into involuntary retirement.
AT one Of the Patriarch balls a
mother and daughter were the most
handsomely dressed women in the
room. 70 make long story shfirt, Mrs.
y had paWned magnificent diamond
necklace in order to get her gowns from
the dressmaker. Some time after she
redeemed the necklace, and her jeweler
subsequently discovered that the gems
had been replaced by paste stones. A
detective was placed on the case, but
the pawnbroker learned who his Gus
toners were and threatened exposure if
arrested. The family did not prose-
cute.
"a relative of Staten island million
aire rapidly went through a fortune,
which landed him in 20 end of predica-
ments. The young man is now on a
farm, where he wisely decided to go, in
order to allow his income to catch up.
He will pay up his debts some day and
begin over again. But society has for
gotten him, as it has forgotten hundreds
of others. Francis g. Weeks failure
perhaps offers as striking a commentary
on the rapid way of living in this city as
any instance L know of. Weeks will
probably pay % cents on the dollar"
EntaiIed Estates Increasing.
This tendency toward extravaganza
on the part of sons and daughters and
wives has made notable increase in
the number of wills which tie up estates
so that only certain income is availa-
bic. Some such provision was made by
Cornelius Vande rbilt. A similar pro-
vision was made in the portions willed
10 several members of the RhineIander
family. Mrs. Paran Stevens, whose lit
igation in the courts is well known, can
use but certain part OF the income
from her large estates. The Duchess of
Marlborough (Mrs. Hamersley) is an
other example of entailed estate.
In this connection it may he noted
that other New York women have Jared
poorly from marrying titled foreigners. |
Many years ago Miss Penniman, daugh- |
ter or wealthy Fourteenth street |
resident, was wooed and won by a |
Frenchman of title. He insisted on |
the usual marriage settlement Be |
fore the money was paid over, |
however, the count and his American |
wife departed for Paris. After few
months in France the wife returned |
home, unable to bear the lndignities |
which her husband thrust upon her.
Soon her husband followed, and de-
manded of his father-in-law the mar
rage settlement. 1t was refused. The
count sued, and, although the French
courts decided in his favor, our courts
threw the case out.
During the trial Horace Greeley and
the elder Bennett bitterly assailed the
count in their respective journals, class
ing him with other INSCRIPTIONS for
eign rascalS. The unsuccessful husband |
returned 10 Paris and bided his time.
In 1868 Greeley was sent to Paris as
United States commissioner to the
French exposition. At the instance of |
the count, Greeley was arrested for
libel, based upon the utterances during
the litigation. The venerable founder |
of the Tribune was in peek of trouble
over the affair.
The difficulties of the poor rich people /
are not confined by any means to FAM I
lilies. The struggles OF certain young |
men OF fashion about town are painful. !
Call &c Veterans.