Wichita eagle., 1889-01-15

Gid your
| "Never"
"And you've seen Frank Harrington often
yea
"Wel, would you rather be classed with
the bellies or the wall howersi 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
wall flower if you're with them good deal. n
Because they never dance with wall fow.
ers7"
"Yesr
''Then, because they are not polite enough
to pay a little attention to a girl who Lacks
it, am to reward them by being particu-
larly gracious"
"Why, Mamie
''Their selfshness makes them beaux."
Mamie Browne, you surprise mep
''The fact that man whose politeness con-
ists solely tn looking out for bis own pleas
ure asks me to dance should SO fatter me that
l must encourage him In being tmpolite to
my less fortunate sisters"
''How can you put such an Interpretation
on what ! saidi | mean, don't you see, that
If you dance much with Frank Harrington
and that class of men people viii think you
stand in need of attention"
THAT am q wall fowerY'
"Y@n
sand then In time that VIII make me oneY'
"Yan
''For when Arthur Jones and the other
beaux get the idea that am a wall flower
they viii 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
ere"
"But I'm curious to know why they are
50. Would ! be any less entertaining as a
wall flower than as belleF'
"Of course not, Mamie. What foolish
question"
Wouldn't dance just as wellr'
Certainly. But you see, if they were
dancing with wall flowers all the time they
could hardly be beau1"
They would descend to the level of cour-
tesy and Frank Harrington
you provoke me, Mamian
81 don't mean to. / only have a way of
always trying to get at the reason of things.
But it seems to me that 1 am to reward one
man for being selfish and snub another for
being courteous
3 mo, no, no, no! I never said that. Dance
with Frank Harrington if you want to. 1
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"
"Weu, 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 q beaua Is the
situation just reversedF'
"Ye-e-s, guess So"
''Then, wheIe does it all beginf'
Dear met you ask such queer questions.
l never have thought about it"
How did Arthur Jones get to be one of
the swell fellows, as we call themr'
I'm sure l don't know. The first season
be somehow got to dancing with the acknowl-
edged bellies Of the season before, and then ell
the other girls were only too glad to dance
with him"
u think I understand it." thoushtfuIly
: 4 man has push He insists on dancing en-
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 bellesn
GU PROVOKE me again Arthur Jones
las perfect ballroom Manners
of course; that's requisite. So must
'elle be pretty and bright But his manners
10 not necessarily make him beau, nor does (
Ter beauty make her belle Doesn't it take |
. little grain Of selfshness, Clarai" /
'fMamier'
"Oh, beg your pardon. was Just think I
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