West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-06-11
LONDON soolerN
various Methods ot btstning Admission
90 Fashionable Circles

go Fashionable Circles.
This statu, can hc obtained hv any
man whatever who possesses a suit OF
evening clcthr, and fair amount of
manners. Such a one will have M
difficulty n getting ara invitation To an
ordinary dance In the loss fashionable
circles. Once there. hc must get intro
duccd To one or two of the matrons
present who stand highest on the So
cial ladder AMI. II possible. have ugly
daughters Ilc must dance. or pre-
tend To dance. assiduously with the
children, and take the mothers them
selves TO supper II ono of the latter
gives a dance herself. or is asked for
men : names hy friend. the aspirant
will not bc forgotten. and will get his
name down on a "li~t' lie has then
merely to continue this process rs he
rises I'm the world. with proper dcvo-
ton to leaving cards. calls. etc, and I'm
couple of years no ball or drum will
be inaccessible To him.
With women il is different Should
they bc neither fast, beautiful nor rich
they will find the steps of high life
hard to climb. Those who como under
this description will have no difficulty.
If they are i'm the first category, which
I'm spite of certain morbid writers, il
still rare. i'm Englapd,. they may get
taken up,by some noh lcman or great per
sonagc, when they will become fashion.
able IN "A particular set, and bc invited
To the "triSkN matrou' balls But the
august mothers of society will look
coldly on them, and they will pine i'm
vain for invitations To the old established
houses Beauty, if accompanied by SO
briefly, can gain admission to any
portal. II without membranes in
the shape of parents who wish to Ego
out. too, some energetic matron with
no daughters of a ball-going age will
run the new "bollc 80 If there TX an
ambitious papa or mamma, the process
Is more uncertain. The fair maiden
having been first seen ut "A place of
public entertainment some cntcrpris-
ing woman, observing a chance of
making her parties talked about, will
send the stranger a card of invitation.
mother and all. II She should be q
success an event impossible to pre-
dict, for the canon of beauty applied
10y society is varying and incNplicablc
complete without her, and rich and
great will tumble over each other boa
their civiltes to her Snowman OF
show-woman rs the case may be
The method 10y which the rich climb
the ladder can easily bc described. In
the first place, they must give "A ball
aud secure the patronage of some lady
within the charmed circle of the gyGjid
monte She will probably be not very
far within, perhaps the wife of Bar
onct or an Irish Peer. This patroncss
sends out the invitations with her own
compliments To all persons on her own
list, and to many who are not on. hut
who she thinks will come She cxtols.
morning, noon and night the integ-
rity of her prOtCgcS, and the splcndor5
of the coming entertainment She lets
her female friends know that the deco
ration of the front landing will cost
LOO, her male acquantanccs that
fl, 900 will be spent ON the supper.
The first attempt will very likely bc
partial failure. Few smart people
will appear, the guests will mccr at the
host instead of dancing with the
daughters. But they will see the from
landing, eat the supper and talk about
both aftcrward. Consequently when
IN short time second ball is an
nOunCcd, there Will bc rush for in
vitaiions; the donors will receive cards
from all quarters themselves, and may
bc considered henccforlh lin society. g
The process Us, however, an expensive
one, and IA, TO bc kept up 10 some cX-
tent annually lest the aspirants fall
from thcir high estate. Harpcr'S Mag-