Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-25

and the worlds fair has come to a close
next November. The Armours, the
! Porters and the Pullmans are also
booked TO entertain extensively
Among those coming here to enter
tain as well as to be entertained is
! Mrs. Jack" Gardner, Of Boston. Mrs.
Gardner viii occupy a very large suite
| of rooms in Chicago hotel and viii
/ practically furnish them herself. With
in the last year Mrs Gardner has trav-
eled all through the east, and she has
picked up, il IS said, more curios and
pretty things than any other American
who ever visited the Orient These
things She win bring with her to fur
nish her hotel suite, and she is pronis-
ing herself the pleasure of picking
up enough NOR in eurios and bric-a-
brac from the exhibits at the fair 70
make her rooms the most artisticallv
gorgeous of any that are thrown open
for the entertainment Of the world 5
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 a
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 hostesses.
Washington society will be very lit
tie represented at 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 the 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 viii 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 will be anchored in Lake Michi-
gan within trumpeting distance of the
fair 1t is whispered abroad, too, that
very great pressure viii be brought TO
bear upon Mr.. Waldorf Astor to induce
him - remain in America instead of
returning t. his London home And it
IS added, very secretly however that
certain Chicago capitalists are going
Is make Mr.. Astor q fine offer "a per
shade him to invest in Chicago land
near jackson park, SO as 10 perpetuate
certain horticultural and artistic fea-
lures of the fair and make them per-
manent attractions IF the city.
Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt is coming
with her triple diamond necklace and
her Spanish gowns. And il is rumored
that the ball that She is going to give
n her rooms in the hotel where she has
engaged apartments will 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 bv Mrs Brad
ley Martin. three years ago. in her
Twentieth street house in New York
city
The guests al these international en-
tertainmentS win b. about the same
people ala during the season. that
is, during tho spring season, until it is
time - go To Newport They win
come and stay until then Lady Aber-
deem has received invitations for
everything and has delighted the
hea'ts Of society people by accepting
Lady Aberdeen is, however. living so
quietly Ia 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
much-sought-for guest But Lady
iIenrys list of lecture engagements IS
SO extensive that she has for the time
being thrown aside society obliga-
tions and is devoting herself to Frances
Willard and the causes Of prohibition.
woman suffrage and political reform.
The duchess Of Neragua SO fascinated
every one when size was here that she
has been strongly urged to come again
And It is thought likely that Christie
pher Columbus \ and his wife will
pay another visit 10 Chicago before
sailing for Spain "a the fan They viii
- joined by several royal ladies of
spain
Russian and Polish ladies are much
sought after by the select society
which compose ChcaEo's -Four IIun-
dred All who have travelled in Rms
STA testify that Russian hospitality is
The most magnificent OF any in the
world and that the entertainments
given by Russian society ladies' ia st
Petersburg and Moscow are unrivaled
III beauty and gorgcOusuess by the
finest ever given in Paris, London or
I New York 1t i with some trepidation
| therefore that the Chicago hostess eX-
tends the right hand of hospitality to
/ the Russian noble man and ladies who
1 49,. y,o,v visiting Chicagn They say