The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
impending Explosion Of the -Four
Kindred Into Literature.
rs stolen Coats of Arms-A Ka-
Telescope of Rumors in Which
wbitelaw Reid Figures.
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Now York. Jan. 27.-Of the many ex-
-.on,es through which that gilded cor
-.tion New York's Four Hundred, has
PO-@s5 not one has had so demoralizing
- eject as the expedition of NJ. Paul
porrget. the gentleman whose voluptuous
p+.oios have been embodied into so
.,,cb contemporaneously fashionable lit
-.,,,a Ever since N. Rourget came to
~ York. with letters of introduction to
~ Actors and the Crugers and the Van
ponssaIaers and all the rest of them, he
80 heen gathering material for work of
so+ion in accordance with an assignment,
70 sneak iournalistically, that was given
~, nv a well known American French
~ Put it was not until a chance re-
-1or, of NJ. Bourgeois own had enlight-
ared some of the Four Hundred that the
f0u significance of that fact was realized.
n Bourpet was at a ball not many
days AGO. at which he proved the terror
~ ,be evening. Every New York woman
" " society present was in dread lest she
OborId he put in that Forthcoming book
srbicb as matter of course, will be so
ranghtv as to be unreadahle, or rather
nnprintable. in literal English. However,
sven the terror inspired by these consld-
erations was not sufficient to cause more
tbsn a suppressed sensation. Now, how
s sr[,,i that affair has become terribly seri-
ors NJ Bourget has selected one of the
voost fashionable of New York's fashion
abJo beauties as his heroine. She is Mrs.
Fernando Ymaga.
If the -Four Hundred as the first intel
Iectual beauty that institution has pro-
duced. Not only is she unusually well
eiucated-and women in the Four Hun
dred have, as a rule, no more learning
than is pOlite-Dut hef accomplishment
are amazing To her Spinoza is the first
reading book and geometry an intellect
nal feather. AS for beauty-well, she
rould give odds of nose and chin to
Helen Of Troy and then beat her all to
nieces. as they say at the Union club.
When it began to be whispered that
rYznaga was to be done into copy the
men of the Four Hundred resolved to
rescue her from fate so dire. All this
time be it understood, the lady was inno-
cent of any knowledge of her coming
doom. There was a consultation at the
Union Club. in which a wealthy and
economical gentleman in mourning was
conspicuous The difficulty of the thing
was how to attain the object. Literary
warfare is not the strong point of the
Four Hundred. In the midst of the talk
an individual, whose wife also writes"
rushed in breathlessly to announce that
NJ. Bourget had selected another victim
Mrs. Paran Stevens.
1t was really getting too awful, as one
Of the party ii subsequently. He'd be
having Ward .Allister next
Here was an IDEA. A committee of one
was appointed 10 wait upon McAllister.
But he was not in, and when he heard
what the trouble was it seems he only
smiled. And in the midst of the agony
came the news that Mrs. Yznaga had
heard all about it and didn't care bit.
Now the question of the hour is: What
sort Of hero will he make for these two
ladies} viii Mrs. Yznaga have it said of
her that she "pleurait, pleurait" as
Hubert went away "naYre de douleur?"
There are even bets as to the "bons mots'
that will be put into Mrs. Yznaga' mouth
and the degree of that ''agonie" which is
the backbone of the Bourget creation.
1t is understood that Mrs. Van Rens-
selaer Cruger first passed the tip around
among the Four Hundred as to what
Bourget was up to. But so far there has
been no direct evidence of this.
Altogether, the Bourget episode is
unique among the experiences of New
VALENTINES
The valentine season has opened I'M
usually early in New York this year, and
already purchases are being made 10 be
sent to friends in distant lands. A very
well known young lady, who came within
an ace of being welded to gentleman
who went abroad after the quarrel, was
seen TO enter literary establishment
Lately and pore over collection of early
valentines, The sight suggested much.
she certainly had a wealth of material to
choose from. The valentines seen in New
YORK so far are easel arrangements,
mostly with birds twittering on sticks
and hearts reposing on brackets. 1t is
aoout now that these affairs are bought
ana sent to France, where so many New
Workers have their hearts.
Inc prices are very high. Three dollars
70 zen seems not too expensive for most
ol lhe advance purchasers, that is unless
tne amatory tokens are make to order, in
winch case the cost is limited only by the
buyers purse. Made to order valentines
are d., beng prepared now by the artists
1ney usually have some sentiment en-
crossed on silk, which, in many cases. is
On extract from poem read to the fair
one before that unhappy misunderstand-
ING II Is hoped thai the young lady noted
Sooye Will be able to valentine her love
back again. -
TANMAYY AND AR1sTocRATs.
whenever a member of the -Four Hun
ured IS now guilty Of a disraputable or
criminal act the authorities of New York
Utly visit punishment or at least exposure
opou lhe cuIprit mercilessly. This is be-
Eause 50 many Tam many adherents have
zen zen reproached with being blacklegs and
!aAplrds, and the tiger means to make
such sarcasm hereafter as applicable to
;OceIy people as TO anybody else. There
T r another reason for this severity. The
aalmany magnaJes' wives have been
~ ambitious socially that the sneers
~ Ihe arlstocrats at their husbands
rosIer dlfhculties with the law have
ea ue Them resolve to have ven
solce The word has gone forth that
w Der of the Four Hundred may es-
Sape exposure should he fall into the
r -alus OF the police If necessary, Tam
s .--aHy "lII make iailbirds of all New York
80 70 pay IL back for past sneers.
~ ~, N truth, the number of old families
tb HOse names are beginning to figure in
az ponce courts of New York city is far
mn mn eul-ying to the plebeian herd. Many
t5o O. aai souls wonder why the pulls" Of
NJ. aIls ocrats do not save them. But
t, ivn me pest blood in the Four Hundred
~" Ihere is no such word as pull. -
THE COATS OF ARMS ROW.
, ;"n Gl the carriage hiring concerns of
w. IorK hrst began to emblazon lmpro-
'49cu coats of arms on thai,. vvab ;cloe tho