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Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           

           Inthemeantime,owingtothepreliminaryactivityandtactofhisagentsandadvisers,theSundaynewspaperswerevyingwithoneanotherindescribingthewondersofhisnewhouseinNewYorkitscost,thevalueofitsground,thewealthycitizenswithwhomtheCowperwoodswouldnowbeneighbors.Thereweredouble-columnpicturesofAileenandCowperwood,witharticlesindicatingthemasprospectiveentertainersonagrandscalewhowouldunquestionablybereceivedbecauseoftheirtremendouswealth.Asamatteroffact,thiswaspurelynewspapergossipandspeculation.Whilethegeneralcolumnsmadenewsandcapitalofhiswealth,specialsocietycolumns,whichdealtwiththeultra-fashionable,ignoredhimentirely.AlreadythemachinationofcertainChicagosocialfiguresindistributinginformationastohispastwasdiscernibleintheattitudeofthoseclubs,organizations,andevenchurches,membershipinwhichconstitutesaformofsocialpassporttobetterandhigherearthly,ifnotspiritual,realms.Hisemissarieswereactiveenough,butsoonfoundthattheirendwasnottobegainedinaday.Manywerewaitinglocally,anxiousenoughtogetin,andwithsocialequipmentswhichtheCowperwoodscouldscarcelyboast.Afterbeingblackballedbyoneortwoexclusiveclubs,seeinghisapplicationforapewatSt.

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