Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-06-22
ENGLISH SOCIETY,"
A Reliable Description Of Fashion
able Life In London
Money the Keystone OF Success In tho
Smartest Circles-Luxur and Pleas
ure the Only Aims OF
tho wealthy.

An article by Lady Jeune in the North
American Review on London society
presents pictures and describes tendon
ries Of the fashionable life of the Eng
lish capital which are commanding
much attention there because of her
u~ndoubted competency to deal with the
subject. Lady Jeune is the wife of JUS
tice Jeune, Of the probate and divorce
court, and both before and since his
elevation to h bench she has occupied
position which has given her access
to the society she criticises. She min
giles In the gayest, or the "smart" set,
and h can also look at it from the con-
lines of the soberer circle of those who
take a more serious view of life; for she
~frcquents, them both. Her social path
Is pleasant before her and not rough
and thorny, and hence she is Philos0ph-
lcul and not enviouS md
Lady Jeune starts out by referring to
the revolution which London society is
obviously undergoing. luxury, ease,
comfort, she says, nave become. the
watchwords of the "smart set" or the
circle which is. most conspicuous and
whose countenapce is IN Cs sought for.
n they are corrupting it ''as surely
II as certainly as they did thnt OF
ancient Rome" Amusement is it's one.
aim. Men and women live only for
pleasure. Money is. 1.-The keystone Of
success in the slnartest London society,"
for great wealth is absolutely essential
to provide the luxury demanded. 1t. ha:
always been necessary for that purpose.
Int now tho money must be vastly micro
than ever before, since the cost of the
life is vastly greatcH, and the standard
of luxury is fiXcI bv he posscSsors Of
fortunes unparalleled II the past.
Wealth ErirGGo essential to smart So
cicty, and most of H. posscSsors in Lon
don being Cutailr OF The old nobility. q.
course a radical CHANGE III the compost
ton of the circle of fashion has re.
suited. The new nrc taking the lcaG
uf the old in I'll" GRANDEUR Of their en-.
t"rtainmcEts and Ct those they dray.
about them. This 81 III revolution has.
-esultcd in q revolution Of morals anC
Life has become a. comedy
I play time. eScriDus views of it's obi.
CATIONS are out of place in such a circle
The recent scandals in London society
whill have been the talk Of the world
Lady JGun" very reasonably attribute
to 1.-The casy-GCinG manner in whil.
women Of the highest rank and cultur.
have allowed the old-fashioncd rule:
and restraints which governed socict,
to be relaxed" AS she SAYS, very truly
TTCncn and not men are responsible fo,
the tone and composition of society
IIcy tiX it's moral standard, land q
women are virtuoNs or the reverse. SO
their cntourGgc.!" They: hare relaXc;
the former restraints each as regard
herself, and h whole as regards caci
other. If the moral tone of the socict,
has been lowered, it is because The
moral tone of the woncn in it ha:
fallen individually. This decline She
acknowledges and declares frankly and
f!atly.
That this moral degradation is ex.
trcme she implies when She snys that
W. must feel infinite pity for the boo,
outcast womcn of the world who sin
because they must live, while there chr
w. 9othing but a feeling of horror TO,
Hom@p who set their virtue SO low n,
IT, maze 1T the price of dresses whicl
VIII cut out the toilcttcS of thei,
women friends in society; nor can w,
Eavc any but Il feeling of contempt 10,
the mcn rho, marrying on small means.
Suddenly find their whole entourar,
changed by the addition of horses ant
carriages. French cooks and all tn,
r,o'tcrE Injuries Of q fashionable NOR.
arc, and who shut their eyes and ac.
""pt the gifts Of the fairy godfathc,.
who has wrought all these miracles"
SIX rrnvc Women.