Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-14

SHtftl N Hisway led him through
Nj the northwestern Sec
| EASE> ton Of the city, and as
| 49, he was trudging along
thinking how many peo-
pie lay snoring in each
house he suddenly came rig htinto the middle Of
scene Of the hveliest wakefulness. Carriages
were dashing b. him, the street was full of them,
and he met groups Of pedestrians. At first.
suddenly awakened from his revere. he thought
he must have come into market which was
getting ready for the morning trade. but as he
looked more carefully be what il Wa.
there was an awning stretched from the
doorway to the curbstone OF one of
the nne houses. and it BY this
channel that the stream of people
| he encoun cred was issuing. There
nothing the matter. A party was breaking up,
that was all. But he could not help thinking
that the men at that party would be in a pretty
| teedy condition when they reror,e ted at their
| respective Offices in few hours He was a
| journalist. When he goes to bed in the
| morning. does not breakfast until IL the next
day. but these Young men whom he met going
home when chickens are beginning TO get up
VIII be at their desks at o clock. Really thew
undergo a strain such falls to the lot Of few
professional or business men.
HE WAS NOT TIRED
Tired, old mani" said one society man 10
another one morning they met at their board
ing house breakfast table.
Not at all, replied his friend
| Bot we came home from the german to-
gether. 1t WAS o. clock when we turned In"
| IL know it,"
| Then have only had three hours and a
half sleep. You must be tired"
! On, no. said the veteran. "you don't I'M
| derstand these things. | came home from nv
office yesterday al hslf-psst 8. slept until T. took
light dinner and went To bed again and slept
| like torpid dormouse till g. when got up and
| dressed FOR the party. Don you see? l got
! fuily i've hours sleep, and now m fresh II
| daisy
This is all very well. and the society man who
can arrange his time TO sleep whenever he
If moi al work or al party can manage 20 pull
through the season quite rat yiactorily, but how
many can do this? The generality OF them lead
a different life. Thev dance all nigh; aud 60
about in dazed condition all day.
THE sUPPEgs WORK THE INJURY.
One TIL g that injuries them is The supper
they cat Let a man get thoroughly heated
and tired dancing and at the hour of IL at
night give him a little sa.non. some rich chicken
salad, IA croquette or two, several glasses of
heavy rum punch and about pin OF cold
champagne; add 20 H. al some terrapin: let hi,n
now so back TO the ball room ard do more dane
ing. drink more punch. ana finalIy let hi'a
| absorb several goblcts full OF ice water or
apolinsris Then send him home TO sleep.
When his head strikes his pillow he sinks into u
heavy, dieamiess sleep, and when he is
awakened III the morning hi, head is buzzing
his ears carry the confused echoes OF waitzes
and poihas. his eyes are still daZzled with the
| nights OF the ball room. He wonders vhethe
he mas been on an o.d-fashioned "bat." but me
| recollection of the party comes back to IA IN
| gradually. He tries to think Some time less
than four hours before. bus IL seems to nina at
| some date before The war. ne made engage
ment to take breakfast with somebody. Mha.
! Is the date OF that breakfast! What il the hour?
| Who invited him anyhow! He gives no TRYING
to remember. Then there comes a hazy recoiec-
| ton Of waltz with girl and of a te:e-s-tete
| conversation with her afterward. Yes he
| remembers who she is. But he feels certain
| that he asked her to do something or other
| with him. made some appointment for some
purpose at some stated time. Blu, what it was
and when 1t was for hs is unable TO decide
Happy IL the society man who can go to parties
| ard neither ca. nor drink, but then wha. Is he
| there for II he does not cat or drink? The poor
| fellow that has been just described il human.
| AND he gets all he can out of party and suffers
| the consequences Of his folly. Unless lack
| serves him the girl who is giving the breakfast
| party will hold it without him. and will wonder
| where he Is and will probably never forg We
| him for not keeI ping his engagement. He nav
| Iare even worse than thai and get il ia % ais
! head that some girl asked him 10 breakfast who
| never did anything OF The kind. and he NAV 90
| to her house and surprise her BY walking in a.
| o clock in the afternoon when he is not ex-
pee ed ut all. And As Tor the girl wi h whom
| he made an engagement, Tine nature of which
! he has forgotten, he will probably 90 to her and
| say, What was the engagement L made with
| you, Miss -" And she will very prop
erly feel insuled and not tell him.
So far from lying upon bed of roses the 80
| ciety man lies upon thorns. His life is hard
one, with hard work, watchfuiness, physical
and mental toll and finally reward in the
shape Of a chronically consested liver.
HOW TEE SOCIETY GIRL is AFFECTED
| But how is it with tn. society girl? How DO
| the late hours affect her? Does she dance all
night, go home to refreshing sleep, arise late in
| the afternoon and come forth blooming like
| the cereus flower? 1t is to be feared that she
does not Her brain is clearer than the socletv
mans. She does not eat so much. nor does
she drink much. but she is of a more sensi-
tive nature, and the excitement PLAYS havoc
with her nerves. When she seeks her copcb
her brain is on fire. Sue does not forget the
engagements she has made: and she rememhars
everything that she said and did and eyerv-
thing that was said to her. Perhaps il wa, an
nonsense, but perhaps, in the deep recesses of
| the big bay window, between the dances. there
may have been whispered in her ear
few words that will make her remember that
particular ball above ali Others tor the balance
OF her life. Do people ever propose at par ,ie.2
parties? What are they there for? it NAV be
asked again. Leave ont the eating and drink
ing and love making and what barren eyeuts
parties would be- Nevertheless, i. must be
confessed thai while a party may be a good
place for ma, ling love it is IA her too public
for proposing. Suppose you were to WHISPER
the critical question in her ear and an unseen
couple were right near you and overhear you.
1t would be horribly embarrassing And sun
pose that the girl, being of an excitabe nature.
should be overcome by her emotions and should
burst into tears. The instruments for suicide
not being ready to hand there would be no hing
lett for you to DO but to stink home. PACK your
trunk and 60 OF to Australia. there 70 live the
balance OF your life under the shadow
OF an assumed name. But suppose again |
that the lady in the case listened willingly 10 |
Your words OF love and, perhaps, let her |
hand fall whore it could clasp yours, being bid |
den by the folds Of her Dress You might. nm
der these circumstances, forgetting all caution,
seize her in your arms and-and suppose Won
we're caught. There would be an end of YOUR |
Irritation. She would marry you then, you may |
be sure Of that People who have had expe- |
rience in these matters strongly advise against |