The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24
NEW YORK SOCIAL NEWS From Bridge Whist to Horse Racing and How Miss S--
 Managed to Meet Expenses-What Everybody is Doing
BY DlEDRIcH kNIckERBockER.

must be done" I saw that this young lady intended to gamble-not for sport, but to win
 Last Saturday I was one of those on Paget's coach to Morris park. Miss S. was one of the party. We'll said l, when opportunity offered, giving her gay costume a sweep with my eyes, T believe you dexterously wove silks and brocades from a slender thread and had sur plus for lawns" She laughed merrily and said: T mastered the noble game of bridge, and spun better than I expected. If it was not that fashion leaves one in possession of obsolete fineries l could re- sist a siege. l have credit, balance at the bank d victoria, a hanson and a coupe. I have spoken of fathers success in the street. Dear old dad. He has actual ly been put into good things because they take me for an exhibit of his sue cess. I claim to have lost so much and papa was so indulgent. And now am tempting fate a the races"
 But" said l, what do you know of the horses?'
 Nothing. see these" said she calmly drawing roll of yellcw backed bills from her dress-'these are salve for burns"
 What do you mean?"
 Only this; I play the jockeys mounts. back Burns and Odom on the fiat on Marxa on the jumps. I play straight and place when possible. If Burns -and Odom are entered to ride in the same race I back the jockey with the lower odds to win and the other for place."
 "You will be ruined"
 At the track Miss S. said to me put these on Burns for me on the first race. But my dear Miss s." said l, Burns rides Akela, the odds are ten to one against him. He is sixth in the betting" Never mind,' said she, ''even if he is sixty. I don't expect to win, but that is the way I bet" I placed s250 on Akela at ten to one. felt sorry for the girl. 1t was unnecessary sympathy .kela won $25OO fo- Miss S. Her syste.-. last Saturday showed these results: Won on Burns. $2500; on Mara, $750; total $3250. Lost on Burns $250, on Odom $500 total $750. Result on day, $2500 profit. This young belle has passed from bridge to horses; will she next try Wall street?
 Americans are nocking abroad for the London season, and there are ar~ong the recent departures many who have high hopes of what it may possibly bring forth for them. Taking house is a good thing and an opera box is said to count for much. Presentation at court helps but a willingness to entertain lavishly, to be always in good huT-or and invariably well gowned is said to compass more than any thing else. And there are enough Ameri- cans already within" to lend helping hand to the anxious stranger without the gates.
 Bernardsville people think nothing of driving over to Morristown although the hills between might daunt any one &C., customed to the level country of Long Island. But Bernardsville is the abode of the rich and no one can live there who has not fortune sufficiently large to admit of keeping a full stable of horses, not to mention few automobiles, so that time and distance count for naught. The places at Bernardsville are all on most lavish scale and the life is essentially formal one. with a succession of house parties, mingled with an attempt at so- called English country life. There are many new corners, however, who may introduce different atmosphere. Among the old inhabitants, so to speak, are MT. and Mrs Ramsay Turnbull, MT. and Mrs. George Post, Sr. and MT. and Mrs. George Post, Jr., MT. and Mrs. Cromwell and Mir. and Mrs. Seymour Cromwell and the various members of the Stevens fam