The sun., 1918-07-28
RecoIlections of One
Who Ranks With
Beau II a sh, Vatel
and Brummell

NuIbcu INV W SrNc ohAsaieaS1 v" 'S
and value the Cog de Bruyere of the
Pyrenees and the Pic de Mars"
Thus equipped for the serious business
of life as he conceived it, he returned
home. He entertained old Commodore
Vanderbilt at a dinner that caused the
ex-Staten Island ferryman to remark: &
my young friend, if you go on giving
such dinners as these YOU need have 10
fear of planting Yourself in this city"
Behold him launched, laughed at per-
haps occasionally, but feared and eourted.
He was at the bsIl given 10 the Prince OF
Wales in the Academy of Music, being the
first after the royal guest to take the hoor
for the waltz.
He devoted an entire day In railway
travel In order to procure dress suit, as
he called it, In which TO appear at din
ner to two English lords. He began to
arrange for cotillon dinners, figuring the
cost, checking off the Invitations, standing
at the door Of the salon, naming TO esch
man the lady lie was to take in.
Castronomicaliy Patriot.
There was one point to which his sub
serviency TO British visitors would not 60.
GastrononieaIiy he was as sturdy pa
triot as any farmer who blazed away at
the redcoats from behind the Lexington
hedges. Stoutiy he defended the saddle
Of venison instead of the 'haunch." Our
tenderloin steak was quite as good as the
English rump. Of Madeira. he once said,
with the spirit of Nathan Hale, You have
none TO hken unto OURS
That Prince of Wales who afterward
became George ". in the vigor of his
youth and the prime force OF his lnven-
tiou produced shoe buckle. The crown
ing work in the life of Ward McAllister
was probably the institution of the +. e.
ID. C.'s, Authorization for the Family Cir
Gle Dancing Class.
The Patriarch balls, of which the first
were given in the winters of 1872 and
1873, were growing too large and were
being monopoliEed by the married women.
The new association was for the jeune file
and was to be limited and intimate. Its
dances we're held at Dodworth's, later Del
monico's, and in the foyers of the Metro
politan Opera House
The arbiter paid the price of his great
ness From the giving of the first to the
time of my giving them up had no peace
either at home or abroad. / was assailed
on all sides, became in a sense diplomat,
committed myself to nothing, promised
much and performed as little as pos
Mothers Urged Him to Aid Daughters.
my mornings were given up to being
interviewed of and about them; mothers
would call at yny house, entirely unknown
to me, the see words of introduction be-
ing, Kind sir, have a daughter These
words were cabalistie; would spring up,
bow to the ground and reply: MY dear
madam, say no more, You have my SYM
patty; we are in accord; no introduction
is necessary; you have a daughter and
want her to 60 to the F. c. ID. C''s-
az will do all in my power TO do this
for you; but, my dear LADY, please under
stand that in all matters concerning these
little dances / must consult the powers
that be. / am their humble servant;
must take orders from them All of which
was a figure of speech on my part"
The arbiter would then automatically
suggest the possibility of friend of So
cial influence, and make some allusion to
family. That always started the fair
visitor. The family always went back to
King John, and, in some instances, to
William the Conqueror.
my dear madam I would reply, does
If not satisfy any one to come into exis-
tenee with the birth of ones country? In
my opinion, four generations of gentle
men make as good and true a gentleman
as forty. l know my English brethren
will not agree with me in this, but, in