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...Washington, of jealousy between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, ended so tragically on the bluffs at Weehawken, days of wickedness and glamour in the dazzling French Court, days of snobbery and naivete in awkward little New York, days of the fizzing of "the waters" at Saratoga and the journeys thither of troupes of the gentility, some driving up from as far as Virginia, their black slaves making camp by the roadside by night and lighting the darkness with their campfires and the mournful, exotic cadences of their African songs. All this, as background to the career of one lovely lady...
...Thither, last Easter, went A. Van Horne Stuyvesant, as the Stuyvesants have always gone, to assure themselves that the grave of their ancestor, Peter Stuyvesant, was in good keeping. But this year, Mr. Stuyvesant and his family left the churchyard without leaving their individual checks for $900 at the church. That was the beginning of the end of the classic dances instituted by Dr. William N. Guthrie which brought upon him the Episcopal admonition of William T. Manning, Father in Christ...
Cleveland?the glorious city of Cleveland?tore for a brief moment from Washington the crown as the chief political city of the U. S. The recital of prominent Republicans who went thither for the Convention is too long for repetition, but the recital of those who did not go is worth attending...
...married life was at first happy. The very young couple, bent on reform, hurried hither and thither, always intent upon settling down "for ever" in every place which touched their fancy. But their marital bliss became clouded, they parted, and Shelley entered concubinage with beautiful Mary Godwin, daughter of his hero-philosopher...
...Anna that he tried recently to turn Russia over, lock, stock and barrel, to Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the late Tsar. All M. Trotsky wanted in exchange was passports viséd for every country in Europe, so that he and his adored could flit hither and thither outside of Russia...