The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
GIRLS WHO ENTERTAIN.
Wherein They Have tho Advantage
Prettier Girls Who DO Not

wherein Tnoy nave tnO A0vAntoGo q
Prettier Girls Who DO Not
IF ! were girl, desirous-as every
young woman is-of being q belle, y
said well-known society man to .
Star reporter the other day, I wouldl
beyond all else, entertain.
"And why SOP"
Because entertaining is more sure4
~ than anything else productive of att
tention from the 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
philanthropic 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 a ma
terial sense, there is not much possi-
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, ara
department clerks, living on small in4
comes-and they are not expected to-
send costly boquets and give theatre
parties in acknowledgement of the civ-
ilities shown them. Nor is itespecialfW
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 q share of the
superfuities thus distributed. Besides.
it is not true that they have nothing to
offer in exchange. Are not their DOW,
ers of making themselves agreeable
worth something? 1t can't be said that,
they don't fill a useful place in the CAV
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 invited to as many nice parties and
to be feasted as often and as pleasing
ly as may be possible. So it comes
about very naturally that a girl who
entertains 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 a 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 inns
msnse help to young woman socially
to eg;ertain. On the other hand. u
girl who is success without entertain-
ing must be a belle indeed"
'-Eo be such, of course, beauty is the
Hs>st necessary quality, do you not
Hink?"
mo, do not. The value of beauty
to girl is inestimable; but, in my
opinion; the quality that makes young
woman most sought by men is vivacity
and sparkle. To be belle of the first
water she must have this, backed by
prettiness and tact, and must enter
tain. If she is known to have money
of her own, Or even in expectation, is
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,I
and the gossips soon spot them as mon7
ey hunters. Fellows who amount to-
anything won't do that. There is lots
Of manageable wealth in petticoats in
Neutrality-suspicious. and millions Of.
dollars-but the poor men somehow
don't seem to succeed in grabbing it,"
Washington Star.