Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-01

asked at all Such MISUNDERSTANDING will oc-
cur, you know. But unluckily, the hostess Of
the occasion was Q woman OF resources, and
just a. dinner was being announced->I was con-
versing very pleasantly at the moment with the
daughter Of q foreign minister, whom was ex-
pecting TO work later on-she asked me
IN TEE svxrrrsr vo.rr r~.arx.prr
10 On ont int a.. tron, h.u-.r :. ,r,,l,- ..
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Possaoie ana ask the man servant there TO come
to her ct once. obeyed with alacrity and de-
livered the message; but the man, much 20 NV
astonishment and possibly by reason of an or
der from his mistress previously given, simply
opened the 'front.' door IN response TO what
coat ssss s,i Ms VIII " 'ne ispeI Oh my
orally spun ont ,,non the front stem vhere +
found INV oyercoat and hat con ven;ently nlaced
upon the atone FAILING imagine Won MIL
agree with me in thinking that this was treat
ment Of a sort 70 make one feel annoyed-~
That 10 hardly too stronu A vord should
consider"
1T is in such q case A this mat NV nhilos-
ophy comes to nv aid" said the youth. $50
long as l am not positively insulted il does not
really trouble me- Never has il occurred within
my experience that any one, through sense
OF social superiority or for other causes has
actually applied his foot to what 1 might per-
haps call the seat of human dignity Had such
an accident happened might perchance have
retired precipitately from the pursuit OF social
ambition. 1 have known such a catastrophe so
nearly 70 befall that il may be that am only
narrowly still scandidate for recognition in the
fashionable swim of Washington. Well do 1
remember how near came to it when made
point OF joining two men / slightly knew,
VINO were going to card reception at the
house OF certain very distinguished diplomat
We left our hats and coats in the cloak room to-
gether and were starting for the drawing room
IN company. Indian ME, gentlemen, said, to
exniplt now much 1 felt ~ my ease, notwith-
standing the TACT that had not been invited
Andian ME, nyou please.
TO GO OR NOT TO 90.
$50 We hled toward the drawing room, when
suddenly one OF the fellows was with made an
exclamation and saia thu, ba baa IL. his
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the other man declared hat he had Sone The
same q have almost imagined since that they
may have wanted to quit my company, and the
TWO wen. oacK, ~hiie continued on; Now, IL
LADY o. was a yery remart able woman nos.
sessed of the Unusual faculty of recognition.
She knew at once that had not been invited
and evidently she made no bones about telling
her husband that I should be bounced. Ac-
cordingly the eminent diplomat aforesaid ap-
preached me- and having ascertained that /
really was present without solicitation he re-
ouested me TO withdraw. For a moment I
hesitated. 1t doesn't DO to be too thin skinned
and yet I was on the point of going
away angry. But I thought better of it
and made up my mind that would stay a
while longer, Notwithstanding my hosts ad-
monition There ia such a thip;: as a SAVIOR
vivre which enables a man Of the world to
ignore some annoyances which would afiict a
person unacquainted with what is termed by
newspaper medical advertisements the science
of life My host bowed and parted from me,
but remained for a withdrawing moved dis
upon the throng of people that most of them
had gained within two generations the social
distinction SO eagerly coveted 1 was Just
considering what pity it was that my own
period of ambitious activity would necessarily
not extend beyond one generation-namely,
my omh-nnena person in0oouceo himself 70
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Wv. ~. - "oN 70 AWAY
OUT. NOW, tnere Is ou' one thing that gen.
tleman can do under such circumstances as
those. L saw that 1t was time to go and L went
Ana, my dear SIR, from tnat day 70 TINS nave
not once condescended to enter that minister s
house. AT the same time you can very well
understand that such experiences as most OF
those have related would be calculated TO dis
courage aspirants for social honors. Indeed, 1
had almost begun to give up trying to go out
when the new administration came In and 1
found fresh lot OF people In the proper set to
get acquainted with. So now you see me going
around and trying the same old game"
But you have other resources9'
"Oh, yes, and they are not yet altogether ex-
hausted. For instance, L hang about the hotels
and scrape acquaintance with people newly
come to town who seem likely to amount to
something here. think that have grasped a
prize when chance upon a widow and her
daughter. fashionably connected in another
city, who have arrived in Washington without
letters OF Introduction. In making myself
agreeable to them l lose no time and, when
they are in due course taken up and regarded
as persons OF position
PROFIT IN VARIOUS WAYS.
To begin with volunteer To conway ,beu
h;,.o "a .h;,ho =. .l;a.:
nt'nei anu 'ni'ne 'niS recepuoh " that
with the air OF one who has invitations. With
those who receive us 1 have the subsequent
benef;t of the sunnosition that 7 have baa,
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