The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-27
MONEY LIKE WATER.
BRADLEY MARTINS TO GIVE THE
GREATEST BALL ON RECORD.

viii Eclipse the Famous Vanderbilt Func-
tion of 1ss3-Aimost the Whole Waldorf
Hotel VIII He Used-Beimont War still
Agitating New York Society.
Plans have been completed for the
greatest private ball ever given i'll d
public place. 1t will be that of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Martin the night of Feb.
10 at the Waldorf hotel in New York.
Mrs. Bradley Martin will receive her
guests in the small ballroom. The dane.
ing will be confined to the new big ball
room at the western end of the hotel.
Though no choice of cotillon leader
has yet been made, the impression is
that Lispenard Stewart will prorsbly
he asked.
There is still an uncertainty as to the
coming over of the Earl and Count
ess of Craven, the son-in-law and
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin. They will, if they come, arrive in
time for the ball. The floral decora-
tions. it is intimated. will exceed any
vet seen ON this side of the water, and
there will be no such thing as price
limit
Almost the whole Of the large hotel
is to be thrown open for the entertain
ment. This is no more than was to be
expected of Mr. and Mrs. Martin, whose
hospitality is always of the most lavish
description. That ball will be the most
splendid thing of the kind New York
ever has seen, not excepting the famous
Vanderbilt ball of 1888. Advances have
been made since that time, and, although
in detail the Waldorf may lack some of
the splendor of the house at Fifty-sec-
ond street, yet in space and other essen
tials it affords far more favorable the
alter for such show.
This season is becoming particularly
famous for the elaborate private balls in
New York. Each year, for several sea-
sons, certain coterie of leaders in So
ciety has given small dances for the
members of that set, and the dances are
being continued this year. In addition
balls have been given at the Aston and
Sloane mansions, and others will be given
by Commodore and Mrs. Elbridge L.
Gerry and Mr.. and Mrs. John jacob
Aston.
How bitterly the Belmont war is be-
ing waged may be Judged from the fac
that man went to the various newspa
per offices the other afternoon for tn,
express purpose of stating Mrs. Oliver
H. p. Belmont would not be present a
the entertainment given by Mrs. Ogdei
Mills that night. Possibly if "the Lad.
| Alva" had known of this proceedin,
she would have sent out a courier T.
make the same announcement, for sh
is no more anxious to mingle with wha
is known as the Perry Belmont factio
than that faction is to have her. TIL
incident is part of as pretty fight a
society has had for long time.
Mrs. Jack Aston is generally accredit
ed with being part and parcel of tn
circle within the circle that Mrs Mills
Mrs. Sloane and Perry Belmont hav
formed. The presence of Mrs. Olive
Belmont at the elder Mrs. Astor's bal
is explained by the know it alls on tn
ground Mrs. Aston was so offended q
the attitude Of the Vanderbilt famil
toward young Neely's marriage
Grace Wilson, her son-in-law's siste,
that she sent invitations to the woma
who divorced Willie X. Vanderbilt
But Mrs. Oliver Belmont has host
of friends, and it looks as though sh
were gaining ground Her special chan
pion is Mrs. James p. Kernochan, a
ardent friend and formidable adversary
1t is said she refused an introduction {
young man because he had been SO IL
discreet as to offer some petty criticlsi
of Mrs. Belmont.-New York Cor. CHI
cago Tribune.