Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-09
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Recipe fo' : ,ricans Itching to Enter Social
ircles in London,
eASlESI y IS THROUGH MONTE CARLO
Walk the swells There and Be Ignored
Later in the Season,
PLENTY OF MONEY DOES THE BUSINESS
More Gaming Scandals Horrify the Upper
tendon of London.
PREVALENT IN ALL THE SOCIAL CLUBS
PREVALENT IN ALL THE SOCIAL CLUB
Committees of These ORGANIZATIONS
VIII Try to stamp II out-Grip
StilI Continues to Claim
Numerous Victims.

Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing CO..
LONDON April S.-(New York World
Cablegram.-SpeCial Telegram )-Wealthy
Americans who are ambitious to gain foot
ing in English society will be grateful for
the following description Of the easiest way
to attain that great object, explained with
unblushing snobbishness by an acknowl-
edged social expert:
The quickest way to become included, at
least in the fringes of London society, is
to make start at Hamburg, Monte Carlo,
Cannes, Dinard, AiX-les- Baines, where the
circle is comparatively small, and those
composing 1t always keen to welcome
new entertainer. The foreign Acquaintance
ships are not always kept up, but still with
tact and push a valuable Introduction is
never thrown away and it is quite pos
sible that the people you have entertained
year after year in royal fashion may con-
descend to recognize you or even ask you TO
their smart crushes when you meet again
on more equal grounds 1t is understood
that you can talk to any one, even walk with
them and dine with them out there and
ignore them here. Those who have right
to feel offended are the first to recognize
this rule. and the cleverest are quick to
make IL serve their ends"
Ambassador Choate has picked up won
derfully since his visit to Bournemouth, a
beautiful seaside resort in Hampshire pro-
tected by pine woods He now walks out
daily, but at first he only drove for a short
time during the warmest part Of the day.
He and Mrs. Mabel Choate have been the
recipients of many civilities at the hands
of the authorities and yesterday the mayor
of Bournemouth at the request of the
town council, waited on the ambassador to
uyl1r hirN and he - he
townspeople that the salubrious air would
completely restore his strength. The con-
versation was quite informal and the am
bassador said he could always bear testi-
mony to the curative properties of Bourne
mouth air, as it had made new man Of
him in a few days. He has been very dis
criminating In dealing with the. social and
public invitations showered upon him, and
Mrs. Choate resolved to feel her way care
fully in London society before going into
entertainment. The ambassador has ac-
cepted an invitation from the treasurer and
benchers of Lincoln's Inn on the grand
night at the end of the month when several
judges and one or two royalties will be
among the guests.
BlOOmers Cause Talk.
The pioneer of the bloomer movement
here is sorely tried by the verdict of the
Surrey jury. Viscountess Harberton, presi-
dent of the National Dress society pre-
sented herself some time since in boomers
at Hautboy Inn. Asking for lunch, the
landlady refused to permit her in that
costume to use the luncheon room with the
other women, and compelled her to have
refreshment in the bar parlor with a num-
ber of villagers and smoking male cyclists.
The Cyclst Touring club instituted prose
cution against the landlady under the
| licensing law for refusing refreshment to a
| traveller, but the jury found for the land
lady. An appeal is now being lodged by
The viscountess to a higher court, as the
| national dress society realizes if this de-
cision is unquestcned innkeepers will rem
der their lives intoerable to them. But
| the bloomer costume is making no progress
whatever among English cycling women.
They recognize in 80 per cent OF the cases
it is hideously unbecoming. That fact, not
male prejudice is the real bar to the sue
cess OF the rational dress movement.
New York dispatches have noted for weeks
back the growth of the gambling craze in
many forms in London society. The copper
boom has brought thousands in a couple of
weeks TO many smart women. Bridge whist
| with its accompaniment OF heavy wagering
| has filled or emptied the purses of many
others, while male gambling on a much
| more serious scale is going on in some of
| the best West End clubs There will now
be the inevitable scandal. young member
! lost nearly 100000 the other night at the
exclusive Bachelors club, with the result
that he found himself in financial straights,
and the whole story OF his high play that
had been proceeding quietly there for
| months came before a committee.
Move to Suppress Gambling.
| A strong party in the club is agitating
| for the prohibition of card playing alto
| gether. which. If carried out, would cause
a large recession. But stringent regula-
tions are being prepared by committee
| to prevent a recurrence OF recent gambling
! eXcesses.
Then another most respectable West End
! political club has had Its gambling scandal.
| For months high playing has been carried
on in a private room ostensibly without
| the knowledge OF the club officials, though
the fact is known TO all card-playing mem
bers, One player lost heavily and falsiied
the books OF the firm in which he was a
partner to cover his losses. The fraud was
discovered and he fed His wife. however,
heard how he had lost both her fortune and
his own, leaving her almost penniess. She
saw the chief members OF the coterie among
whom he had gambled and frankly informed
them that unless she got $50 600 which was
only a small part of her husbands losses
she would make a public exposure OF the
whole business The money was paid within
five days.
This heavy play in reputable clubs is at
| tributed to the drastic action of the police
in suppressng the recognized West End
gaming clubs which were patronized by
inveterate gamblers The result has beer
that these have been driven 10 seek gam,
bling excitement at their own clubs, steadily
extending the area OF evil until it hai
reached almost unprecedented proportions
in London's best clubs. The scandal at the
Bachelors has drawn the attention OF othel
club committees to the danger and they ar,
all on the alert now, but the play goes OF
just the same
The Princess sudden Move.
The Princess of Wales sudden journe
from Ciyita VeOchia to Copenhagen has So