The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-17

lNN. certainty
ln~are yon that there exists IN America
fe.al ~luctuari~ iuto whl,hn is more Diff
cutie rsacuatc tlan into ,Ac most exclusive
ran4ous of tAe lauhours sautGernain or
O. Mayfair and Beirfa,il
Tlcrcarc 90 phllai. ipaia, ia Beacon strcot.
I..,on. ODD Washington square north sidn,
-ea York. iu Virginia. 30 Canal street fright
ai..N Sow Orleans. Amcliraa,wa look upon
common m.ria. with much more pity oad
contempt ..an tle Moa.uoren'5s os France
% tho ll.u..' D. "a l...anl
Th, Americans rag having any King 70
ci,. t.ru tfi. ~ nobility. have created an
nr.-o.racr f.r Themselves This ori,tocracy
ia1.'- as see no ll.a~ morql.s1s. caris or
Iaron,. Dat fhe blne l.o'i i- tl0fc. DO appears
Dutch blood asa rlis-and tlat /, sufficient
Wbru O European nohlcnan orr m the
States. .ho Amerlaau aiistocr,cy leave cl.
uo,a hm 900 tlo Aoioi whore Doe has oi.ghtoi
Ile may pcrlaps be- personally known 90 none,
Dot an noblltics arc kindred everywhere, it
IS an oct uf i"ntornationa courtesy, as 10 were.
The European u%ob.cman, who often goes 20
America ior o lowered wife. * much Obliged
o. them. and returns al the visits paid lIm
a Ncw York lady, who is quite an author
ir upon such matters. to.l mo one day that
society in Sew Yors was composed of olly
fcm hundred persons Outsidct this company
of oect ell lhl-.nea
Money 0g celebrity may allow You % enior
into tMs charmed circle, but y0u wll never
b.lourfoit You win be in IL, but not Of IT,
Ta. lads m question entered also into very
minute details on tho subject Of what She
crlol the difference between society people
asi p,orlo in society but. IN spite of AN
Der explanations. / confess / did not seize jhe
delicate uaances shc tried 20 convey An ]
clearly understood was that the aristocracy
20 trth exists in America, not only in The
hnln- Of those who form part OF 30. bat aiao
500 ODE eyes 81 thc.r conpatrlots
The desire 10 establish an aristocracy of
-.lo sort $50. bound o. haunt tho breast Of
fl. Americans. 10 was the only thing that
their dollars seemed unable % procure Them
The second aristocracy is tho aristocracv of
money. pu,ocracy TO belong o. This itis
n0f efficient io be O mi.lonairc-you must. /
Du told. belong 10 q third generation Of mill
500. ines OBJ such ago tho Asiors. the Van
dahlts and company Throe quarters OF
mobility" ore tAe necessary key Of this little
world gie first generation makes The mill
ions the second generation is parvcuue, the
tllrl IS ai1iyco ln the eyes Of these people
o. l.ve from thirty on forty 20 fifty thousand
dollars q year Is. O. Doe in decent poverty. To
have two OBJ three hundred thousand d5ilar-
% year Is De- 80 ID easy circumstance
Ile third ar.st0cracy is tho arist0cracy OF
talent. literary and artistic society. This
third arlstocgacy is iucontestauiy tho first, if
you vili excuse the uibernlmisn
! do not think Tint one could find ny-
whore. or even imagine, a society more re-
ilnci, more aifabla, m0re ho-wtable. moro
witty or more brilliant. ] should like just
lcro % indulge in a string Of adjectives after
tie fashion Of Mme dc soyigue
ono 81 the consequences Of the position
which woman takes IN tho United States
IS, that 90 good American drawing rooms con
versati1l b. never duh.
-Il ] weio quccn," exclaimed lfno. Re
oami.r one day. 81 would command Nine
On sfacl 90 talk 70 me an day long Ono
would ise 90 De able % give the sumo order
fl plenty of American women. H. thereon
Uauy conversation never Gags and always ie
a.iu. within the domain of c~auscric. they
ila lightly from one subject % another, ex-
rractug something fresh from each, pass
frnu the arl0ls % thegay. even 10 the frivo-
la. without becoming commonplace, soar
again o. i.ny heights. but 90 not dlslaiu 20
down to g1s p for % minuts or two, al
tai- without u grain Of nGcctaaon, bat With
% DlaIm Of u1tuulnos that Is delightfully."-
winning
French women are the only ones ! know
Who can compare with tho American lady IN
charm OF conversation. and even then / avn
t ,el 60 admit two things Chat tLc Anofi
su women Of intellectual society are often
natural than their French rivals, and
.a.t thcs mase less effort 90 charm In IA
word. with them you are amiable without
.lring 20 b. gallant, and none OF thoss
"a compliment, which So often SPOIL
Too c.afln of q conversation between q mau
'tNt re- W'iAi.ttf cue ga I|INN ~ YOU. IN
Tho Americans. and that in every station ,
.i life, nave almost always three names. one i
Christian name and two family ones. George p
Washington Smith, Benjamin Franklin .
Jones. William Tel Brown. ! should not n
ave Lccn nstouishcd 90 make the acQuaint- p
% % Nr Napoiaon Bonaparte Robinson.
cee0rltie, do not escape Il any more Fl
The rest Henry Wadsworth LongioIow, a.
Ohm Groenlcaf Whittier. Oliver Wendell d
Thomas Bailey Alirich. Richard b
Glider. james Russell Lowell. Ralph il,
Waldo Emerson. Henry Ward Beerher. etc, ii
&C. Can one not go 10 these double names a n
which the father THINKS be couiors on m
II child az the baptismai ionti b.
All new societies have the same weak n
on the morrow OF the Revolution, If
ia SIC not call our children E~paminondas b,
Darius Napoleon. etc.f
Every American with the least self respect A
colonel or judge T..
Few escape H. az Mark Twain once re- nr
arEed Of the decorations Of the Legion Of ur
onor We are quits Mark America has m
hundred times a. many coloneIs az we have Oh
Of the Legion Of Honor M
When you ano presented % a gentleman. 10 CO.
B American drawing room. aud you naye m
fortunately not caught bis name there Is az
ned ~ Try and repair the evil. call him an
nine tlmos out Of ton 10 is safe, n m.
.k should be against You. call tim Judge Of
d you are pretty sure % bo right @
H. however pursued 10y the latcs you pa
lull discover that your intorlocutor Is s,
.ther colonel nor judge. you have another "a.
call him Professor. and you are ,bI
Of tue difficulty an American always w,
lfesses something. an art, a religion. and lno
d Are risking nothing
met few American colonies who had To-.
been promscd "mistersn They a,,
~ ~ proud Of their new title that they In nl
cd on hoing addressed thus a.,