The times., 1899-01-08
NEW YoRK's GREAT BEAUX.
Men Who Rank BfEhest in the Mnr'
rinEeable World.

they are ambitious parents socially, and
| have an eye to the financial status of Tos-
| sible suitors, as all New York society
mothers assuredly have. 1t is perfectly
| true, of course that estates such as are
possessed by George Vanderbilt and join
Jacob Astor are no longer to be counted
! among the probable big prizes of a sea
son, still there is a flock OF eliEib es,
| ranging in age from twenty to fifty years
| and in fortunes from a quaI ter to tn
millions. sufficient in number to g.ve
every debutante an excellent fighting
chance.
Among the eligibles mentioned above
there can be counted not less than one
| dozen young fellows just graduated from
the big colleges and the most promising
feature about this condition is, that this
! generation Of beauX shows maI kei IN
| clination for matrimony. Hardly was
| Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr out of college
than he found his mate. Young LiveImote
but a year graduated from a.e, prompt
ly took to himself wife last month and
I moreover, a preference is shown for Sc
! lecting brides in their native city and
| among their pretty feminine contsmpo.a-
| ries.
In the mind of the thoughtful chaperon,
she society men who deserve the title of
der three heads: Those who are admired
| essentially for wit, grace and good looks;
next. bachelors and widowers who are get
! ting along, have weathered many seasons
/ of lovely girls whose fortunes are as big
I as their hearts, and who are always worth
hoping and trying for. Add to these the
, Croesuses under twenty-eight, and you
have the market just as it looks to any
belle.
| OF course there are bright particular
I 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 K, and are just
I out of college. Alfred, Cornelius, seniors
son is a fine fellow, recently turned into
/ his twenties. He made his debut under
( his mothers wing at Newport last summer.
He is undeniably his fathers hope and IA
vorite, while he pleases his mother by
taking to society as duck does 10 water.
Like all the Nanderbilts, he is perfectly
generous, with an excellent head for bust
ness, and there is not a shadow of n doubt
in any chaperOn's mind that before East
er this ten million dollar prize will have
selected his wife. II is the habit of the
men of his family to marry young, and
with perfect independence of the usual
( considerations of the smart society, so in
I
cessor in the position his uncle George
held for long time.
William Nanderbilt's boy will not have
so large fortune as his cousin. for Alfred
is apt, beside his ten millions. TO inherit,
as his father did. the bulk of the gfeat
estate. Still. young Willie has enough of
an inheritance TO put him second on the
list of young millionaire hopes, and he is
classed among the handsome men in So
hag t4-gTT 1.alu
cred with crisp, curling brown hair is
athletic and very much fonder of his out
/ door sports than bathrooms and opera
boxes Perhaps in the eyes Of the little
debutante he is none the less admired for
his shyness, and for the fact that his heart
is said TO be very obstinately fixed on a
pretty maid in Baltimore. whom he met
at college commencement, and who is
still too young to be out. The gossips
don't hesitate TO say that when she is old
enough he will again go accounting the
sweetheart of his undergraduate days.
Perhaps OF the young set among those
whose names rank next in the dowager's
list is Louis Lorillard, jr., a graduate at
Yale, heir to the famous villa Vinland at
Newport, that was built by his cousin
Miss Catherine Wolf, and OF a for,Gne
from his father of a million. Great as is
the influence of wealth and social posi-
futter the hearts in debutantedom because
of his decidedly romantic beauty Hunt
( ing and books are rather more absorbing
/ interests to this eligible than frivoliry. and
/ II Is well known that whoever his wife is
she will enjoy the wearing Of some of the
most gorgeous of the Wolf jewels.
! More of a distinct favorite than any OF
: these among the dancing girls is Reggie
! Brooks, par excellence the smart society
/ youth. Without boastng tremendous in
I tellectuai force or overpowering good
/ looks what he says and does is carefully
repeated everywhere. and the mothers re-
I gard him as the brightest fish in matri-
monial waters. He is simply capable
/ wholesome, kindly youngster, whose dot,
so TO speak. is round million. He leads
the younger generation at the Knicker-
booker Club, is admittedly the best dress
ed man in New York. and is frankly fond
| of dancing and feeting hirtations
/ Somewhat older than these products of
| Yale and Harvard training. are a couple
Of interesting and good looking men who
belong to very rich Catholic families
They are Nathanial Reynal and Tom Kel-
ly. The first is a mighty cross-country
rider with i cool million in his pocket
and the second is a slender fellow with
beautiful Irish blue eyes. couple of mil
lion as his fortune and marked devotion
TO music. He lives in luxurious bachelor
quarters, and hires MaIba, Edouard de
Reszke and Theresa Coreno to sing or
play at his sumptuous musicales, given
under his sisters or his mothers chaper-
/ cnage
Quite ---ai In wealth to any of these is
Marshall KernocEan, related ON all sides to
the bluest blood in New York city the
only heir TO his mothers and his aunt s
millions and clever pianist The dow
ayers all look on him graciously. for he is
exceedingly social in his taste. as are the
blonde and athletic young Burdens, l.
Townsend. jr.. and William. who will be
able to support wives on their respective
fifty thousand each a year; while 10 swell
the list of eligible beaux must be added
the only son Of Chauncey Depew Chaun-
cey jr, has fallen heir to all his father
gifts and graces and ultimately will come
not only into the paternal fortune, but as
well that OF his mother. who died some
years ago leaving her marriage portion al
most intact to her only child Add to this
reckoning William c. Whitney's, second
son, Payne. who has come into society this
winter. is one of the heirs OF his enor-
musly rich uncle, is a sharer in the great
estate his mother left, and you have got
the cream Of the younger beaux
If girl who is pretty, clever and bent
on placing herself we'll fails to carry of
q prize from this group, she need never
say die so long the older bachelors are
left. These are the men, after all, whose
attentions give woman enviable sort
Z of social Ulaclng for 10 be taken ont at "A