THE OREGON SUNDAY ? JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1911
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of a
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rjlRVE love, these daysrseems to consist
i making about $10,000,000, then
' throwing aside the wife of your
youth ford show girl; then cutting loose from
A Aim J o yof birth and rushing away to a
foreign country where they are not so par
ticular. '. '. '
. True happiness with' the true love, by
this formula, can be attained only Jy enter
taining royal rakes, frayed-out titles and
numerous other worthless chapters who are
proclaimed as fashionable. .. f s .
This, at the least, is the plan upon
which, William Ellis Corey, once, president
of the United States Steel Corporation, seems
to have been working. How much of a suc
cess it is no one; outside of himself, can tell;
but he is at least getting his name in the
papers. That, to aspirants for social glory,
Is something. , ; '
There is something, to some people, in
being hailed as social leaders, even if it gets
no further than the newstaters. The Caress.
rfor instance, seem to like it They gave a
oai travesn. near farts, a tew weeks aro.
They had four trump cards in the persons of
four male royalties. They were hailed as
having made their debut into the very best
French society, because the best of names
were included in the guests at their party.
But it is worthy of note that when the
duchesse de Vendome, the real leader of the
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'Jfe Crjo Thrive, Greece,, Cvojtf'-
inner French set, gave a real party a shor:
time afterward there were no Americans
present not even the William Ellis Coreys.
Furthermore, what the Frenchmen did at the
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two reasons:
First, as to what fools these mortals be
who have money and can't use it wisely.
Second, as to the manner in which these
money mortals are wont to manufacture social,
success in a strange land. '
AT GOODWIN says. If his pree agent is to) b ,
peiievea, mat it not all boor and skittles f or -
rich American who exploits a pretty wife oa
th other side. At any rata, Nat tried it with
Ifaxine Elliott It was fine for Maxlne. She became
ahumtay with a lot of real royalties. Bat th best Nat
could do for amusement was to talk to tho butler, pay
th bills and, finally, come back home and marry
Edna Ooodrlch--thls latter event after all proper pre
liminaries had been observed.
. So Jar William Ellis Corey has piously refrained
rrom Writing a Book of his matrimonial experienoes,
and has been graelou enough not to Inform th world
that when he gay dinners, and slunk away to enjoy
a ejulet smoke, ho had to Uaten to rattle-brained topa
paying foolish compliments to th hostess, a la Nat
Goodwin.
However, it la evident from merely a superficial
View of the situation that Mrs. Corey has oven the
statuesque Maxlne backed oft tho boards when It
somes to capturing' real royalties, three ply, all wool
and a yard wide members of reigning families, owa
sona and couslna of czars and kings and such,
Flrat of her conquests was the Grand Duke Boris,
.oueln of tho ccar and tho worat of Europe'a royal bad
boys.
From the time tho grand duke began to be fasci
nated with the lovely graduate of the comlo opera
tag, tho Coreys began to get on In Parla The
Ruaalana are always popular there, and a eossln of
th czar la in the flrat flight of everything. It wa
natural, too, that Borii should Interest the Grand
Duke pyrll and hla wife, who was formerly a grand
duchefs of Hesae, la th Corey.
BIDED. HER TIME
Boris, and Cyril are brother, sona of th Grand
Duke Vladimir, an uncle of tho ciar. Both have many
taetea In common. Including wine and pretty women.
As gallants they are not to be beaten. They have
the entree everywhere, and they can open the social
gates for beauty when they desire,
.., A couple of grand dukes and a husband with mil
lions can do a lot for a Drettv younsr woman, even one
Whose marriage occasioned more -notoriety than any
trier in tne whole history of tha country. Neverthe-
aaa. the new Mrs Corev was not nrantnitata. Hht
wauea tuny a year before she ventured to begin en- .
tortalnlng. . .
. Thla In aplte of tho fact that tho former executive
bead ot .the ateel trust ha on of th handsomeat
chateaux in the neighborhood of Parla It was once
used by a member of the Bonaparte family, and la
Juat about an hour from the capital by automobile.
Once she determined to fire the flrat gun, however,'
If re. Corey took care to bo well fortified with royalty.
There was, of oourse, the Grand Duke Borla, who could
be depended on. Alao there waa the duke of tfparta,
the crown prince of Greece. - He waa easy to get be
caue hi brother George married the Grand Duchess
Helen, a latr of Boris; Next came Georg and Alex- :
ander Romanowakr. dukea of Leuchtertberg.
All of them rrere perfectly good social material
Tho crown trlnre r Ore n neve tn he overinnlc'd,
ven tnough hla father may get dlaguated with his
1iV and . rive w th reigning business because of the
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turbuleao' t hU aabjeota, u h would n flonkt k '
delighted to do t any Urn It could bo decently ar
ranged. The dukes of Leuchtenborg, for ono of whom tho
party was given, are never likely to aet the world on
tire; but their title are of the flrat water in Franoe,
"hero no titlei are more than names.
