The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-21
TEE ~4oov AGAIN.
Shows an Alarming shrinkage to a
Mere I45.

Chicago Reeord-IIerald-)
1 ne ruDDe1 Dali known az smart society,
affected by the heat OF fierce competition
among the OuIslQeTs Whe-sre struggling
70 ger IN, has contracted again. Waru
Mcaiilster Iour hunured has simnlereo
Gown 10 paltry ss3. ana twenty or tnlr-
~ lnoennite units VINO belong 20 the six
Iamiues not subdivided in the list.
II Is uLe that this stupendOus declara-
ltoil, an announcement calculated TO drive
10 despair nearly S1ute.uuo OF people N
lne nlted states, 70 say nothing about
several other millions M the Philippines
ana under the immediate eye OF the SUI
tan OF Sulu, is the dlctum OF one man,
oot the man, on his showing. is 50 COM
( petent an authority that ms declaration
cannot De passed. over lightly. His name
Is NAcnois-tnat Is 10 say, part OF ms
.itAiiie - NlcnotS. The whole business IS
KEY Dr. Charles Wilbur De Lyon Nichols
"a NlehoiS, konu-, and II IS needless 10
say mat he Is not engaged an trade.
Ut NlcnOis tDr. in the reverend sense
was the close friend Of Ward McAlllster
ana IN giving his new list Of members of
the real social world 10 Il New YORK.
| newspaper Yesterday he was careful 10
point out that he was direct descendant
OF the nrst English governor Of New York
and a iineal descendant. through his
aother. or Robert III OF Scotland. Strange
10 say ne cid not add to this list OF
| qudhlcauons the size of his bank ac-
/ count though he insists. with all the
Nlgor OF an aristocrat of finance. that
wealth. and wealth alone. can hope 10
exist IN or be admitted to this little
Moan Ark of society adrift on the
muddy sea of democracy.
Inc great majority of the men aRd
women that the new arbiter selects as be
ing worthy o. seats in the ark are New
10rkerS. chicago. Door Chicago with
her neWness showing in every cling of her
| garments and her nrst born white child
/ sun alive and walking the streets in the
pleoeian uniform of a policeman. draws
only four prizes; most OF the other large
cities outside of Gotham show about the
same proportion.
> g @
McAllister is McAllistered by Me
, Allister's bosom friend. His four hun
! bred has been more than cut in two. and
TINS with selection that has cOmpassed
not one metropolis, bat the whole Union.
Furthermore. the new arbiter does not
! hesitate TO declare that there has been
rounded IN this country a social court as
difficult to be presented to as any court
| in Europe. 1T is founded" he adds,
! upon wealth, and only those of great
wealth can be a part Of that court, OF
even aspire 10 a mere presentation And
then. as II 10 put more effectual
damper. If possible. on the aspirations OF
the common herd. he continues:
mo persons without extensive means
can be in society. The very wealthy dc
not entertain poor persons, no matter
how old their families or how well bred
they are.
This nat may be accepted in New York,
but Chicago refuses to receive Nichols,
! even on suspicion. South side society be
I lieves, ike the aristocratic dame in
/ Caste that There never was a Mich
/ OILS. North side society calls him a
] trump. West side society wants 70
know who Nichols is anyway. Mrs
! Asterisk. a plain spoken lady. whose
name Is not mentioned in the list, though
she probably could buy up with her pock-
! ct money half dozen of those that ap-
/ pear there. had no hesitation in declaring
that DR.. Nichols was a plain unadulter-
ated ass This, however, was in strict
confidence.
Every city has it smart set" which
adds TO and sccumulates its smartness by
annual sojourns in New York. and the
! publication of such a list in black and
white Is to announce broadcast to home
folks that its self-appointed elite never
did and never could hOhnob with the real
thing. Hence the widespread Indignation
& 3 9
The following is the Nichols list Of
eligibes: