The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-19
CREATES A NEW 400 THE vANDERBILT-HoHENzoL-
 LEHN DINNER And Those Who Were Present-As- tor-Wilson Set Rule-Royaity and Romance Combine Fixing New
 Laws to Determine
 "Who's Who"

New. York Special to Chicago Record
 Herald.
 New York has a new 400" By the cal- erdar 1t dates scarcely three weeks back, and in actual numbers 1t includes scarce. ly quarter as many as the original list which furnished metropolitan society with a name. Prince Henry of Prussia, acting upon the cabled command of the Emperor of Germany, accepted the exclusive invita- ton of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. to dinner. He at once cast the die in d famous family feud and drew lines for Old lines have ben wiped out and general reorganization has been begun, says The Sunday World. The directors of ths Prince Henry dinner. What remains to be done Is the filling in of ranks accord ing to the general plan laid down in the Vanderbilt dinner.
 Thirty-six Invited.
 Thirty-six New York guests each rep ed for wealth. social prestige. literary or artistic values. sat down at the Van derbilt table with Prince Henry and his suite.
 not purchase an invitation. The official roster of invited guests. 1t Is now claim ed by those who know the New York social register, may be accepted as me authoritative who's who in society,
 It is the pick of the most exclusive set in America in a social way Following are the New Workers who were bidden to meet the representative of the Ho. henzdllerns. and 1t may he added that
 MT. and Mrs. Ogden Mills. MT and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce.
 MT. and Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard,
 Mr. and Mrs. Edmund RaylieS yS
 MT. and Mrs. Clarence Mackay.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward C. Post.
 MT. and Mrs John R. Drexei. ." Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer
 Mrs Cass Canfield.
 Mrs Francis K Pendleton. .5-.
 Mrs. Richard Gambrill.
 Mrs. c. Dana Gibson.
 Mrs T. J. Oakley Rynelander
 Miss Beatrice Mills
 Miss Alice Babcock.
 Miss Jay.
 Miss Burden.
 Miss Anna Sands.
 Miss Barney. t z
 Colonel J. J. Astor. -.
 Egerton Winthrop.
 Stuyvesant Fish.
 August Belmont
 Robert L. Gerry.
 F. l. Polk.
 To these may be added Mir. and Mrs. Moreton Frewen of London and New York and the Countess Grey of England.
 Touch of Romance.
 A careful analysis of the list of New Workers with the claims of distincuon by each, reveals some interesting facts. Not the least remarkable Of the facts IS that the corner stone or the lateSt TOUT hundr ed is a love story. !.
 Had young Cornelius Vanderbilt ac- ccpted his share of the Vanderbilt mil lions five years ago 1t would have meant the surrender of his bride. Miss Grace Wilson. In. that event New York society would never have divided along the lines of the Vanderbilt and anti Wand srbii1 factions and the Vanderbilt-Hohenzol- Tern dinner could not have-taken place.
 Tns se cond most interesting point Is that. exclusive and doubly barred as is the entrance to the circle of the new four hundred, 1t has nevertheless opened to several whose chief claim Is not to millions but to birth or the prestige of b.-ains This. however. Is not so notice abls as to alarm the conservative. Broad ly speaking, the four hundred is society of milliaraires. althou not necessarily of multA Amillionaires Youth dominates and matrons who have been heretofore among the associate leaders have become l full-nedged managers. New Leaders Enthroned. Lastly, the four hundred Is an Astor | Wilson dynasty. wi:h the reigninf 1 branch of the Vanderbilt-Whitnev-S Sloane family eliminated almost entirely from l the situation.
 The list includes at least one name no table for immense wealth-John Jacot Astcr; one, possibly two. which may ot associated with philanthropy. Mills anC Gerry: literature. Lloyd Bryce and More ton Frewen; millions, Belmont: art. Gib' son The rest stand variously for vas business enterprises. family or beauty and social position combined. in case