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his forbears were in New York society when
the original John Jacob Astor was still
dealing In pelts in his dingy little cellar
shop in Pearl street.
THE why and wherefore Is simple
enough" was the reply. Consider the
names of the families who make up what
is known as the Lenox set. There Is not
among them the name of a single person
Newport yearly, to the mingled disgust.
gaiety and scorn of the nation. In other
words. neither the rich family I'm and
making monkey of ITSELF to gain publicity
nor the rich family just on the edge and
doing all sorts of extraordinary things In an
effort to break in, is of the I.enox crowd"
That's just 1t in a nutshell. Lenox 500
ciety is the real simon pure Knickerbocker
society. 1t is the society that one hears
little nothing about in the public prints.
For every one in 10 Is sure of his place;
he does not have to herald the fact; he Is
of the set that antedated the smart set
by several generations; and further, his
family has been used to the possession of
millions for so many years that 1t knows
how to, and does, spend the dollars sanely.
Has the country at large ever heard much
about the John Sloanes? Or the Douglas
Sloanes? Or the Edward Whartons? Or
the Folsoms? Or the Thatcher Adams?
Or the William Armstrong;? Or the Rob-
ert Tituses? Or the Schermerhorns? Or
the Cuttings? Or the Frothinghams and
the Burdens? These are some of the fami-
spect wealthy social set. About the only
member who has ever been strongly before
the public is Arson Phelps Stokes. He,
however, is no longer considered an active
member: his enormous cottage" some one
thousand-odd feet in circumference, and
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40 on the old grass court back of Made
leine's house. When three sets had been
played they stopped and went up to Made
!eines little den to rest. This was always
the happfest time to them both. Here in
the twilight she would sing to him and play
the old guitar. or read bits of her beloved
Keats.
Funny never cared for poetry before.
Never read line in my life 1 wasn't made
to; but this is all right
Then she was emboldened to start on
THE Eve of st. Agnes" She hesitated
once or twice, but he said GO on with
such interest that she finished it. AS her
voice tradled away into silence at the end
he sat UP straight.
BY Jove, Porphyro was all right, and II
his Madeleine was half sweet as you
Here he broke off suddenly.
Say, Madeleine. how would you like to
have somebody come and carry you off like
that?'
at would be perfectly lovelyr' she ex-
claimed, clapping her hands.
"Then I'll do it,
'You will do it?"
"Of course! Who else? You know, Made
leine, I've loved you from the first minute
/ ever saw you" He took the book out of
her hands and held them close in his own
you love me- too, sweetheart, don't your"
Her gaze fell before his for an instant
then she raised her blue eyes to his and
whispered, Eyes"
He held her close for minute kissing
the sweet mouth, the golden hair the rosy
SiiethS, anu even the TIP OF her little nose.
Then he held her off at arms length and
looked at her.
Now. that's all settled. When can l
Gomez"
Gomez
Eyes, come and carry my little love away
do the Porphyro act?
'Oh, not for long time yet; besides, you
know, Jack, your family won't like it at
all, anyway"
Jack smiled grimly. II have yet to do
anything that my family likes he said:
they'll have to stand this as they have
everything else. Never mind that now
I'll fix 1t when the time comes A girl In
a poem shouldn't argue, any way It's up
to her to be carried away. The young man
does everything else. Well have a home
across the southern moor, and-and-all
that sort OF thing he finished vaguely, as
his memory failed.
She laughed happy little laugh.
viii You let me read ali the poetry
want to?"
Yes. sweetheart"
And may I have a room fixed up like
Madeleines?"
Yes, sweetheart"
And an amethyst cross?'
Yes, sweetheart"
viii You come on Halloween night like
Porphyro?"
II certainly will"
And do you love me a whole lat?'
You can just bet do.
We'll, then-ali right
A week later they walked home from q
Halloween party. and as they neared the
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lage that gives the set it's name is far too
small to hold all the members on its i'm
mediate outskirts, where the first estates
were founded.
