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The Washington times., 1905-06-04

vE WAS a city boy and was en-
- gagged TO be Dest man at a
wedding in the country. The
groom was a country boy who
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
A SONG OF SPRING CLEANING.

Oh, list to the lay of housecleaning day,
The song of the broom and the shovel.
OF hustle and hustle,
And muscle and tuSsles
That reaches from palace TO hSval.
To the tune of the beating OF carpets
and rugs
And the scrnbbing of window and fooF.
To the swish of each curtain
That has any dirt on,
They're singing an anthem OF war.
IT'S the war of the women on microbes
and dust
Their weapons? a broom and a pant
Get out of the way,
For its housekeeping day
And there isn't a spot for mere mani
All their banners abIaze atthe druggists
Their notices are 'Naphtha" as
.'colorine." .'Gasolene.'
"Cleanerine," ," POLISHING"
And other sweet phrases of hope.
The queen, she has tied up the throas
And is dusting his ma ajestys crown.
Now. don't ask what kept her
Twas scrubbing the Sceptre-
While the king got his dinner downtown.
Yes, cen Mother Nature is taking >
hand.
She has blown all the dust OFF the town.
She has shaken her trees
In a stiff Marchy breeze
And now she IS washing things down.
So get out of the way. for it's house
cleaning day.
From the heart of the town to Japan.
And there isn't spot.
Nor a plot. nor cot
Anywhere on this earth for mere mani
st. Louis Star.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

nice. To quote from a member OF the
family:
''None are actresses; none are fortune
hunters; none Were obscure: none mad
| a past. and none have been divorced
The sons of William K. Vanderbilt,
sr., are two, namely, w. K. Vanderbilt,
jr, and Harold Vanderbilt. Harold is
still at college. But w. K. Vanderbilt,
jr., married Miss Virginia Fair about
six years ago The marriage, which was
q particularly appropriate one, met with
approval In every branch of the family,
for the young woman had been a favor
ite with the women folk of the Wander
bilt family since her childhood.
Miss Fair brought to W. K. Wander
biit, jr., charming personality and a
great fortune. She was one of the rich
est girls of the Pacific coast agd her pri-
vate fortune equaled If it did not exceed
that of her millionaire husband. They
were married at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, and since that
time have led a life of unequaled fe-
iieity
'The young ". K. vanderbilts are to-
gether too much,''' whispered a dow
ager, last summer. at Newport. SIT Is
bad form for a young married couple
TO be seen so much together" But the
young pair paid no attention to these
rumors. except to laugh at them, and
were together more than ever.
Mr.. Vanderbilt sails a boat called the
Virginia, and he motors in an automo-
bile named after his wife. He has many
automobiles. for ne early became inter
ested in the sport, and is one of the au-
thorities on motoring in America. Early
in his career he saw the possibilities OF
the automobile and for several years he
devoted his time and his money to buy
ing machines. He procured the very new
est patterns out, and it IS to him that
the inventors go for backing TO make
new Improvements to the machines on
the market
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
:: A WEDDING IN THE COUNTRY :.

as much privacy as if thev were at
the brides home. Nobody was at hand
but the sleenv station agent. and he was
a friend OF all of them. Besides, he had
some work to do, SO that he was not too
obtrusiVe. OF course. they began 10 sing.
and the newly welded folks had q sere-
made they will never forget.
They sang solos that were fine and
quartets that are the stock in trade OF
every bunch in a little town. The two
hours slipped away as if they had only
been fifteen minutes. They hated to hear
the whistle of the through train as it
came around the curve below town. Then
the brides mother, who was a widow,
sprang q surprise. She announced that
she had lost a daughter that evening
but she was going to adopt Nettie, the
girl who had roomed around. worked in
the store and was general good fellow.
if she was an orphan.
When the train drew in there was a
parting melody, THE buccaneers
Bride" and How Can Bear to Leave
Thee?" and the man and wife went on
the train. 1t was great ceremony.
treated with dignity and proper spirit.
and even the two hours unexpected
wait helped the fun and good fellowship.
anu Hiade pieaSlng memory. In cities
such things seldom occur. Franks are
played which are quite out of place. and
which only amuse hoodlums The CITY
''feller" thinks he knows a great deal.
but in many things his country cousin
can give him pointers. Sentiment is not
dead in the country yet. It is all but ex-
tinct IN the cities. This country wedding
was as good an example of the differ.
ences as anyone would want to see
Pittsburg Times.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

