The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17
ASTOR'S NEW Fash
She Is Encouraging Outdoor Sports 70
BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER
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Women.

&E1Y YORK, Murch iG.-Feruando
Sznaga's death. sudden and unexpected,
has ooca&ioncd scores or regrets. Fer
uaudo tried marriage twice He loved
we'll and truly, but not wisely Each
tim, his bark pat out On the sea, Of matri-
7nnuy we'll equipped with the world S
goods and a fair wind in the sail, but she
bumped on the rocks and foundered in
domestic gales. we'll remember his
~ives-Jennie Smith, sister of Mrs. Ava
Vanderbilt; and Mabel Wright, the
beauty; and Fernando / have known for
thirty years.
When one gives rein to memories about
yznaga ones mind becomes peopled with
persons prominent in New York fashion.
Indeed, society becomes a stage and the
people actors. Anybody who remembers
anything, of New York twenty-five years
ago will remember the Yznasas- The
Yznasas del Vale We're Cubans. The
revolution in Cuba had destroyed their
plantations and impoverished them. They
cam" to the States for security and
because Mrs Yzna@a. with a mothers
concern for the future of her beautiful
daughters. desired q field representing
greater opportunities. They hired a
small house at Orange, \ ]. The 1Znaga
family consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Yznaga,
t'onsuelo. Nat!ka Emily and Fernando
a
At this time society was small. and one
of the most conspicuous cliQues was DOM
mated by a set Of young bellies VINO We're
called by their friends and intmates,
The Bcuucers. They We're all handsome
women, unusually attractive, Well born,
rich for those days, and full OF ian. MISS
Minnie Stevens. the daughter of Mrs. IA
ran Stevens. had. through her clever
mothers diplomacy. managed TO be rec
oenized as one of them. Now Mrs. oteV-
ons who had 4 wonderful faculty ior
Knowing everybody without any regard
IN +f,e5,. 1l,zitiaB or condition. in some way
or other met Miss Cousueio hZhaSt. l
do not want 10 be iniSund"rStooa III LtiS
connection. Tho 1znasaS had Inc SoCiSl
,.flircc but they were uhc"hlloi t10'1
7,no. which had. even in those days. =
,,-o.,,iarf1,I elippressinE influence Mrs
stevens insisted upon Miss ConSucio ana
Arfsz &atilla 4lassing the scacoh at heF
house on Fifth Avenue.
Among the young men who went NTH
or and thither was William IL Nanoer-
l,ilr. or Willie Vanderbilt. as ne was car
ed The EanderbIts did not amount 10
,,,r,cl, in Hose days. Old Cornelius, IN"
,.a,,,I,,olor.e was alive He allowed VIII
liam, II Vanderbilt $4,000 Il year to i've
on and never thought much OF his apln-
lies His .yr4rdsons, Cornelius and Wine
X were. clerks in the railroad Office. But
their expectations made them cohsiaer
able personages. or rather 1t MADE WINE le
X. who was unmarried. society oiu iioC
l,now the Cornelius Nanderbilts then, ana
1hey went their way as nice church-going
people. But Willie. unmarried, an heir
10 a fortune possessed attractions Tor
mothers with unmarried daughters. Now
1,f. greatly admired Miss Consuelo HZnaga,
and Fernando and he became great
Welded A TITLE.
inst about that time Lord MandeViile,
,~4y z-nunc sprig Of the English nobility,
eg,nc Ia New York. lie fell in love with
The beautiful Consuel". True, his fortune
z,mountcd 10 little. and his reputation less.
still his title and prospective title OF DUKE
al Manchester. shone like a star Miss
Consuelo determined to become Lady
Vaudeville. and all society thronged Grace
C,hnrch to witness the transformation?
What a scramble it w2S for seats. NO
for place TO perch Pew seats became