The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-08
NEW YORK'S GREAT BEAUx.
REGGIE BROOKS THE SMART So
CIETY YOUTH AT PRESENT,

MnrriageabIe Men Who Bank High
est in the World of FashfOn-A Do
zen College Graduates, Notably
Youny Payne whitney ana Louis
LOrillard, Jr., Possess Manly beau
ty, and Are Heirs to Exalted
Wealth and Social POsitiOn-TvyO
Vanderbilt Parties.
New York, Jan. 6.-To wise and watchful
mothers who are launching their debutante
I daughters in New York society this winter,
a more promising matrimonial market was
never open. That is, if they are ambitious
parents socially, and have an eye to the
financial status of possible suitors, as adj
New York society mothers assuredly have.
1t is perfectly true, of course, that estates
such as are possessed by George Wander
bilt and John Jacob Aston are no longer
to be counted among the probable big
prizes Of the season, sin there is a flock
of eligibles ranging in age from 20 to 20
years, and in fortunes from a quarter to
ten millions, sufficient in number to give
every debutante an excellent fighting
chance.
Among the ellgibles mentioned above
there can be counted not less than one
dozen young fellows just graduated from
the big colleges; and the most prominent
feature about this condition is, that this
| generation of beaux shows a marked in
clination for matrimony. Hardly was Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., out of college than
he found his mate, young Livermore but a
year graduated from Yale, promptly took
to himself a wife last month, and more
over, a preference is shown for selecting
| brides in their native city and among
their pretty feminine contemporaries.
In the mind of the thoughtful chaperone,
The society men who deserve the title
Of PARIS are easily classified. They come
! under three heads, those who are admired
essentially for wit, grace and good looks
next, bachelors and widowers who are get
! ling along have weathered many seasons
of lovely girls whose fortunes are as big
as their hearts, and who are always worth
hoping and trying for. Add to these the
! Croesuses under Is, and you have the mar
lxet Just as i, looks to any belle
OF course, there are bright particular
! stars shining out in each of these three
! grades and among the special parts of
the winter are the fresh-faced Vanderbilt
boys. They are the sons of the brothers
Cornelius and William X, and are just
out of college Alfred, Cornelius, Sr's, son,
is a fine fellow recently turned into his
COS He made his debut under his moth
er's wing at Newport last summer. He
is undeniably his fathers hope and favor
lite, while he pleases his mother by taking
to society as a duck does to water. Like
all She Vanderbilts, he is perfectly gener-
Gus, with an excellent head for business,
and there is not a shadow Of a doubt in
any chaperone mind that before Easter
this 100000 prize will have selected his
wife 1t is the habit of the men OF his
family 20 marry young, and with perfect
independence of the usual considerations
in smart society, so in a measure Alfred
Is regarded as the successor in the posi-
ton his uncle George held for so long
William Nanderbts boy win not have
so large a fortune as his cousin, for Al
fred is apt, beside his $4,000 900. 90 inherit.
as his father did, the bulk of the great
estate. SIN, young Willie has enough