Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-01-25
HOW TO BECOME A BELLE.
Dance Less with Delightful Men and More
with Stupi, Beaux.

ssMamie.n
eyes, Clara -
GIVE been thinking about YOU You won't
mind if l speak plainly, will you, my dears
This is your first season, you know, and it's
my third"
ooh, dear, what have I been doing nows'
''Only showing your inexperience Mamie,
and l want you to be belle."'
s'And | want to be one, of course"
'sThen you must be more careful l saw
YOU dance twice with Frank Harrington last
night. and you didn't dance once with Arthur
JONES'
''But there's something to Frank Harring-
ton, while Arthur Jones is insipid. He
doesn't know anything but inane society
gossip"
ssBut he's ones Of the beaux, Mamie; you
must remember that"
'Why, he's not entertaining, is he?"
'sNo-o; can't say that | ever found him
So But he always dances with the SWEETEST
girls You never saw him with wallfower,
did youa'
ssNever.n
''And you've seen Frank Harrington often?''
eyes,
s'Well, would you rather be classed with
the bellies OF the wall flowers? Arthur Jones
and Tom White can make you one of the
bellies of the season if they like you, and
you'll let them. No one will ever think you're
a wall flower if you're with them good deal. "
because they never dance with wall flow
ers?n
eyes"
''Then, because they are not polite enough
to pay little attention to a girl who lacks
it. | am to reward them by being particu-
larly gracious"
''Why, Mamie"-
'sTheir selishness makes them beaux."
''Mamie Browne, you surprise mel"
''The fact that a man whose politeness con-
sists solely in looking out for his own pleas
ure asks me to dance should so flatter me that
1 must encourage him in being impolite to
my less fortunate sisters"
s'How can you put such an Interpretation
on what said? l mean, don't you see, that
if you dance much with Frank Harrington
and that class of men people will think you
stand in need of attention.
"That am wall dower?'
eyes,
"And then in time that will make me one?'
''Yes''
sFor when Arthur Jones and the other
beaux get the idea that I am wall flower
they will let me severely alone"
''They won't pay much attention to you"
'Whya'
''My dear, what makes you analyze every
thing in this way? When l came out I was
satisfied to know that things were as they
are"
'But I'm curious to know why they are
So Would / be any less entertaining as a
wall flower than as a belle?n
siOf course not, Mamie. What foolish
question"
'sWouldn't dance just as well?'
Certainly. But you see, if they were
dancing with wall flowers all the time they
could hardly be beaux."
''They would descend to the level of cour-
tesy and Frank Harrington
''You provoke me, Mamie"
II don't mean to. only have a way of
always trying to get at the reason of things
But it seems to me that l am to reward one
man for being selfish and snub another for
being courteous"
mo, no, no, no! never said that. Dance
with Frank Harrington if you want to.
never meant that you should ignore him en-
tirely. But dance with him less and with
Arthur Jones more"
''But like him better"
$50 do L."
'Well, it's all quite odd and gives me some
new ideas about society. But tell me, Clara,
if dancing almost exclusively with the beaux
makes a belle, what makes a beau? Is the
situation just reversed"
'Ye-e-s, guess So"
"Then, wheLe does it all begin?n
''Dear mel you ask such queer questions.
I never have thought about it'
elbow did Arthur Jones get to be one of
the swell fellows as we call them?"
''I'm sure l don't know. The first season
he somehow got to dancing with the acknowl-
edged bellies of the season before, and then all
the other girls were only too glad to dance
with him."
II think I understand it," thoughtfully
''A man has push. He insists on dancing ex-
clusively with the acknowledged bellies and
ignores the wall flowers. The debutantes are
then crazy to dance with him, and the next
season he helps to make the bellies"
'You provoke me again. Arthur Jones
has perfect ballroom manners"
''Of course; that's requisite. So must
belle be pretty and bright. But his manners
do not necessarily make him beau, nor does
her beauty make her belle. Doesn't it take
little grain of selfshness, Clara?"
'Mamie!"
'Oh, beg your pardon. was just think
ing aloud. Chicago Tribune.
Love Making In France.
Mrs. Mackay, of California, Paris and
London, is said to be very intimate of late
with Isabella, ex-queen Of Spain. A good
story of the Mackay family has not until now
been told in print.
Mrs. Mackay's mother and sister lived with
her some years ago in Paris, and from the
immense wealth of the head of the family it
was supposed that the sister would come in
for considerable dot, and it was true that
Mackay had either invested for her or pre-
sented her with a few hundred thousand dol
lars, mere or less, mere bagatelle in the
eyes of the master of millions, but very ap-
petizing to the hungry Frenchman of the old
regime.
One day at the legation of the United
States a dowager duchess of the oldest French
was ushered into his excellency's private
Office. Her grace then explained that she
had come in behalf of her son, the young
duke, to propose for the hand of Mrs.
Mackay's sister. She had not the honor to
tAiiO" LII D 4Af1Shdy VI AOl AlOuuSi, eduu vi
course not the young lady, so she thought the
proper way was to come direct to the minis
ter. His excellency promised to convey her
proposals, which he did the same day to
Mac,ay's mother~in~law. But the old Cali
fornian was not so much elated at the pros
pect Of the alliance as doubtless the duchess
had very fondly anticipated; she asked the
minister to explain to the NOBLE party that
her daughter was very poor, having no share
of the Alackay fortune, and was only in
Europe to be educated for governess, and
as such she expected to earn her own living.
The minister communicated his message to
the duchess, who was disappointed but in no
way embarrassed, She said that she had
been nisinformed, and that Of course under
the circumstances her offer would not stand.
It is purely business arrangement in her
eyes.
The young lady afterward married an Ital-
ian prince, but the preliminaries were not
settled by any envoy or ducal or princely
mother-in-law. The American girl acted on
her own behalf.-Philadelphi Item.
The Dress Sack,