The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-05
HIGH LIFE IN ENGLAND.
immortality IL Winked at and Even Encour-
aged by AristOcratic Society.

was talking recently with Londoner on
the subject Of social life among the nobility,
and had expressed surprise that it should sup
ply to the newspapers so much material for
scandaOus gossip. He replied that the men
and women Of rank conducted their immoral
lty IN such an open way that newspaper writers
could not fail 10 near Of IL: in fact. that vice
was openly cOuntenanced by the aTistOcracy TO
M extent that cannot be understood by men
and women fthe middle class. When hostess
invites q house full Of guests to her country
place she is extremely careful TO select ladies
that are particularly cOngenlal to certain men.
carrying this habit to the extent of bringing
couples together whose intimacy Is the talk OF
the town. A duke who has been pei sstently
chasing some other mans marchiOneSs for
years makes il a rule not to accept an invita-
ton unless his fayorite is 70 be of the COM
pany, and he will even 60 so far as TO write
10 this effect 10 his hostess, who at once IN
Guides the marchiOness in her list if she be
not there already. This custom of looking
ont for ones amOrOus interests IN social IN
tercOurse prevails in the strata OF the
aristocracy, from ROYALTY down. And 1t IS
little odd that nObleman without iaVortels
unique parsonage 1t has always been sur
prising to people when first introduced INTO
the society OF the British arlstocracy 10 nnd
with what freedom the indicate phases OF
life are discussed and commented on. Miss
Endicott, an American girl when she entered
society here AS the wife Of Joseph Chamber
lain became so inCensed at a discussion
at the table of duchess where she was DIM
ing that she rose and left the room. BY this
time she has probably become used to 1t,
and no longer exhibits her democratic
breeding by expressing her disapproval Of
vulger conversation. One of the very no.
ticeable habits of English society women IS TO
pet young men. They call a tall. Swapping
Young fellow Of twenty sweet thing" and
darling boy" and stroke his cheek or kiss
HMM a careless way, Of course. Expert
ence. however. must have long before proved
10 them that tall boys of twenty are com,
posed of somewhat inhammable material. and
are capable of returning the kiss Of pretty
woman. even if the OSCILLATION IS careless.
Young men brought up under this sort otten,
der patronage are not going 70 stand OF and
treat woman with shy respect when they grow
out of the state Of boyhood, and the conse-.
ouence is that Lady Freshhps finds her boy
Of twenty a very dangerous sutton at twenty
FIVE. The large companies at country houses
also conduce to extreme familiarity between
the sexes. The women are as rule, as horsey
and doggy as the men, and they gamble Just
az high. All of them have name and wealth
to fall back on and it is more than easy TO
drift uxuriOusly into an existence Wnere
everything that gives a moments pleasure Is
seized upon. and as very wrong things are the
most attractive these seizures often LEAD 10 re-
suits that cannot be happily contemplated by
the moralist.- Chicago Herald's London Let