Telegram-herald., 1890-02-02
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ta4t al eur dolls are stuffed With saw
aast mula less esal1 t-ey be taken foF
candidates Ger nHanery. Nevertheless
soms e them have foan1 cut b. lnis
tiu-e t1At they are tacs uol of roses but
Of va covers Mo4sy a4ll som times
make . belle Gus u . mediocre, bet "a
cannot be relied on Z AL instances
The successful b. -orn aaouly remains
pretty tnrough Asr nrss ana sometimes
her second seasoT Three seasons IS
the allotted n4m ter before marriage,
ana she num usI of girls of s0olal posi-
tlon Nho reach shls Imlt without get
ting little hardness. something
Which the eurh Is astlc newspaper cor
respon penI may call we'll bred com Po-
sure. but which 70 the average observer
looks more like sell- bred calculation
into aer expression. IS smaller than a
beauty lover could desire IL is a hu-
initiating confession, but as / looked
about at the TWO glittering circles OF
Soxes a. the opera the other evening /
couidns help feeling as If half the So
ciety girls were on the warpata and tie
Otner half were sulking IN their Wig
vans OF al the unmarried girls
whose good looks are celebrated IN print
al nAuseam ! believe that Marion Lang
don is the only one who deserves the
reputation OF her charms Several of
those whose beauty Is most insisted on
are. If you meet them on Broadway
when the sun Is shining, merely Sc uare-
shouldered, business-llke young women,
with rather sallow complexions and
nice bangs.
Ii Is commonly received as true that
the bride at church wedding is more
self-posseosed than the groom. SO the
debutante is always the most self
possessed person a. her own debut.
This self-possession makes her IA ex-
cellent hunter OF eligible parts. II
you were a pointer and had been
brought up from the age Of six weeks to
retrieve the game you would be not
only a stupid dog. but a bad dog II you
neglected your masters teachings; SO
If you were girl in that whirl Of
organized friyolity known as society,
and didn't take to heart the sound
motherly teaching that hearts ought to
count for very little in the fashiona Dle
theory OF marriage, you would be a
deadweight on the hands OF a dowsger
as clever even as The small placema an
whom Selwyn commemorates as having
married three daughters not remarka-
bic for beauty, 10 two Dukes and a
Marquis. Proud record.
The society girl is not unduly
worldly. There was one who created a
genuine sensation last season by ap-
gearing at the opera in froo& de-
murely high. There are Others who
are as ingenious and simply natural as
girls who never danced in a cotillon.
But such is not the result 20 be ex-
pected logically from a prolonged
breathing q the social atmosphere.
II Miss Fashion is brought up TO wear
pearls. shall she not advance TO rubies
and then to diamonds? If she endows
with all her worldly goods the man
with whom she stands a. the altar
shall she not be endowed with his in
return? Two fortunes are united, it's
fair match; the bride wears white
sa tin. the bridesmaids bracelets are
her gift and the ushers wear sleeve
links presented by the groom. It's all
very reasonable and proper, but girls
who live 10 he talked about in the club
rooms ana the newspapers, while they
may be very chic, viii never average
high in real beauty McAllistn lilo
has its own standards, but they re not
those Of the rest Of the world
ELIZABETH PUTNAM HEATON.