Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-10-22
MRS. APHORISMS
Society Leader Says America
Must Have an Aristocracy.
CLAIMS EQUALITY WILL NEVER DO

Ruler of NewpOrt's Summer Colony
DemOcrntic-Intends to Enter Poll
tics-Thinks the United States Is
Making Itself Ridiculous In Regard
to Titles.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, wife of the
president of the Illinois Central rail
road, leader OF New York's -Four Hun
dred and one of the rulers of New
ports summer colony, declared in a
breezy interview at st. Louis the other
day that all persons are not equal, that
the United States is to have an aris-
tocracy, that the vulgar new rich are
invading Newport that Americans
make themselves ridiculous over fo:-
eign counts and dukes and that Miss
Goelet's family paid 100000 for the
privilege of marrying her to the Duke
of RoXburShe. says the Chicago Trib-
une.
Mrs. Fish in conserving to the inter-
view said
"NOw. be careful what you say about
me. and do not write any ridiculous
thing. what you newspaper people call
a pipe Just write it as | said it,
These are some of the things she
said:
Il should not like to have to eat with
negroes.
81 do not believe in equality; it would
never do
There always will be classes in this
country.
1--WE are coming more and more to
have an aristOcracy and a common
people.
II do not believe in being too demo-
cratic
Europe is older than we. and she
cannot get along without the different
classes.
"There are many different kinds of
any country.
"What makes our social life so stupid
is that the women do nothing but dress
and talk nonsense. They ought TO get
into politics. Just think what influence
a woman in a high position in Wash
ington could have-the wife of the pres
ident or something like that
"Why don't you get into politics, Mrs.
Fish?"
"That's what I'm trying to do I've
been trying for two years. American
women ought to do SOmething-that'S
the reason the Lord gave them brains
and | for one intend to know some
thing about what interests me most.
and that is politics.
Speaking of gowns worn by Ameri-
can women Mrs. Fish said: II think
that in dress the American women init
tate Europe too much. American MAX
crs build Just as handsome and as cost
ly gowns as the Parisans. and if some
one would only start the pace Ameri
can gowns would be worm
Mrs. Fish was asked about the de-
cline of Newport as the social hub of
the United States. she replied:
"Newport is not declining. True. it is
being invaded by vulgar new rich peo-
pie of the parvenu class. but the higher
classes still are there.
''Socicty people do not run after the
sensational and do not want something
new and out of the way all the time
''rhis impression is false one and
was created solely by the press
''For instance. Harry Lehr and his
monkey function. which is said to have
occurred ut my cottage
II never heard of anything quite so
ridiculous in my life. 1t never occurred.
and all these other stories are eXaggcr-
atoms.
'Newport just now is paying too
much attention to foreign lords
III think that this country is making
itself ridiculous in regard to titles.
"fhe marriage of Miss Goelet to the
Duke of RoXburghe is the latest piece
CT this sort of folly
"They paid down $2.OOO.OOO to do it.
"Of course the duke is not as bad as
some foreigners who have married
American girls. for he has some money
about S60,0G0 year-but that is not
much for people in his station.
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