The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-19

| picked up. it is said, more curics and
pretty things than any other American
| who ever visited the Orient These
things she will bring with her to fur
nish her hotel suite, and she is promis-
ing herself the pleasure of picking
Cup enough more il cCrios and bric-a-
brac from the exhibits at the fair 10
| make her rooms the most artistically
| gorgeous of any that are thrown open
| for the entertainment of the world S
fair Four Hundred
An entirely unique feature of the
social season Of the fair viii be the
beautiful entertainments given in
Bachelor hall Bachelors hall is a
large. handsome cottage which has
been leased near the fair grounds by
several wealthy bachelors Of Chicago
Here they viii entertain thcir friends
just as if they were married and l.eep-
ing house with the fairest ladies in the
the land TO act as hostesses.
Washington society will be very lit
tie represented 81 Chicago. Secretary
Carlisle is coming in June with Mrs.
Carlisle and some relatives. Mr. Car
Isle is, however. something OF an in
valid. and is very tired of the strain of
Washington gayety. to which she has
been subjected since the 4th OF March,
and so she has asked to be excused
from even attending -he dinners which
were to be the greatest features of her
seasons entertainment.
The beautiful Miss Herbert comes in
July with her father. And at the same
time Secretary and Mrs. Lamont are
expected with their little girls. There
will be considerable entertaining done
for them. 1t is hoped that Mrs. Cleve-
land will join the party in August.
When the Waldorf Astors arrive,
which will be very shortly, it is
thought that. although there is large
and expensive suite of rooms engaged
for them at one of the large hotels,
they will do the most of their enter
tanning in their magnificent yacht,
which viii be anchored in Lake Michi-
gan within trumpeting distance of the
fair. 1t is whispered abroad, too, that
very great pressure will be brought to
bear upon Mr.. Waldorf Astor to induce
him to remain in America instead of
returning to his London home And it
is added, very secretly however, that
certain Chicago capitalists are going
to make MIR. Astor fine offer TO per-
suade him to invest in Chicago land
near Jackson park, so as to perpetuate
certain horticultural and artistic fea-
lures of the fair and make them per-
manent attractions of the city.
Mrs. Willie *. Vanderbilt is coming
with her triple diamond necklace and
her Spanish gowns. And it is rumorcd
that the ball that she is going to give
in her rooms in the hotel where she has
engaged apartments VIII be as fine as
any given on this side OF the ocean.
with perhaps the single exception
which must be made in the case of the
memorable dinner given by Mrs. Brad
ley Martin, three years ago, in her
Twentieth street house in New York
city.
The guests at these international en-
tertainments viii be about the same
people all during t.le season. that
is, during the spring season, until it is
time to go to Newport. They viii
come and stay until then. Lady Aber-
deem has received invitations for
everything, and has delighted the
hearts of society people by accepting.
Lady Aberdeen is, however, living so
quietly in Chicago that she cannot well
exchange Inequalities while here, so
she has already issued many invita-
tions for the next hunting season at
her BOX" in Scotland.
Lady Henry Somerset is another
lnuch-sought-fOr guest. But Lady
Henry's list Of lecture engagements is
so extensive that she has for the time
being thrown aside society oblica-
tons and is devoting herself to Frances
Willard and the causes of prohibition,
woman suffrage and political reform
The duchess of Veragua so fascinated
every one when she was here that she
has been strongly urged to come again.
And it is thought likely that Christie
Dher Columbus *. and his wife will
pay another visit to Chicago before
sailing ;or Spainin the fall. They will
be joined by several royal ladies of /.
Spain.
Russian and Polish ladies are much /
sought after by the select society |
which compose Chicago's Four Hun /
ired. All who have travelled in Rus /
,ia testify that Russian hospitality IS .
he most magnificent of any in the /
world. and that the entertainments !
riven by Russian society ladies in st.
and Moscow are unrivaled /
n beauty and gorgeousness by the
incst ever given in Paris, London or
New York. It IS with some trcpidation
therefore that the Chicago hostess ex-
ends the right hand OF hospitality to
he Russian noblcman and ladies who
ire now visiting Chicago. They say
hat Russians have hospitable ideas
which the Americans lack. simply be- /
ause the latter have never heard Of
he things that the Russians habitlally
10. And chcy declare that the Poles
AVE extra touches OF kindly etiquette
lso unheard of on this side OF the
water.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cru9er. who is
t the head of literary society in Chi
ago now, just as she IS "a the head Of
: when she Is at her home in New
FORK, says that when her husband was
minister to Russia il was the custom
f Russian ladies to receive their dinner
'uests in reception room warmed by
'reat open fires, and, there, to ia
lediatclv offer each guest q gorgeous
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