One of the chief delights of the house
parties lies In watching the turning of the
Berkshire foliage. Persons who have be-
held that inimitable painter, autumn do her
work in all parts of the temperate world
declare that she secures her most wonder
full color effects in the Berkshires. At any
rate, the LenoX set thinks So and because
those of its members who have been by the
sea earlier In the season, or travelling in
Europe, always hasten to the Berkshires
with the coming Of fall to behold the noun
ta1ns and valleys go from green to riotous
scarlet and crimson, this period of the year
finds the Lenox season at its height-the
Lenox folk together almost to a soul And
how they talk everlastingly about the col
oring! And with what delight they gather
the flaming maple leaves! And with what
enthusiasm they write to their friends in
the city: DO come down and view our
wonderful autumn foliage over the week
end
And they linger on till the last leaves
futter to the ground. Then they reluctant
ly betake themselves to their metropoli-
tan homes. And there they create as little
Juror as they do while at their country
estates. Really, now, aren't these Lenox
people the most astonishing society folk
you've ever heard about? And don't YOU
think you'd do wisely to recall them to
mind when the thought insidiously begins
to creep into your brain that all so-called
society cannot exist without being garish
and vulgar?
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here, during both the summer and fall sea-
sons, also come titled persons who are not
primarily seeking eligible young ladies with
mnltimillionaire fathers. And because they
their social way free of pursuit Of the
camera fiend and the paragrapher.
Ideal EAtates for Entertaining.
But to get back to the Lenox house par
ties. No other social circle in America is
so well equipped to give house parties as
they really should be given. That mem
Der of the set who has not great RAM
bling house, with from fifteen to fifty bed
chambers, is the rare exception. The house
Is usually built In the midst of many acres
of land-forest. plateau, mountain, glen,
pine-scented groves. Both cottage" and
diversified recreations essential to the COM
plete success of a house party, and the
hostess. by reason of the experience of her
ancestors, needs no social secretary to show
her how to take advantage of all the things
she has ready at hand to make her guests
have royal good time
And when Lenox gives house parties Len
OK does not hold on TO the purse string
Because LeDox is not fashy, 1t must not
be deduced that Lenox does not spend.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are ex-
pended in the course of the gay autumn
season in entertainment, the cottages" are
always crowded with house parties, and
largely for their especial benefit big sta
bles and other fortune-requiring acces-
series are maintained. Everything that
Lenox does shows that Lenox knows how
to lavish the dollar without losing its self
respect of rousing the scorn or visibility
of the other fellow.
OF late years the most elaborate house
parties have been given by Mrs. John Sloane
at Wyndhurst, great rambling cottage
in the Elizabethan style overlooking several
hundred acrss of picturesquely wooded
mountain land. The Sloane estate is typi-
cal of the scores of estates that stretch all
the way from Pittsfeld. six miles to the
north of Lenox, to Stockbridge, an equal
number of miles to the south And to the
east and west of the village, every suit
able eminence, other estates extend for as
many miles, and all are possessed by the
Lenox folk. for the picturesque, staid and
historic little western Massachusetts viii
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for pet poodles Oh. it's peculiar Is Lenox
society, for society-but It's mighty human
its members much like the ordinary run of
human beings. And isn't that a decided
popularity in itself?
American House Party.
The house party used to be another dis
tnguishing mark of Lenox society, but 1t
has long since been adopted by all the
other social circles both In New York and
elsewhere. The Lenox folk, of course, got
the idea from England. Lenox society has
always had something of the staid English
air about 1t, due probably to the circum-
stance that, like British society, 1t has al
ways been equally sure of its position. At
the same time 1t is not to be gathered that
Lenox society is unAmerican. 1t is de-
cidedly patriotic. Very few Of Its dollars
have gone to restore the old glory of run
down-at-the-heels English estates and to
pay off the debts Of profigate British no.
bles. And there is no aping OF English
ways or mannerisms, doncherknow.
One would naturally think that the Brit
ish ambassador to the United States, Sir
Mortimer Durand, would go to Newport
when he summers; that there he ought to
feel somewhat at home with the 'in-laws'
of SO many dukes and earlS and lords and
what nots scattered in the villas. But
where does he establish his summer home
and the summer headquarters of the British
embassy as well? At Lenox, in the Berk-
shires. Baron Hengelmuller, the Austrian
ambassador, likewise seeks Lenox, with his
attaches, and so do many other official rep
resentatives of European nations. And
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ODD WEDDINGS IN PRISON.
