Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-07

ton stone. He acts as a sort "A ESCORT
10 MRS. Brlce and her danohters.
Whenever their beauty ador,,s = ~
at the opera a good strong eIoss win
show you Beatty in the baet'o-o,,rd
DO they ride, Beatty rides. - .t.,.fa
they care to walk be turns 80, rado stGa.-
occasionally the Brice daughters per-
form on bicycles. Beatty attends
tnese unsteady events, also on q hike
III any social outburst. such as dinnl.
or musicale, is threatening NJ the
Brlces', the society actresses sea~cbinS
out the costumes in advance orc 10,
into the secret by Beatty CO '''
Really, Beatty is remarkably, NO.,
He Is cultured, refined discroot I.- -'.'-l..
what to say and what not TO saw wbat
to do and what not to do and - - 10
has been Brice's master NJ rbo -.
rod ne has carried that worthy bonso'
hold into social position and ~. S,aJ,f
heights which they neya,. co,I1 49, 80.
attained unaided. The priol - 49,
lions and the Brice dinners and tbe
Brice dancing parties and the Rrice
muclcales are the best In Wssbineton
thanks TO Beatty, backed bv the Init,
less purse of Brice.
And speaking of purse do ,,o,, I-,,.,,.
what the last social season I'm Weebi,,o,
ton cost Brice? It lasted two r,on4s.
and half and sometime bannano5 80
the Brlces every week-usuaily r. 100
dinner on Saturday night ~
twelve weeks of giddy wbiri oo-+ 49,
over $4,000. He is a high prioe1 oon1
tleman, and there is no doubt So. :
that, is Senator Brice. The prico.r,H
sicales were the talk Of the towa/nd,
for that matter, of New York I'D sev-
eral other towns. Beatty prSuced the
best singers in the wouS at these
muscales. There was patLng too rich
for the musical blood'Of Brice. He de-
manded Melba, She came high. but he
must have her. Beatty sought the
great singer, who softly suggested In
her native tongue, which Beatty as a,
broad linguist understood, that She
would need $1,000 and all expenses 10
come and sing twice for the Brices
She was produced, and left with Brice's
81 800 check, and everybody was hapov.
At the same musicale one Of the De
Reszkes sang. Ten minutes work with
his vocal valves called for $1,000; but
De ResZke was there.
II learn from sources which spring
from the very foot of the social throne
that the overall expense Of running the
Brice household a year is $3.50 .0OO Tho
COrcoran house on Lafayette square.
where he lives, calls for $4,000 year.
and the Newport house he rents at SS.-
600. The two Brice daughters have an
allowance Of $4,000 each year; the two
Brice sons are allowed $1,000 each.
Beatty, by the way, has a salary OF
$4,000 year, and he earns It. For tho
purpose Of fashionable splurge Beatty
is well worth 100000 a year. Justice
would sew another cipher on Beattys
$4,000.
Il am perfectly serious" continued
my friend, when | tell you that no
one has better social position in
Washington than Beatty. The Brices
deal with him on plan OF perfect
equally. Personally his residence is tho
Arlington, where he has one Of the fin
est suites of apartments in the hotel,
with all those adjuncts Of bath and par
Tor, reception room and bOurOir, which
only the very rich and luxurious af-
feet. Particularly, he resides al the
Brices. and will be oftener at their din
ner table than at the Arlington table
| d'hote. Every invitation which other
grandees Of fashion make to the Brices
invariably include Beatty; nor would
the Brices accept any on any trims
which eliminated Betty. AZ the Letter
wedding, which was about as exclusive
as any, there waFS seat Tor Beatty.
And if there hadn't been, - ere would
have been long inc of vacant chairs
where in the ground plan Of the we'd
! ding the architects thereof proposed to
place the Brice household. They
wouldn't have moved a peg without
Beatty.
1t was in Governor Fosters time as
Chief Magistrate of Ohio when Brice,
then poor, hard-up lawyer, managed
to get into Fosters debt TO the extent
OF about $4,000. One day Brice came
to Foster and told him tho law business
didn't pay, and asked him to appoint
him to a position where he might make
Il living.
Cant said Foster. You're a
Democrat
But you'll never get your $1,000
said Brice. You might as well ask
me TO make a star as 10 make that
81 600 with my law practice
IN tell you what I'll DO, said FOs-
ter. i am all tangled up with Hook
ing Valley on the New York Stock Elk
change. and | want sobebody to 20
there and look after things. I'll send
you if you'll CO.
"Brice jumped at the chance Fostc
gave him $500 and a lot of direct
and impressed on him solem'
necessity of doin gjrBt VIII
told. Now, Brice willanot
told, and never would.
been a waiter he WIZ
your order and then
thing he pleased. II
his judgment Thai
Fosters Hooking
made a $4,000 pro
done as Foster to-
lost all. Foster
like the good Of
book, he gave In
Then Brice went
and plunged
"Brice's create
the Nickel Plate
lar he could get,
There came a time
himself from utter~-s-.
ching worse, he had 90 sell. He IS.
Vanderbilt, whdse road the Ni-
Plate paralleledt Vanderbilt wou.dn z
buy the Nickel Hat He said he colli
afford TO aait The first mortgage fore
closure and buy it from a sheriff.
II YOU don't buy ia Jay Gll.l
mill nuiI I..iDn