This isn't correct. But it is better un-
derstood in our twentieth century par
lance.
"Our sons are taught not TO go too
far away from home for their wives.
met to go too far out of their own
set for q heipmeet.
Not to go into families about which
they know little or nothing. and about
whom their mothers and sisters want TO
know less.
mot TO marry a hirtatious. capricious
girl TO reform her.
Not to marry homely. ugly-faced
girl, In the hope that her virtues will
counteract her uginess.
Not TO marry girl who does not
know how TO dress, an under bred girl,
with no eye for color and no taste for
society.
Not on any account TO marry girl
with mission or an ism.
And never, never to marry an ac-
tress. She-wiI1 return TO the stage and
the nome win be empty"
And the Vanderbilt sons have followed
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

81 sasSQ 10 De DSSL man at q
! wedding in the country. The
groom was country boy who
had come to the city, but hal left his
heart in the country. The groom knew
the ways of a little town. bur the best
man did not The wedding was
friends, male and female, and all those
who knew the groom. OF course. had
been invited. II was a charming circle
and they seemed to the best man from
the city to have free and easy init
macy which he had never encountered
in city life. OF course, he had to
thaw out. and the brides attendant
was his especial care. She quickly put
him at his ease and managed him SO
deftIy that matrimony took Oh a new
aspect to him.
II girls could be so nice when he had
only met them for few hours. what
might they be If he should know them
for a lifetime? When the wedding was
over It was discovered by tI3e time the
station was reached that the train was
two hours late. The guests had all
come to the railroad to see the couple
away on their honeymoon. but they did
not betray any Of the cruel city ways
when they learned that the newly mar
ried couple were at their mercy for
two hours or more. Instead OF this
those who were not Intimate family
connections wished the bride happiness
and congratulated the groom and went
away.
There was no band wagon: there was
nothing done TO the trunks OF the new
Iy welded pair. There was none OF
that foolisnness which seems TO be
growing TO be the custom in the cities
The folks were merry enough, but they
recognized that 1t WAS solemn but
beatihc time for the two. and they
treated the occasion so that it would
be a halIowed memory.
HorsepIay was about the last thing
thought of. About fifteen folks remain
ed with the pair who were to take the
train and they went into a little waiting
room OF the station. They were just in
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

''They are not poor. marrying FOR
money.
They are not title hunters. but pre-
fer plain American gentlemen.
They are not extravagant, dissipat-
ing the fortunes of their liege lords. the
fortunes collected laboriously by their
Woodworking ancestors.
They are not spect,,cula~, and Fhey
never go on the stage give private
theatricals, public lectures, dog shows
nor eccentric entertainments OF any
kind,
Our women are conservative. beauti-
ful. wealthy, well bred, wei! edneatcd
and Of splendid families.
1--WE. the Vanderbilt graLdmofners.
teach our sons and our grandsons the
doctrine taught to Hiawatha, u vhich.
quoting from memory. runs something
like this: Go not eastward, ga not
westward, for a stranger whom Ye
know not. Like fire upon the hearth
stone is the neighbours lovely daughter
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

