Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-04
GIRLS WHO ENTERTAIN.
They Are Said to Have the Advantage
in Attention From Men.

"If I were girl, desirous-as every young
woman is-of being a BELLE" said well known
society man to STAR reporter the other day,
Il would, beyond all else, entertain"
"And why sop
because entertaining is more surely than
anything else productive of attention from
men. Even the ugliest girl will not be wall
flower if plenty of parties are given at her
house. You see, the men-particularly the
young ones-are not going out in society for
phllanthropic or unseltish motives; it is merely
question with most of them how much in the
way of fun and good things to eat or drink
they can get. As for giving anything in
return. in material sense. there is not
much possibility of that Washington bachelors
are, as a rule. not rich-many of them who
frequent the best houses and move in the fash
lonable swim. in fact, are department clerks,
living on small incomes-and they are not ex-
pected to send costly bouquets and give theater
parties i'll acknowledgment of the civilities
shown them. Nor is it especially desirable
that they should for, if they have not means,
there are plenty of other people about who
have millions to throw away, and there is no
good reason wherefore these impecunious
beaux should not have share of the super
fuities thus distributed. Besides, it is not
true that they have nothing to offer in ex-
themselves agreeable worth something? 1t
can't be said that they don't fill a useful place
IN the gay world, for what sort of a time
would the dear girls have without them?"
But the point we were discussing was girls
entertaining"
EXACTLY; and I am getting to it most di-
rectly. The men, like the young women, go
out to have the best obtainable time. Their
object is chiefly to be invited to as many nice
parties and to be Toasted as often and as pleas
lngly as may be possible. So it comes about
very naturally that a girl who entertains at
tracts the masculine element in society very
much in the same way and for the same reason
that an accessible piece of toasted cheese draws
the mice that are anxious for a nibble. The
men seek to be introduced to her, and do their
best to make themselves agreeable; they make
a point OF asking her to dance often, and thus
she is pretty sure of good time At her own
house, OF necessity she receives plenty of at
tentlOn. 1t Is an immense help to a young wo-
man socially to entertain. On the other hand,
girl who is success without entertaining
must be a belle indeed"
ITO be such. of course beauty is the most
necessary quality, do you not think"
mo, l do not. The value of beauty 20 girl
Is lnestlmable; but, in my opinion, the quality
that makes young woman most sought by men
Is vlvacity and sparkle. To be a belle Of the
hrst water she must have this, backed by pref
tlness and tact, and must entertain. II she is
known to have money of her own, or even in
expectation, it is an immense help. However,
my observation hasn't been that any amount of
money will make an unattractive girl a belle
There are always some men who will hang
around rich girl with the notion Of capturing
her fortune, but they are marked exceptions
and the gossips soon spot them as money hunt
ers. Fellows who amount to anything won't do
that: There is lots of manageable wealth in
pettlcoats in INSTRUMENTATION and millions
of dollars-but the poor men somehow don't
seem to succeed in grabbing it."