Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-15
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 H0E Tg BECOME A BELLl
Dance Lcsssaith2Delightful Men and With Stupid Beaux. H

pSs oISo"S SAI ce2Lessssita Men and MApA I " With Stupid Beaux. B/ Ll
 "Manaie." N 4E1
 Glars.
 NPve been thinking about you. ou won'o sind if I speak plainly, will you, my dears This is your first season, you know, and it's my third"
 ''Oh, dear, what have [ been doing nowP'i I
 Only showing your tnsxperiences Mamie, and want you to be a belle" .uo3GrIu2e
 And I wantte be one, of courses'taEJ1oO| k ''Then you must be moro careful .sdI saw you dance twice with; Franiz 1iarringt ton last night, and you didn't dance unce with zArthurI JoI1pssn 5o;tjrih hld2sI @al 10 aaual, lnniq < But there 5 Something to @ Frank Harringe- - ton,j while Arthur .iJones ';is insipid He
 doesn t know anything but inane society possip,n9 5iF alDI; -FfR5,f bHiiaU GniEj-io T
 'SBlt he's .one's of the beeuz, Manic; youa must remember that" .5oa.e-j .''i'is1 , ''Why he's not entertaining, ishe?n H2EoI ' ''No-o; can't say that I ever found him so But he always dances with thu swellest' girls v You never saw him with a wallaower,' did you2' .1->s,I2.. Ii a" " 'ENeyer, "H.s,}.s!r. a.i i-.[.i .sgeL .AInJ,tT A
 And you've seen Frank Harrington o6tenf @ s'Yes n...f.,I .... s,s i,..t. sr.a,s.aii Ioi 5s ' ''Well, would you rather be chased with
 the bellies or the wall ,fowerss Arthur Jones and Tom White can make you one of the. belles of the season if they like you, and youth let them. No one wih ever think you're wall flower if you're with them good deaL.p l.. ''Beoausa they never dance with wall hows CTS 29r.,ts ;5. l5i .r.} s..5} f J.asE -ssHJ
 "Yes.".,..ia n;.'.ty ->" .7E@' A "A -t''li ai
 ''Then, because they; are not polite enough
 to pay little attention to'a girfwho lacks 1t, lam to reward them by being particu-
 larly gracious" ~i.s""'-'tl ".' '*' n"'"'"' ''Why, Mamien-- ,sit.,I.i,iiu l.s .t..ss !, ,u s'Their selfishness makes them ,beauk." ''.-.. 'EMaInie Browne, you surprise me!o '.'"p I, l, "The fact that U man whose politenesS con- sists solely in looking out for his own pleas! ure asks me to dance should so fatter me that 1 must encourage him in being impolite to my less fortunate sisters" -Di i:El .e1i-,-IaJi r. ''How can you put such an. interpretation on what saids 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" I-'i-'"-sts9" '"'i' That lam a wall hower?" as .'. ':.sS ."l 7, l ."Yesnui VI >i .-,.vs e,t. ..,tt.,s.,.u Ia S..' "And then in time that will make ne one2"' ."Yes" ..1s sn,.!'s. 4 ,.i t.". 'n:f "For when Arthur Jones and the other | beaux. get the idea that am a wall flower they will let messeverely Glone." a5'-< 's'lti ,. ,''They won't pay much attention to yeu." 1 "WhyY aA' l i'sMy dear, what makes you analyze every | thing ill this waya When I came out was I satisfied to know that things were as they
 are." .,,sl'. " .'...'' ''' ...'''' ~'i''.i ''' l But I'm curious to know why they are 1 so. Would I be any less entertaining as e wall flower than as beAea' c.. 'i'.'- ,i' ''..'' I 'tOf., course not, Mamie. What foolish ] question" .''"" '@ 1 'Wouldn'tI dance just as wells, >''..a .A' | Certainly. But you see, if they were dancing with wall flowers all the time they could hardly be beaux." ."'.~ .'' '..' *-'<'>+ "A' l ''They would descend to tho level of cour- tesy and Frank Harrington" ''''F'"'t '..' 'f 1 "You provoke rae, Mamie" '''.i' ',',.4n4 r 1 .'I don't mean to-, only have way of | always trying to get at thereason of things. But it seems to mo that am to reward one
 man for being selfish and snub another for l being courteous. ','i4 "t ''''* .- '+"'" '"'ai I I'sNo, no, noj 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 I Arthur Jones more" ''s ''But Hike him better" s'"'. ,-.'.t''7 ',.s j ''So do I"-.' l,'.s "7ss@ '.... h''"i. ,#!. = a |. 'Weu, it's all quite odd and gives me some
 new ideas about society But tell me, Clara
 if dancing almost exclusively with the beaul
 makes belle, what makes 8 beaus Is tht
 situation just reversed?" ''' '''>.'''''''i ! | "Ye-e-s, guess so." '.'.'".'. "' ,-'.."' 4
 ''Then, wheIe does it all begins'' ..-'..9- Dear mel you ask such queer questions never have thought about it. n'''~ a''' ''.' -' ':How did Arthur Jones get to be one O
 the swell fellows, as call thems' ..4- Pm sure don't know. The first seasp1 : he somehow got to dancing with the acknowl edged belles of the season before, and then al
 the other girls were only too glad to danc with him !uts :,.ta'-. @ ..--.!t 'I. think I understand it," thoughtfully
 .'A man has push. He insists on dancing ex
 clusively with the acknowledged belles ant
 ignores the wan flowers. The debutantes ar then crazy to dance with him, and the nex season he helps to make the belles"- i"'.'21 | t''Yeu' provoke me again! Arthur Jone
 has perfect ballroom manners" "'i r. 'tOf .course,i that's requisite. So must
 belle be pretty and bright. But his manner l do not necessarily make him a beau, nor doe , her beauty make her a belle Doesn't it talk a a little grain of selfshness, Giarass' a.'''"i , "Maniiel s,zit 1+ II "i 7',''sei i.'',ir }'''- "Oh, beg your pardon. was just talinh ing aloud. .D-Chicago Tribune~S -'"" 's'