Prisoners in Manacles Are United to
Their True Loves.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

FROM the Chicago Chronicle.
In the central prison of Fontevrault.
France, a well-educated and high-born GRIM
inal, who has yet two years Of Imprisonment
to serve for the Illegal sale of decorations,
has just been married to the girl of his
heart an actress who, betrothed to him In
his prosperous days. had refused to desert
him when under a cloud. The bridegroom
was supported by his best man, the prison
barber.
A unique marriage took place at Man
chester year or so since between a young
gypsy named Ashton, who was under arrest
for desertion from his regiment, and a
pretty gypsy girl of eighteen. Through the
kindness of the police authorities the cere-
rhony was celebrated at a local church.
Detective Clynes, who had arrested the
bridegroom, acting best man. On tho
party's return to the police station an ex-
cellent wedding breakfast awaited them,
at the conclusion OF which the unwelcome
escort made its appearance and, amid tho
tears Of the bride. the newly married hus-
band was taken away.
About the same time Paris was the locale
Of a somewhat similar episode when one
Leca, the chief of the Apaches as the
Partisan hooligans are termed was united
to a female member OF the band named
Vanmaer. Manacied and handcufred, Leca
was conveyed to the church where, with
two warders as best men and surrounded
by gendarmes. whose drawn sabres and
loaded revolvers precluded any attempt at
rescue, the marriage service was duly
read
On their return to jail they were allow
ed three-quarters of an hour for leave-tak-
ing ere Leca started on his long journey to
French Guiana, where, should she wish.
his wife might subsequently join him.
The prison of La Sante, Paris, was tho
scene of a marriage between an anarchist
named Bricou and his sweetheart, one
Marie Delange. They received the utmost
kindness at the hands of the officials. by
whose permission they breakfasted together
with the brides parents.
When they were afterward separated Il
was with the promise that. condtionally on
the mans good behavior. they should re-
Join each other.
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When a Dream Came True

an element missing. Her dream life was
beautiful, but not complete. Porphyro had
not come for her. She used to look at all
the young men she knew in Cedar Hill and
wonder II any one of them ever would take
her away. but none of them interested her
until Jack Leland came home from college,
The first time she ever saw him he stop
ped runaway horse, and though he made
light of 1t he Immediately became a hero
10 her and her little face, surmounted
with pale gold hair and q round purple vel
vet hat was a sweet memory to him for
the bank where he was working to please
his father and learn the business.
Double enrty and balance sheets had lit
tie interest for Jack. He yearned for life
OF activity, but his father was determined
to have him grow up in the bank The Ie-
lands were the richest family in Cedar Hill
and one of the newest, while Madeleine's
ancestors had always lived In the place
and could boast of more blood than money
What do you go to see that Clark girl
for?' inquired Jacks elder sister one day,
in what he termed her asparagus tone
of voice
Because she is the only girl In town
worth going 10 see." replied the young man
with spirit
she hasn't cent to her name" broke
in the younger Miss Leland.
We'll, Gertie, / don't go to see her
money, There's enough of that al the bank
every day"
There won't be much of It for you If
papa hears about your going there so
often"
The young man smiled grlmly.
He viii probably hear about IL fase
can do as he likes with his money I'll get
along. | can get job as foot ball coach
any day, and he knows it,
AS Jack had been the star foot bali player
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politan millionaire and multimiliionaire
families that make up the Lenox set are
for the most part sane even while taxing
their pleasure.
There Is not a bizarre streak in the
whole of Lenox," was the comment of
titled Englishman who had turned to this
famous Berkshire mountain resort from
Newport and Bar Harbor in disgust.
Lenox Society's Strange Hobbies.
And that is true. Yet for all its truthful
ness Lenox society is not without Its nov
cities and hobbies, but they are novelties
of usefulness and hobbies that have brains
back of them.