in her habit of gowning. She lool1s, as
the English say. very "f1t'' always
1t is a remarkable fact that this very
wealthy young couple are seen seldom
In society. It is not that they nave
a nursery of children, nor that they
are travelling. For they stay at home
a great deal But the truth is" as
Mrs. Vanderbilt expresses It, Mr.
Vanderbilt likes to stay home, and I
like to stay at home with him"
These four young matrons, Mrs
Cornelius. Mrs. Alfred Gwynne, and
Mrs. Reginald, who are sisters-in-Iaw,
and Mrs. w. K Vanderbilt, jr., who
is their coustn-in-law, are four dis
tinctly handsome young women, and
the men OF the Vanderbilt families
may well be proud Of their wives.
And now, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
daughter Of Mrs. Cornelius the elder
dawns upon the scene. VIII she re-
main a Vanderbilt? Or will she marry.
as all of the others have done, and
settle down.
It Is a noticeable fact that there
has never been an old maid in the
Vanderbilt family, and never an old
bachelor. All have married and mar
ried happily, and all have lived, for
better or worse. together. to the. end
of their days. VIII Miss Gladys fol-
low suit? Or will she be independent
and start out upon line of her own?
The mother OF Miss Gladys, Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt. sr., is still a
young. handsome woman. She might
marry again, but it is not likely that
she will do so. She has grandchildren.
it is true, but she is far from old
and were she inclined to enter the
matrimonial mart, she could find suit
ors. She is tall, beautiful for middle
age, and very highly intellectual.
Never a very great society woman,
she is sti11 representative. She is al
ways to be found in her opera box
and she gives the requisite number
of dinners every winter.
Neither the women nor the men Of the
Vanderbilt family marry second
time Yet an exception was made in
the case of w. K. Vanderbilt, ST.
whose wife procured d divorce from
him to marry O. II. p. Belmont. For
many years Mr.. Vanderbilt lived a
single life. But a year ago he gave
the family much satisfaction by
marrying Mrs. Rutherford, herself
twice widow. The couple are living
in New York and are in society con-
stantly.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

kkO TX millions. Tall. dark. slen-
der, straight of feature and
pretty"
Such is the description of the
latest heiress of the Vanderbilt family
TO make her bow to the social world
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, eighteen years
old, with a European education firmly
engrafted upon her American principles,
comes out in the social swim with all
the snowy auspices attendant upon q
debut in the fashionable world.
She is the last OF the Vanderbilt name
to be unmarried. And when she selects
q partner for life there will be removed
from the scene the last heiress Of the
generation, All Of the Vanderbilt girls
will have passed on into the estate of
matronhood, married to men well known
in the world of finance and affairs, and
another generation must grow up.
There have been nearly dozen OF the
Vanderbilt women. but thus far none
has made what is called a brilliant
match. None has married a foreigner
none has made great money marriage;
none has married man high in states
manship All have married for love
and in the hope of happiness here and
hereafter
In thu present generation of Wander
bilts there was Miss Gertrude. who mar
ried Harry Payne Whitney, and there
were the Vanderbilt girls who married
into the Webb. the Sloane and the
Twonabiy families.
We have had many weddings" said
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the other
day. But never divorce. Never a
title Never a great fortune. All have
had enough and all have been happy
1t Is noticeable feature that the
women who have married into the Van
derbilt family, who have fascinated the
sons of the Vanderbilts. have been
women OF standing and beauty. They
have been rich in their own right, and
SO Wei situated as to be removed from
all thought of having caught" a mil
lionaire.
Our sons have all married we'll" said
the head of the family recently. with a
sigh of satisfaction. "and we are hap
py..'
The sons OF the late Cornelius Wander
btlt are three IN number. The eldest is
Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr, who married
Miss Grace Wilson. Miss Wilson was
very rich young woman of high social
position. Her two sisters had married
Ogden Goelet and Sir Michael Herbert
But. though old enough to marry. Miss
Grace was single. She has not yet
fallen in love- said Mrs. Wilson to the
Prince of Wales, who admired Grace.
and asked why she was not settled IN g
home Of her own.
To the German Emperor, to whom she
was presented. Miss Wilson said: II
would gladly marry a foreigner, your
majesty. but I Sould marry no one if I
did not first fall in love"
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
THE EXTREME PENALTY.

