Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-22
BACHELOR WEALTH.
Iptcrcsting Revelations Found In
Nevuort Matchbox.

'VN
ings OF cur smart society was made a few
days ago, when a woman picked up a little
book on bellevue avenue in Newport. It was
the sort Of small perfumed. Russia leather
bound affair her sex use to keep visiting lists
in, and as this volume bore no name or ad-
dress to point 70 its owner, its chance possess
sor felt herself justified in looking over the
contents. r.
On the first twenty-five pages were the
names and addresses of two-thirds of the
leaders of Society in New York, Boston, Phil
a~delphia and Chicago. But it took at least
half an hour to puzzle out the meaning Of a
long list CT mems names on the back leaves
of the little volume. Opposite every name
was a row Of numerals. with the familiar
sign of the dollar mark. In brackets be-
You'd were a series Of comments, that only
became ineligible when the finder realized
she had laid hands of discovery on a com
plete list Of the young men whose worldly
goods entitle them to a prominent place in
the matrimonial market.
Evidently the thrifty owner of the leather
DOCK, about to bring cut a debutante daughter
for the winter. had been at some pains to
collect all possible evidence, that she might
make no mistake in who to encourage and
who to frcwn upon among the young wcman's
admirers, and right along at the top of her
list stood the unmarried men of the biggest
fortune.
THE CREAM OF THE LIST.
George Vanderbilt and Mr.. James Van
Allen headed all the rest, fer though tie
fortune of one was registered at SIS, 000, 900
AMI that Of the second only at 81. o0), coo. the
social position Of the latter weighs heavily in
the balance.
Every fond mother is led to hope that.
though these gentlemen have pas d TN
scathed through many seasons Of budiin!
| DsGnfV hpr 6anphtar will Nnt lEar gura, .,,n
OF the prizes and the first mentioned party
Is preferred. His y ars as y { numb-r Tut "a
his tastes are domestic and artist C his men
nors are gracious, his country house perhaps
the most splendid in the world, and he is
known to have rot only a great fondness and
krowleige of precious stones, bat a very
valuable collection of them, undouttsdly to
be transferred to the lady he will make his
Wits.
Mr.. VAN ALIENS CLAIMS.
Mr.. Van Allen comes Of a fine old New
York Dutch family. says the 1T lie to,k that
speaks with authority, and though no lcnger
exactly a young man, he is a famous .whp
ktspi something like twalve horses i'm his
stables, and his Elizabeth country place at
newport shelters the most correct and ex-
elusive house parties in Amfr'ca. He is a
wldcwer. having first married a Miss Astor.
aud when he goes abroad is entertained at
some OF the very smartest country houses
in England.
OliliR PRIME
Another obstinate bachelor, registered lower
down, was Eugene Higgins. the acknowledged
leader among American whins. His country
house and stables are in Morristown, N. j..
his income is estimated at SIS, 600 a year, and
MS name goes in brackets with Oliver H.. p.
Belmonts, whose income is given at $3.50, 900.
Even if his house at Newport Isn't in quit,
as good taste as Mr.. Van Aliens, it is far
mere splendid ard costly, while no prouder
position Is to be had in society than the box
seat on his beautiful black and yellow coach.
Fourth on the list was Lispenard Stewart,
who Is not yet en- the shady side of 40, ana
Is the leader of the choicest cotillions. He
Is the society mothers standby, for there are
lew OF the debutalta5 to whom he fails to
send flowers and bon-bons, showing himself
a public spirited, person and spends only half
the income from his principal of SIS, 900, 900.
He has no special prediction for sport.
Howard Gould has grown famous as a
yachtsman on both sides of the water and
spends his hundred and seventy-fve thousand
a year on boats and on pictures, He Is said
to be making a great collection to hang in a
house of his own soon to be built.
. r. SECOND BEST.
Opposite certain names in this list an.
peared asterislIs that seemed to mark the
s%gecialiy eligible One of them distinguished
young Frank Speyers, registered at S1O,-
oOG, 600, with the adjuncts of a big schooner
yacht and a great stable full of horses. He
is good to look upon, in addition to his youth
ana wealth. and is wonderfully generous, con-
trIbuting literally 10 all society charities and
earns the gratitude of every debutante by
acting as chief promoter in bachelor balls or
as host on camping parties and expeditions
to st. Augustine. Quebec, and even to Cali
tl'nla IN n private car.
1t Is the men who have the bump of hos.
pitality largely developed that the fashion.
able mother warmly favors, and another as
terisk stood over the name of Cadwallader,
the eminent New York lawyer who takes
ever with him every autumn a party to fill
a Scotch castle he rents from the earl OF
Aucaster for the hunting season. His torture
Is written In six figures and his tastes are
quite like those of young Allison Armour
who has n steam yacht, SIS coo, 900, q home in
Chicago and will some day be famous Tor
his scientific work. He is a wonderful geol-
ogist, accomplished musician, exceedingly
handsome, and his nearest rival in the heart
maternal Is young L.. II. Palmer, owner OF
that crack schooner, the Yampa, ard his
fathers earnings that amount up to some
thing like $4,000, coo.
Going still farther a-field the list included
Joseph Widener. jr., the leading Philadel-
phia four-in-hander who is set down not as
very rich, but his good looks and a very ex-
cellent disposition were noted as weighty
recommendations. Next were noted the in
gratlating characteristics Of Henry Rous, a
man from Cleveland, president of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad, with sixty
odd thousand a year, horses and a schooner
yacht.
FAIR TO MIDDLING.
After Mr.. Rous' name a broad mark was
drawn and the history again,
bat under the title of eligibles who have rich
fathers, not on the whole as desirable as the
first mentioned whose fortunes are their own
and not a matter OF speculation.
Eyes of approval were cast on the still
growing sons of Cornelius and Willie Van
derbilt, who are about to get their degrees
at Yale, for they are tall athletic youngsters,
good looking, with high standing at college
and well worth watching. Their nearest
prototypes are the two tall boys of William C.
Whitney, one of whom is said to inherit all
his fathers political ability, while the other
is a wonderful shot and fencer.
Another pair Of youngsters, perhaps less
accomplished, but whose fortunes are as solid
as United States bonds, are John d. and
William Rockefeller, jr. They are the ED
est sons of the Standard Oil brothers and are
already making fortunes under their fathers
eyet, as is the youngest son of Philip Armour.
The great asphalt king, Barber, is send
ing his son through Oxford, but brings him
over to the states every summer, where, as
master Of the great steam yacht Sapphire,
he is learning toIbecome a capital host. He
has got an asterisk before his name in the
list, but young John Wanamaker, who has
been blowing inishis fathers hard earned
dollars withfa tentfoot bellows, gets a black
cross and the word doubtful before his.
Altogether this register includes some