The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-17
NUMBER 42.

'dono" at full length inmarble, as Venu,
ses.
The conversation in good society is occa-
sionally rather commonplace, and the wealth
er or the parties of yesterday and to.day
form the principal topics of polite small
talk A fresh subject of interest, therefore.
In a world where there is apparently SO lit.
tie that is interesting must necessarily be n
boon. Formerly, such observations as
"What crowd there was at Lady AS last
nigh" and II am afraid it ia going to rain"
brought the average fashionable man pretty
nearly to the end of his conversational teth-
er; but now the remark that "NIrs. b. is
looking very we'll this morning" increases
his resources 80 per cent. The approach
IN the park of one of the beauties attracts
an attention which used to be accorded to
royalty only, and the privilege of being uu-
blushlngl ly stared at is no longer confined to
the blood royal. Professional beauties have
a class of journal specially devoted to their
glorlhcation. Here their sayings and do
lngs are faithfully chroniced. Occasion
ally long article is devoted to descriu-
non OF their charms, and they generally
monopolizc prominent paragraphs. No de-
scrlption OF race meeting in any newspa.
per Is complete without the description of
the dresses worn by the professional beau
ties, and bazaar or fancy fair is unnoticcd
unless they are present. For time our
ing the late London season, the savings and
dolngs OF the celebrated French actress who
was received with so much enthusiasm bv
the once straitlaced English, threatened to
obscure our national beauties. Columns of
the so-called "society journals" were de.
voted to her, in which she was briefly des.
cribed as "she." But "she" has now left
our shores, and the erring devotecs have
returned to worship at the shrines of the
beauties. The appearance of the goddesses
Is again chronicled with the same accuracy
as the price of consols or the rainfall, and
their proceedings and whereabouts are moro
faithfully recounted than those of the reign.
ing sovereign herself Writers in the fash.
lonable Journals seem to attach more impor.
tance to the blowing of the nose of pro-
fesslonal beauty than to general engage
mont at the Cape.
Old-fashioned people marvel much at the
homage paid to the professional beauties
In society. If one of them stays at the
house of lion hunting old peer She is TAX
en- in to dinner by her host, in preced snce
OF ladies of far superior rank der wishes
are law as to the arrangements and amusc-
ments OF the whole party, and eyery.
thing is mado subservient to her whims.
She generally has little court of ladies'
and gentlemen in waiting, and if you in.
vlte her to your house you must ask some
OF these to meet her or she will be bored
and sulky. When you have succeeded in
persuading beauty to stay with you, YOU
must of course be prepared to take the con-
sequences. Her will must be yours. You
will be lucky if her favorite amusement is
simply to pose herself in graceful attitudes
and look beautiful. IF less interesting, the
statuesque beauty is far preferable, rs
guest, to the lively beauty. The latter,
when in playful humor, is apt to become
overpowering. She exhibits her light
heartedness by crammiDg pieces of ice in.
side gentlemen's shirt collars, and by throw
ing glassful of champagne at an admirer
on the opposite side of the table. She
hurls peaches, which have cost ycu a sbil.
ling apiece, at the heads of her friends,
scrambles with her neighbor at the table.
and breaks one of your best desser. plates.
But you must not mind this is merely the
little fee of the great professional. She
proposes ride, and astonishes the inhabi.
tants of your well conducted and quiet viii
lage by riding one of your horses through
it at full gallop, accompanied by her court,
whom she compels to ride at the same pace.
She volunteers to drive your pheton or
four in hand, and will think it good ioke
to drive into somebody or something, and
if she smashes your carriage it is all done
in fun, and she expresses herself as So
thankful that "nobody was hurt" When
you are sitting with your men friends after
dinner, you will probably congratulate your
self upon your temporary respite from the
pleasantries of your pretty guest, but per.
haps you would scarcely feel so satisfied if
you were aware that she was at that mo-.
ment engaged in paying private visits to-
the rooms of each Of your male visitors,
making an apple pie bed for one, pomading
the sponge Of another, sewing up the night
shirt of a third, peppering the pillows Of a
fourth, and so on. 1t will probably end in
your having to apologize for her conduct
to at least one of your guests in the morn
ing, and when the party is dispersed you
will most likely register vow that what.
ever lions or lionesses you may pursue for
the future, you will never take home anoth-
er professional beauty 1t were better even