A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.

His funeral held on February 5 1895 was well attended by many society figures of the day including Chauncey Depew and Cornelius Vanderbilt II. His ham sandwiches sinkers and.

Samuel Ward McAllister (December 1827–January 31 1895) was the self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s.