Society as I Have Found It

My Family--My Mother an Angel of Beauty and Charity--My Father’s Nobleness of Character--Building Bonfires on Paradise Rocks and flying Kites from Purgatory with Uncle Sam Ward-...

My New York Life--A Penurious Aunt who fed me on Turkey--My First Fancy Ball--Spending One Thousand Dollars for a Costume--The Schermerhorns give a ball in Great Jones Street--S...

Introduction to London Sports--A Dog Fight in the Suburbs--Sporting Ladies--The Drawing of the Badger--My Host gets Gloriously Drunk--Visit to Her Majesty’s Kitchen--Dinner with...

A Winter in Florence and Rome--Cheap Living and Good Cooking--Walnut-fed Turkeys--The Grand Duke of Tuscany’s Ball--An American Girl who Elbowed the King--What a Ball Supper sho...

Summer in Baden-Baden--The Late Emperor William no Judge of Wine--My Irish Doctor--His Horror of Water--How an American Girl tried to Captivate Him--The Louisiana Judge--I win t...

Winter in Pau--I hire a perfect Villa for $800 a year--Luxury at Small Cost--I Learn how to give Dinners--Fraternizing with the Bordeaux Wine Merchants--The Judge’s Wild Scheme-...

My Return to New York--Dinner to a well-known Millionaire--Visit of Lord Frederick Cavendish, Hon. E. Ashley, and G. W. des Voeux to the United States--I Entertain them at my So...

A Southern Deer Park--A Don Quixote Steed--We Hunt for Deer and Bag a Turkey--Getting a Dinner by Force--The French Chef and the Colored Cook Contrasted--One is Inspired, the Ot...

I Leave the South--A Typical British Naval Officer--An Officer of the Household Troops--Early Newport Life--A Country Dinner--The Way I got up Pic-nics--Farmers throw their Hous...

Society’s Leaders--A Lady whose Dinners were Exquisite and whose Wines were Perfect--Her “Blue Room Parties”--Two Colonial Beauties--The Introduction of the Chef--The Prince of...

A Handsome, Courtly Man--A Turkey Chase--A Visit to Livingston Manor--An Ideal Life--On Horseback from Staatsburg to New York--Village Inn Dinners--I entertain a Fashionable Par...

John Van Buren’s Dinner--I spend the Entire Day in getting my Dress-coat--Lord Harrington criticises American Expressions--Contrast in our way of Living in 1862 and 1890--In Soc...

Cost of Cotillion Dinners--My delicate Position--The Début of a Beautiful Blonde--Lord Roseberry’s mot--We have better Madeira than England--I am dubbed “The Autocrat of Drawing...

The first private Balls at Delmonico’s--A Nightingale who drove Four-in-hand--Private Theatricals in a Stable--A Yachting Excursion without wind and a Clam-bake under difficulti...

The Four-in-hand Craze--Postilions and Outriders follow--A Trotting-horse Courtship--Cost of Newport Picnics Then and Now--Driving off a Bridge--An Accident that might have been...

Grand Banquet to a Bride elect--She sat in a bank of Roses with Fountains playing around her--An Anecdote of Almack’s--The way the Duke of Wellington introduced my Father and Do...

A Lady who has led Society for many years--A Grand Dame indeed--The Patriarchs a great social Feature--Organizing the F. C. D. C.--Their Rise and Fall--The Mother Goose Ball--My...

How to introduce a young Girl into Society--I make the Daughter of a Relative a reigning Belle--First Offers of Marriage generally the Best--Wives should flirt with their Husban...

Success in Entertaining--The Art of Dinner-giving--Selection of Guests--A happy Mixture of Young Women and Dowagers--The latter more appreciative of the Good Things--Interviewin...

Madeira the King of Wines--It took its Name from the Ship it came in--Daniel Webster and “Butler 16”--How Philadelphians “fine” their Wines--A Southern Wine Party--An Expert’s s...

Brût Champagne--Another Revolution in treatment of this Wine--It must be Old to be Good--’74 Champagne worth $8 a bottle in Paris--How to frappé Champagne--The best Clarets--Eve...

Assigning Guests at Dinner--The Boston fashion dying out--The approved Manner--Going in to Dinner--Time to be spent at table--Table Decoration--Too many Flowers in bad taste--Si...

Some practical Questions answered--Difference between Men and Women Cooks--Swedish Women the cleanest and most economical--My Bills with a Chef--My Bills with a Woman Cook--Hint...

The “Banner Ball”--How to prepare a Ball-room Floor--A curious Costume and a sharp Answer--The Turkish Ball--Indisposition of ladies to dance at a Public Ball--The Yorktown Cent...

A Famous Newport Ball--Exquisite effect produced by blocks of Ice and Electric Lights--The Japanese room--Corners for “Flirtation couples”--A superb Supper--Secretary Frelinghuy...

New Era in New York Society--Extravagance of Living--Grand Fancy Dress Ball in Fifth Avenue--I go as the Lover of Margaret de Valois--A great Journalist at Newport--A British Of...

I visit Washington as the guest of Attorney-General Brewster--A Dinner at the White House--Amusing arrangement of Guests--The Winthrop Statue--The memorable Winters of 1884-85--...