1t was Lenox society that instituted in
this country the now familiar floral show.
and every midsummer still the finest flow
ers in the huge hothouses of the huger es-
tates stretching over square miles Of the
Berkshire country are put on exhibition
and prizes awarded. In such fashion has
Lenox encouraged American horticulture.
1t was Lenox society, foregathered on its
great lawns overlooking lake and valley,
that conceived the idea of travelling libra
ries and art galleries which have sprung
up in numerous localities, especially in
the remote west, where towns are far
apart and chances to get books and look
upon even cheap copies of the paintings by
masters are scarce indeed.
II was Lenox society that started flower
culture by children in this country, and 1t
is Lenox society that contributes generous
ly to the further spreading of this and kim
dred civic movements in which 1t has had
prominent part from the start.
1t is Lenox society also that holds scores
of elaborate lawn fetes in the course of the
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Since Madeleine Clark had been little
girl. Keats Eve Of St Agnes had held
the first place in her list Of favorl;e poems.
dreamy eyed and lonely little soul.
brought up by a busy father and two
great-aunts no wonder she turned to the
library for company And what a list OF
interest over Aurora Leigh. wept over poor
Isabella and her pot OF Basil, loved the
Nut Browne Maybe for her constancy.
pitIed Ginevra for her sad fate. sympathized
with the lonely Elaine and the Lady Of
Shallott and Travelled afar with Lalla
Rookh; but her namesake Madeleine In the
romantic Keats lyric remained her favor
ite.
She used to picture to herself the mid
night table set with candied fruits mamma
and dates and lucent syrops tinct with
cinnamon and Imagine Porphyro dashing
across the frosty mOors 10 carry her away.
one room in the house she had fixed up
as her special retreat. In the attic of the
old mansion she found two quaint old
chairs with high carved backs. an antique
cabinet, mirror brass candlSsticks and
an old guitar. All these she put In her lit
lie room, together with her beloved books
and an engraving on the wall of Keats
Madeleine When she induced her father
10 replace the windows with stained glass
so that rose bloom and amethyst Tight
would shine in just as in the poem, her JOY
was complete hen she would lounge on
the soft couch and read and dream for
hours and long for an amethyst chain and
cross like the other Madeleine wore in one
OF the Illustrations of the handsome edition
her father gave her on her sixteenth birth
day
After a while she realized that there was
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tho men and matrons OF millions hold ami
mated conversation, and the gossip OF the
for the present week. and opinions OF the
preachers sermons are freely and uncon-
ventionally exchanged in true baciwoods
STYLE Have you ever waited In your native
town for the mail to be distributed on
Sunday noon7 Then you know better than
words can set forth how Lenox society car
ries on at this time
Lenox society Is further peculiar In that
there is only one Lenox set Newport, for
example. has at least three broad sets-the
smart set," the old family set ut is never
heard of and those who are desperately
hanging on the fringe and waiting their
chance to bolt in. But with Lenox society
1t Is either positive or negative-one is firm
ly in or most certainly out. So II comes
about that the social climber, to quote the
maker of the time-worn paradoxical phrase.
Is conspicuous by her absence from the
Lenox set And what blessed relief that
must be to the set itself!
Four distinct pecuharities-yes, there is a
fifth; quite number of independent
spnSters are prominent in the set. Miss
Ilementine Furniss Chave you ever heard
the name? is one; SO is Miss Kate Cary
numbered among the countrys leading
horsewomen; so was Miss Ethel Cram, who
received her death injuries while out driv-
ing with her little nieces the past summer
Perhaps the presence of the spinsters, im-
bued with the old-fashioned notions of con-
duct, is largely responsible for the fire.
QuenJly remarked TACT tnat pracllcalIy no
drinking or gambling is INDUCED in by the
Lenox women, and that it is possible to
spend a week there as house party guest
without hearing a risque story told by some
young girl in the drawing room.
