Evening star., 1914-03-15

@x8EM.9 the great handicaps landed them in the
N4E)WL& heart of New York Society, and with their
SnQXZe money, and the charm and tact of Helen
EXSV Radway "a combination hard to beat,
they able to keep their ground
when they did arrive As for my share of the enter
prise there the brilliant reputation made tor my
se-and there always neat pckngs and legitimate
perquisites in such adventures. My honorarium ran
into FIVE figures.
One of the most serious obstacles was that the Rad
ways were practically New Yorkers,-of one genera
ton Old Joel Radway had been identified with Wall
Street in the historic days of wicked corners and watered
stocks There is fighting chance for an outof-town
millionaire, with unsavory reputation, to get
into metropolitan utrasmart Society. 1t can be
aged But tradition is against the native, and he
more than likely to bescalped by enemy in ambush.
1t is adding insult injury ask New York Society
to accept someone through whom its pocketbook has
suffered Skinflint Railway financial bugaboo OF
Wall Street. He had manipulated corners, he had pre-
cpitated pancs he had without pity squeezed his victims
wholesale. He to the city from Middle State
village, and amassed millions, until at his death his for
tune ranked in the class with the Goulds, the
Morgans, and the Vanderbilts
Frank Radway was his only The old man had
given his boy every educational advantage; but do
not think that in the beginning he had any social am
btions for him. His thought to train Frank so
that he could continue to hold his many interests to-
gether and to build up the great fortune for which he
had laid the foundation. Probably he would have
wanted his son marry money, and he might have
qured social standing But that was all long ago.
MY first meeting with the Railways summer
AVA afternoon, at Horse Show the Jersey coast.
Little Ned Jones, club gossip and BORE general fetch
and carry for of wealthy patrons had persuaded
me to run down there from New York with him. had
been marooned in in mid July, owing to slpup
in plans and in utter desperation had accepted his
suggestion to pass the weekend hotel Long
Branch lust at the entrance of the parking place
victoria drove by, and in it were woman ana man.
The former was extremely handsome but bit theatrc,
with vivid pink frock, much befowered hat, and
large paraso both of the same rosy hue The man be-
side her was good looking chap but he seemed fear
fully bored There were two men on the box in bright
blue lveries, all broken out in gtterng gilt buttons,
like spring rash. And the coachman had mustache!
THAT is Frank Railway and his clever wife said
Jones as he raised his hat in ELUSIVE manner. Ny
gracious Think of the millions that old Joel Railway
left and then look at that turnout! coachman with
a mustache She ought to know better, and as for
Frank he is such good sport that am surprised
A pretty woman is always supreme attraction
for me-and here with Jones on my hands!
@Do know them?' he continued anticipating my
question and possible request well rather Yes will
take you around there this afternoon for She crazy
to get into Society. 1t will be good thing Why don't
YOU take them in hand? They have started with the
wrong sort The little social promoters have already
been nibbling at them. That ancient and respected
dame Mrs. Fulton Vesey, has impressed Helen Railway
amazingly with her stories of Knickerbocker New York
families She has just filled her full of plans of shining
in ancestral set which you know exists nowhere.
In the meantime she and her clan eat the Radway din
ners their carriages and have fine time generally.
They have been persuaded to take old barracks of
house down Washington Square Now if I bring
you there and you can turn the trick,-I don't know
how to do this social game-you can give me rakeof.
want to go abroad this summer
The Railways had taken snowy furnished cottage,
and as suspected everything in it atrocious but
Helen RadWay was charming She was a gorgeous