The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16
THE BOY DEBUTANTES.
frankie Gould's Millions, and Blue
blooded Bobbie Gerry.
New York Journal.J


(New York JournalJ
! Wonder if one is expected TO send
these gay young boy debutantes flow
ers? Perhaps matters will be reversed.
and the girls will spend their pocket
money at the florists shops for these
dear little ingenues. Already this win
ter Alfred Vanderbilt has come out.
and SO. too. have Payne Whitney and
Robert Goelet Next week Willie X.
! jr.. is to make his formal debut" and
Frank Could, under the wing of his
sister, Helen, is 10 follow him. Willie
( is mortgaged- But Frank is free, and
what a fortune.
] He is the only Gould boy who caves
l for society. At present he is very shy
ana he shrinks away if you talk 20 him.
and he has the most engaging little
lisp Imaginable. But society must
snatch this brand from the burning.
and not let the stage get ahead of it.
What a match Frank would be, for
instance, for little Miss Vanderbilt.
who will not be out OF the school room
for four years. Think Of the mOnopOlies
and the millions,
IL would not be a bad idea for these
great families to form a matrimonial
trust and keep the money rignt in their
hands, as the ROthschilds have done in
Europe. This is. indeed, the main
strength and source OF the Rothschild
power and influence. I recommend tie
rad to the NanderbiltS and G0uldS as
worthy of their consideration, and trust
that they viii not consider my suSses-
ton either as TOO premature or as an
imDertinence.
In speaking Of FRANKIE" Gould, 1
had almost forgotten Robbie" Gerry.
who came out on Thursday at CO.
s1,.a.
though not French. way to spell it) at
Elbridge Gerry's. BObbie viii have lots
of money, and he is q very nice, quiet
boy, with an inherited taste for yacht
ing. OF course, besides money. he has
any quantity of blue blood. and his
mother. who was q great belle IN her
day. was Miss Livingston. of the very
direct line. repudiating all other Living
stons as merely collateral and not the
bona fide article.
The Livingston real estate. as you
know, is very considerable. and the
GOeiets own enormous tracts of land.
Elbridge Gerry's mother was a Miss
Goelet. ard died in the old house at
Broadway and Nineteenth streets.
which. for so many years, was a Won
der, with its COW and chickens, as well
as an eyesOre. Miss Cavendish Bent
nick was likewise q debutante at this
dance. and some little talk was caused
by the fact that. being the daughter
Of a prominent Englishman, she snould
have come OUT here rather than in
London.
The Gerry dance was small and early,
planned on the lines of Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children" But it was a very
beautiful affair for all that. The GerryS
never employ outside aid They are
more independent than the Vanderbilts,
and they have their own chef and as
sistants, and even the sweets are made
at home. The iveries are gorgeous.
and all the servants are fat. and the
family cOachman could easily tin the
scales at 800. You always get delight
full things to eat at the Gerrys' and
things out of the ordinary.
The ball supper enjoyed more than
the dinners that I have eaten at this
most hOSpitable house. because the
and if you talk at all you are ant to
find your plate whisbed away before
you can sample all the delicious viands-
The Bayard Cuttings had no male de-
butant, and Miss Justine had come out
last year Not TO have a. male bud is,
OF course, to be out of the fashion. But
the Cuttings gave a very select" din
ner dance, at which the old crowd en-
jOyed itself amazin gly. I refer YOU for
the names Of the guests to a standing
list of 'hOWlings." or whatever you
choose to call them. Put in loads OF
AstOrs and Vanderbilts and Burdens
and Sloanes and GOeiets, and the Mills
and you have it. Young
as the prince cOnsort-
elect is the only new face in the SET,
and he. although a young man of much
individuality, IS referred 70 merely as
Miss SlOane'S dancee.