The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-03-20
HOW TO BECOME A BELLE.
Dance Less with Delightful Men and More
with Stupid Bcaux.

Dance Less with Delightful Men and More
with Stupid Beaux.
"Aiamie.n
Eyes, Clara"
ssI've been thinking about you. You won't
mind II speak plainly, win you, my deari
This Is your first season, you know, and it's
my third"
t'Oh, dear, what have been doing nowT'
"Only showing your inexperience, Mamie,
and l want you to be q BELLE"
''And want to be one, of coursen
"Then you must be more careful. ! saw
you dance twice with Frank Harrington last
night, and you didn't dance once with Arthur
Jonesp
"But there's something to Frank Harring-
ton, while Arthur Jones Is inspid. he
doesn't know anything but name society
gossip"
''But he's ones of the beaux, Mamie; you
must remember that"
"Why, he's not entertaining, Is her
moo; can't say that ever found him
So, But be always dances with the SWEETEST
girls You never saw him with a wailfower,
did you7"
''Never"
Sand you've seen Frank Harrington oftenf"
"Yes.p
'sWell would you rather be classed with
the bellies or the wall fiowersi Arthur Jones
and Tom White can make you one Of the
bellies Of the season II they like you, and
you'll let them No one will ever think you're
wall flower II you're with them good deal"
"Because they never dance with wall fowl
ersf'
ayes"
'eThen, because they are not polite enough
to pay little attention to girl who lacks
1t, am to reward them by being pafticu-
larly gracious
NWhy, Mamien-
"Their selfshness makes them beaux.n
''Mamie Browne. you surprise mep
"Tho factthat man whose politeness con-
sists solely In looking out for his own pleas
ure asks me to dance should so fiatter 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
II you dance much with Frank Harrington
and that class of men people will think you
stand in need Of attention.
t'That am wall hower7'
"Yes"
sand then In time that will make me onef'
"Yesn
"For when Arthur Jones and the other
beaux get the idea that am wall flower
they viii Let me severely alone"
''They won't pay much attention to you"
"Why7s
"My dear, what makes you analyze every
thing In this wayi When came out was
satisfied to know that things were as they
aren
''But I'm curious to know why they are
so. Would be any less entertaining as
wall flower than as q bellef'
"Of course not, Mamie. What q foolish
question"
"Wouldn't dance just as wellf
certainly. But you see, II they were
dancing with wall flowers all the time they
could hardly be beaux."
s'They would descend to the level Of cour-
tesy and Frank Harrington
"You provoke me, Mamie.n
81 don't mean to- ] only have o way of
always trying to get at the reason Of things
But 1t seems to me that am to reward one
man for being selfish and mub another for
being courteous"
mo, no. no, mol never said that. Dance
with Frank Harrington II you want to- ]
never meant that you should ignore him en-
tirely. But dance with him less and with
Arthur Jones more.n
"But like him better.n
$50 do II
"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 a beaui Is the
situation just reversedp
"Yee-s, guess So"
"Then, wheIe does 1t all begin~
"Dear mel you ask such queer questions
never have thought about it."
allow did Arthur Jones get to be one Of
the swell fellows as we COLL themF'