The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-01

and phases of refined life. bat in the
mere sensual bagateIle-ism that eonsh-
tutes It's demoralizing feature, For In
stance We are bold m the ODs+t gossip,
that
+On wednesday evening, party Of
ladies and gentlemen, representing the
elite Of the city, attended WALKERS,
and occupied all the stage boxes AZ
the conclusion Of the performances, tia
company. adionrped to De1montcOs,
corner Of Firth Avenue and FouTteenLh
street, where q most ma Eni6eent sup
per Was served. Amer time spent In
ths tlEsast of reason and hoH.of soul y
they again adj ouTned t0Ghe ballroom
mp stairs, where they danced until the
small hours Of morning. The music
was superb, being furnished by band
OF twenty pieces This strictly novel
and unique entertainment was gotten
by Mrs. Wagsta6 Craig, of this city,
who has recently returned from
Europe
Such paragraphs a. the above are
supposed 70 be mora or less intensely
Interesting TO the country. And they
are in a certain sense. Hundreds Of
giddy heads take their notions as to
what Il "eFite'' from such an endorse
ment- They SCI the same appreciation
upon the incident that the respectable
neUs-mongea Of the Journal apparent
I ly attach to It, and their conceptions OF
desirable and pleasurabIe society are
largely Influenced If not wholly mould
ed by such beau Ideals. They never
think Of asking themselves As TO What
society would ultimately resolve
itself into, were 1t founded on that sort
of elite-lsm that eats midnight suppers
al Delmouico's and dances TIL day break
In one Of his halls, then goes home and
sleeps until time for toilet the next
evening. Such a mode Of existence be-
comes the end and ann Of many fish
iouabIe aspirants. The grand purpose Of
their lives Is comprehended in an effort
to smzss means enough to bring mp
their children after such pattern.
Their ideas are perverted by reading the
rounded sentences that record the daz-
cling performances Of mere moneyed
aristocracy, and almost uneonsciousIy
to themselves such announcements as
the following come 10 be the very meat
and drink OF their existenee=
''On Thursday afternoon and evening
Mrs.. Lathrop gave large and very
fashionable reception, with the Ger
man, 70 Introduce her daughter-in-laW,
Mrs. Thomas Lathrop, nee Miss Elise
Bruno, Of Columbia, South Carolina,
into New York sOeiety.-On the same
evening, the Misses HiIger gave a re-
caption, with dancing, and Mrs. H,
Twenty-third street, gave a converse
tion sOiTee.-The lovely and accom-
plished daughter OF General Duryea
gave a small German to a few Of the
elite, on Wednesday evening. the I'd.
Ar. Fred. IathTOp led and Introduced
some new and beautiful figures
Does anybody suppose that II con-
tributes 70 the qualification ofreaIIy re-
lined people 70 see their entertainments
announced in the public prints1 or
would any young man not essentially
vulgar in his tastes care to be heralded
to the world IN the role assigned to Mr..
Fred. Lathrop? There is something
excessively and rspulsively shoddy in
all such doinEs on the part of all con-
cerped, not excepting the Journalistic
feature, and people: who found their
ideas OF correct society and their aspi.
ratIons after position on such examples,
are sorely in need of the attentions
Of sober and sensible friends They
have vet TO learn the alphabet of that
important education that, as the sum
Of all human wisdom, teaches US that
the happiness of life consists wholly in
its nationality. and that all solid enjoy
ment lies in the avoidance, and not in
the indulgence ofths habi commend
ed to the world in the fashionable coll
umns OF the Home Journal