The morning times., 1896-03-29
Mrs. Eliot F. Shepard'S VaSl
Estates Miss a Mans Hand,
While Nellie Grants Home
Stands Empty Here in Wash
ingtOn. and Mrs. Sherldan'S
House Knows Only Her.
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Six homes there are that may be filled
after Easter. Full they are now with all
things. Yet, having all things. they lack one
thing more-the ''Other half" which may
be brought to them after an Easter we'd
ding.
Rumor, sometimes ungeneTous in its drift.
reverses its way when it touches these
homes OF beauty and interest. With themit
is kind always; hopeful ever. Too hopeful
tue owners say, for the something which
draws them on 10 change their estate is OFT
held back by the publicity which scares
them from its realization.
WHITNEY'S VALUABLE HOME.
AS widowers have about them almost the
charm OF widows, it Is no wonder that talk
Is busy cternally with the name and the
home of W. c. Whitney, a longtime widow
er and man OF wealth ard political honOrs.
Mr. " hitney's home, near Central Park,
has been open this winter Tor the first time
in man Y seasons. The windows nave ShOwu
signs OF life and the feet of workmen, nave
gone in and out. That there may be an oc-
cupant OF tue house before the Easter month
is over is openly whispered. At all events
there would be fine home for such an oc-
Cupant.
This handsome home ut Croesus -Four
Corners was the property OF Mrs. Whit
ney and was willed by her To her hus-
band. 1t is said to have cost $1Oe, 900
and the furnishings $500 600. The out
side OF the house suggests a colossal
Newport cottage, with stables along
side and vines cIambering over the por-
tai
If ". Waldorf Astor marries Lady
Randolph Churchill this spring it is
likely that the couple will visit New
port either this season or next. Both
would like to revisit their native land
clothed in the hon nOrs with which an
older country has rewarded them.
The Waldorf Astor villa at Newport is
one OF the finest, INTELLECTUALLY. speak
ing, in Newport, judged from an inside
standpoint. Its structure is older than is
now the style for seashore villas, but
once inside the doors all is forgotten in
the beauty OF the renaissance which meets
the eye on every side,
j. J. Van Aliens social career has been
so long and so brilliant that it is hard to
think of his homes at Newport, New York
and London with a head besides himself.
Reports of marriage connect him with q
titled French woman, with an American
debutantc and with q widowed American
of title the Duchess of Manchester, friend
of W. h. Vanderbilt.
The Van Allen homes and the Van Allen
fortune a re tuaSilllCeut. L nC SldDic alone
represent more than it would be safe to
state. The c0aebing horses are from the
stables of the late car, and the grounds
of the Bar HarboF and Newport houses are
laid out for sports, by professional sports
| men, brought from all countries
For some months past this son-in-law Of
the AStors has been i'll from the effects
of an accident while cFosS-country riding.
Alone in his rooms in London and Paris,
or languishing in his New York house
for the treatment has prescribed sea yoy-
ageS-hemay have turned toward the steady
! companionship which heretofore has seemed
more attractive If varied.
One OF these is Mrs. Nellie Grant Sar-
| toris and a second is Mrs. Phil Sheridan.
These two young widows are, in their own
| circles, the object Of constant attention
| from both sexes, ana rumors OF their
coming marriage grow more rife each
| month. Both are pretty women, young for
the reputation they bear, and both no W
have dau ghters ready for bow to society.
| Mrs. Sheridan lives with her children
| in a large home left her by the general
| Mrs Sartoris resides on Nassa chuSetts
avenue with her mother, keeping house