Therefore, it wa possible to get out a brilliant as
semblage, so far aa titles are concerned. The Coreys
"re able to m inter fifty of the very beat namea at
their town house for dinner, and afterward to convey
two hundred by motor to the chateau, where the real
party was pulled off. Among all those, ono report
very carefully states, there were very few Americans.
There were, however,' Mrs. Hugh R. French and Miss
um vvynne. aauffnters or lormer Postmaster General
Wynne, both of whom attracted a great deal of at-
wynni, ootn or wnom attracted a
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has seldom seen. The old nabobs, who used to oorne
from Ir.dla to England and astonish the natives by the
lavish dlaplay of wealth, never exceeded tho best
efforts of tho retired man of steel. It was a hot night,
we are told, and there were miniature mountains ot
too to cool tbo atmosphere
CMeogo to
HICAGO is going to have one on Paris.
At least it will if the extraordinary plant
of Mrs. Harold F. McCormick don't go
astray. And when the beautiful daughter
of John D. Rockefeller grasps the helm things are
going to buzz.
Her latest is that Lincoli Park is to be a sort
of Bois du Boulogne. Of course you have heard of
tOR years Mra McCormick has selected Lincoln
Drive to Introduce her gowns or new-fangled
notions aa to dress. Long ago she was dubbed
ioe rmueen ot tne lake cnv." Bn was in
fifst woman in Chicago to appear in a? hooble skirt
It was a very tight one at that The famous drive
was where the debut di the skirt took place. Mra.
McCormick may like to be gaxed at and admired, but
there was too rouchjaf It this time. And the ekirt was
..noon discarded for a mor roomy affair.
. Then again ahe Introduced the anklet on thla same
fv. AIt was a jeweled affair, and of course to dls-
,,y H Properly Mrs, McCormick wore scant skirts.
Then there was more gazing.
v Bo perhaps Mra McCormick thought that if aha
bad company she would not be quite so noticeable,
even though her lapses from the conventional were
more pronounced than the others. Then again. If the
reat of the wealthy women aaw her costumee they
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There must be entertainment, of oourse, and here
Mrs. Corey's talents came in handy. Tho artstocratlo
Parlslana got a better show for nothing-than ma aris
tocratic Americans used to see at fl per.
The hostess was In a Bohemian costume and, with
her slender figure, she looked more like a girl of sev
enteen than a. conalo opera star who saw her chance
and took It. She Is said to have given a moat extraor
dinary danoo, and she did not depend on amateur tal
ent to assist her, either. Perhaps she had learned too
much professionally to make such an absurd miscal
culation. She had. Instead, hired a professional dancer
named Morris., from the Cafe de Farts, to serve aa' a
toll for her artistio posturing.
THEY THREW THINGS
But the worat was to come with the sunoer.
Tho
Grand Duke Boris might get up a crowd of the best
Parisian families, but it seems he either didn't or couldn't
make them behave. It Is a common practice for people
who are dragged anywhere to revenge themselves as best
they may,' and when the ohampagno la flowing freely tho
way is not difficult to seek.
Now, If the party had been In this country, It would
not have seemed half so bad. Americans and English
men are much more prone to champagne than the French
men, who get It at home and think nothing- of It Be
sides, the Anglo-Saxon has traditionally been a drunkard,
while the Latin Is generally a moderate wins drinker.
It la not nearly ao common for a Parisian to acquire
"a package" as for an American or an Englishman to
forget how many drinks he has taken until It la too late
and he doesn't care. Tho Frenchman slpa his wine, takes
It with a good deal of conversation and doean't ordi
narily try to see how faat he can make It go down.
Even at tho old-time students' balls, that had not beea
toned down and dressed up until they lost their seat. It
waa not the cuatom for every one to organize a little
private corner on the champagne supply. Every ono
was jolly; but It was true merriment and not carous
ing. Very mudh the same spirit obtains with the general
Hffv a Lftlte Voiis
that famous Parisian park, with its beautiful drives
and ptomenades. The pork packers' wives and the
reet of the ultra-fashionables Von't have to go
. abroad in future to find the latest styles, or to
show off their marvelous gowns or the new-fangled
livery of their coachmen. It can be done just aa
well on the American Bois du Boulogne.
The first thing that MrsrMcCormick did a few
months ago, when she wrested the reins of the
leadership of Chicago society from the hands of
might follow her style. The social climbers would
anyway. There are many waya to look at the Inno
vation. .
