The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-10

McKim and their daughter, Margaret, Is
an old one. That trip was planned solely
for the purpose of letting propinquity
work its way until DR.. McKim would fall
n captive to the charms of Miss Margaret
and ask her 10 be his wife DR.. McKim
al that time represented to the Emersons
the highest point OF social attainment
that could be looked forward TO. 1t is on
record that the moment Or. McKim pro-
posed 10 Miss Emerson and the glad news
was given 10 her parents, the yacht was
turned around and made back for Balti-
more.
But Mrs. McKim soon saw that thero
we're heights far beyond her husbands po-
sition. She cast her eyes upon Newport
and Alfred Vanderbilt Alfred was d..
vorced from Elsie French, and Mrs. Nc
Kim was divorced from her husband after
the payment TO him Of a large amount OF
money for his complaisance. Then they
went to England No doubt her reception
al Newport has been an enormous shock
TO the second wife OF course one season
she was there before and was ignored
by society, because society resented her
friendship for young Vanderbilt He was
not then divorced; the divorce followed
that season. And yet Mrs. Alfred Number
Two displays establishment to find that
her husbands first wife is chosen over her
head that she has not married into tho
Newport set by marrying Alfred.
You cannot enter here" says Mrs
Eastbourne closed TO the Alfred Wander
bits. Nor here, either" says Mrs Il
bridge Gerry, as she tells her butler 10 saw.
Not at home" should the Alfreds call
There are degrees of ost:acisIn. Thu.
Nanderbilts will be put through them ALL
jhey felt their first great pang when they
We're not invited TO Mrs. Fish's fairy tale
ball, TO which three hundred of Aifreds
former friends were asked These same
three hundred sat themselves down to
dine In Mrs Hermann Oelrchs's superb
dining room before going on TO the bail,
but Alfred and his wife were NOT among
those present.
Oakland Farms was left to Alfred by
MS father 1t is one of the most luxuri.
Gus places about Newport. 1t holds to-day
two of the unhappiest of mortas. What
means their great wealth il they have no
friends to lavish it on? They are ma.
rooned amid its luxurious contents Does
he blame himself or does he blame the
Young woman he married, for there is no
doubt that his family at least would re.
ceve him if he had not remarked
When he drives along Bellevue avenue
and comes face to face with his former
wife, what happens? Mrs. Wand erbil
looks at him but does not see him looks
at the woman by his side and does not
see her. When he meets the women he
used to be friendly with, what happens?
III he is alone there are some women who
Will stop and chat few moments with
him, but the spirit of cordially is gone.
Mrs. Joe Hartman, meeting him in
front of the Casino the other day, said:
Why. hello, Alfred where did you drop
from? Pleasant weather we are having
aren't we?"
In the early days she would have wrung
his hand and begged him TO Come home
and have bite of luncheon with u.s."
If his new wife is with him, the women
turn to look the other way. If brought
face to face. they speak to her in the
most casual manner. Being man, Alfred
does not see all the many sights ad-
ministered TO his wife by the women who
were his friends, and who are friends Of