Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-08
Getting into Society.

NetIla. INV SVNA'EJ'
Il is related bv B,ylc St. John, that when
the cholera m,de i,s appearance IN Paris, tn
ia 1919, il was confined to The workmen and
other, most exposed bot a0cr while, 10
began 70 attack The wcllihirr eh'se'. One
mornin- while Bayls St. John was making
a call a, an ari.,ocraiir n,psioa, alcar-cyci
rro1knc oli COUNTIES, hohbled in. This Is
dreadful" was her brsa,hlcss SALVATION,
..,hc 7,s,ilcnce is making progress. When
the people only were attacked It was AL very
w,ll-,bcy were punished or thcir'.n But
the matter is peconIrg now more serious.
The disease is beginning to invade the ranks
Of society. Monsieur e Marquis - died
ih.s morning.
We naturally l,urh a, tho terror Of the old
countess. who firm in her bclief,lr, her or.
der va. made Of dJHtrcn, s,uir from the mass
of the people, VAS almos, raralyzrd to End
,ba, nevertheless, j, could not escape from the
cbo,ci,. Bot a similar l.'lle observation
will convince us that a similar spirit of caste
exists even IN our own republic, though not
p-rhaps ia quite 50 cxiraucan, shape
There arc Americans who talk about "bcinC
I'm sccic,v." just as complaccuily as the most
arrogant aristocrat 10 the Fauburr 81 Ger.
maine. Nor D, ibis az. There are even ten
times ne rr,rv,u who without even hcirr MEM
h-rs rr our sc'fc1rs'iuicd exclusives, 1o a'I
iIey can practically Co rourIsh ,h-s feeling OF
social caste. OF intriguing to achieve a fnu,-
INC in wh1, they call society" The hauch-
~ airs Of ,hr fr.i, 80 Incompatible with tie
sprtofuur institutions, isccnyuuhlc enough
but the crjrc,rr scrilry Of the last, so
J.srracrul TO human nature itself is 4 thou
sand times worse.
Il is principally With the female sex that
this mania Taces. 4 young man wau.cs
a halfcjuc1,ei Girl. both being perhaps not
worth a thousand dollars. IN time, ran,
ly hy good luck, ard partly by good man
s-smcu,, the husband amasscs q fortu0c.
Vow 90 a, once. the VIE hitherto anxious
oaIy Cor money 60 bring up Ihcirch'jrca pro-
7erly. aaI 90 smooth their olJ age, begins lo
talk aJou, position. But instead of seeking
tIa, posnio1, hy culu,4liuE tie mind and
m7argrs. shs lh,-ks 20 obtain u by securing
admission .r,u ti.,or lha, set Of arbitrary ca
r'u..yrs. Tubc Invited io Mrs. Tlaum,ry's
b,r, urio have Mn. pre,,us.on oa Der ,.s,'-
.rt Il.l. IS Whist the jr'uicI woman believes
,o De- rriur- INFO society" VIVA, sights
,hr crJurrs, what mc1uuess she joscrnjs Co.,
what ta,r.cu-s she undertakes, l1 orlrr Co DC
aru those ends. She follows Nh, Pouphar
90 Newport. and takes a b,N a, ihs aPen De-.
bind Nr, Dash She puts her goodman iu
livery. hires O. Frcach nurse nr her children
1al purchase, pew At ine church u ihc
Row. VIZ. Cream Cheese. By arl hy she
rlurrs herself, that because she knows an
these s...y people. she Il, obtained 'p,s..
zion. " tat She has ''c1, into society" And
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