Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14
AFTER THE STORM.
Some Incidents Of the Social Season That
People Are sim Talking About.


Some Incidents Of the Social Season That
People Are sem Talking About.
Now that Lent has set In and put at least .
partial stop to the social gayeties Of the season.
people who have not much else to do are tax
ing few days OF TO talk it all over a. well as
to take little needed rest II was pretty
lively while it lasted. they all admit, and each
particular day lasted we'll into the following
day. Sandwiched in among the formal events
there were any number Of curious and humor-
Gus little incidents that will furnish food for
conversation for some time to come, though il
must be admitted that the humor in most cases
was largely accidental. Instance the case o. .
certain young debutante whose name, for OBJ
vious reasons, has been kept secret
Previous TO making her debut this bud took
the time to grow from decidedly thin and
scrawny girlhood into Q particularly buxom
young womanhood, with q slight tendency to
what the ultra-swell would call ''embonpoi T"
At small dinner recently at which this young
person was present the conversation turned
upon certain photograph in which she had
figured at the age Of twelve and in which the
most noticeable features we're q short, white
frock and pair Of long, narrow, white stock
lngh In . moment Of thoughtlessness she
calmly commented: Gracious, but didn't
have thin legs-then." And she wondered why
THE YOUNG NAN LIED.
fashionable young man who is very well
known in Washington society and who is one
Of those lucky individuals with a large and
steady income, was introduced to ayoung lady
last week, and in the course Of the converse
ton she remarked: "Mr. j., haven't had the
pleasure Of meeting you before?''
mot in q social way, think, was his an
swer. 'But you have probably seen me before,
for You know I am at the linen counter at
So-and-sos dry goods store, and sold your mar
ried sister q supply Of table linen q few days
ago."
There. knew had seen you somewhere"
she said, but somehow or other he noticed that
she was not quite so glad to know him as she
said she was in the first place.
But he told STAR reporter little later that
it was a first rate way to steer young women
on the track when they were getting to that
uncomfortable stage where they ask a young
man what his business and prospects are.
THIS TINE THEY BOTH LIED.
This same young man was making "duty
call" one night last week, and at SIS, after he
had been there about ten minutes, he rose to
go, and in the absence of a better excuse men,
daciously remarked: Excuse me, but / must
be going, for have an engagement with De
"Ah, really?" This rather coldly. "why,
Mr.: De Jones himself was here this evening
and when he got up to go he told me that he
had an engagement with you at 8 o'clock"
And, do you know" said he, discussing the
matter a little while later, ''by the time got
through with my explanations was not at all
sure whether had told the truth or not
HE GOT EVEN IN THE END.
Two young West End hopefuls who have q
failing for afternoon receptions and any other
style of entertainments in fact were walking
home with Massachusetts, avenue young
woman from a 5-o'clock tea not long ago. As
they went up the brownstone steps of her hand
some residence the happy idea struck one of the
young men to play a Joke on the servant who
would come to the door. So, asking the young
woman to step back around the corner of the
outer door, he rang the bell and when the man
came to the door asked: "Is Miss X. In? Mop
And then, leading Miss X. into the lighted hall
way. he remarked: young man, am afraid
you handle the truth mighty carelessly."
But the dusky servitor has evened matters
up since then, for every time the young sprig
OF nobility has gone out there to call he has
been met at the door by his erstwhile victim
with the bland response, 'Miss X. is not at
home today" And although he suspects that
the man is not always truthful there does not
seem to be very much that he can do about it.