The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-26
At TIE uALD0RF-AsT0RI4.
Comments on the Happenings Mt that Hos
telry-The Guests and Their Behavior.
From tie Mirror, 81. Aomi,, Ftb.s.

From the Mirror, 81. Louis. FEB. 2.
The 400 had a grand charity ball at the
Waldorf-Astori one evening last week. They
were all therc-the men and women you read
about, l looked at the spectacle for an hour,
and came away with an imrrr,ssl94 that a
society function in New ,lork's high sets
is about the dreariest thing imaG!nable:
else. and each person looks. too. as il very sorry
for himself. The women dress most GORGEOUS
y: hut to they he f n5s %tfGs y i i9ThIPE II II T they call Tlh sy
affair like the one | peeped in upon. fun. | can
not imagi4" what a duIi TING would be II this III
group. one woman whom | could call beauti-
full. In the first place. they appeared to hayea
this impression, | was told that the New York
her ET"a great nE charm MIL Is her "igure." ' That NAV T" 6S
true. Indeed it is true. for the figures one sees
rule. the work Of the tailor. The New York
society woman. hS glimpsed her. is hardly
conceivable us an inspiration to romance. She
Is, as the saying goes, high bred. bur so high in
the air that you cant get near her One has
hands with 4 society person. and the society
manner is enough TO freeze the nose of a
Norway rat" This is the opinion Of an out.
don't feel that way. The ~so-callcd young men
whom J saw at this function a]prSnred e l." az
bu, they drink, in silence mostly. saw them
ana solemn looking. Now and then one OF
them would drawl out, something monosyl-
They like a%bsInthe. They smoke only Turkish
cigarettes. They seem on the ballroom floor
seem to cultivate, an English brusoucness
towards women. that sometimes. ,verges on
S SPsssids i f arGtaai't oi New SnR PORK : sesi t9S' K ;ns H im,
that would lead ne 70 try to break into 1t II
Gus persons were President Hobart, Adj
miral Sampson and Gen. Miles. Miles looks
every minute as if he were posing before q
have ever seen. He alone seemed to have real
del,ght in the swell affqIr; but the delight was
and girls crowded around him and worshipped
him in a frosty sort OF 2 fashion SAMPSON
s s]ermSS to St, tn19k he Sn@r doing his 6 6S tg - y asi
man, or. | should say, severe faced, although
~ thu severity there ts At a tough IGt Of sadness;
loves the table and "A good story after dessert.
But he doesn't give you any idea that he 10 a
statesman.
The Waldorf astoria is a great tempIo Of
mammon You 90 in there at any time and
q see %si u sHs of" Of ali ' sorts, Fat 4 and mti'i ienn..
gathered around tables talking margins"
and OF trusts and OF millionsi pnrii9g The week
priefor. said that there was a trust in ! process cess
OF formation upon every floor OF the building.
aud l. was pretty nearly true, The wire
plate barons, and ali the rest OF them we're
on hand They were in session all night
whiskey. They sent kilograms innpmer;
into and out Of automobiles and cabs
and carriages. Most of them looked as II they
were drawn through knotholes. Accompany
ing these. millionaire conso!idators were a
number o., the great lawyers from all over the
country. Hanging around the corridors were
slick " fellows you could tell at IA glance we're
brokers looking for tips, and darting off now
and then to telegraph or telephone some piece
of information to their friends in the markets
Of the various cities, There were lots OF
tt6HhisF eyss peeled sp ne Th R5Sefiii lad roc Come Hsso oTaf
t; play the market on the strength
consolidating committees Everybody seems.
The bellhoys won't look at a tip less than 81.
In the cafe an egg, costs as much as a square
meal, Cigars at 81 apiece are quite the ordi-
nary thing Yog can spend a months salary
Is not at all exc bitant. The place is crowded
oil the time by the wealthiest visitors 10 Man
haitian from all over the world, You are told
~ awe.inspiring gghiSpers hat there are suites
the safe which at this very minute holds ST.
100000 worth OF yaluableS belonging TO guests.