Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-28
LONDON SOCIETY.
Various Methods of Obtaining Admission
to Fashionable Circles

Various Methods of Obtaining ADMISSION
to Fashionable Circles.
This status can be obtained by any
man whatever who possesses suit OF
evening clothes and fair amount OF
manners Such one will have no
difficulty in getting an invitation to an
ordinary dance in the less fashionable
circles Once there, he must get intro
duced to one or two of the matrons
present who stand highest on the So
cial ladder. and, if possible, have ugly
daughters. He must dance, or pre-
tend to dance. assiduously with the
children. and take the mothers them
selves to supper. If one of the latter
gives dance herself, or is asked for
mems names by a friend, the aspirant
will not be forgotten, and will get his
name down on list" He has then
merely TO continue this process As he
rises in the world, with proper devO-
ton 10 leaving cards. calls. etc. and in
a couple of years no ball or drum will
be inaccessible to him.
With women il is different. Should
they be neither fast, beautiful nor rich
they will find the steps Of thigh life
hard to climb. Those who come under
this description will have no difficulty.
If they are III the first category. which,
in spite of certain morbid writers, is
still rare in England, they may gel
taken up by some nobleman or great per
sonage, when they will become fashion
able in particular set. and be invited
10 the '.frisky matron' balls But the
august mothers of society viii look
coldly on them. and they will pine in
vain for invitations tothe old established
houses. Beauty. if accompanied by so.
briefly, can gain admission to any
portal If without membranes in
the shape of parents who wish to go
out. too. some energetic matron with
no daughters of a ball-going age will
run the new belle" If there is an
ambitious papa or mamma, the process
is more uncertain. The fair maiden
having been first seen at Il place OF
public entertainment. some cntcrpris.
ing woman, observing chance OF
making her parties talked about. will
send the stranger card Of invitation,
mother and all II she should be a
success-an event impossible to pre-
dict. for the canon of beauty applied
by society is varying and inexplicable
no entertainment will be considered
complete without her. and rich and
great will tumble over each other in
their civilities To her Snowman OF
show-woman as the case may be.
The method by which the rich climb
the ladder can easily be described. In
the first place, they must give a ball
and secure the patronage of some lady
within the charmed circle of the grand
monde She will probably be not very
far within. perhaps the wife of a Bar
onet or an Irish Peer This patroness
sends out the Invitations with her own
compliments 10 all persons on her own
list. and to many who are not on, bu,
who she thinks will come. She eXtols.
morning, noon and night, the intcg-
rity of her protcqcS, and the splcndors
of the coming entertainment She lets
her female friends know that the deco
ration of the front landing will cost
200. her male acquaintance that
1000 will Toe spent on the supper.
The first attempt will very likely be
u partial failure. Few smart people
will appear. the guests will sncer at the
host instead of dancing with the
daughters. But they will see the from,
landing. eat the supper and talk about
both afterward. Consequently when
in a short time a second ball is an
nounced. there will he rush for in,
vitations; the donors will receive card.
from all quarters themselves. and may
bc considered henceforth lin society.
The process Is, however, an expensive
one, and has 10 be kept up TO some ex.
tent annually. lest the aspirants fal
from their high estate. Hdrpcr's Mug