And the LenoX set delights in picnics In
the fragrant pine woods of the great es-
tates embracing whole mountains and val
leys. And it loves to drive over the splen-
did roads that mark the Berkshres, even
today clinging to coaches and well-appoint-
ed drags and spurning with fine scorn the
forth and fifty and Administrations
automobile. And the lawn reception is a
common form of amusement, while private
theatricals are the most spectacular height
to which the entertainment ascends. And
monkeys are not guests of honor at dinners.
Neither are Belshazzer-Hke feasts spread
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is SIN and will be for a week or two
longer.
You read that some one has given a
monkey or q dog dinner at Newport and
you eNclaim in disgust, Bah" You hear
that another Of that seasons butterflies
has got intense enjoyment out of racing a
goose or a turtle and you thank God thai
you We're not born a rich fool You hear
what don't YOU hear about Newport and its
doings? But have you-now, have you
ever read or heard any such thing of
LenoX2
LenoX society is not built that way. Pass
Ing strange as il may seem, those metro
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Lenox society is good in a human sense
that's one of its distinguishing peculiari-
ties Its members are unheraded and do
not strive after 'smartness'-thats an
other, decidedly And a third Is its
fondness for indulging itself every Sunday
noon in an informal gathering at the Lenox
post office after church lets out Here, as
they wait for the letters to be distributed
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EINE STOOD cLAspED IN THE ARMS OF TALL YOUNG MAN

of his college, the girls knew this and
changed the subject.
VIII You come home early this after
noon, Jack? You know, we are giving
tea and aeed few more black coats
Thanks. I like to act as filler-in. Did
you invite Miss Clark?''
Certainly not.
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REALLY GOOD SOCIETY
Fashionable Set of Lenox,
Mass, Thus characterized.
NOT THE FLASHY SORT
ORIGINATED FLORAL CULTURE
AND TRAVELLING LIBRARIES.
Splendid Country Estates in the Berk-
shires Where Old Metropolitan
Families Go Every Autumn.
NOT THE FLASHY SORT
Written for Tic star.

written Tor Tic star.
II you've an idea that all so-called so
ciety land the New York species in particu-
lar) is pretty haG-patterned after that
which has given Newport worldwide noto-
rie,y-theu for that pessimstic feeling con-
cider Lenox for brief spell. And now is
good time to do so, for the autumn season
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season for charitable purposes. Yet the
world at large hears nothing OF them.
Lenox society does not use the cloak of
charity to get advertisement for itself IN
the society columns of the newspapers and
society periodicals.
1t is Lenox society But why continue?
In brief, and to sum up the entire matter,
Lenox society is not Newport
What Makes the Difference.
THE why of all ths?' I asked a man
who knows the different circles of metro
polltan society (the Lenox set Is one) as
very few persons, indeed, know them; for
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A Few Lenox Peculiarities

used as a hotel for several years past has
recently been sold by him
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THREATS AGAINST CHRISTIANS.

sALONICA April 15.-The Albanans threatening gen.
mas of Christians.
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ship Glasgow, soon after which action
he succeeded to the command of the
sloop Providence, in which, during
cruise of a little more than six weeks
he captured sixteen prizes, besides do
ing much damage to the fishery and
shipping at Canso and Isle Madam.
Appointed to the command of the
Alfred on the completion of this sue
cessful cruise, he led an expedition
which sailed Nov. ?, 1776, to break up
the Cape Breton fishery and capture
the coal fleet, in which he was par
TALLY successful, arriving in Boston
Dec. Is, with four prizes. He was in
January, 1777, ordered back to the
Providence. Angered by the action or
Continued On Page A.
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John Paul Jones was a naval officer
whose true patronymic was John Paul.
He was born at Arbigland, on the Firth
of Solway, Scotland, July 6, 1747. At
the age of twelve he was apprenticed
to shipmaster engaged in the Amer
lean trade. Later he became third
mate on SLAYER, but growing dis
gusted with the traffic, he took pas
sage to Kircudbright on board a ves-
sci of which he was subsequently made
master. After making several voyages
to the West Indies, he went to Vir-
ginia in 1873, and on the outbreak of
hostilities in 1775 was appointed senior
lieutenant in the Colonial navy and
assigned to the flagship Alfred. His
first engagement was with the British