The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-03
CLUB CHAT AND GOSSIP
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Good Natured Member of the Smart Set Jollies the
Others Along and Tells About Thing
or Two He Has Learned.
EDWARD VII. MUST DISCARD HIS SPORTING
WAYS AND SETTLE DOWN TO BUSINESS
By DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
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man. Lord Vaudeville afterward Duke
of Manchester. Web, Paget has become
a general and Mrs Paget a leader in Lon
don society. Her return is due to the
death OF Executor Melchoir, who, every
body remembers, lived in constant wnr-
fare With the widow Stevens. 1t is
rumored that the Stevens estate will once
again furnish the material for legal bat
ties and funds to conduct them, even
though Mrs. Stevens and Mr.. h1elchoir
are not of this world.
CHANGE IN HIS MAJESTY.
If 1 ann any judge of men, and of Eng
lands new king in particular, l am rendy
to declare that some people will be sur
prised in Edward VII. I have seen him
many times, i'll many places and under
many circumstances. and l do not hest
tate to say that Albert Edward, Prince Of
Wales, is one Innn and Edward VII, King
Of England. is another Many OF the
ambitious Americans who throng London
viii have a lesson to learn. a barrier
has come up: the divinity which hedseth
in a king will show itself. 1t is not
merely that Albert Edward extended his
agricultural exploits of sowing wild oats
over sixty years, and that he is now a
tetired farmer.
1t is not merely because he felt as
Prince OF Wales he was an ornamental
figure and possessed leisure; but it is be-
cause he realizes the very safety OF the
throne depends upon his conforming to a
standard of excellence, a pattern Of re-
spectnbility, which was established by
the Prince Consort and, Queen Victoria.
There is very little left in modern life
which Incorporates the ideal, and the
people still possess the love for the ideal.
Alfred Tennyson by his ''Idyls Of the
King" not only pointed to the throne but
taught that idea1ity was there to be
found. The days Of the Stuarts, the
Georges. are over. and the throne Of Ed
ward VII. will only remain an heirloom
during such time as 1t enshrineS the
ideality of the people.
MUST BE RICH AND MODERN
The lnlEt assembly ball at the Waldorf
Astoria was a brilliant success. / am
not fond Of subscription balls as a rule.
They remind me. to use honlely simile.
of hush" to use a musical smile, Of
pot pourri The assembly balls. however,
are removed from even the suspicion of
being a mixture. 1t is absolutely eN-
clusively Of the most pronounced and
progressive fashion. Ward McAllister
Pntriarchs to the level OF a Harlem
church sociable, but the ladies who man
age the assemblies are wise in their
generation. They Invite only those who
are of the first social position ind who,
by entertainment and expenditure, keep
themselves prominently forward. Seedy
people with u SAVIOR OF knickerbocker
lineage are not wanted. HIusty names
not FURNISHED with modern wealth do not
shine on the list. Guests must be UP to
date The ladies who received were Mrs.
Edmund l.. Baylies, Mrs. w. Bayard Cut
ting. Mrs. Duncan Cryder and Mrs. Will
liam Sloane
Mrs. Eayles was a Miss Van Remsse-
laer and Mr.. Raylies is descendant OF
the Hasniltons nd Lir!nsstons, but Mrs.
Raylies herself diligently treads the ar
dnoms social path. keeping herself in the
front rank. MrszGutting nnd Mrs. Cry
der also belong ts old families. but they.
like Mrs. Baylies. are progressive. I
merely mention this to show that old
New Workers are still in society in spite
of the invasion Of Western milhonaires.
but, I uony mention incidentally, that they