, 1872-11-06
Mr. Robinson.
A1r. TodGle Tonpkins.
At home,
Monday, June u.


oe e Dancing.
for he secs a1rayed on the benches around
tie room phalan1 Of those mammals who are
oiways ready to so to balls, but never give them.
There are certain class OF men in London
4ociety who are applied to by bal-giving ladies
for dancing men, just as they would send
to Gunter's for walters. To these men
the ballroom seems the natural arena.
They save ball-givers world Of trouble;
and as some Of them are needy younger
cons, it seems q pity that they can't spter into
contract to do the whole thing and be paid for it,
Their reward lies in being deferred to and in ex-
erclsing sort Of patronage amongst the aspir-
ants: to fashionable balls. There are two or
three men who are supreme in these respects,
md could young fellow Invitations to almost
any ball he wished to go to.
Many people pass the night going from ball to
ea yo{ gogh to L:aX ta
t5h, dreadful 1: crowd" wa " Dear ar ne! n I I
wish wish ! could could ), get qt1 ,, going, bqt sup
::perhaps it will be better in an hour, for 1
on here" Now, why need this little lady victim
ize herself BY going to Lady Rumbleton's? Be-
cause she is "a sTen," and Lady Rumbleton is
also 3 swell, and will be exceedingly hutfy if she
pass hot summer nights in frantic struggles up
Stairs and down STARS IN half-a-dozen houses is
q ghastly burleseus on pleasure, and many feel
it to be SO; but What can We do?' they would
plead *'Somebod7 must take the girls OUT
So these maternal martyrs so brarely struggling
On, season after season, sometimes sadly re-
Quilted by destitute sons-in-law and wall-dower
daughters.
Nothing in London :: draws so effectunlly in
society as magnificent house. Given lmmenee
and splendid rooms, and their posees5or wall,
t:get into society," ii half the timo. But then
the house must be something quite out Of the
common Balls in such abodes are sought after
with the utmost avidhy, and. indeed, they are
heritor Of vast accumulated wealth, has built
palace in Park lane which ia simply magnificent.
4 man Of great taste, as we'll as OF
great wealth. combination which every
one. walks down Fifth avenue in New
York can attest is not by any means
alvays found-he h.s made Dorches-
ter House model fer q princely man
sion. 4 bali there or at Stafford House is, with
out exaggeration, one Of tie nnest sights OF the
kind in the world. Unfortunately, many Of the
owners Of the grandseigaeur mansions entertain
very little, and every year the disparity between
the size Of ordinary houses and the number Of
guests they are required to hold becomes more
evident.
tions Of the season, and its MOST agreeable fea-
tnres in the eyes of all reas1hab1e people.
Young unmarried ladies are comparatively sell
dom invited, the proportion Of these charmers
being snail as compared with She matrons.
OF course there ara dinner parties and
dinner Parties-some comparatively dull
some delightful. Popular guests arc often IN
vitad a month beforehand It is no easy task
to get together all tas right people. and it is
Only by so doing that yoa can expect to make Fou.
dinners exceptionally good. The great dinner
giye1 in London to-day is
LADT WORDSWORTH,
widow Of the late Si- William, formerly Secreta-
r. OF the Colonies. This la5's career is curious.
OF huu.21e origin. she vas educated at the Lon
don Academy Of Music for the musical pro-
fession, and sang at private parties at Rome.
There she married rich, elderly man, of good
properly and family. Mr.. Temple West. He
died and left her 8 good income, and
So tLen married Sir William. Molesworth.
was man Of distinguished ability,
t shy and retiring, and, it is generally thought,
w.uld never, but for his stirring, ambitious wife,
have become . Cabinet Minister. At his death
lie left her q ife-interest in the whole ofhis
property worth 1000 q year. By sheer fdrce
of character she has pushed her way to the high
est pinnacle Of fashionable life, and people who
fifteen years ago would have turned up their
noses at her are thankful to be asked to her par
ties.
But those who aspire to the heights OF fashion
should bear well in mind thependant to RaleigEs
lines:
~ Fain would climb,
But th1t fear to fail.