The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-23

up oil idea of going to their coantry
homes, until the last gun has been fred
and the worlds fair has come to close
next November. The Aril;cUrs, the
Horters and sho Pullmans are also
booked to entertain extensively.
Among those coming here TO enter
tain Us well as to bc entertained is
Mrs. Jack Gardner, OF boston. Mrs.
Gardner will occupy ySarr large suite
of roonrs in Chicago hocei and will
practically furnish them herself. With
in the last year Mrs. Gardner has trav-
eled all through the east, and she has
picked up, it is said, more curios and
pretty things than any other American
who ever visited the Orient. These
things she will bring with her 70 fur
nish her hotel suite, and she is promis-
ing herself the pleasure of picking
up enough more in curios and bric-;,-
brac from the exhibits at the fair to
make her rooms the most artistically
gorgeous of any that are thrown open
for the entertainment of the worlds
fair -Four Hundred
An entirely unique feature Of the
social season of the fair will be the
beautiful entertainments given In
Bachelors hall. Bachelors hall is u
large, handsome cottage which has
been leased near the fair grounds BY
| several wealthy bachelors of Chicago.
| Here they will entertain their friends
| just as If they were married and keep
| ing house with the fairest ladies in the
the land TO act as hostcsses.'
Washington society Will he very lit
tie represented at Chicago. Secretary
| Carlisle is coming in June with Mrs.
Carlisle and some relatives. Mt. Car
| Isle lis, however, something OF an in
valid, and is very tired of the strain of
Washington gayety, 10 which she has
been subjected since the 4th of March,
and go she has asked ito be excused
from even attending the dinners which
were TO be the greatest features of her
seasons entertainment.
The beautiful Miss Ucrhc1:t comes in
July with her father. And at the same
time Secretary and Mrs. Lamont are
expected with their little girls There
win bc considerable entertaining done
for thcm. 1t is hoped that Mrs. Clevc-
land will Join the party III August.
When the Waldorf Astors arrive,
which will be very shortly, it is
thought that, although there is large
'ubN I'IliSNS III TOOufS OHHugcC
for them at one of the large hotels,
they will do the most of their enter
tanning in their magnificent Yacht
which will be anchored in Lake Michi-
gan within trumpc ting distance of the
fair. II 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. Aston fine offer TO per-
suadc 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 X. Vanderbilt is coming
with her triple diamond necklace and
her Spanish gowns. And il is rumorctl
that the ball that she is going to give
in her rooms in the hotel where she has
engaged apartments will beras 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-
tertainmcnts will be about the same
people all during the season. that
is, during the spring season, until it is
time to 20 to Newport. They will
come and stay until then. Lady Abor-
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
mucl-sought-for guest. But Lady
Henry's list of lecture engagements is
so extensive that she has for the time
being thrown aside society obliga-
tons and is .devoting herself to Frances
Willard and the causes of prohibition,
woman suffrage and political reform.
The duchess of Vcragua so fascinated
every one when she was here that she
has been strongly urged to come again
And ii is thought likely that Christie
phcr Columbus TX. and his wife will
pay another visit TO Chicago before
sailing for Spain in 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
dred All who have Travelled in Rus
STA testify that Russian hospitality is
the most magnificent of any in the
world, and that the entertainments