Anyway, one day laat aprlng Mra. McCormick gath-
ered the "elite" at her beautiful mansion and. after
aervlng tea, told of her plan. There were only 100 In- ; And those from the North Side were directed around
-vlted and no othera were to Join In the parades. It .5 by Mrs. Herbert Stone and Miss Stevens. Such a dayl
was to be a very select procession. The walks wero i Chloago will never forget nor those styles partlou
to bo held twice a week, -and as the invited men and lar)y the hats, ranging from some that looked like poke
women were moneyed they could afford to wear differ-", bonnets to the enormous affair that became annoying
ent suits and dreeaea each time. That waa one of tho - when a number, ot their wearers got together for a
unwritten laws. Everybody waa aeiigntea. At leaat
the Invited ones were. It la only natural that othera
a. it la
were Baying things under their breath or up In their
aleevea. Social Chicago waa In a tempeat and alt eyoa
Wore waiting for that flrat parade.
' The parade came off all right oa a Friday afternoon,
Mra. McCormtck waa the chief marshal, commander-in-chief
or whatever you want to call It Then there
run of French people. They aro proverbially pleasuro
lovlng, but they aro proverbially prudent, too. They have
more laid away for a rainy day than any people on earth,
head for head. They can go down In their , socks and
pay a billion-dollar war debt any time they want to.
Sometimes, though, they will get going, and tho sup
per at the Coreys' chateau was on of ' those times.
Everything went Tbo champagne went like water, and
It had soon loosened things to such an extent that there
began, so the reports say, an Impromptu battle of flowers.
Costly orchids were tossed across tables, and when they
gave out there was throwing of bread.
The American colony was ail agog afterward, because
It seems that the affair savored more of a rough house
than a party which was sponsored by royalty. And still
the saddest ha not been told. The master of the house,
the steel man of millions, wa the victim ot miatortun.
He was going from tho dinner to the party at the cha
teau in a Pierrot ooatuma. But in the hurry of the occa
sion, the Pierrot trousers were mislaid and could not bo
dug up by any means at the command of the ironmaster.
So the host tho man who paid all the bill, tagged along
In a Pierrot blouse and a pair of ordinary dross trousers
a sad. incongruous affair.
What a contract to Boris, tho bad boy, who loomed
magnificent in tha uniform of an officer of tho flrat em
pire! Duke George, too, made a gaudy note in tho pink
of a maater of foxhounds. Only the crown prince ot
Greeoe, It seems, waa content to go aa hlmaelf.
Bad. Boris, perhapa, had the time of his life, because
he likea parties that take off the limit When in thla
country, in 1102, he waa reported to have uaed a
chorus girl's slipper a a ehampasTn glass, not to
mention a host of similar explofta
His greatest fame as an entertainer, however, camo
during the Russo-Japanese war, when he waa ordered
to the front He waa having a party with some brother
erlcere and seven chorus girls from tho opera in St
Petersburg.
It seemed a shame to part from maids so fair. Boris
waa alwaya keener for love than war, and ho likea hla
wine aa well aa any man on earth. And, aa the morn
of parting neared, a happy solution presented Itself: If
ho had to go to war, the girls should go, too.
They went Borla ordered a special train, and off tho
whole crew started. One whole car was devoted to
champagne, the after reports had It; and even that
was exhausted before they had reached the front a
Journey of several weeks.
What really did happen has always been something
of a mystery. There are report a that Boris and his crew
raised such a rumpua at Harbin that General Kuro
patkln, the Russian commander, ordered the grand
Mrs. Potter Palmer, was to launch her new fad.
It was a success at once, bo far as her followers
were concerned. That is rather limited, for you
know that Mrs. McCormick has figured out that
there were only 100 in "society" in that large
city. And every one in that lot was blessed with
plenty of money, blue-blooded ancestry and a
youthful appearance. By the way, there are no
bachelors or widowers in the lot, but the spinsters
and widows were not expelled.
wore varloua afcjee who led the different contlngenta
Of courae they didn't all promenade together. They
went In aquada. Mra Chauncey Blair and Mra Dick
.Crane led the drive set; Mra "Willie" Kimball and
Mrs. Bruce Smith headed those from the South Side.
CAnfldanttal rha.t.
The "100 Club" walked along the drives and saun
tered to the Lincoln Park Casino,. where, they had a
llo-ht rtrajlrap nr two and a CUD Of tea. Mra MoCor-
rnlck wouldn't hear of anything stronger being served,
though ahe bellevea that alcohol and liquora have
their uaea at certain times. A few yeara ago ahe
croaaod her name from the Hat of patronesses at an
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duke homo after a guarrel
fought a duel.
A mora credible account, perhapa, 1 that whleh arM
given a few years ago by Mlag Helots Tltcorah, who
gained considerable renown from having boon a member
of tho grand duke'a party. Ia an Interview ah was) .
reported as saying: '
"Tou Americana had a very exaggerated report t
tha grand duke' special train do lux. The grand duke,
aa everybody know, 1 a very good follow, fond of a
good time and devoted to stage people. When ho waa '
ordered to tho front, "we all agreed w would go With
him. The grand duke liked the Idea and ordered a special
train for ua. : !