Justice David J. Brewer" said s.
Philadeiphian. made an address not
long ago at Haverford. After this ad-
dress there was an informal little re-
ception, and very interesting it was to
hear the Justice talk A Haverford boy
SAID TO the learned man during a lull
In the converse ton:
VIII you please tell me, sir what
is the extreme penalty for bigamy?'
Justice Brewer smiled, and answered
g Two mothers-in-law.' New York
Tribune.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
A Love Match in High Life.

And "fall in love" she did with young
Cornelius Vanderbilt. The match. for
some reasons, was bitterly opposed by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr.. and the young
man was practically turned out of the
house. But the young couple persisted.
and were quietly married. A year or two
later Cornelius Vanderbilt died. and in
his VIII he disinherited his son for dis
obedience 10 parental wishes"
My daughter Grace loves you," said
r. 7. Wilson to the young man. ''and
II your father doesn't leave you enough
10 support your family, I guess I've got
eis1ugh for you both
Young Cornelius married. went to
work. and in the last ten years has per-
fected enough valuable machinery to
more than support his wife and family,
not counting the six millions which his
brother is said to have paid him not to
contest the Will.
The second son, Alfred Gywnne Van
sierbilt. came into proud possession Of
the fifty-odd millions which his father
wiIled him. Soon after this he gave his
family great pleasure by marrying Elsie
French, a representative New York girl.
daughter of an old family. Miss French
was rich IN her own right. but her for
tune was as nothing compared to Mr..
yanderbilt's millions. They were mar
rled With great pornp at Newport. and
ntysy, like the Cornelius Vanderbilts.
have q well filled nursery.
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Is a
tell slim young woman Of the very
blond type She is the lightest woman
of society from q standpoint Of blond
ness. Her hair is a pale straw color. T.
&c abundant and is worn IN a loose fluff
about her face. Sometimes she tosses 1t
high in q pompadour so that. seen At
the opera, she looks as though she mad
an. anreoIe around her head. Her eyes
are of the big china blue type and her
sl.f, Is fair as milk She is so very light
thai it is very difficult TO take her pho
tCgraph and photographers have re-
sorted 10 many schemes 10 get good
picture Of her.
Mrs. Alfred" as she is called. is
fond of her husbands fevorite pastime,
which is that Of coaching. She coaches
.,tetwee4, New York and Philadelphia
constantly, and is his companion at the
races and everywhere he goes. She is a
pretty woman, Tong or chafittes OF the
1orofstic type, ana though frequenter
of the best society. she shines brightest
The Youngest son. Reginald Wander
hiit. has led a life which places him
with the gided youth OF New YORK . So So
sense. Before his marriage he became
inTerested in the Garfield mixup and the
law asked him 10 give testimony sainst
the gambling house. This he refused 10
net been seen in New York. He and his
bride live In Newport and IN Boston
taking frequent trips to Europe. a
beautiful baby adorns the nursery.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
A Western Heireas in the Family.

From being a gilded young man, Mr..
Vanderbilt became great authority
upon automobiles, and many Of the very
useful autos used for express purposes
were financed In the beginning by him
and encouraged by his patronage.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is an extremely pref
ty woman. She has dark hair, which
she wears in coil on top of her head,
done up with mathematical precision.
She is OF medium height, rather snug
ly built, and her dress is always of the
spic-and-span variety. She is very r-sst
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
Eg Brd&S DAUr(( Ur((Ss9rfII1TS<f3RS Of thei
M1ElGUSG Of DGRDIIG
= @sN
I'VE Have Had Many Weddings, But Never
3 a Divorce a Title and Never a
Great Fortune" Says One of
the Family.

