The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-03-25
The story ola society Girl.
ToLD BY nERsELF.


TOLD BY HERSELF.
In these days when one does not
have u father confessor-and no wo-
man of sense has confddnte-one
of ability finds herself forced occa-
sionally to jot down her impress
sions. That is my excuse for the
existence of this. To begin at the
very beginning, / fancy l was born
like other people went through the
usual uninteresting babyhood, but
was still a little girl when learned
that / was a beauty. This first came
to me from my father. My mouth
drawcn up TO it's prctticst rosebud
shape, a couple of tears in my eyes
would make him give me whatever
l asked for, and so there came to me
the knowledge of the strength that
lies in weakness.
Sometimes doubt if ] were born
II think j am the result of trans
migration-frst an orchid, next
bird of Paradise and, last of all, a
blooded horse. / belong to an old
family, and my solicitor tells me
that l have great deal of money;
but who ever heard of woman
having enough? Mamma, very SON
sibly, trained me to be coquette.
From the time that l could stand
was fully aware of the value of my
white skin, my~deep, dark eyes, and
that attached to the wonderful red
hair that made gorgeous framing
for my finely cut face. / was will
ing to go TO bed car y, for had been
told of the good of those sleeping
hours that come before twelve
O'Clock; to be bathed and rubbed
until was weary enough to sleep
again, because my nurse had said
that this would make my form
handsome and supple, and my arms
and neck the admiration of the
world. School was an unknown
quantity to me-governess and that
sort of thing came and l endured
them, learned of them, and was
spoken of by them, as the most
beautiful girl they had ever soon
but one who was utterly heartless.
They little understood that heart
was the last thing that would be de-
sirablc in my profession, for l made
it such.
| AT eighteen years of age | was
brought out; but three months before
that my mother had taught me cx-
actly who among the men were
eligible, who were not what women
were to be cultivated, what ones to
be civil TO and what ones to ignore.
made my first appearance at the
Patriarchs' ball, and Mamma very
wisely had me dressed in the finest
of white silk muslin, made in En-.
pire style, with a broad, white sash
about my waist, white rose in my
hair, and long, white gloves, only
lpartially covering my beautiful
arms. As was proper, Il accepted
the invitations to dance from the
elderly men, from whom it was a
compliment to receive them,. and
as far as possible, l ignored the
lyounger ones. sought Mammals
wing at the end of each dance, and
to her delight, the impression left
on evcrybody's mind was that Of
my being an extremely beautiful
ingenious, young girl who knew
nothing whatever about society
How they erred 1 looked at Mrs
August Belmont's sapphircs, and
thought that when was a matron
1 would have one just as handsome
/ stared, politely of course, at Mrs
Marshall Roberts beautiful pearls
and wondered why they should b,
, wasted on widow. The next day
the newspapers were full of descrip
tions of the new beauty, and befor,
1 knew it, the sweet, childIike lool
in my face. had gained for me tn,
title of "Baby.
AT that time | was the most com
! plete coquete thatever talked out al
!. opera, orslooked into a mans eye
: so that he believed that 1 adore,
him, whereas only calculated ex
actly to what extent.I could coun
on him for flowers You think thi
sounds vulgar, perhaps, about tn
4 : flowers; but all coquettes are vulga
in that sense. The old novels tel