Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-10
GIRLS WHO ENTERTAIN.
Wherein They Have tho Advantage o
Pretticr Girls who To Not.

IF were girl, desirous-as every
young woman is-of being a belle"
said a well-known society man to a
Star reporter the other day, II would
beyond all else, entertain
''And why SOP"
Because entertaining is more sure
ly than anything else productive of at
tention from the men. Even the ugliest
girl will not be wall flower il plenty
of parties are given at her house. You
see, the men-particularly the young
ones-are not going out in society for
philanthropic or unselfish motives; it
Is merely a question with most of them
how much in tho way of fun and good
things to cat or drink they can get. As
sor giving anything in return, in ma
tcrial sense, there is not much posi-
bility Of that. Washington bachelors
are, as rule, not rich-many of them
who frequent the best houses and move
in the fashionable swim, in fact, are
department clerks, living on small in
comcs-and they are not expected Co
send costly boquets and give theatre
parties in acknowledgement of the civ
ilities 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 imDecunious
beaux should not have a share of the
superlluities thus distributed. Besides,
1t is not true that they have nothing t.,
offer in exchange. Are not their pow
crs of making themselves agreeable
worth something's 1t can't be said that
they don't fill useful place in the gay
world, for what sort of time would
the dear girls have without them?"
But the point we were discussing
was girls entertaining,
Exactly; and | am getting to it
most directly. The men, like the
young women, go out to have the best
obtainable time. Their object is chiefly
to be iavitcd to as many nice parties and
to be Toasted rs often and as pleasing
ly as may be possible. So it comes
about very naturally that a girl who
entcrtains attracts the masculine ele-
ment in society very much in the same
way and for the same reason that an
accessible piece of toasted cheese
draws mice that are anxious for nib.
BILE. The men seek to be introduced
to her, and do their best to make them
selves 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 re-
ceives plenty of attention. 1t is an inn
mensc help to young woman socially
to entertain. On the other hand. a
girl who is a success without entertain
ing must be a belle indeed
TO be such, of course, beauty is the
most necessary quality, do you not
think?n
No. | do not. The value of beauty
to girl is incstimable; but, in my
opinion; the quality that makes young
woman most sought by men is vivacty
and sparkle. TO be belle of the first
water shs must have this, backed by
prettincss and tact, and must enter
tain. If she is known to have money
OF her own, or even in expectation, it
is an immense help. However, my OBJ
servation hasn't been that any amount
of money will make an unattractive
girl belle. There are always some
men who will hang around rich girl
with the notion OF capturing her for
tune, but they are marked exceptions,
and the gossips soon spot them as mon
ey hunters. Fellows who amount to
anything won't do that. There is lots
of manageable wealth in pctticoats in
Neutrality-suspicious. and millions of
dollarS-but the poor men somehow
don't seem TO succeed in grabbing it."
-il0Stington Star.