St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
Chicago Tribune.

must be mnre careful. l saw you dance
twice with Frank Harrington last night,
and you didn't once dance with Arthur
Jones'"
"But there's something to Frank Har-
rington. while Arthur Jones is insipid.
He doesn't know anything but inane So
ciety gossip.'
but he's one of the beaux. Mamie;
you must remember that"
"Why, he's not entertaining. is he?"
Moo: [ can't say that [ ever found
him so. But he always dances with the
SWEETEST girls. You never saw him with
a wall-fower, did you?'
Never
"And you've seen Frank Harrington
often?"
eyes"
"Well. would you rather be classed
with the bellies or the wall flowers? Ar
thur 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-fOWer
if you're with them a good DEAL
Because they never dance with wall
howers?''
Yes
sThen because they are not polite
enough to pay little attention to girl
who lacks it am to reward them by be-
ing particularly gracious"
"Why, Mamie"
"Thelr selfshness makes them
beauX."
"Mamie Browne. you surprise mew
''The fact that man whose polite
ness consists solely in looking out for
his own pleasures asks me to dance
should SO fiatter me that must encour-
age him in being impolite to my less
fortunate sisters"
How can you put such an interpreta-
ton OIL what said? [ mean, don't you
see, that if you dance much with Frank
Harrington and that class of men peO-
pie will think that you stand in need of
attention.
That | am wall-hower??"
'And then in time that will make me
one?''
Yes"
'sFor when Arthur Jones and the
other beauX get the idea that | am q
wall-fower they will let me severely
alone"
"They won't pay much attention to
"Why?"
my dear. what makes you analyze
everything in this way? When came
out / was satisfied to know that things
were as they are''
''But I'm curious to know why they
are so. Would be any less entertain
ing as Wall-flOWer than as belle"
''Of course not, Mamie; what fool
ish question"
"Wouldn't dance just as well?"
Certainly. But, you see, if they were
dancing with wall flowers all the time
they couldn't hardly be beauX."
'''Chey would descend to the level of
courtesy and Frank Harrington"
"You provoke me, Mamie"
81 don't mean to. l only have 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! never said that. Dance
with Frank Harrington If you want to.
| never meant that you should ignore
him entirely. But dance with him less
and Arthur Jones more"
''But | like him better"
80 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 beauX? Is the situation just
reversed"
eyes, I guess So"
"Then where does it all begin?"
'sDear me! you ask such queer ques-
tiOnS. | never have thought about it,"
How did Arthur Jones get to be one
of the swell fellows as we call them?"
Ppm sure L don't know. The first
season he somehow got to dadcing with
the acknowledged bellies of the season
before, and then all the other girls were
only too glad to dance with him."
II think 1 understand it," thought
fully. "a man has push. He insists
on dancing exclusively with the ac
knowledged bellies, and ignores the
wall-fowers. The debutanteS are then
crazy to dance with him. and next sea-
son he helps to make the bellies"
"You provoke me again. Arthur
Jones has perfect ballroom manners"
"Of course; that's a 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 a little grain
of selfshness, Clara?'
''Mamie?'
'sOh, beg your pardon. 1 was just
tbipkiuc alOIId ,,