The sun., 1897-05-02
WHAT rs GOING ON IN soo1rrA

The Grant memorial celebration, coming ns n
did. simulta cously with Easter and the CLOSING
OF Lent, caused several days OF cyclonie excite.
ment in tho city, in which nll classes OF mon
seemed to participate. Patriotism and hcro
worship would hardly have suficcd to produces
this effect II society, in all its various branches
as we'll .as people generally, had not jusb
emerged from an unusual period Of inactl ON,
Still, the seat speculators, who lost their heads
and, as q consequence, their money, are muchto
bo commiscratod. That any one in his sane
mind should have imagined that all that great
wilderness of pine boards on Riverside would
be converted into fiuttering panorama Of bon.
nots ribbons, gay colors, and smiling faces ou
Tuesday morning 10 difficult to believe. Doubt.
less the antics OF tho north wind had something
to do with tho disappointment, but had zcphyrS
blown ever 80 softly It would have made very
little difference. As It is, those who have
pockotod losses instead of dollars have had a
lesson and n warning
Those who were lucky enough TO sec tho nA,
rade which wns well worth seeing, from The closod
windows OF their own or their friends houses
with . sumptuous luncheon waiting In the lin.
ing room, of course to be cnvicd, while
those who paid handsomely for places on club
stands and sat patiently for hours wrapped IN
furs and ulsters can give their answers N
coughs colds, and other pulmonary Ills.
The reception at the Waldorf on Tuesday md
the ball on Wednesday were brilliant affairs
but rather chaotic. All the patriotic ladies
brought their daughters and did what they
could to mako the occasion lively but tho as
scnce OF President Mckinley and OF the Grant
family seemed to be kind OF reminder that the
whole affair had mortuary character not alto
gether consistent with music and dancing
The cold wave being still in the ascendant,
very little in the way OF amusement was done on
Thursday, barring visit to Buffalo Bill at tho
Wild West show, in which society has suddenly
shown an interest Mrs. Townsend Burden. thu
Wilson family and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry May
all had large parties, who endured the blazing
and banging without turning eyclash; and 40
sittings are engaged several nights in advance
1t is fair TO suppose that Col. COdys former
popularity still cndurcs.
The return to the usual recreations OF civil,
lied life was also indicated Thursday by The
smart crowd who came and went at Mrs. Neil.
sons house in Fifth avenue in celebration OF her
daughters marriage to Mr. Arthur Kemp. Tho
old house on lower Fifth avenue which was
built moro than fifty years ago. looked as beauth
full. in its lavish adornmcnt OF palms and foyT.
ers, as IL It had been only finished last week by
an up-to-date architect in the fashionable region
east Of the Central Park. The front drawing
room in which the daughter OF the house
plighted her VOWS had chsncel and altar
backed with palms reaching TO the ceiling. on
which white blossoms shone like stars in the
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