The Lamar register., 1894-09-08

Newport. X l.. sept J.-Nooouy mere
surprised at the publication Of the
knderbnt scandal The people are
|ly astonished that II has not got into
newspapers before. for the hotel
rters and the BARRIERS have known
about IL for months and have been
pinc that the divorce suit would be
I'd here instead of In New York.
here has scarcely been n dinner party
which the affair has not been dis
Sed. and when any OF the Indies re
Wed n letter from London or Paris
the neishbors rushed In TO see II II
htained anything new about Mrs
knderbilts nervous prosuation or Mr..
knderblIts attention to Nellie Neus-
utter in France.
The other man" in the story Is oil
Hazard Perry Belmont. the young
-on OF the late August Belmont.
10 has the reputation of being the
kial leader and the most popular man
Newport. He has been here ali
nmer, more active and entertaining
In ever. He has organized all the
chIng parties and picnics and polo
lne- and co,ilions. and the town talk
r not appear to have destroy % his
Ia, OF mind or injured him in the
hmation Of gildcd fools that come
\, to proclaim their folly. But Mr..
lmont has had experience In such
rters. and Is regarded by society
\. somewhat as the cowboys and
bsrs out West regard q comrade who
Il. Il. l..
mcre than 80. and yet he has been
defendant in one divorce case. and
been involved In several scandals
have never reached the courts.
former wife. now Mrs. George l..
les. resides here, and meets him
huentiy without emotion on either
which illustrates how easy IL Is
the aristosracy TO get along to-
Der.
b. sympathy Of the people OF New
Is almost entirely with Mr.. Van
,ilt. although OF course they can
approve Of the manner In which
has becn conducting himself with
NeuSfreitsr woman in Paris II Is
Z little too fMr. they think. tu
" ber servants To wear the same
~ that the servants Of Mrs Van
,ilf war. and that h. ought not 10
her put the Vanderbilt crest upon
door of her carriage and the har-
OF her horses But at the same
everybody agrees that Mrs Van
bllt began it, and made her hus-
d unhappy ever since they Were
fried; that he has sratifed every
fn that happened to enter her head.
at the cost OF millions: thar he
b.a-n patient and generous. and
overlooked several excuses for go
Into the divorce courts. and that
Extraordinary and unnatural con
this summer has been for the pur-
OF driving his wife to file a petit
for separation from him. His
is OF late years have given her no
r. Of complaint. although at one
he was considered pretty gay,
his friends cannot offer any other
|anatlon OF II behavior that is very
ke him.
lille X" Is popular. but very few
ple like Mrs. vanderbilt. She was
Puthern woman. Her father was a
pn factor" at Mobile His name
smith. and he was poor. But her
was her fortune She had two
rs who We're also beauties and
FLED foreigners with titles but no
by. and Willie X" has had to sup
them all. lie did not care 50
p for the money. they say, but his
relations kept getting into hot
r, and dissraced themselves and
Family. Mrs. Vanderbilt would al
condone their offenses and give
shelter. and her husband. when
eoaSed him, paid their bills and
them up again, but he could not
them out OF mischief. and finally
ked 10 have anything more TO do
them. Since then they have been