The times., 1899-06-04

the sunshine without creating a respectful
stir among the recognizing crowd. These
are the infant millionaires, such as Har-
ry Paine Whitney, jr., William Astor,
George Gould, jr., Hooker Hammersly, ir.,
and a dozen or SO more, and number of
them minute mademoiselles. Their for
tunes run all the way from one to dozen
millions apiece, and in happy unconscious
ness of the curse of gold they get through
life in luxurious nurseries and swell about
the park in a style TINT makes their per-
ambulator riding contemporaries stare.
The young New York mothers give
good deal of time and thought to what
they call the encourage of their babies, and
few young princelings live in one-half the
sumptuous artistic security enjoyed by
these infant Croesuses. There is. for ex-
ample, the heir apparent of the House of
Astor. He has never been very hale.
hearty individual, but he is the very apple
of his mothers eye During the winter in
New York she spends goodly portion of
every day in the nursery with her boy, and
for his nursery young Astor is certainly to
be envied. That big, sunny room is done
up in pink with white dotted muslin. AS
high as a tall mans shoulders a wains-
coting in white terra Gotta covers the
walls. and in relief on this are raised
wonderful procession of juvenile charac-
ters from Mother Goose Greek mythology
and history, truly charming work of art.
Above the terra Gotta the walls are COL
ored pink, and upon this is gathered many
yards of dotted swiss, which are put on
freshly laundered every week, just as the
white curtains are renewed every seven
days. white velvet rug adorned with
pattern OF pink roses lies on the floor,
plants, putting out pink blossoms only,
stand on the broad window sill. and
downy cockatoo, with a pink topknot,
broods in white porcelain cage.
The children of Mrs. George Gould romp
in a nursery of no less studied lovelness
than this, and the nurses for Master Willy
Astor and his social equals are obliged to
dress, winter and summer, in pure white,
while over the Twombly, Kane, Whitney,
and Stanley Mortimer and other fashiOna-
bic nurseries it is usual for two nurses
to preside. There is a head nurse who is
a trained certihcated person, and then her
assistant, but after all It's when the baby
millionaire takes his airing he creates the
profoundest impression His perambulator
is white, usually tpfted and lined in pink.
This is in immediate charge of his nurse
in her Immaculate costume.
Behind the nurse at respectful distance
steps the baby's groom spry youngster in
wnlte Dreecnes, top rDools, u Delteu coat ana
cockaded hat. He is there to look out for
the safety of all concerned. when the per-
ambulator crosses thOroughfares. and to
hold back the impetuous bicyclist. Aft of
the groom comes the babys dog. usually a
Russian hound. a Newfoundland, st. Ber-
nard, or a collie, wearing a silver collar,
with n large, white satin favor, and guar
anteed to fly at the throat of anyone who
offers the precious infant violence 1t is
an impressive procession. and maybe the
style and luxury OF it are quite essential TO
the safety and happiness of the new crop
of young Americans who are so painfully
| overweighted with wealth and social pres
tige.