Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-10
ZONES GIVES A BALL.
can INSTANCE OF THE ABUSE OF
THE POWER OF THE PRESS

ucwn,a Heavy Advertiser and He Failed
IN See Why His Social Doin;,s Were Not
Entitled to Recognition as Much IA
Those of Others Who Did Not Pay.
Tones. having by years of biting economy
and hard listed meanness toward his EN-
rIovees acquired a comfortable fortune,
thought il about time that he began to en-.
tart,in somewhat This idea did not
srriug at all from a desire to give pleasure
N his acauaintances, but from the wish tC
/ marry of his daughters into good society
and so get rid of the burden Of supporting
Them Being of a thrifty and frugal
nature, he did not propose to waste any
money 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 oil, he stopped the editor of il paper
which gave considerable space to fashion.
able al ig~. whom ne met in the street and
knew slightly After greeting him cor
daily and asking after his health and his
prosperity, ne said:
BY the by, we're going to have dance
up mt our house tomorrow night y lot Of
fashionable people invited, etc. These
frivoities OF social life cost money, my dear
sir hut we have TO have them, | suppose,
or we would not be in the SWIM ehs'
Il suppose SO, replied the editor, with a
quiet smile. Good day and he passed on.
Jones did not lool, as II that was the
reply Dec expected. Next morning he called
on the editor. Look here" lie said, Il 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. Ii occurred TO me
afterwurd that you might think | wanted
you TO mention it in your paper
oh, not at all. said the editor dryly.
Wen, / WIS afraid you might, 50 |
thought I'd just run up here and ask you
not to make 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 so agreeable about it
| don't object TO you having the news 1t
will be what you call scoop on the Other
papers. None of them shall hear of it. But
uocutS, you know, oranything like that. for
/ don't suppose, after all. that it does any
harm to be mentioned alongside the Van.
dernilts, the Lorillards. etc. Let's people
know in modest way that you are in it,
eAs"
1T does, - asscnted the editor
The social world is much like the bust
un~, world in some respects, said Jones.
A man to succeed in either must keep his
name before it, / suppose"
Certainly answered the editor.
y F...ra / 4
woua do no harm" and he handed the
editor type written sheet which read az
follows: Mr.. james be Courcev Jones.
that popular leader among the 400. gave a
recherche entertainment ut his palutial
residence just off Fifth avenue last night.
The magnifcence of the decorations. the
ru-rlipC-s of the collation. and the select
ness OF the company have not, in our iudg-
mrut been surpassed by anything this sea
sou"
The editor smiled more broadly than be-
fore and handed 20 Mr.. Jones little card
bearing he papers advertising rates.
Mr.. Jones glanced at the card. changed
color, pretended not to know what was
meant. and bowed himself out. Then he
went straight to his advertising agent
NOTICED At LAST.
Look here he said grufIly, you've
spent "a good deal of my money on The
Howlcr see if you can't get something
out OF them for me now. If they won't do
me This little favor, just let them under.
stand clearly that my adj in The Bugle
vii. be doubled and the one in The HowleI
cancelled altogether. I'm going TO have n
hi. ~ my house tonight and guess its
Just MS well worth the papers time to no
tee II aS IT l. TO write up the balls of poo
pie who never advertise cents worth"
AMI he slammed the door rs he stalked out.
The crafty advertising agent, anxious t.
please SO good customer, went off to the
paper and, carefully avoiding the editor,
syL m his fine work mt the business end.
Tie result was that next day there ap.
p"urec IN the paper the following: y. d.
tones gave IL dance last night at his house
iH fItty-fourth street
As Jones was coming down town that
morning in the street car he was accosted
~ an old business friend, who exclaimed
Hello, Jones, you re getting to be a social
HIhL, en- | see an account of your ball
last night in The HOwler this morning"
w hats that, what's that" exclaimed
Jones. The Howler meddling in my at
i'iF~. Confound its impertinence. Why
C'H.t mans private life be left inviolate
IN this city, How did they get on to the
ld'J l wonder? Their interchangeable in
austry is only equaled by their cold gall.
III 20 down there today and give that ed
ijor piece of my mind. If there is any
thlug detcSt, its having ones name noised
ABOUT in the papers. It's SO commonr'-
New York Tribune.