Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-04
CHICAGO AND NEW HAVEN,

Now that Chicago Is standing on the
very highest pinnacle of fame and shining
with the glory of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition as brightly as shines the gilded
weathervane on grandfather's barn in the
morning sunlight, it is pleasing to discover
that New Haven can honestly claim to be
as glorious as Chicago in at least one vary
important respsct. Its Society is quite
like that of Chicago, and in being SO it, of
course, reaches the top notch. It appears
that Prince Walkoneky was told by an ignor
ant and foolish Chicago lady that the So
ciety of that city consisted of eighty per-
sons. don't you know. The chief Court
Journal of Chicago, the Herald, heard of
this saying, and 1t has told the lady,
Prince Walkonsky and all con-
cerned just how Chicago Society
is constituted. It says: The Society of
this town acknowledges as composing It's
membership every man, woman and child
within the city limits excepting those who
are in jail or engaged in unlawful pursuits.
We have no "400;" we have no $780,"
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man who ia honest, cleanly and we'll dis
posed is a member of Chicago Society.
There are, it is true, different circles of
Society. The Blue Island Avenue Social
Club, for example, is not largely repre-
sented at the Bachelors and Benedicts'
balls; nor do the Prairie aven ue people at
tend the merry-mskings of the Hslsted
Street Frolicsome Five in any great num-
bers. But the Blue Islanders are as good
as the Bachelors and Benedicts, and the
Prairie avenue people do not turn up their
noses at the Halsted street people. 1t is
limited extent of residence and finances.
No "set" or "clique" can arrogsts to itself
the title of "Chicago Society. All "sets"
| are equal.
How like New Haven. Several years ago
there was q little book published here
which had few names in 1t, and these
names were said by the compiler of them
to be the names of those who composed
Society In this town. This attempt to
limit Society here was Hat failure. The
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some of those whose names were in 1t.
Soon after the appearance of this little
book the real Society lists began to appear
in the Court Journals, and they showed
and continue to show that our Society ii
like that of Chicago. Anybody who eats
drinks or is merry with friends, anybody
who thinks of getting married or who re
ally does get married, anybody who visit
West haven, anybody who gives 3 stat
party, anybody who has a stop coat" any
body who has eyes, or hands or feet, any
body who is related to anybody else
any body who has a nicely fitting %
of store teeth, nybody who has ances
tors in any cemetery, anybody VIII
can't sing but will, anybody who is go
home" or away, anybody who is tow
born, anybody who is born anywhere, i
short, anybody who is anybody, figures
the long and constantly growing list {
Society here. This is truly Democrat
g city and its Society is truly democratic
1t is true here, as in Chicago, that there al
different circles of Society, ut.nobody
ono circle looks down on anybody
another circle. This fine and healthy sta
of things has been largely brought abo'
70 by the Court Journals and the kind ar
70 impartial ladies and gentlemen who In ar
through them make our Society.
So Chicago isn't at all ahead of New q
ven in the matter Of Society. No city O.
have q more unlimited Society than IL
city has. And we would remind our SON
what aristocratie Chiesgo contempora
that the line of Society can't always
Justly drawn at the jail door.