The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06

In his gospel, Work" which has given
the word Strenuous it's vogue, he has
this to-day:
For myself, I'd work as quick be-
side Pat Dugan as with the last de-
scendant of the PATRON; it literally
makes no difference to me, so long as
the work is good and the man in earn
est. 1t is ignoble to try to keep money
ON money. 1 would preach the doctrine
of work to all. and to the man of
wealth the doctrine of unremunerative
work"
These sentiments may not be ap-
proved by the Smart Set; leaders of
germans and society beaux may think
them plebeian, and hint that they
SAVIOR of the Dutch; but they will have
the sanction of every American of I'M
diseased mind. whatever his politics.
The date of Adjt. Gen. Corbin's mar
riage to Miss Edith Patten has at last
been definitely fixed for Wednesday,
Nov. 6, at the home of the bride in
this city. Arrangements had all been
planned for a very large and fashion
able wedding, but owing to the gen.
erals grief for the late President. who
was warm personal friend, the pro-
gramme has been entirely altered. In
stead of the elaborate event to which
society has been eagerly looking for
ward, the ceremony will be very quiet
ly performed, in the presence of few
relatives only There will be no invi-
tations sent out. but announcement
cards will be sent later. The date of
the wedding has an especially pathetic
interest, as President Mckinley him
self selected it for his friend, Gen.
Corbin. He intended to be present,
and would have been first to congratu-
late the happy pair. The Misses Pat
ten, who have been abroad all summer,
will sail for home Oct. 10. Gen. Cor
bin has already arrived from the Phil
ippines. His beautiful new house is
rapidly approaching completion, and
will be ready to receive the bride on
their return from the wedding trip.
Miss Fish, the daughter of Hamilton
Fish, will be a debutante of the COM
ing season in New York. She Will
spend a part of the winter in Washing
ton The Admiral of the navy and Mrs.
! Dewey find their country home SO
pleasant these autumn days that they
have decided to remain there until cold
weather fairly sets in. Senator Lodge
and family, who have been abroad all
summer, are now in Paris, but talk of
coming home in November. Miss Por-
ter, daughter of our ambassador to
France is visiting in this country, just
now at Lenox. Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Cleveland were so greatly pleased with
their first summer in the Berkshire
hills that they have outstaid all other
''resorters. Their three daughters, who
were convalescing from diptheria, are
all restored to health. Very greatly to
the disappointment of their friends on
this side of the water, the marriage Of
Miss Helen Morton, daughter of the
former Vice President, to Count Bo-
son de Perigord, will take place in
London this week. The ceremony will
occur in st. Mary's Catholic Church,
Chelsea, followed by a wedding break
fast at the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. VIM. Corcoran Eustis. The brides
maids will be the brides two sisters,
Alice and May, and the best man,
Comte Marius de Galliffet. A civil mar
riage will take place at the French
consulate the same day.
The cabinet families are still scat
tered. Miss Wilson, daughter of the
Secretary of Agriculture, is one of the
early arrivals and is looking particu
larly we'll after her summer in New
England. The British ambassador and
family, who went to England in the
early summer, will not return to Wash
ington before the middle Of November.
The secretaries of the embassy will re-
main at Newport until the middle of
this month, when they will come to the
capital and reopen the embassy on Con-
necticut avenue. Mrs. William Barrett
Ridgley daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Cullom, of Illinois, and wife of the new
Controller of the Currency, is well
known in the social world of Washing
ton. She is now in Chicago, where, with
her family, she has been living since
the closing of their summer home. She
will join Mr.. Ridgley here within the
next week. She has two daughters, the
Oldest only II. who is student in a
Washington school.