The Washington times., 1907-10-13
NEW YORK 400" CONDEMN
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ENGAGEMENT AS UNWISE ONE

NEW YORK. Oct. 12-Of course
/ Gladys Vanderbilts impending marriage
| to Count Ladislas SzechenI is the prin-
/ cipal topic of discussion Just at present.
among the Four Hundred and the more
we hear about II the less we Ike It.
The youngest daughter Of the Dowager
| Vanderbilt is such a nice girl and so
much liked by all who know her. that
everybody one meets expresses regret
that she is embarklng upon a natri-
monial alliance that seems destined 10
bring even more unhappiness than ordi-
narily falls 10 the share Of these Amer
| lean women who will insist upon we'd
ding titled foreigners instead Of their
own countrymen.
To begin with. Miss Vanderbnrs DO
siuon as Countess of Ladislas Szechenvi
In Austria and in Hungary, will be an
extremely awkward one In order 20
secure presentation at the courts OF VI
emma and OF Budapest. # is necessary
that the wives of the Austrian and
Magyar mobiles should be able to snow
a certain number Of nobliarv quarter
ings. By this I mean that they must
prove that their ancestors for several
generations back on both sides OF the
house belong to the aristocracy and free
from any mesalliance with the hour
geolisie.
Here in America Miss Gladys Wander
bilt has always. from her childhood IN
seen her family occupying the highest
place in the social basket and when
she has visited Austria and Hungary
it has been as a distinguished foreigner.
When she returns there as the wife OF
a Hungarian magnate and finds that in
spite Of her coronet she IS barred from
court and from the grand monde and
only accepted BY her husbands family
on suherance ~ reason Of her vast
wealth, she will. like any high-spirIted
woman. feel embittered. and unless she
Is able. like Princess CoIIoredo Mans,
feldt, to persuade her husband to live
abroad TO escape the sights and afrronts
falling 70 her share in his native land.
her marriage is bound to result in IN
happiness
Racing at Belmont Park has so far
proved something Of a disappointment.
not only from an equine, but also from
a social point OF view. True the Long
Island set who live within motoring
hAStaAANf VI Nllt TRACK. nave Deen lalrlN
well represented in the paddock and
in the club inclosure
Bet the attendance Of fashionable peo-
PIE from town. from the Westminster
county district, from the country seats
along the Hudson valley from Tuxedo
and Movristown. has been very meagre.
despite the almost perfect weather. Per,
haps It is because the racing was not
of sufficiently good quality to prove
interesting.
This is the last week Of the season.
as fsr as the fiat racing Is concerned,
and - the Clarence Mackays and "A
nunaE-. of other well-known people
with PAGES on Long Island renowned
for hospitality have arrived from Eu-
rope during the last few days. things
may liver UP a bit at the park between
now and next Saturday
Among the features Of the forthcoming
winter will be the dance given by the
senior Cotiilons. composed for the great
er Part Of young married women of the
fashionable set, at the new Colony Club.
IN Madison avenue. But Otherwise sub
scrit Ion dances win be comparatively
few IN number. and nearly every week
one hears Of so-called dancing classes
being abandoned, notable among the re-
cent disappearance from the list being
Ia II