Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-15

Years ago. when Boston was In fact
as well as in name the Hub oil the
universe as far as the United States was
concerned. society in that city was
very exclusive and aristocratic lnstltu-
ton indeed. But as in many other
cities that boosted of the blue blood
and ancestry of it's society folk, the bar
rlers have been tumhled down In many
places during recent years.
The tide of wealth, that resistless
flood which no force. however intrench-
ed and surrounded by its own sense OF
superiority, can repel, has brought for
ward on the crest of the incoming
waves new women and new men. Grad
/ ually the aristocracy of the past mas
been more or less engulfed.
Following in the wake of New York
and London, the once ultra exclusive
New England city now bows down be-
fore the golden calf and embraces with
protestations OF the greatest fervor and
affection the newcomers who can af-
ford to give elaborate entertainments,
swell dinners splendid parties and thus
keep the ball of social functions and
gayeties rolling summer and winter
without a break.
What would the social leaders Of the
fifties, that small but select coterie.
have said could they have foreseen the
leaders of Boston's smart set today?
Who in those days knew the Ameses,
| the Schlesingers. the Seaburys. the
| Apthorps. the Gardeners, the Sears. the
Ias!gis. the Warrens, the F'itzgeralds.
! the Nickersons or the Burnetts and
many another family in todays society
| favoritesi
They would find that 1t is not the pre-
requisite of an entrance to have gene
illogical tree as high as the clouds and
an ancestor who traversed the main in
the Maynower. Today any one provided
with sufficient education and wealth
galore can come in a very short while
to the fore among the society folk.
The most aristocratic looking couple
in Boston are perhaps Governor and
Mrs. Roger Wolcott. Indeed it would be
difficult to find, even in England with
| all Its blue blood. more high bred look
ing man and woman. In this instance
there is blood on both sides, for Mrs.
Wo'cJtt was Miss Edith Prescott. Since
Roger Wolcott became governor he has
| naturally been more In evidence. and
his wife, too, is now well known and
much admired figure in all gatherings.
public or private. where she may APP
ingly attractive and is perfect in taste,
and their entertainments, whether off,
cial or private, are most delightful 1t
is something to be proud of to have
sich a man at the head of the state. and
all the more so when such a woman Is
at the head of his house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindall Winthrop are
probably the most aristocratic looking
couple in Boston, barring the Wolcotts
Mrs. Winthrop's noble presence and
gracious manners combined with hei
lovely face. make her a marked woman
in Boston society. and her husband cveS
more so, for he has lived so much
abroad that he has become more Eng.
lish in appearance and dress than
American. Miss Mary Winthrop was
one of the bellies of last seasons many
debutantes. and from having passed sc
much of her life abroad she had a quail.
ty missing in the girls brought up un'
der the shadow of the gilded dome.
The Winthrops live the greater por.
ton Of the year at their beautiful HON,
on the isle of Wight. Their winter
house is on Beacon street. opposite the
Common. and is the charming house
where Mrs. Winthrop lived during hel
first marriage. to James Lawrence. Last
season Mrs. Winthrop gave a series oil
entertainments to Introduce the youn'
gest daughter of her husband, who is a
sister of Mrs. ]. G.. Minot.
The career of Mrs. Jack Gardner II
almost too well known for description
She was Miss Isabella Stewart of New