The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-21


IDENTIFY. Then she resumed:
when you come to consider 1T. it IS
a. cunning scheme, difficult, but entirely
feasible. Nothing could give Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer such chance of getting
to the top as will. this reorganization
Building it on the national plan, as we
may express it. will enlist on her side
valuab BILE influences in the central and
western states. Eastern millionaires
have kept out some very eligible people
In fact all the west has been held
aloof more or less. by the New York
crowd. Now Chicago, St Louis, the
Pacific coast viii contribute some pow
erful members to this new aristocIacy;
let there be no mistaken notion to the
contrary
I'm New Orleans. TOO. and Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Washington, Boston ana
many other places. there are not lack
ing families of immense wealth and
smart culture who will follow the nag
of rebellion under such a daring chleI-
tain.
"At any rate am glad you are going
to explode the thing 1t will not deter
Mrs. Palmer one bit, although 1t may
dismay her. On the other hand, it viii
give some others warning that they
have to defend their ScalpS- And as
some of the present incum bents are
not ungifted in pluck and diplomacy,
the chief of the revolution will md
herself fairly matched from the first,
and the game, for a year or two, IN
be interesting
There being a pause, the correspond
ent said: Some of the Eoeiety experts
to whom 1 have talked about the pro-
posed creation of an ariStocracy really
American in character and tendency
have pOoh-poohed the idea that II such
a body were ever brought together IL
would be the work of Mrs. Potter
Palmer.
whether she succeeds or not, she
viii surprise them all yet" rejoined the
bankers wife. .'Of course there is
nothing so easy for any clique as 10
exchange polite sneers among them
selves and declare any new idea' LOO
preposterous to be considered
But let me tell you that many OF us
would like to see 1T Done For one
thing the class known as the -Four
Hundred" needs a thorough reVlsions
nowadays a microscope is really not
needed to find many unbearaDly DleIn-
ished members of that holy body All
sensible people want to Kill TINS PreJu-
dice of one religion against anolher.
Personally / am on frlendly terms
with a delightful crowd of milhonalres'
some of whom are from San FRANCISCO
and some from Pittsburg, and others
from elsewhere. They are mostly more
intelligent-it seems to me, a real Rev
Yorlxer-more liberal and more lI4aglh-
alive about spending their money imam
MANY of those whose dictates the SO
called -Four Hundred humbly opey'
.sThis new set Will not only take IN
some of the most desirable elements OF
the present 400, but also let IN plenty OF
ambitious new blood, plenty OF uoAy'
nice people burning to eclipse al IeT
ords of lavish entertainments, peVP!C
with unlimited wealth TO back lheA
claim to recognition.
AS soon as this was explained Dy tlS
confidential friends, already mentioned,
the correspondent went with ms noteS
to consult another lady one VINO moves
in the innermOSt circle OF the SIldIt
SET the wife of a banker equally Wen
known in Paris and New York-and
further than that she need not DE oe-
scribed.
II am not astonished,' said the dame
Mrs Potter Palmer is the most am
bitious woman in America. I have
long realized that since she tasted the
sweets of real social prominence NIndt
was al the time she was making thal
wonderfully clever marriage between
Julia Grant and Prince Cantacuzene)
she would never be content till she
had reached the top notch or emlhehce;
| doubt if even such an unchaHengeo
position as that enjoyed today py MTs-
Astor would satisfy Mrs Palmer. her
dream is to be known as the final ar
bitter of all that is select on the Anerl-
can continent. She believes she is
equipped for leadership by wealth,
breeding and tact, and her scheme as
YOU unfold it is quite in line with what
[ know of her.
'.Of course, Mrs. Palmer realizes lbe-
cause she is shrewd and because she
has had experience with the Newport
croWd) that to attain that position a
complete rearran cement OF the socla1
grouping will be necessary. Else she
will never get there Some 1rrecOnclla-
BILE elements viii have to be forced out,
and others brought in line by caJOlery
or sheer bullying. She is ready TO do
a good deal of all that
Their women, tOo-wives, sisters or
daughters-are in many cases beauti-
full. exceedingly we'll bred, and bright
er because more unaffectedly American
than the anglO-maniacS who are TO-DAY
monopolizing everything.
1T has been a stupid mistake of
some eastern Snobs, whose modest an
cestry is already three or four genera
tions removed, to believe that they re
tain all the refinement in the land and
enjoy a vested right to set up wall
around themselves and their doings.
In our country the standards by
which the highest society must judge
the claim of new members to admit
lance are simple-hOnest refinement
and fortune large enough to enable
the claimant to keep up the most rapid
gait
Z sOutside of-that all is bosh and snob-
berry This rebellion was bound to
break out sooner or later. Mrs. Potter
Palmer's neatly gloved hand of steel
may amalgamate and control the high
life of our continent.
Rockefeller, Armour. Carnegie,
Gates and many other great combiners
are all from the west. Let Mrs. Potter
Palmer now engineer this great vital
izing social combine.
successful or not. the undertaking
vering which will revive and Guido the
brilliant infriglIeS of FuTODean