Arizona republican., 1896-06-30
A NEW YORK LOVE AFFAIR.

A | Tine cos,7,se 1Jf true love does not run smoothly, even among the Four Hund- red of New York city. For fortnight or more the readers of the newspapers of the metropolis on Manhattan Island have been regaled with the ins and outs of a love affair between young MT. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss Grace Wilson, the daughter of a wealthy citizen Of that town. The an uouncement of the engagement of the young couple created a ripple of inter est among those in the smart" set. It was soon told, through the press, that the elder vanderbilt objected to the engagement upon the ground that his son was too young to wed, and that the bride, being several years older, the match was not acceptable to 1h. descendants of the old commo- dore. It was said that the young man would be "cu1 off, by his father, but Father Wilson was reported as saying that the boy should not suffer. Inas- much as young Vanderbilt has an in come of his own, and is in fair way to become later on the heir of perhaps two millions of dollars from some member of his family, the threat of be- ing overlooked by his father in his will was not such a dire outcome of the engagement Preparations for the wedding went on and the day was fixed, dhe usual plans for the event were made, the wedding feast was or dered and thousands of cut flowers were secured But the wedding did not take place. The prospective bride groom was reported as having been attacked with rheumatism, and the date of the wedding was postponed.
 Then followed rumor after rumor. Some stories had it that the young man was to be taken to Europe for his health and to cure him of his love; another story was that the wedding was to come off a year later; and still another story was that Cornelius had made peace with his father, had lis tened to his pieadings and would nol wed. Now q brother of the prospect i've bride says that the wedding will probably take place within two weeks Thus it is that society" is being kept upon the fagged edge of expectancy and the parties at interest are the nat ural objects of comment upon all sides But the most entertaining feature O the gossip ainent the event is that MT William c. Whitney, the great pacific of the Democratic party, has tried hi hand with the elder Vanderbilt, look ing to a compromise with the son With what result is not yet clearly de termined.
 To the uninterested outsider it is ap parent that both sides of the contro versy are making themselves ridicu lolls The young man is of age, tn young woman is of age. There is n valid objection to the young woma, made public save possibly that sh was born before her lover. The youn folk should have been left to their ow wishes in the matter, and Father Wil son very properly stands by his daugh ter. But all the same the gossip con corning the affair is but diversion That is what society" needs to brea the monotony of existence, and tn newspapers have been merely caterin to demand which always exists Tn love affair of Mr. Vanderbilt and Mis Wilson is not the first one which ha met with obstacles. The only diffel
 ence is that when folk who do nt shine in social circles have misunde1 standings in matters of love they hay
 to settle them without the interventio
 of the newspaper reporters and tf