Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-10


fashionable society are OF sucn d won
derfully complex character Una. 20
thew are to end Is purely matter Vi
speculation. From the time OF the quar-
rel between the two Mrs. Astor as 10
which had the right to be the nirs'
| Astor" until the present, quarrehiis
| seems TO have been almost the rue III
many of the leading society families.
Mrs w K. Vanderbilt's divorce from
| her husband and marriage to MI y. n:
y Belmont was the fruitful cause vi
| innumerable dissensions. some TAXING tne
| lady's part and some her late huspahu
| until Newport society seemed oNiued
| into two hostile camps. Inc fnarlIase
| of Miss Consuelo 10 the Duhe Vi NO
| borough was a magnificent stroke Oh
| no1,cv on the part of her mother, ana
| forced a recognition of her social claims
which will doubtless prove lasting. Mrs'
| Relmont. who Is now abroad playing tne
| mart of a fond grandmother, Is eX-
| pected to return before the season 10
| far advanced. and will doubtless be
again welcomed by New York society as
| she was at Newport this summer.
! The marriage of Mr. Cornelius Wander
| bilt. Jr.. to Miss Grace wilson, Whlch
! caused so bitter an estrangement De-
| tween the son and his parents Is report
| ed TO have been substantially healed,
| and many facts are given in support oil
| this statement 1t is to be hoped that
| this report will prove true, even 10 the
| extent Of reconciling the wilson's the
| Goelets and the VanderDllts, all thlee
| families being so intimately connected
| by marriages.
| There Is a ludicrous and comic aspect
| TO these queer family jars. what with
| mixed ND marriages and divorces, there
are complications of relationship that
| would puZzle a dozen Philadelphia law
| vers 10 disentangle. The young chill
! dren who are coming upon the scene WILL
| I'm many instances, have TO De sedu-
| lously drilled before they can give on
hand and clear statements about their
| relationships TO each other
| The little Fabbri baby. the grand
| daughter of Mrs. William II. vanderbilt
e of a household driven distracted by
| the unapproved marriages OF the eldest
| daughter Mrs. David Hennen Morris,
! and the only son, young Elliott Shepard.
| The little Whitney baby, the grand
| daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius van
| derbiIt, received no welcome from Cor
/ nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., who hlmsei Is at
| variance with her parents ana grand
| narents. and then there are two other
| motbers-Nrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr,
| and Mrs. oliver II. p. Belmont-who
| never sneak as they pass by and no
| steamer crossing the Atlantic is large
| enoueh IN carry them in its same list or
| passengers. and finally, there is the child
| ~ the Rurden-Sloane marriage, recently
| horn at Ienox, who Will nave 10 De
| taught that il is a social sin TO play win
| az least some half dozen children who
| are near relatives.
| Take Il all in all, 1t is complex social
| Kaleidoscope sufficient TO make one dizzy
| IN contemplate. What effect these social
| disooreements will have on the forth
oor,inc whirlpool Of social gayety re-
| mains TO be seen. 1t may, from It's
| ,.,,,aIries and jealousies, which will ma
| t,,rollv ensue. cause, In one sense,
| moro brilliant and interesting season
| tbon would otherwise be the case. I'm
| IKE the feuds of the Montagues ana
| canplets. il will not, probably, END In
| tragedy. but there will doubtless be such
| AN intense desire on the part OF these
| social enemies TO outVie each otner ~,
| theIr entertainments that the spice or
| -. interest as TO the outcome VIII
- len 70 what might otherwise be
oo,,,naratiyely fat and prosaic social
| doings. .ho. ,yaa,th
1
ga social finesse can employ VIII
he brought into play. especially. by
nose who want to rehabiiitate them
selves selves to force the recognition that would
otherwise. perhaps, be not conceded 10
| thn,, The dinner dances TO be given
| during the winter will, on account or
| their exclusive character. be a test show
ing ing who are to be ostraeized and who
are 70 be cordially received In the diffe-
rent rem sets and the season will not be far
advanced before the lines OF demarca-
t,on will be pretty clearly drawn.
Then. as at Newport, there VIII be
among those who find that they are not
| ON the lists, weeping, wailing. ana
| crashing OF teeth" and a general eher-
yescence of angry passions and wounded
nride that 1t would take wand CT a
maglciap to straghten out
welsh RECOMMENDATIONS.