New-York tribune., 1885-03-29

simply barbaric Ii is amazInH WILL, Will nv 80 al
"S'SS "SGoIns to dance tonight r. he SAID to me- Que
evening. at a ball given by the MarcniesS III 'n'H
| charming Madison Avenue mansion. u.h
al lead the german" 1 said sombrey' ""i'h
Miss Ada Marchley" srbsw
aShant dance. myself" returned niS n'pH'"'
"No. Don't like the gang"
| "The whatr faltered, dubousy. ,o,,.
"Gang. Beastly crowd here. These people G dGn nr
Stand. hate the SO pnshers. Sorry came"
@Td 60 then BTadGra en- fa,% SsTe They've got all
the men. But who cares for hemf No gIrls Have
some winof7 aNoy
/ said. He stretched out hand toward cnan''
| pagno- bottle as moved away IRON NM A. ,.s,o0
But he never daes to adopt bs STYLE wsn d nsar
him in a great crush at the Yorkvilles'. had an
opportunity of observing. then what styie ne aoeS e.
dare to adopt with ladies. am not sure that !. S Is,
after ALL much less cxccrable than the demeanor ho
| assumes toward those of his own sex. ~,
| lie had paused before that pretty. Madonna-like
suppose that hard faced blackeyed mother OF hers
| has long ago told her how many thousands year
my nephew will have when ny sister S oiT des, .,v
| Then came poor little EthePs voice. "oh, MT
a.Do-realy. Rather becoming though f0r you
Ethel. whose BRAN is not MASSIVE. here gave
sweet tfiil OF laughter "Thats great deal nicer
|
aWill YOU talk the german with meP now asked
ai~f can't" hestated Ethel. who, as l am
certain loves dancing, like the dear Ittle ouoyaht
dSbuiante that shois / Pm engaged
SWho to q inquired Bradford. His grammar is
w &Mr NJ ny Georry Woshawken." answered Ethel
'''t aoh. drop him., said my nephew.
al cant possibly What do you mean' Mr'
aajirr drop him" persisted Bradford glacallv.,
He's sent me this bouquet Look ish't It lovely
Violets Pm so fond of vioets, too. The idea OF
your asking such thing, Why, it's quite dreadful.
| What could say to Mr. Weehawkenf
an tell you what to say" ,,-
| yersation with Miss Van Buskirk. Ihey moved OH
together, Immediately aterward arni-in- arm. Lnt
Ethel did not dance the german that night, Most
phrase goes. with my nephew. 49,
He is totally without any sense of the hospitality
| anywhere bestowed upon him. When he enters
honse of entertainment 1t Is ALWAYS with the AFRO
CANT understanding that ho coniors favor by his
presence there Every sip OF WINE that ne Gonue e.
scends to take means in his estimation. KIND oil
careless compliment paid his host Or hostess. Ihey
have invited him; that he has degned to notice the
invitation by his agGepnee rs IN ssg m recnS
milton of deU0ir. of gentlemanly allegiance ahd
submissive suavity, is as foreign to hls nature as
pllancy would be to an oaken stan iht merely
pleasure seeking element in New-fork society IS
condemned to-day by sensible people more severely
than ever before | think that sneh members OF
unblessed with single trait of the sweet aud manly
duteousness which MAKES all worthy intercourse
between the sexes oioom anu 'hri'e po'e"'
He has no recognition, appreciation, of any
inherent natural excellence IN woman mol long
IL see that Miss Jersey yheight is going to be quite
o belle"
very handsome, and has most charming disposi-
aI hear she'll have million some day." he said
rehectively. Is 1t true "
Possibly" replied.
"That explains it,"
And " that" with my nephew, explains countless
things. No one IN his creed Is genuine. Ho takes
all falsity and insincorty for granted His Dess,m
ism is something positive and secure as an lce-
peak in the Arctic All the " lsdom OF all the
sages since Plato could not shake it. Ii 20 the
universe for him. You could not surprise hun by
any deed of treachery or meanness or arrant selfish,
ness and you could not convince hin that any deed
of worth and nobility was purely genuine anc
Gisinterested. .
In either male or female. stirs nothing except his
dsdan TO be old, in his code is to be more or less
ridiculous "Whos giving this party, anyhow
he murmured to me the other night at certain
Is possible ypu haye not yet been presented to
aNo. | looked about when l came in, but the
only person ! saw who might be Mrs Rocsaway
was thin old woman III blue standing all alone.
] do so hate old women, you know But TO have 10
talk with one till somebody else comes NJ and
relieves you-thats SIMPLY damnable."
one last night Mt the Etfnghams', Bradfordf' l
could not help syy questioning oa r.,uro Than
he shook his head "No I'll bet you ddnt!' lie
asserted roundly. But then he underwent sudden
change of expression. "oh," he said again. Il
You see-I was right / reminded him.
"Of course you were" he conceded, with intter
of the eyelids and a slight backward motion of the
| head 6That was a bowling old swell, though
there's lot of difference between an old woman
| like Lady Tenniscourt and good many, others.
know kno her SON Jack when was at Harrow, and
| once STAYED with him at her house In Surrey.
She's on her way to visit another son out in Man
toba or Cheyenne or somewhere; tn ts why she's
| here now, you know. Her husbands the eighth
or ninth Earl: they're really dreadful swells over
al perceive" said with tones that were no
| doubt curt and a look that was rather hard why
YOU condescended to make an old lady. IN this one
exceOtiona case tho pient of yOnr pollteness.'
dare say he had no idea that meant T. dcal him
a thrust He certainly regarded me as if he had no
such idea. II would have to be fierce thrnst
indeed that would disjoint a single hinge IN that
panopy he Its plates are all OF solid self
esteem. and they are rveted together with
assurance.
souls and high moral standards get what is best ont
| of life. | should have liked the great Emerson TO
Very possibly he would have said some brilliant,
| WISE phllosophic thing il he had been called npOn
TO give an estimate of Bradford's true relations
| toward society and the place that be really holds
among his fellows Bnt Bradford. who would
doubtless not have understood the apOt hegm
il be had heard it, would have gone in his
precisely the If he is to be pitcd. he is
ioftily ignorant of It, He may be mote IN a sun
| BEAM but he has got INTO particularly warm snn-
| beam neverthcess and he has no consciousness
whatever of being ANYTHING so small as mote.
| Profoundly selfish and rather proud than ignorant
| of his seliishness sh0hd like to learn IN what
| respect my nephew is not more happy than many
| very many-virtuOus. generous. self-sacrihcing
| mon AS watch him, favored and even prtted ot
| fortune, with his worst faults easily condOned.
| with his mnutest atoms of goodness charitably
| magnified with the world eager TO bend upon hm
| its most indulgcnt smile. with conscience
| pellucid and hinty glass. with heart rs calm
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