The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-13
SHE LACKS DISCRETION.
How . Washington Woman Injured Her-
self and Her Friends.

How = Washington Woman Injured Her
self and Her Friends.
lady who is now dwelling in Washing
ton. as she has been for the last three or
four wears. in one of the incst houses OF
the city. who has no end of money, and all
that sort of thing, is in serious trouble,
says q Washington correspondent, and feels
that the social season for her has been o
failure. She was not blessed with the gift
of discretion. and the Outre things she a
said and done have been the town talk ever
since she made her appearance In Wash
ington. The trouble this time came from an
attempt to separate the sheep from the
goats, as il were, in a social way. This lady.
who always has entertained elegantly. and
desired To do SO more than ever this winter,
issued invitations for three teas, which
were intended to introduce her lovely young
daughter to society. To the first tea all the
creme dc Ia creme were asked and went.
To the second tea another company. a de-
gree lower in cast, as caste is understood
in Washington. were invited, and to the
third all the rest were told to come like poor
relations.
1t does not seem 10 have occurred to the
hostess that her friends might not like 10
be classified in this way, but the discrinN
nation would not have been so conspicuous
if the lady herself had not ''given 1t away"
Toa particular friend who was not III town
when the first tea was given, she sent an
invitation to the second, and explained that
she was sorry because he "Could not meet
our best set" The little rcnark was mno-
Gently repeated as characteristic OF a lady
who often aid foolish things. and then was
maliciously circulated, as such remarks
| often are. It was over the whole town IN u
| week. Those who attended the second tea
didn't like il any to well. but the third lot
| were bowling mad, and not more than .
| dozen came. although hundred or moro
were expected and provided for. People
| then began TO ask their acquaintance II
| they belonged to Mrs. SO-and-SO's 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 entertainment,
and felt very bad about IL. for she Is too
gcod-huInorcd to Intentionally offend any
one. Then she set about to contrivc some
way Of retrieving the error, but instead OF
getting out fell still deeper into the mirc.
A charity ball was given with tickets at
two dollars q head. She purchased two
hundred of these tickets and sent them, with
her compliments. 10 all who had received
invitations to the third tea. II Uas kindly
intended, but had az effect opposite to thai
desired, for those who r~eceived the compli-
ments felt more like poor relations than ever
Some threw the tickets into the fire: others
returned them to the lady with indignant OF
sarcastic notes, saying that while they were
no: so rich as she they we're still able &c
pay their way to any entertainment the!
wanted to attend, and were not accepting
charity. And 1T the bal! i Va, = coLliIo,
joke for the gsest nc Z
they came III On -. "-'.t-s"t e.. y
tickets.