Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-17
new YORK MADE HER TIRED
But Princess EuIaIia Is in Love
With the Fair City.
Gotham Society Was So Busy Thinking OF
Its Manners That It Forgot the In
fanta.. Uttered at the Primo ass
Discontinue.

CHICAGO, June 12.-It Is no secret
among the members of Princess Eula-
las party that she is thoroughly de-
lighted with Chicago and that she has
found her reception here much pleas
anter than it was in New York. The
reason is scarcely IN official secret even
so freely has it been discussed. New
York society felt itself SO important
and had such IA deep regard for the
courtesies due it and for the observ-
ance of social distinctions as il viewed
them, and it was SO anxious to show
the princess that il knew all about the
Difference due to her, that il was some
times very frigid. In trying to be cere-
monious it forgot to be polite. In ex-
erting itself to do only the right thing
it occasionally neglected to do any
thing.
Since the princess arrival in Chicago
n very good story has been told of her
first formal reception in New York.
She was the last to arrive, that being
the proper thing in her case, and the
other guests were deep in the latest
gossip when she entered the room.
Immediately there was a hush. Every
person present stopped talking and
stared at the infanta.
Gotham's good prompted so
ciety to vulgarly stare at a princess of
the Spanish blood at "a social function!
For two full minutes there was a
profound and painful silence. The in
fanta was visibly embarrassed. Every
one present discovered that fact stimuli
taneously and turned to whisper it to
his neighbor. A rustic and a subdued
laugh went about the room.
Gotham's good manner prompted So
ciety to smoker at the infanta's discom-
future.
And this general smoker disturbed
the princess still more deeply. Still it
occurred TO no one to step forward and
end the painful suspense by being pre-
scented. There was official propriety
and social precedence to be observed.
At last Gotham society did get into line
and made an effort to behave itself.
Now, Chicago hasn't done anything
as rude as that TO Eulalia. She has
been given a good democratic greeting
here. Chicago ladies did have n little
spasm of panied discussion of the salute
that good form demanded should be
given the city's royal guest, but finally,
ike q sensible lot OF wOmen they ue-
cided that while in America, and the
guest of the United States. Eulalia was
a good democrat herself, and that the
proper way to treat her was just as any
other good American woman would be
treated.
They don't kiss Elizabeth Cady Stan
toms hand or Mrs. Cleveland's hand
when they receive them OF meet them
at high social functions: then why kiss
Eulalia's? This reasoning has been gem
orally accepted by the Chicago ladies,
and instead of staring at her when she
enters a reception room they are ready
TO step forward, meet her and tell her
how glad they are to welcome her to
Chicago. And it is this free and open
hearted hospitality that so pleases her.
As for the Chicago men, though there
IS not one of them who is not just as
hearty in his welcome, they have unan-
imously voted against the women on
me question of ceremony. Every man
who has expressed himself on the sub
)ect has been found to be in favor Of
perpetuating hand kissing as a node
of greeting the princess o, any other
pretty woman with an enhancing
smile.