_My Family--My Mother an Angel of Beauty and Charity--My Father’s Nobleness of Character--Building Bonfires on Paradise Rocks and Flying Kites from Purgatory with Uncle Sam Ward...

_My New York Life--A Penurious Aunt who Fed me on Turkey--My First Fancy Ball--Spending One Thousand Dollars for a Costume--The Schermerhorns give a Ball in Great Jones Street--...

_Introduction to London Sports--A Dog Fight in the Suburbs--Sporting Ladies--The Drawing of the Badger--My Host gets Gloriously Drunk--Visit to Her Majesty’s Kitchen--Dinner wit...

_A Winter in Florence and Rome--Cheap Living and Good Cooking--Walnut-fed Turkeys--The Grand Duke of Tuscany’s Ball--An American Girl who Elbowed the King--What a Ball Supper Sh...

_Summer in Baden-Baden--The Late Emperor William no Judge of Wine--My Irish Doctor--His Horror of Water--How an American Girl Tried to Captivate Him--The Louisiana Judge--I Win...

_Winter in Pau--I Hire a Perfect Villa for $800 a year--Luxury at Small Cost--I Learn How to Give Dinners--Fraternizing with the Bordeaux Wine Merchants--The Judge’s Wild Scheme...

_My Return to New York--Dinner to a Well-known Millionaire--Visit of Lord Frederick Cavendish, Hon. E. Ashley, and G. W. des Voeux to the United States--I Entertain Them at My S...

_A Southern Deer Park--A Don Quixote Steed--We Hunt for Deer and Bag a Turkey--Getting a Dinner by Force--The French Chef and the Colored Cook Contrasted--One is Inspired, the O...

_I Leave the South--A Typical British Naval Officer--An Officer of the Household Troops--Early Newport Life--A Country Dinner--The Way I got up Picnics--Farmers Throw their Hous...

_Society’s Leaders--A Lady whose Dinners were Exquisite and whose Wines were Perfect--Her “Blue Room Parties”--Two Colonial Beauties--The Introduction of the Chef--The Prince of...

_A Handsome, Courtly Man--A Turkey Chase--A Visit to Livingston Manor--An Ideal Life--On Horseback from Staatsburg to New York--Village Inn Dinners--I Entertain a Fashionable Pa...

_John Van Buren’s Dinner--I spend the Entire Day in getting my Dress-Coat--Lord Hartington criticises American Expressions--Contrast in our Way of Living in 1862 and 1890--In So...

_Cost of Cotillion Dinners--My delicate Position--The Début of a Beautiful Blonde--Lord Roseberry’s mot--We have better Madeira than England--I am dubbed “The Autocrat of Drawin...

_The first private Balls at Delmonico’s--A Nightingale who drove Four-in-hand--Private Theatricals in a Stable--A Yachting Excursion without wind and a Clam-bake under difficult...

_The Four-in-Hand Craze--Postilions and Outriders Follow--A Trotting-Horse Courtship--Cost of Newport Picnics Then and Now--Driving off a Bridge--An Accident that might have bee...

_Grand Banquet to a Bride-elect--She sat in a bank of Roses with Fountains playing around her--An Anecdote of Almack’s--The way the Duke of Wellington introduced my Father and D...

_A Lady who has led Society for many Years--A Grand Dame indeed--The Patriarchs a great social Feature--Organizing the F. C. D. C.--Their Rise and Fall--The Mother Goose Ball--M...

_How to introduce a young Girl into Society--I make the Daughter of a Relative a reigning Belle--First Offers of Marriage generally the Best--Wives should flirt with their Husba...

_Success in Entertaining--The Art of Dinner-giving--Selection of Guests--A happy Mixture of Young Women and Dowagers--The latter more Appreciative of the Good Things--Interviewi...

_Madeira the King of Wines--It took its Name from the Ship it came in--Daniel Webster and “Butler 16”--How Philadelphians “fine” their Wines--A Southern Wine Party--An Expert’s...

_Brût Champagne--Another Revolution in treatment of this Wine--It must be Old to be good--’74 Champagne worth $8 a bottle in Paris--How to frappé Champagne--The best Clarets--Ev...

_Assigning Guests at Dinner--The Boston fashion dying out--The approved Manner--Going in to Dinner--Time to be spent at table--Table Decoration--Too many flowers in bad taste--S...

_Some practical Questions answered--Difference between Men and Women Cooks--Swedish Women the cleanest and most economical--My bills with a Chef--My bills with a Woman Cook--Hin...

_The “Banner Ball”--How to prepare a Ball-room Floor--A curious Costume and a sharp Answer--The Turkish Ball--Indisposition of ladies to dance at a Public Ball--The Yorktown Cen...

_A Famous Newport Ball--Exquisite effect produced by blocks of Ice and Electric Lights--The Japanese room--Corners for “Flirtation couples”--A superb Supper--Secretary Frelinghu...

_New Era in New York Society--Extravagance of Living--Grand Fancy Dress Ball in Fifth Avenue--I go as the Lover of Margaret de Valois--A Great Journalist at Newport--A British O...

_I visit Washington as the guest of Attorney-General Brewster--A Dinner at the White House--Amusing arrangement of Guests--The Winthrop Statue--The memorable Winters of 1884-85-...