"We had only gone a few hundred miles en the
way before the aecounta f the journey, whleh lha4
been greatly misrepresented, reached 8t Petersburg,
and he was ordered to end ua ail baok'aad go tot :,
tho front alone. , j
NO SLOW MOMENTS
"There waa nothing to do but obey order. But aa
long as tho fun lasted we had a good time. The grand)
duke took good care ot ua, and aaw to It personally that
wo had enough to eat' and drink. .There wore Be slow
momenta, I can tell you." K
Aa a usual thing, there Is nothing alow in anything
with Which the grand duke is connected. Whsrevar he
goea he cut a wide swath. It is so also with his brother
Cyril. The latter's war record Is good. He was on tho :
battleship Petropavlovsk when It waa blown up by a
mine off Port Arthur and was on of tha few saved
when the vessel precipitately turned turtle.
That came Immediately after an affair of tho heart
with a pretty Jewess, who is said to have accompanied
him to the front In some manner, said Nemlrovttoh
Dantchenko, one of th most widely known of Ruasiaa
war correspondents, th young woman waa spirited away
from Harbin, whither Cyril had conveyed her who
ordered to the front. The grand duke wa disconsolate,
but afterward . paid some attention to tho war, from
which ha was mora than lucky to escape with a whole
akin. -
Very little more time would bo needed to recrt tha
war records of tho royal gentlemen. But their lova
affairs would fill a book almost an enoyolopedla. - i
The worst rakea of Europe they have been, and they
now aeem to have raised tho Coreys to th highest pLis
nacle of social glory. n.
Good night!
affair that was to b given tor the benefit of the)
Frances Wlllard, Hospital because she learned that
that Institution would not allow Its patients to have
anything stronger than water, milk, tea or coffee.
To get back to that first promenade. It was a sue
cs, ao far aa th onlookers were concerned. But
then, you know, "ldo" look so small So th former
Edith Rockefeller decided to Invite another fifty: but
they -would not bo eligible to her other affairs. They
refused to go. Do you blame themf Whether tho :
bachelors and widowers were Included la the list 14
not known. v. . ' '.
At present tho " O" have practically deserted tha
drive, the gardens and the casino In Lincoln Park.
But then everybody la looking forward to the opening; ..
of the fall social season. It la rumored that Mra Mo
Cormlck has more schemes In mind. She Intends to
make Lincoln Park one of the ahow placea of the
country, and may haps she thinks that the leaders Of
the fashionables, from Newport, New York, Boaton, '
Philadelphia, and even Los Angeles and San Fan
clsco. will be tempted to come from other oltlea to
Inspect the Bols du Boulogne and try Out the latest
creations of their favorite modlates. It Is understood
that gueats will bo Invited when they don't live Is
Chicago. That makes all the difference la the world.
A BEAUTIFUL STARTER
Everybody admits that Lincoln Park Is a beautiful
place; but even ao It Is. likely that Mra MoCormlok. In
order to carry out her lavlah Ideas, may expend a "few
pennies" to make the Imagination really dwell oa tho
porkers' Parisian park. For you know tho real Bols '
du Boulogne has aomethlng to brag about In tho Wary
of beautiful drives; Its Longchamps, for instance, wher
o many coaches with charming occupants and beauti
ful horses can be found any day. Also th promenades
where the marquises and duchesses and visiting: no
billty, as well aa the fashionable Americans and others.
Including the famous actresses, display their figures
In the latest cut gowns, v . ; ... ," vi',;
To get back to the "100 Club." Why were certain
artstocratlo women excluded T Several years ago Mrs.
McCormick attended a reception which was supposed
to be very exclusive and found about a doaea of her
dlacarded gown on the backs of some of th gueats.
It seems that Mrjs. McCormick never wears a dress
more than two or th'ee times. Then It la given to.a
second-hand dealer and in turn sold.
Of course the fair buyer didn't, know that Mra.
' McCormick waa th original possessor of the expen
sive Worth and Paquin creations or they wouldn't
have worn them In her presence.: She learned that the
women didn't want to be "cheap," but Juat thrifty.
For a while the second-hand dealer didn't do any
! business with Mrs. McCormick' dlacarded creation.
Inatead, ahe put them aside until ahe bad tweity-flv
of them, and announced to her fashionable fi ! ' t
that they would be sold to the hljrheot bld1r. 'I
supposed auction day arrived In October, 1907. I i .
McCormick told the women to try on the hat i
fowna. When she found the ones that they fit
est ahe told them that they could have them. .
her compllmenta. Tea was served during ''ie tryl
on. The question Is. were the esrcnerM for setu..
hand clothing admitted to the "1U Club" 7 .
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