Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-13
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
t,s Present rocr state Of Organization IN
Our City.

! \ GAZETTE feuueV uU9 WV" 80
viewing . number of the youhg gen1
tlemen of Fort Worth WIN view y,
finding out the cause oi the aPn.n,.,m
state OF society in this city Na, ,,tois
e,',,,aJ suiiirjent TO the ohservant
mind There is no concealing the fact
TINT we dwell In the midst OF but lew
social enioyments, and that many
vo,rnp persons, no matter what thclr
Qualifications may be, are as enurcly
sbut ont from social intercourse WIN
what might Ice termed the social world
of Fort Worth as though hidden be
hind prison bars. In the course OF ms
Investigations your correspondent met
one young man who SAID he han no
ticed that the ,ung people of tins cltN
ore formed into cliqucs, and that these
clinues were hemned in by u selllsh
circle. through which it was next to
imnossible 10 enter. He stated that
when he frs, came to the city 1t was
then struggling for existence ana that
nfter n time he became a member OF
social club which avowed its object 10
be the exclusion of all save II favored
few and for this reason he eventually
left IL.
A number of gentlemen, now old
inhabitants of the city, SAID they hnu
given NJ social pleasures, so lar us the
opposite sex were concerned, because
thew found ON attending one or two
social gatherings they were treated
with undue GOODNESS by those from
whom they expected more courtesy
one said he was so unfortunate rs 10
attend social gathering soon aiter
his arrival in the city and was com
I - .gt
his back TO the wall, and watch others
enjoy themselves, who seemed 10 be
10th to introduce him generally to the
ladies and when he did secure an in
PRODUCTION. the lady's card was sure 10
be full. He never attended another.
/ At the dancing parties the ladies
: knew Just who they would dance with
and if poor, luckless stranger,
through chance, had stepped over the
circle he was like Il ghost at the ban
quet. This is radically wrong and
should he remedied. Nothing inn
: proves city, town, or country more
, than the refinement of its social sys-
{ tenn; and it is great inducement to
4 hold out to the better and higher
Y classes of emigration II pleasant, agree
4 able and refined social Intercourse be-
n tween the inhabitants OF city.
/ There is room for improvement and
$ development of social ties in this city
k and the young folks should devise
n means to make their home rs pleasant
{ as our neighboring cities in this respect
# Numbers of young men leave the city
J. on Saturday night and Sunday to seek
l. that social enjoyment in Suburban
l. towns which is denied them in theil
d own city. Why is this so? Why can
If not they find social enjoyment here
These questions were put to several
and invariably the answer was tina
they could not enter the charmed circl
surrounding the chques, and their low
for society carried them To more con
~ genial places.
u. How many beautiful girls one en-
VI see in this city! Their faces peep n
~ you from every block in Fort Worth
~ but no one has the privilege OF know
~ ing them except those who belong I
u the narrow circle in which they move
" They are showed In and surrounds
u by u wall of ice which finds its con
= genling power in the apathetic IN
difference of the clique to which the
o. belong. Look over the social column
v, of each Sundays edition OF your pape
- and see how the neighDOring cities am
~ towns are enjoying themselves, an
~ then think of the social world in OH
M own midst. Here we are, far advance
~, in the season and not one event Ina
III occurred which could be called u Sc
ne ciety gathering. No doubt the III
~ merous entertainments given With
al the charmed portals of the gilded eli
Gle have proven very enjoyable Affair
60 the favored few whose prescnt
graced the occasion, but the great mi
jority have stood affair and merel
3 looked ON. There should always be
line of dcmarlSation, but so long as W
remain Ms we are, our sOci
world Will be the butt of rid
9" culc to intelligent new conner
How do many young men of cultu
and refinement spend the weary hou
10 which intrude upon them? Where ,
ell they spend their time when not
ne work? echo answers whereof III
nd press Club you gentlemen of Il
m in its infancy and is the only social q
ne gauzaton which has sprung into G
m istence this season.
his The L'Ailegro club which once W
ne II brilliant organization seems to ha-
ad been frozen out, and in fact there is
TO indication on the social horizon of Il
OF breaking away of the clouds whit
en darken the social skies of our cit
A. The surest way to build up society
les IN the interchange of thought betwe,
ear the better elements of communit
ny, One of the first questions asked
nd, strangers in this city Is How Is yo
al, society here?n and such IA questi
'rs, always receives an apologize answ,
or In building up society we tear doy
the vice, and in tearing down vice we u
he vance TO II higher civlizatlo
me Thoughtful persons cannot fail to s
his the force of these ideas which {
ma writer found in his search for the +,
by son of the deplorable state of our soc
ow system. Wherein lies the remedy?
ne n question 10 be answered 10y socie
led itself, but thorough organization
Der those who do not enjoy the comforts
he social Intercourse would soon devel
\ a the means of solving this problem.
ms a social club conducted on the prol
UNI principles has the same weight In {
IN social world that political clubs have
the the arena of politics, and its iniluen
an, IL seen and felt. A friendly rival
req between different organizations of Il
ich kind will do more for the social int