The evening world., 1895-09-28
EQUALITY HERE DOOMED. "
The Mar|borough-V anderbi|t
Engagement Causes Great
Comment.
MANY GASES OF SUNSTROKE.


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! LONDON. Sert. 2s-Many protests,
| moro Or less serious. are appearing in
| the newspapers of London on the deple.
ton Of the ranks OF eligible nobemen
by marriage with American women.
In connection with the Marlborough.
Vanderbilt engagement. Truth prints an
amusing letter signed "Dowager Ouch.
ess." In which tho writer says she has
converted her house into a judicious
! combination music hall. bnrlesque stage,
gambling rooms and club. and has had
her daughters Instructed IN the most
| seductive steps ana highest kicks.
They have been, she says. encouraged
to sing the broadest songs. and no re-
straint Whatever haG been placed on
their conversation.
They have dined at all the IA ashionab bic
restaurants and sat almost beside the
most notorious women OF the town. Yet
eligible men persist IN marrying either
actresses or Americans
Truth says that men like good women
and they like bad women. but few. ex-
cept fools. like a combination of the two
characters: besides. with the pace set
here for wealth above every other con-
sideration. there Is no wonder that the
men OF today have no greater ambition
than TO attain 1t.
The Daily News says that the engage
ment of the Duke of Marlborough and
the millionaire Miss Vanderbilt gives
additional support to the theory that
the principle Of equality is doomed In
America.
ha tru ~ ril hnf haa
eclipsed all other topics in England
this week. On Tuesday the thermome-
ter indicated Sc degrees In the shade
In London and 1876 In the sun. The
record Is 20 degrees above the Sep
tember average and 4 degrees higher
than on any previous day Of this SUM
mer.
Tho weather since Tuesday has shown
little Improvement, the mercury on each
day rising to "a degrees or higher. There
have been numerous cases OF sunstroke
during the week. and several fatalities
have resulted In various parts OF the
country.
At Newmarket, where the first Oc-
tober race meeting opened on Tuesday,
the heat has been terrible. 90 degrees In
the shade having been recorded. This
has had n disastrous effect upon the
horses and has greatly affected the at
tendance on the races.
Only a handful OF people witnessed
the big race OF the meeting on Thurs
day. tho Jockey Club Stakes. in which
last years and this years Derby win
ners ran. The majority OF the men on
the grounds followed the example
which was set by Lord Rosebery, and
wore white flannel suits and carried
white umbrellas.
Throughout the country the suffering
from the heat has been extreme. In
many large factories 1t was found ne
cessary to suspend work.
In London there has been a general
abandonment OF frock coats and tai!
hats. and straw hats and suits of the
thinnest material have been adopted III
their stead.
The great rush homeward of tourists
from the nited States seems to be over.
None OF the steamships which sailed
this week was quite full.
The Lain took Mrs. William Walter
Phelps. of New Jersey; Brander
Matthews OF New York; Nor
man Williams and family, Of
Chicago, and Clifford Johnston, OF chi
cago, The latter is returning after an
absence of eighteen months. which he
has spent In making a tour around the
world.
II Is rumored that Mrs. Langtry con-
templates marriage with Sir Robert
Peel in the event OF her securing a d.
vorce in the courts Of California.
Jt is openly hinted In society papers
that Sir Robert, whose visit to New
York last year was the occasion of a
great deal OF gossip on both sides of the
water. has little beyond his title. but
Mrs. I.angtry is still rich Sir Robert
is twenty-oigkt years of age. while Mrs. |
Langtry Is In her forty-fourth year.