Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
Education of Young Hyde.

The son was educated with great care
and graduated at Harvard in the class
of 1898. During his boyhood and his col
lege vacations he spent considerable time
in France and became infatuated with
French customs and manners. Unlike most
rich young men. he did not plunge into
the designations afforded by the gay French
capital. He sought the society of poets,
artists and social lions, and devoted HIM
self to the study of the arts. archaeology,
literature and politics. Probably no man
in the United States is more familiar with
French art. literature. history and politics
than he and he has by far the best French
library in this country. He has a personal
acquaintance with the ablest writer's.
thinkers and artists of France, Is highly
regarded by them, and corresponds regular
ly with several of them. He is well
known in Paris as in New York, particu-
larly among the serious element of the
population.
French fashions became a fad to Mr..
Hyde and he cultivated them until his imi-
a most conspicuous French manner; his
clothing was made in Paris, always of the
most extreme styles and he wore a silk
hat with a fiat brim such as you can see
the boulevards of Paris. He was French
er than any Frenchman in France; and,
being tall. always attracted much atten-
ton wherever he went His friends fire.
quently tried to persuade him to modify
his costumes, but he refused to do So until
recently. At present he dresses In a more
conventional manner.
Mr.. Hydes other hobby Is horses. Next
to Mr.. Billings of Chicago he has the fin
est stable In New York. and 1t is fitted up
and furnished like palace. He has never
engaged in racing. none of his horses have
ever been on the track, and he Is seldom
seen at race course. But he Is a strong
competitor at every horse show and is re-
garded as the most skillful coach driver in
New York. For two years he drove a
coach between the Holland House and
Philadelphia, and afterward to Lakewood
charging $40 fare for the round trip in the
English style. He once made the round
trip of pa miles to Philadelphia and re-
turn in nineteen hours and a half, with
six changes of horses. He made Lake
wood. seventy-eight miles in nine hours
and half. In order to make the Journey
as much like those of ''olde England" as
possible, he remodeled a country tavern
at New Brunswick into the style of an old
fashioned English inn and served luncheon
there 10 his passengers.
Mr. Hyde has been a prominent figure IN
the swagger society of New York ever
since he graduated from college, and, be-
ing one of the most eligible young bachelors
in the city, with wealth, position and social
accomplishments, has been the object Of
much attention. But he has never been de-
voted to any particular woman excepting
the famous French actress Rejane who Is
Old enough to be his mother and has a
daughter but Il few years younger than he
There has been a good deal of talk about
his relations with the actress but even his
severest critics do not accuse him of any,
thing more than a silly infatuation which
has manifested itself in presents of flowers
and other luxuries.
Mr.. Hyde's Fancy Dress Ball.
scene which occurred al a fancy dracs