The Husband Hunters 4 (Pages 79 - 129)

 Chapter 6 is about Marietta Reed, who married Paran Stevens. 

Paran Stevens was the owner of several hotels. Paran was the country's leading connoisseur on fine wines and he was the proprietor of luxury hotels in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.The best known one was the Fifth Avenue Mansion. 

She took her daughter Minnie to Europe and married her off to Captain Arthur Paget. General Sir Arthur Henry Fitzroy Paget (1 March 1851 – 8 December 1928) was a soldier who reached the rank of General.

Her son, Harry Stevens, was engaged to Edith Jones (who later was Edith Wharton) and the engagement was called off as a result of meddling by the mothers of the engaged couple, and Edith married Teddy Wharton. 

Harry died a few months later, and his mother ordered a postmortem, which proved that Harry had died of a cancerinous stomach and not a heart attack.

This chapter also mentions Town Topics, a society magazine which was popular and controversial magazine published in New York City by William d'Alton Mann and others from 1879 to 1937.

This chapter also mentions the Duke of Marlborough as correspondent in divorce trial of Lady Colin Campbell.  Lord Colin had a venereal disease and had infected Gertrude. It is generally assumed that he had syphilis. Gertrude was granted a judicial separation from Lord Colin in 1884 on the grounds of cruelty. In late 1884, both parties filed for divorce, although the trial did not take place until the end of 1886. Lord Colin accused his wife of adulter with four men. 

After the trial Gertrude was ostracised from society but became popular in literary and artistic circles, and she posed for Whislter painting, Harmony in White and Ivory. 

The next chapter is about Alva Vanderbilt. Alva Erskine Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. She was noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention.

She married William Kissam Vanderbilt. William Kissam Vanderbilt I (December 12, 1849 – July 22, 1920[1]) was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist and horsebreeder.