Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-16
HOW TO BECOME A BELLE.
Dance Less with Delightful Men and More
with Stupid Beaux.

'Mamie"
Yes Clara"
I've been thinking about you You won't
mind II | speak plainly, will you, my deari
This Is your first season, you know, and it's
my third"
'Oh, dear, what have been doing nowP
"Only showing your inexperience, Mamie,
and | want you to be a belle"
And | want To be one, of course"
Then you must be more careful 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"
"But he's ones of the beaux, Mamie; you
must remember that"
Why, he's not entertaining, is hel"
Moo; can't say that | ever found him
so But he always dances with the swellest
girls You never saw him with a waIlflower,
did youf'
Never
And you've seen Frank Harrington oftenG"
"Yes"
Well would you rather be classed with
the bellies or the wall fowerst 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 a good deal {"
Because they never dance with wall hows
ersf'
Yes"
Then, because they are not polite enough
to pay little attention to girl who lacks
1t, am to reward them by being particu-
larly gracious"
"Why. Mamien-
Their selfishneSs makes them beaux"
Mamie Browne, you surprise me!n
THE fact that man who's boliteness CON
sists solely in looking out for his own pleas
ure asks me to dance should 50 fatter me that
| must encourage him in being impolite' to
my less fortunate sisters"
How can you put such an Interpretation
on what saidl | mean, don't you see that
you dance much with Frank Harrington
and that class of men people will think you
stand in need of attention"
That | am wall 6owerf
Yes"
And then in time that will make me onea"
Yes"
For when Arthur Jones and the other
beaux get the idea that am a wall flower
they will let me severely alone"
They won't pay much attention to you"
"Whyr
My dear, what makes you analyze every
thing in this wayl When came out was
satisfied to know that things were as they
are"
But I'm curious to know why they are
50. Would ! be any less entertaining as a
wall flower than as a belleE"
''Of course not, Mamie What foolish
question"
Wouldn't dance just as wellf'
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"
Il don't mean to. | only have a way of
always trying to get at the reason of things
But it seems to me that | am to reward one
man for being selfish and snub another for
being courteous"
mo, no, no, mol 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 belle, what makes u beauG Is the
situation just reversedi'
"Ne-e-s, | guess So"
Then, wheLe does it all beginl"
Dear met you ask such queer questions
/ never have thought about it.n
How did Arthur Jones get to be one of
the swell fellows, as we call them9"
Pm sure | 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"
Il think | understand it." thoughtfuIly.
"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 be helps to make the bellies"
You provoke me again Arthur Jones
has perfect ballroom Manners
''Of course; that's a requisite So must a
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
a little grain of selfshness, Claraf'
"Mamiei"
"Oh, beg your pardon. l was just think
ing aloud. Chicago Tribune.