Democratic messenger., 1893-06-24
TWO DARING WOMEN.
Tho Work of IA Couple of Ambitious Spin
st.rs In Social Iife In New York

Sters In social Lie ln New NOfk.
Two society women. both wealthy and
unn arried, started in last winter to give a
series of entertainments in New York. The
spectacle Of two women, altogether unham
percd by domestic ties and wholly disasso-
ciatel from the suggestion of children or
Of husbands. running superb establish
ment, equipped with II retinue Of servants
and characterized 10y all the appointments
Of modern luxury and convenience and us
ing their dining room and music room and
drawing room for the purpose of proffering
attractive entertainments 10 society, was OF
course an unusual one. The bachelors of
New York have in some cases and at Ger
tain times done something toward usurp-
ing what is generally regarded as the privi-
lcge> of "A domestic, ,ablishment and have
invited their friends Ia their houses and
their apartments and have given dinners
and even arranged dances. But the ven
ture into this field by partnership of
wealthy and unmarried women was alto
gether unprecedented.
The two women are Miss May Calender
and Miss dc Forest Miss Calender is said
10 enjoy an income OF $4,000 n year. Her
fortune is derived from the Rhinelander es-
tate. and she inherited it from her mother
She is therefore closely related to- J. Oak
ley Rhinelan,ler and Lispenari Stewart
whose mother was a Rhinclandcr. and pos
sibiy to other millionaire bachelors of New
York society. Miss de Forest is sister Of
George Il. de Forest, VINO is man Of wealth
and of literary tastes and accomplishments
The Callcnder-De Forest establishment is
in the Tiffany apartment house. The ladies
lease one Of the largest flats in the house
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handsomr>t manner known To modern art
When il became perfectly clear last Dccem-
bcr that there wonld be no opera during
the fashionable season in New York. either
at the Metropolitan Opera House or else
wbere. Miss Calender and Miss de Forest
sery silscwdly decided to make their draw
ing room attractions musical Their pro-
grammes have included performances by
Wolff and lIolmann. singing by well known
artists and on one of the evenings of March
Walter Danro>ch and his orchestra. Last
summer the two ladies hired cottage at
Newport, and when they came to town the
apartments in the Tiffany house were Sc
cured and the musical entertainments were
inauguratcd.
The woman bachelors have entertained
society for the purpose. of course, of i'm
PRIV ihS thclt N'tiai po~itt'i anu acquiring
a certain degree Of social power and in
tluencc. The pursuit of ambitious ideas of
this kind by the fathers and mothers of
families who wish to establish themselves
for the present and for future generations
and who have daughters to marry off is al
together understandable and praiseworthy.
Unmarried women, however, have hereto
fore been usually content To accept invita-
tions aud to contribute whatever In them
lies toward the success of other peoples en-
tertainments The attempt, therefore, Of
Miss Calender and Miss de Forest To grasp
at social leadership has been watched with
IA good deal of interest, particularly as they
have thus far scored measure of success.
New York World.