The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-16
DANCING MUSIC
How n 4 Obtained a, Parties In
New York.
A MnsIelAn's Story Of Peculiar
Profession.
How the Rich Treat the Players

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son,sNnat worn face bat "a agreeable ana
u1psisntly curing fmilc hnhNrfei lhe
renorier's ring al che door NJ = small u Iufn
N Harlem recently sue led The WAY lh'o
uler,of furnished e1fh hnrse hAlf ous'fi
aud sofa, iuFruu carpet, anu ehcsp pl,uH
Il M dropped uFonYuict'IN upon lhr fl'nl
Is badger piano. She tAid pleasantly y
~ atyrr Do The papers Tor engage
.nents TO uIrr nL parties because u."fv ~
fnofs MONEY tn % iuth ih tF.tAlHf'
knoW A. H thF general impft.
,lon tina 'l' t..'.'' a 'H.,'
.isss looktd dow upon .I paftN, hut my
experience ha. iust been 90 the contrary
si'h one % tau crpulIr. A. fhtn lh''I-
y,is neopl. u.hI arr ip the best society ala
i've ON fth avenue tvuu 'r me, ~ ln ueu'
.lly on tue tpur 90 enc m iutht' Whel lnef
vsut to rst uph l'iH hhptom u u.',.'
o,otber ucrt -Ious they always have three
a., iour pi.c-s. l. is AMEN play Tor tkesr
n.opIr tn.t / ierl my position most kntn.y.
irhs, and a. Gao iir me n they ore Va hur-
Nv anu pas me Literally, but u n The hard
- money 'p earn In the world; Tor they
irest me rom the moment enter the
nous. mail | laavs exactly ~ they treat
.h,ir servants They never for moment
l0Ok al YOU IN any other light Than ~ a
.nenial.n
"Cudtiish tisiocracy u
81 suppose si, and yet all the wealthy So
cety reope net that way. | shall never
forget the tirst lime Mr.. --- mentioning
me name OF psomiHent resident OF FUty'
seventh sire j sent for me. ! hgi been
teaching little girls and bows TO play the
uianp Tor wears, and had gradually driited
INTO PLAYING fOr dancing. l had been AZ j;
for three or ur months, when one night n
coach drove up 90 the door and the io'iman
m livery asked for me H. was about 9
o'clock | went down stairs, aud he toli
me his master had sent for me TO play for
SONS people~ who happened
In after dinner. hurried on my things
aud got into the coHch, !
was AFRAID the iootman would
get In too. | vas aid OF him, ne looked 80
much like a uniice IAN. lie lit small
pipe and got upon the box. IL was just be-
.Inniug 10 sn,s, and the carriage was de-
lightiul eud COW. | began 20 thiuk that
PLAYING Tor daucing was very delightful
sltsrall. When We got TO the mouse was
a bit surprised 10 be Stakun In at the base
ment door Then the iOOtman told great
hig fnt butler who | was, aud the butler
called me young wOman,' and asked me %
follow him up stars. | began 10 feel
wretched, Then | vas taken Into the small
music room adjoining the parlors ana told
- play n waltz | had only caught a
glimpse Of about dozen beauuiully
dressed people who weri chatting in the
parlors. mad never seen anything so
Gorgeous in my lite IL seemed like fairy
md bat felt aylully sad.
al played a waltz, and had stopped Tor q
minute when the host stumped into the
room and said played TOO fast. lie the
ordered me 10 plsy aquadrille. let hk'
CRYING, his manners were so rude. Alter l
rad played little while lonPer one OF The
daughters OF the house found fault with my
elections. One would have thought IL
near her talk that / was a kitchen maid.
couldn't understand how aly one 80 beau
tifu and 80 richly dressed could be so
cruel
AFTER awhile they went down to supper.
waited an hour. They sent the footman
up stairs IN watch me while waited. Then
they came back and danced some more. Az
nall pa-t II the butler came and said could
90, He had "A silver salver, Oh which was a
crumpled 80 bill. He gave me this, and
said his M ister considered 10 sufficient, as /
had not ms till late. Then he showed me
out the basement door. He was very kind,
and offered TO get me an extra shawl from
the cook, as IL was showing very nara, ou'
| rush ed ont, crying like goote. l had to
walk all the way 90 Third avenue in snow
that was ankle deep IN order TO get the
care | didn't yet asleep TIL morning, ana
suffered toe weeks from the cold. l never
went again 10 that house, though I've been
TO many similar ones. The servants are
better bred than the master'."
,"Where is il most agreeable to play7'
ala the houses Of plain, everyday people
There are 30 nicer people I'm the world than
those who form what the English would
call the middle class Of New York. New
York Sun.