New-York tribune., 1913-06-15

them TO his society friends in
return as have said before for luncheon, dinner ana
supper and shelter and breakfast ana 10" anu 'i''
little money on the side.
These men frequently manage. they are ShreWd 10
get commissions from tradespeope. caterers anu wiz
merchants for doing neat business WIN Icil Pdiol'
and their patrons friends in introducing adNeIuSIs'
and selling; in other words placing thcihse'e5 Oh .o
same level as the cooks and the buffers and othe ser
wants who pocket their rakeoits from the grocerad e
butcher .;r 10
,,olou rcycrncss and will make capital out oi ccCcn-
tricitics bv PLAYING the cown-and from the NiiduG
Apcs there has been need for Phomme qHl r-Wlth ana
VI, hout cap and bells.
R,,t thc fool Of society is not a social promoter. He
has advanced himself. and may have eventually lihdGd
where greatly TO his credit, he wanted 70 De- III lIc
position Of the husband OF a rich wife. lie mas lheh re-
tired He is harmless. and like the butterfly ne mas I'
filled his mission and. even if his wit and ms hunor
have been Of that primitive kind which still awakeS
laughter when we see man iail down OF pump m t, ~
or lose his hat in windstorm he has contributed TO 'he
gaicty OF society. And the day ol al'''c' 'i'9' VI
Social promoter has passed
Perhaps il would be in better taste not TO aiLuuc 70
the dead but cannot write on TINS subject "lIhou
reference 10 the late Ward McAlsicr' most usJlul
member of New York society OF his times one VINO mas
not been sufficiently appreciated. For II was MI NC,
Alli-tcr who by his excellent judgment ana MS wen
earned reputation in that period, as non 'i'HM' ud
tcaca New Norkcrs-who are not al the WorId mo-" 10
give dinners and entertainments IN q less provincial
manner and more in cosmopolitan mode than did IH'"
worthy ancestors.
lie instituted from the wreck of a small dancing as
scuhly which was wont TO meet at the lfth-s' DeI-
,,,,i,'. the famous Patriarchs and the Family Dane
inc Glasses when New York's one great restaurant
moved rp to 26thst He did much in making Nc"p!I,
home for the rich He was in his glory IN the spIehdd
'7us and 'SO's-no longer
He could not exist in the New York of the present
with It's multiplicity of hotels and gorgeous eating PAL
aces and its three thousand and more elsi'' u" 'S
rauIe the fictitious Four Hundred u idl crudc It"
NI~ \I.All-tcrs setting up a social Dictator pam
on every page Of that silly Society as Have round
|, hi. intimate revelations and his long dissertations
on the price of wines and viands ana "lti u'I' -',
belonged To the domain OF the steward ana inc '' anus
hail. brought down upon him utlguic ana cei'uIt.
remember once calling at Ward McAlhstcr house
in the full Of his glory was then interested III Eejins
No little thcatcr club for some friends 81 nine. anu we
were ,o go over the list o members together so as not
% have any dctrmcntas thereon. On that particular
morning hc was closc,cl in the dining room with num-
hcr oi newspaper reporters E\nR lei' '"' P"'''''
ton the details Of the coming Patuaroh''
I'm the hall were seated two women iasiu"nably
r.wuel one WAS the wife 81 powerful politician ana
the other his daughter They were waiting i"I Mi'
Nf.\i.tcr and were not shown INT. the drawing rom
Present.. trc dining room door opened and Ward Me
AHrcr appeared He called out o. the patient waiting
vumeu-l found out aterHari they had been mere
sr.. Ton O'Clock. and o. was nearly i, Ni,At'h '"u''
~N.u ue,iu', wait anv longer can't bother with YOU
t.t. can't promise You 90 get YOU your tickets. l
vsI -. rrv best. hut you had better go home.
A crowd ot grinninE reporters hai followed N' WIS
tor '. t.c open door, They knew the names oi these
tNo numcu and they know that they aa! come 10 ash
f.r their card. for 'l. i.'rar. and they been work
inc wires for ti. social triumph .or years. They rose
and humhly made their wav unattended out o the
house. The dictator OF that tav
WAS honest and hun' hut hs
methods belonged tr another -
aye. Although Ward NoAIs'cr 1<A
DID steer icw ucW people into N
Society, De Wa- not social pro- aAWA
r.'cr. %H~