Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-01
Jones GIVES A BALL.
lad INSTANCE OF THE ABUSE OF
THE POWER OF THE PRESS

He Was Heavy Advertiser and He Failed
to See why His social Doings Were Not
Entitled to Recognition as Much AS
Those of Others who Did Not Pay.
Jones, having by years of biting economy
and II hard listed meanness toward his EN-
tloyees acquired comfortable fortune
thought it about time that he began to en-
terrain somewhat This idea did not
spring at all from Il desire to give pleasure
to his acquaintance, but from the wish to
marry off his daughters in,o good society,
and SO get rid OF the burden of supporting
them. Being Of II thrifty and frugal
nature, he did not propose to waste any
E.Oney on these entertainments, but deter
mined to make every dollar tell. There
fore, on the morning of the day before the
one on which his first dancing party was to
come off. he stopped the editor of II paper
which gave considerable space TO fashion
able affairs, whom he met in the street and
knew slightly After greeting him cor
daily and asking after his health and his
prosperity, he said:
"By the by were going to have n dance
! up at our house tomorrow night lot OF
! fashionable people invited, etc. These
| frivolities of social life cost money, my dear
sir, but we have to have them, | suppose,
or we would not he in the swim, ehi"
II suppose So replied the editor, with
quiet smile. Good day" and he passed on.
Jones did not look as if that was the
reply he expected Next morning he called
on the editor. look here" he said, 81 just
dropped in to say that | hope you did not
misunderstood me yesterday when spoke
to you on the street about the ball up at
our house tonight. it occurred to me
afterward that yopmight think ] wanted
you to mention ii nj your paper"
"Oh, not at all, said the editor dryly.
"Wcll. ! was afraid you might, 50 |
thought I'd just run up here and ask you
not to make II spread over it,
The editor promised he would not
VERY BAD TASTE
Because | think it very bad taste in
deed for people to try and force themselves
into society through the newspapers"
added Jones.
The editor agreed with him cordially.
"Although, of course" continued Jones,
"since you have been agreeable about it
| don't object to you having the news 1t
will be what you call ii scoop on the other
papers. None of them shall hear of it. But
no cuts, you know or anything like that for
| don't suppose, after all that it does any
harm to be mentioned alongside the Van
derbilts, the Lorillards, etc. Lets people
know in a modest way that you are in it,
eh?"
at does" assented the editor.
"The social world is much like the bust
ness world in some respects" said Jones
"A man to succeed in either must keep his
name before it, suppose"
"Certainly," answered the editor.
Now, something like this, dare say,
would do no HARM" and he handed the
editor IA type written sheet which read us
follows: "Mr. James De Courcey Jones,
that popular leader among the 400 gave a
recherche entertainment at his palatial
residence just off Fifth avenue last night.
The magnificence of the decorations. the
costliness of the collation. and the select
ness of the company have not, in our judg-
ment, been surpassed by anything this sea-
son"
The editor smiled more broadly than be-
fore and handed to Mr.. Jones II little card
bearing the papers advertising rates.
Mr.. Jones glanced at the card. changed
color, pretended not to know what was
meant and bowed himself out. Then h,
went straight to his advertising agent.
NOTICED At LAST.
Look here" he said gruffly, you've
spent good deal of my money on The
Howler; see if you can't get something
out of them for ne now Ii they won't dc
me this little favor, just let them unner
: stand clearly that my 'ad' in The Blu 5lt
. will be doubled and the one in The Howle
Cancelled altogether I'm going to have
ball at my house tonight and guess it,
just as well worth the papers time to no
tice it as it is to write up the balls of PEG
4 pie who never advertise Il cent s worth,
! and he slammed the door rs he stalked out
? The crafty advertising agent, anxious Il
l please so good II customer, went off to TIN
; paper and, carefully avoiding the editor
got in his fine work at the business end
. The result was that next day there ap
; peared in the paper the following; -. u
, Tones gave dance last night at his hous
= in Fifty-fourth street"
+ As Jones was coming down town tina
= morning in the street car he was accoste
e by an old business friend, who exclaimed
/ "Hello Jones, you're getting to be Il socia
= light, Ell? | see an account of your bal
last night in The Howler this morning"
What's that, what's that" eXclame
Jones' 1.-The HoWler meddling in my n
fairs Confound its impertnence VIII
can't mans private life be left invioat
in this city, How did they get on to til
= fact, wonder? Their interchangeable il
=. dustry is only equalcd by their cold gal
il III go down there today and give that eC
o itor II piece of my mind. II there is an,
q thing dctVSt, it's having ones name noise
!" about in the papers. It's so connonW-
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