Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-11-10
SHE LAcns DISCRETION,
How washington WON an Injured
d. Herself a@d Her Friends.

How a Washington WON an injured
Herself a@f Her Friends.
A lady who = now dwelling IL
Washington. a. = she has been foI
the last three OF four years, in one OF
the finest houses of the city. who has
40 end of moneI. and all that sort OF
thing, is a serious trouble. says s
Washington correspondent and feels
that the social season for her has been
failure. She was not blessed with
the gift of discretion. and the outre
things she has said and done have been
the town talk ever since she made her
appearance in Washington. The trou.
BILE this time came from an attempt to
separate the sheep from the goats. as
it were. in social way. This lady
who always has entertained elegantly,
and desired to do so more than ever
this W inter-, issued invitations for three
teas which were intended to introduce
her lovely young daughter to society
To the first tea all the creme de la
creme were asked and went. To the
second tea another company. a de.
gree lower in cast, as is understood in
Washington. were invited, and to the
third all the rest were told to come
like poor relations.
1t does not seem TO have occurred to
the hostess that hor friends might not
ike to be classified in this way but
the discrimination would not have
been so conspicuous # the lady herself
had not gwen it away" To a par
ticular friend who was not in town
when the first tea was given.
she sent an invitation to the second,
and expla ned that she was sorry
because he could not meet our
best set" The little remark was inno-
Gently repeated as Characteristic of
lady who often said foolish things, and
then was malciousIy circulated, as
such remarks often are. 1t was over
the whole town in 4 week. Those who
attended the second ten didn't like it
uny too well, but the third were howl
ing mad, and not more than q dozen
came. although hundred or more
were expected and prov ded for. PEG
pie then began to ask their acquain-
tances f they belonged to Mrs. So-and-
Sos first, second or third set Those
who were asked to the first set enjoyed
it, but the others didn't see the joke.
Finally the lady learned the cause of
the small attendance at her third en-
tertainment and felt very bad about
{, for she is too good-humored to in
tent oualIy offend any one Then she
set about to contrive some way Of re-
trievng the error, but instead of get
ting out fell still deeper INTO the mjre.
a charity ball was given with tickets
at two dollars heal She purchased
TWO hundred of these tickets and sent
them, with her compliments, to all who
had rece we'd invi atoms to the third
tea 1t was kindly intended, but had
Tr-rai,s2t opposite to tnot DIES red. for
those who rgue-ge4 he compliments
felt more like poor relations than ever.
Some threw the tickets into the fire;
others returned them to the lady with
indignant or sarcastic notes, saying
that while they were not so rich as she
the, were still able to pay their way TO
an, entertainment they wanted TO at
tend, aud were not accepting charity.
Aud at the ball it was common joke
for the guests to ask one another if
they came in on Mrs. So-and-so's
ahaTity tickets.