SOCIAL CONTRASTS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13230, 25 September 1908, Page 6

SOCIAL CONTRASTS.

The extrnvagand* of tho fow Jsp a ires not affected by tho prevailing/*** , pression in business is arousing "fSßspread criticism here and adding *<* *• *Jmm~ ivav& of .social djscontcnt (saj-s the Ne* ..Mβ- , [York oorrcspondcoit of th« ' Mail") To-day tho «c\\&paiy>» t«II of -mm a -special train bem£ hnrrjwlly «v!«» » iby Mm GrauviHe Wright, wifa of *,-&SE I >v<2sthy rosidrnt of JJovi York, who » fimm if-vniding tho buiuprpr at Mass., to take herself and a, I-party to luachaou with, a Lriand at

nox, tiixty .miles away. It is pointed -• ' out tnat tlio tuxik <-<;st almost tlie , v.iiole income ot "an American lamily ot fcuinnle <:ireuju>£:atte«s lor a y<dar. liie iaet that -urs wngnt gave t.2 notes u> \\vi eitguK^Cliver and train *7iaDcL> is . ' ]iot acuepu-U any miugaiicii, anil is tv;us.:dcr>>d as pour tas>U> in tht.v.i ujiu iiaies=. Ail elaborate "flower bait , to take place en. Saturday at .Urs JAoburt Gook't s -Newport huue also ovoxcy tntiriiin. At this ball, on .whitru a iortuno is baing <rxpended, the woicen will represent Ono debata:i«! is announced to appear ; tnotiur.s costume i» being arranged to ri&t'nibLu a gardenia, in tlie heart ot -nlsjch will appear tiio fair wearers iread and shoiaders. 'iho ballroom floor ■will bo strewn with tiowL-r petals, and the walls will be bowers d costly Li'/onis. MeaJ-.tiiEo ti.e Xc.vport tradesmen are combining to force tn-e.ir lees wealthy patrons to pay their bills in reasonable .time. Tho promoters ci the forthcoming '•Pro/tpority Jioomsters , '' ccngrtis in Now York are ■wondering i:ow to meet tho loaders oi ■ ■;. the unemployed, who are to inarch with r'j .- t tt-n thoiiixTiid workiess men to their ? tceeting hall.