Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-28
So society,",
TIE DREADFULLY MIXED DEFINITIONS GIVEN BY
THOSE WHO KNOW TO AN INQUIRIEG DEBU-


When say have only an aunt, have also q
father, godmothers, cousins, uncles, &C., but
Hitherto have Ved With S her In the connfrv
fattening on the richest of cream and freshest
OF butter and negotiating like our prize pigs. A
tournaments when there is never horse, nor a
knight, nor queen OF beauty to be seen, I can
not imagfne), an archery meeting and the hunt
men OF my acquaintance are limp, specialized
curateS or ambitious rural doctors who have
relations In London and are always expecting
about their sisters and ride bicycles; now we
are going to change all that. am going into
society and the dream Of my life is to be full
young men to mention Cecil Vivian. He is a
neighbor; his fathers covert joins ours; his
fathers house is bigger than ours; his grapes
and peaches always ripen earlier; and Cecil
himself Is very fond OF me. At least so he says,
not that | believe much what men say, for !
have read the Maximes de la Rochefocauld,'
believe In nothing. In fact TO believe In nth
ing is the proper thing, am told, Ia London:
oa sTpe snaaf forget for am rather Of
began to talk about society i thought It must be
persf u, for She used to say, GA, society won't
SAID that, one must not fly In the face Of So
Fistwick, who is quite the leader Of fashion in
Moistshire remarked, " Society, horrid lot OF
s. obs, my DEAR so then / knew it meant
number Of people; but papa, who is old fash
toned and a Tory, said pettishly, Society,
II ere's no society nowadays; don't exist-went
OUT out. with n the georges" l was more puzzled
put the question to him, What Is society-do
tell me 20 He scratched his head, looked out
OF Inc W n, cougned, then he said mysteri-
D %onde is ze ySu tne asm
my dear boy?" "Oh, never mind, you're only
glrl, you'll understand by and by Now, If
there Is anything in the world abhor 1t is mys-
terles: Ever since my nurse used to shut me
up In the cupboard While she talked secrets ;,
with the butler, have always had horror OF
them, and determined to inquire more. Our
preach In black gown and talk Il the Sab
bath, which believe is against the act of Par
Lament; 80 got him into a corner of the room
the next time he dIned and again propounded
dew?" "SOciety, my dear? Z" He took pinch
or sDul1. society is the yeritable Antichrist-
the world, the flesh, and the devil" Good gra-
cious! But now really think you must be mis-
taken, for aunt said society is dreadfully par
ticular, so you see it can't be anything to do
with the devil" Pretty Mrs sweeteyes,wh IS
SUCH favorite with men and whom all women
hate-I can't think why, for she has really love-
~ eyes-was sitting at the piano. l asked her
Running her be- ringed hands idly over the keys,
sue CALCULATED, "Society Is a monster" "We,I,
indeed said 1, 81 shall never get consistent
answer. Why Is 1t monster?S s.Oh, becau ,e
1t Is never satisfied till 1t has destroyed wo-
Thought deeply about all this and aid to
myself, "Eyjdently shall know nothing till /
have seen society, and go there WILL" 1t took
me SIX months OF tears, entreattes, sulks and
and papa to agree with her Old people can't
understand how dreadfully we long to get away
from our stupid old homes and see little OF life
however, here we are at last in London, and
now hurrah for society! mean to have my I'LL.
am going to dance, and dine. and drive and
amuse mys 81 morning till night and Mrs
sWeeteyes IS going to help me. am going TO
plunge headforemost into all that's going on,
and mean to master the extraordinary ques-
tion, what Is society? OF course thought the
very day we arrived, as Aunt Jane had written
10 al! her friends. we should have been mum
GATED with visits but nothing Of the sort. There
was was only one dirty little bit OF pasteboard which
mad been slipped into the post-box and that was
caro- from the Doctors wife. Indeed, as Aunt
Jane said, that was only mercenary for she
must nave hoped we should soon require her
husband 8 services: Our house is very comfor-
table and fashionably situated, for Mrs Sweet
eyes said no one would call on us il we lived in
f husseI square or Bloomsbury square or very
1ar down South Kensington. It seems only
aItlsts can anord 10 live In out OF the way
places, as they are always cratic and it Ia an
occupation srs TOT swells to drive out to see them
me sWells talk about 1t afterwards and It gives
tnem 1aVOr OF art. But Aunt Jane is neither
peeress nor an artist, SO society VIII tolerate
no deviation from the beaten track. We live In
oon DAY or Two before all the servants gave
warning. 1t was the fault OF the black beetles
ana me Deer-money they said, which they had
not been engaged for or accustomed to In the
country: Aunt Jane looked as black as the
beetles, but dragged her out to buy new BON
n9I ana tne SHOP woman paid her COMPLIMENTS
quite what fancied, it Is so black and dingy
and dull, and people all look bored and not a BIT
glad 10 see you; but Mrs. Sweeteyes says that
IL is only because am not the fashion and tn 1.
as soon as am that everybody will smile a nd
look delighted to see me and that shall have
more invitations than can accept. She says
tnat Ihe great thing Is for me to be noticed by
an exalted parsonage; but how is this to be
achieved, that Is the question? Mrs. Syeeteyes
says IL only requires 1mpudence, few friends
10 o. cry you up, the acquaintance of great
1or great many people start for the Beauty
s S and ony few ever win the great prize.
please scclety. have not yet decided which
shall be my line. OF course when once ha ye
ch0sen 1t shall have to stick to 1t, for society
so.eses any vagaIes as long as they are char
eyes. therefore think ought to 70 in for being
pd professional 2 beauty, which is very pleasant
Is reserved for married women, for husband
70 escort one and never be in the way is con-
s Iaa necessary appendage. Besides, Aunt
put in the shop windows, and what ia a nr q.
1ess1onal beauty without photographs? The
s soo nave an interest In crying you down If
besn 1nt ong IN as much money as the other
poor girl Is to 40 to get herself noticed In Lon
oon. am not clever enough to set up for be-
InS aitisIC: CANNOT paint even the most ana
tomlcally Incorrect monster as MANY OF INV
Irlends can, and don't know q word of the lar
gon, and I'm not bit OF Judge In blue and
white china and sea- green stuf1s. 1 think
mignt perhaps be fast, but I have never yet
lrled-one gets 80 little experience living among
curates ana quiet country people. II were only
srch, that Is the easiest way OF all OF being pop
ular and sought after; but, alas! my poor little
fortune OF c3,000 is all shall ever have. and
spend almost all that on my Dress However.
Tune Will show, and have lots OF pluck, good
health and good temper and under these cir
cumstances there Is no knowing what may
happen.-[LOnd0n Week.
Duck Hunting.
HOW PROUD SHOT PAID DEARLY FOR HIS SPORT
Some three or four years ago, says a western
exchange, the conductor OF a freight train ON
the Fort Wayne road, who was out with his
train, saw couple Of fine looking ducks on the
river near the track. He had shot gun In the
caDoose car, and stopping the train for few
ne tnought this was something to congratulate
himself on, and when he reached his home he
invited little party OF friends to partake or
the fruit OF his poweSs A couple OF DAYS after
this the conductor happened TO be stOpped Al
the place where the ducks had been shot. He
got out his gun and walked down to the river
with the Intention OF bagging a couple more.
II possible. He had scarcely reached the ed re
Of the river before man, who looked ike q
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