The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14
NEWPORT A CITY OF GOLD.
The Very Heavy AriStOcracy Upheld
by The Tr2Senc, Of Hrs. Grant.
MlLLIONAIRES OF EACH STATE.
The Calvin Brices. With Their frei'y
Daughters. Installed in the Famous
Waldorf A-f0r villa TO- Mrs. VAN
derbiit aud the Navemcyers.

NEWPORT. July l5.-Newport now Is
a town OF gold Great hears Of it are
represented in The marble palaces that
lie along Bellevue avenue and Ii shines
I'm the shimmcring sails of the yachts
Virilant and llderim-the lselin and
Vanderbilt pleasure hoats-that NE OIL
the coast. II is shown i'm the new 'ouI-
try Clubhouse and in the renovated haif
million dollar Casino. And il shows III
the bearing of the women and .neh-
the thousand millionaircs 7nd million
aircsses that are now here from d"
parts Of the United states.
California sends its representatives, IN
the Oelrchs Miss Fair the Mackays
and the Stanford relatives; and so the
march Of wealth starts across the conf
ntnt eastward
The political cotcrie is headed by the
Calvin Bficc family. who. contrary to eN-
rectations. are received In the very most
ultra clannish of sets. They do not ac-
cent one-half the invitations sent 10
them. and instead OF being taken up
are the ones to patronize others. The
Misses Blicc are very pretty girls ana
are expected 20 make great social sue
cess. They are among the debutantes OF
the summer. with Miss tieWs, MISS Bur
den. Miss Grant. and other very we'll
known names. All of these young ladies
nave been topics of interest for sum
mer past. but this year more so, since
rumors of wealthy matches In their own
country are In the air II is gossped
about that zeal" Brice paid $4,000 rental
for the Waldorf Astor villa. Instead OF
the $1,000 with which he is accredited.
At the hotel there is "a constant stream
OF callers 10 see the guests of honor,
Mrs Ulysses 5. Grant ana Gen. Soho
field The former is here TO look after
the summer destinies of her granddaugh-
ter Miss Julia Dent Grant, whom she
has pcttcd 10 death over since she was
a White House baby. Mrs. Sartoris Is
expected. TOO. buf she has a fondness for
keeping very quiet. disiildng gossip about
herself.
\ very interesting household is that Of
Or. William II. Bun. Mrs. Bull is al
ways remembered as Mrs Jimmy
Elaine. Jr.. aud her little siN-ycar-old
boy. Jamie Blaine bears enough re-
'scmblance to the Blaine family TO keep
the memory green. Mrs. Bull is AS pref
~ as she was in the first DAYS of her
marriage. when James 6. Blaine, states
man. declared his daughter-in-law TO he
the "swcctosi-faced woman" he ever
saw: and she shows no trace OF the
troubles she afterwards went through.
nor her three years sickness. Her baby
son Is the pet OF the entire Bull family.
his father. the great New York surgeon.
and his grandfather having settled
Newport estate upon him at his chrsten-
ins.
TIE M'ALIIsrFB HOUSEHOLD.
Mrs. Ward McAllstcr. heavily draped
in Grape is here with her daughter, Miss
Louise, and her son, Hayward There
Is "A son in California who never visits
his mother But the twain OF the house
hold are very united. Their establish
ment is run on the lines laid down by
the late ward. Ii is small tidy, and
very correctly manned as 10 servants. d
buttons butler. hallman. and chief be-
ing seen In the trimmCst Of dress, and the
uttlc turnout being lust az correct. The
fortune OF the NcAllister family all be-
longcd TO Mrs Ward. so that she suffer
ed no moneycd changes at her husbands
death. although his writings and a small
personal income made him independent.
Society, which gossips "A deal al all
times cannot keep its eyes of the VIII
lie X. Nandcrbilts. No one can take
their divorce seriously. Just nov the
wealthy bachelor. O. II. +. Belmont,
Mrs. Willie ks old admirer, is sitting
up his grounds in very gorgeous style
for entertaining all Newport. Including
Mrs Willie X. And the latter lady Is
making Marble Palace. her Newport
home the slightest spot around. 1t
has more luxurious look than even
the ogden GOelct house. which Is just
completed at a cost OF 100000 or than
The Breakers Of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
But none OF the Nanderbilts called upon
her and the split seems 10 widen rather
than seam itself over The Ogden Goe-
lets. as II 20 have something more re-
markablc than any one else. have plac-
ed in their Newport stables their Ia
nous new English stallion
The Theodore Ilavemeyers have start
ed In TO dc their annual act OF enter
tanning the whole country. Their guests
ere from Chicago. New Orleans, ana
San Francisco. IN all or when places
they have relatives. and they are CIV
ing most unique entertainments for the
benefit Of their friends
uAvxnEYrR's EITHER ORCHESTRA.
Mr.. Hnyemeyer is music mend OF
the most pronounced noe. lie v rIiAnis