Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26
THE EFFECT is BAD.
shat rhing Called society and the No
,,r,s About 1t 10 Great Harm.

sh,. rbine called s.sOciety' and the no
ports About It 10 Great narm'
There are few people, especially there
sSS7,-fe1g Of the more artistic sex, who nave
not a taste for sBlendor, for luxury Tor sne
imnressivelv picturesque in humin hie
and in its manner of living. This ls' now
ever. by no means to say that they are un-
bappv If they cannot live magnihcehOiy
themselves. .ha.
a verv small number are able to do thflS'
and n LARGE number, we are glad to believe
have too good sense to do so II they co'ilu
But it is to them a qualification TO see
what is splendid, to read Of it and TO t''ii'
about it. ,,.,
We have not, in America, the European
resource to feed the public fancy-a court
with n king and queen and princes, ana
above all. princesses. One need Speha Du.
a very short time abroad to learn bow re'Ai
Dlace the doings Of these pelson''37eS NV
in the every day life Of the common people
They recur in. conversation as regularly %
the weather and with infinitely more inter
esting variations. -..,.,o,.od
There is always prince Win ." f"'iiOi'-
romantic love story, OF au eagagts' l,ili'' u,
whose trousseau is wonder o. uiee
ambroideries, or a royal baby just chris
tened, or young couple mirtlen ai'liu ~
Mar reioicings heightened to the utmost
dramatic effect by flowers ana music i''S''-
walls and illuminations.
A true American girl Of democratic IN
clinatiops is annoyed to find how easy II IS
10 sin into the habit OF foreign country
| in these respects, and almost ashamed 70
| discover how real is her interest in people
of whom only few are politically impor-
tant' while many are burden upon their
nation and their very magnificence re-
proach
Yet we have something Of the same sort
at home-more crude, less artistic and
without the carefully arranged effects, ana
what might be called the decorum OF lux
ury which centuries Of court life and klngiy
rule have produced in Europe.
| We have an indefinite bat gorgeous
/ something called society, which Is aparS
from all the thousand more genuine IN
telligent and helpful social circles Whlch
pervade the United States
This society does really fulnil one want
of human nature. 1t is not averse TO news
paner fame. and the accounts OF its halis'
| dinner parties, costumes and equlpages are
supplied daily to the public
II has money It can buy beantlfth
+binos and the descriptions Of these satisfy
the imagination of many gay and sehsi-
ble country girl, who if She too We're a
millionaire would spend her money more
wisely than upon trunks full Of the ex-
travagant "creations" Of Paris dress
maker or superfuous jewels enough to hli
a showcase. -
She questions the extravaganza thst
snends a,fortune for floral decorations that
fade in night, and thinks the money
wasted on costumes for famous fancy
dress ball something very nearly wicked
But she reads of these things because they
minister to her imagination and BRING
scenes of splendor and beauty vividly be-
fore her eyes.
She reads of the tournament IN ivan
hoe" which we do not expect her to ENJOY
the less for disappearing of the theory oi
tournaments.
This society news" as it IS called Is
widely read, and certainly indicates some,
thing more than admiration on the part OF
many people of the empty, foolish and con
spicuous mode of life depicted
The sooner such society is relegated II
the public opinion to the post of picturesque
uselessness occupied by royalties and cour
tiers in other lands the better.-Youth'
Companion.