Miss Kathleen Nelson, the youngest de-
butante OF the year and the prettiest
Miss Kathleen had been out little es-
corted by her uncle. Frederick Gebhard
But she was almost unknown at the
time of her marriage. Her family was
an old and conspicuous one. But Bah
Kathleen" had spent her life in the
nursery and abroad at school She
went from the convent into a million
aires home
Since her marriage Mrs. Reginald has
lived at Newport. where she has built
the handsomest residence in Rhode
Island. It IS a veritable old world palace
and here she lives entertaining vast
house parties. She and her husband
drive out great deal. But the life Of
this young society woman. who is not
yet quite twenty, Is mostly spent within
the walls of Sandy Point, her Newport
homo. She walks IN the grounds and
goes over her estate frequently But.
like the Czarina, she seldom steps foot
off her own domains. She came to New
York few weeks ago to attend the de-
but of her stster-in-law, Gladys Wander
bilt. but departed the next day IT
would not live in New York for the
whole world she says.
OF the three young sisters-in-Iaw of
the Vanderbilt family. Mrs Cornelius,
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne and Mrs. Reginald.
by all means the showiest is Mrs. Cor
nelius.
AS Miss Grace Wilson. Mrs. Cornelius
has been presented at almost every court
in the world. She knows the ropes, so
to speak, and when she acts it is al
ways with wisdom and the greatest tact
and discretion.
Mrs. Cornelius is undoubtedly the
leader of New York society, talIina, the
seepter gracefully from Mrs Astor, who
mas held it into her seventeen wear.
It was Mrs. Cornelius who entertained
Prince Henry at dinner. his only dinner
engagement. 1T was Mrs. Cornelius who
gave the Biggest ball of last season. a
ball which required a special train to
bring the guests from the West. Tt was
Mrs. Cornelius who visited the Kaiser
IN German waters: and it is she who
acts as representative hostess to nearly
all visiting foreigners Her sister. Mrs.
Ogden Goeiet, is even less well known
than she.
Grace, Jr.. and Cornelius, jr., are beau
tiful children Of four and six. They are
blonde and rosy checked and full! of
antics. They are accompanied by only
one nurse. who has her hands full keep
ing them on the sidewalk and out of the
street from Under the horses feet.
This isn't as NTH s Newport" lisped
young Cornelius as a stranger pulled
him from the path Of a whizzing auto
mobile. Not exactly as nith,'' echoed
Grace, who repeats everything her
brother says.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
What They Teach Their Sons.

The women of the Vanderbilt family
are all alike, or they bear earmarks of
likeness. AS one Of the elderly women
of the family said recently:
'"The men OF the Vanderbilt family all
admire the same type Of woman They
have all selected quiet girls. girls who
would not fiirt nor do anything 10 be
conspicuous in the public eve The Van
derbilt women are not eccentric.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

these teachings. Without one single ex-
ception, all have walked in the paths
which their fathers trod. George Van
derbift, one of the brothers OF the older
generation, married beautiful Miss
Dresser, an American heiress living
with her family in Paris Their house
parties at Biltmore, North Carolina, are
filling the news columns with tales of
spIendor And Frederick Vanderbilt.
another brother. with a passion for
yachting all his life, married an Ameri-
can heiTess.
There hare been no exceptions. And
all have been beautiful, young. sweet
tempered, elegant and well calculated
to carry the name of the house OF Van-
derbilt forward into another generation
of conventional gentlewomen and fine
American gentlemen.
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
Beauty and Brains and Home Joys.

OF the three sisters-in-law the pref
test is young Mrs. Reginald, who is
also the youngest, the darkest, the rosi-
est and the most democratic. OF the
three the blondest is the silVer-haired
Mrs. Alfred. who is also the quietest,
the plainest from a standpoint Of spend
ing money-she is quite economical in
her expenditures-and the leass tas::See
tive. While CT the three. Mrs. Cornelius,
who is the eldest. is also the most bril-
liant. the stateliest and the greatest
society woman OF all
Very remarkable are these ladies,
viewed from any standpoint. And very
The Washington times., 1905-06-04

EIo TX millions Tall. dark. slen-
der, straight of feature and
pretty
Such is the description of the
The Washington times., 1905-06-04
They Make Romantic Marriages.

This wife Of Reginald Vanderbilt is
one of the romantic figures OF New
x-z society. TWO years ago she was