The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
One Chappy Claims to Have Carried Away
Enough to Give All His Girls
Wedding Presen
DIR. Webs DAUGHTER A BEAUTY
The CharityBall Has Become Curious Socia
Sop, but Jim Smith Is In
Great Luck.
Bv D1EDRIcH KNlcKERBOCKER.
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to it not as social function. but with
tie same spirit as they attend The Va
rious institute boards to Which they
belong. Their spirit is the spirit of pat
rouge But to many others, the nope
ful and aspiring ones il is the real thing
| He these balls becaus, l HAY" there =
chance TO sec women ,: rare aud radiant
beauty who are not met with except ut
the ti.eatle. the restaurant and on tie
strcts. 1t was not ESQ long when at
Charity Ball ] first saw Miss Wilson. now
Mrs. Goelet. Heber Bishops daughters.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and scores oil
others of that STATEN
JIM SMITH IN LUCK.
I wonder if Mrs. Stay Fish Will have
more luck with Jim Smith than she had
with Harry Lehr The latter was
poor German Counsels SON. and a Bal
timorcan when Mrs. Stuy put him under
her all powerful patronage and devel-
oped the man of quality. Mrs. Del
richs first made his allegiance doubtful
and now Mrs Aston has got him all to
himself. Smith is one of those deep, 81
lent fellows, WHO says but little and
thinks a dea! of a lot. He is "a man OF
quantity" Smith wants to be tine
thing and Mrs. Stuy has proclaimed
from the house tops that he is the thing.
What more need be said? Mr.. James
Smith is being led along, or rather he
submits to being led along, and it will
not be many days before not TO be by
Smith Will be to argue ones self UNI
known.
Willie X Vanderbilt idolizes his daugh-
ter Consuelo and he promised her Mari
borough House if it could be purchased.
He made the Prince of Wales a princely
offer for the residence when he first VisI-
ted his daughter after her marriage. The
offer was refused, but an agreement to
sell under certain conditions was entered
into. [ know positively that within
year Marlborough House will be settled
on the Duchess to pass to her son who
becomes the next Duke OF Marlborough.
LORRY WORDEN'S MARRIAGE.
Young LOFTY Worden. who married re-
Gently the attractive widow of Henry
Cutting. is the son of Dan Worden. of
New York, the son of Admiral Worden,
L. S. N Lorry is a great, big handsome
fellow who went off to Porto Rico with
Troop a, the crack cavalry troop from
New York. I hate to see Cutting
scratched off the list by death or mar
riage. 1t is a good old New York name.
and the names Of old New Workers are
passing only too quickly.
Fifteen years ago there were no pref
tier girls in Newport than the two Misses
Carley. Even among the pretty women
they shone conspicuous for rare and
radiant beauty. Gai1y, merrily the
church bells chimed when Miss Pearl
became the wife of Richard II. Hunt. the
son of the great architect. 1t was a
brilliant social event. The bride was
beautiful and supposed to be a great
heiress. Francis D. Carley, her father,
was called a Standard Oil man, and the
knowing ones believed Carley was giant
of finance on a solid pedestal of gold
coined out Of oil. Young Hunt had eX-
pectations and so all went well.
One day--soner o rlater there is al
ways a lone day''-Charley wealth took
wings and Architect Hunts fortune at
death proved much below expectations,