The evening world., 1894-08-29
NEWPORT GOSSIP ABOUT 1T.
In ftIicities OF the w. X. ynnderbiIts
| Have Kent Tongues busy.

of the domestic infelicities OF Mr.. and
Mrs William X Vanderbilt nj Nevport
extends over per'oh OF Two years OF
more. ana as FAR back as that time the
ross,n -, Tho Mace Two summers AFRO
sossip Vi Tue p'aee' W. summers "eo
Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt turned up at
Nevport on his Yacht Alya. and later
ras ~, !, r,h.n =, MN, r,,n down and
"a9 w ~ ""e'
an,,,u.,as,,, ,,,,,.r,a, r'o,, 10 rnv.
e"'n"s'"s''' Sa'''sa'' "."' e
land where ne remained WINE nus
hu,I,
Jun
Last summer at newport the cha'ter
W,on NJ VANDERBILT, re,urned on his
"ne'' Mr. 'an"erp''' rv'"'ne' y" ne
new yacht gossip was siiehcea py .he
announcement of plans for long yacht
''s ',p WIZ" M's. 'a". ., w. ',n %"' ~
well-known persons In the party.
Curious stories have reached here OF
ouarrels aboard the yacht. which are
ment of the cruise at an early stage
and the entire breaking up Of the party.
and Id is said to have written to them
also that she has no intention of re-
turning to Newport for years, and that
the marble house. which cost 81 .O0O,OoO TO
on her, would remain closed during that
time
1t was matter of general surprise
family that happened to be IN town
that the domestic troubles OF William
X Vanderbilt and his wife should have
reached the point where judicial bas s Stsn
no secret for some time that trouble
has been brewing. Mr.. Depew first
heard about IT when the Debs crisis
wanted to hurry away to Europe. When
the Pullman strike was practically over
he sailed, and until word WAS received
yesterday to the contrary II was be-
iIeyed that he had succeeded in keeping
the Vanderbilt family linen out Of the
not in town last night. 1t was said at
and s might sail for liverpool to-day.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt is u hand
some woman. with beautiful golden
hair and large blue-gray eyes and. al
t thoss w s"e know her s"s that she Is
very gracious and charming to those
Mr.. Vanderbilt, it is said, built the
magnificent steam yacht Valiant to re-
place the wrecked Alva, chiefly to please
her, Us she is very fond Of yachting
and II was to enable her to entertain
layishly, another OF her pleasures, that
the famous white marble palace on the
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt was for
merly Miss Smith, of Mobile. the seat OF
culture and refinement of the South.
The Smith girls were noted as Southern
beauties and made up In pure blue blood
what they lacked In wealth. one OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt's sisters married Ferdi;
Paron de Fonteuelliat, a young French
man, both displayed some eccentrici-
ties in their capacities as wives, which,
IL il understood, gave Mr.. Vanderbilt
much pain.
Mrs. Yznaga secured a divorce and
became the wife of George rlffany, OF
Lat also applied for a divorce.
'It makes one smile" "A well-known
Southern woman said, in speaking about
Mrs. Vanderbilt recently, ito hear people
class her with the 'nouveaux richie
In her veins, not that ! mean she was
a Howard, you know, but that is an old
English saying, signifying the best OF
ancestors She was a Smith, and the
Smiths were one of the pro,Idest old
families in Mobile. 1t wasn't a rich fam,
iiy. hut ii WASN'T money then that CAV,
YOU posItion. hut crandfathers AND
grsndmot hers. You can't buy these
People say that Lady Vaudeville helped
Mrs. Vanderbilt into society that the Ole
Commodore was excluded from but i,ads
Vaudeville was a Southern girl herself
then she became one of the most now.
erful society leaders of England
Ter and a member of the firm Of jay &
Chandler, lS Wall street. said:
so far as our firm is concerned W.
have absolutely no informa ton about the