The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-17
SNOBS IN WICHITA.
NANCY YANKS MAKES THRUSTS
AT NOSES THAT TURN UP.
Large Increase III the Number of
Social FunctiOns as Yule-Tide
WithiiS Homo Cheer and
Deeds of Charity
Draws Near.

4 NdiAiuS uOWu NAdIu obfCS1 tu0 OtuSt
day in the Fear of two members Of the
| four hundred, happened to overhear a
scrap of their conversation.
"How did you enjoy tue balls" asked one,
referring 10 u late social event.
ut was perfectly ridiculous" answered
her companion, tossing her little head
| which, By the way, was adorned with two
Inverted "Washington's Crossing the Della.
ware. "One of the merchants of the
| town" Calling him by name, which
| wouldn't do for the world) twas up there
dancing with some Of his clerks"
Dancing with his cierks.' almost
screamed the other. "You can't mean it.
What are we coming tor"
1T Is only too true," sighed she of the
colonied hat. "One never knows whom
one will meet in society nowadays, it is
SO mixed"
Dear me, And he danced with his
clerks, and the rest of the 400 looked on
and grieyed.
Well. why shouldn't be dance with his
clerkss Aren't most of them just as good
as he is? If not-that is, of course. just ss
good as he is.
In ali probability he was once a clerk
himself; most merchants start that way.
or AS bootblacks aud newsboys; and, rs lie
is by no means millionaire, ne may be a
clerk again before he dies
Fortune changes quickly. The almighty
dollar is a slippery article Holmes
says that fortunes change hands about
every twenty-five years; and in Boston,
it is common thing to see the names of
once illustriOus families on dump-carts
and ash-receivers. If We live long enough,
we may'yet see descendant of Gould or
Vanderbilt collecting rags and old iron.
II doesn't take twenty five years even
for fortunes to change hands in the west.
l know men who drove blooded horses,
with silver mounted harness, 20 carriages
that sported armOrial bearings, during the
boom. Now they drive ranshackly old
rigs, hitched to bag Of bones, by 4 har
ness that would fall to pieces il you
looked at it. Others built palaces aud
furnished them magnifcent!y. They have
siuce been obliged 10 mortgage all the
furniture several times: aud then sell it,,
still decorated with all these mortgages
(Which, by the way, doesn't seem to tie a
penitentiary offence in Kansas, as iu some
other states) in order TO i've.
So, you see, this merchant may have
known what he was about, after all, when
he danced with his clerks. Some time in
the dim future he may have TO beg situa-
tion as floor. walker, or cash boy, of some
one OF them.
Oh! this changeable little city of
Wichita!
When / first came here, few years ago.
they took me aside and said 10 me
solemniy:
BE careful what you say about clerks
here, Ii you want to go with the fashion
able. cater the clerks. They run things.
In the west we do not allow young girl
to be snubbed because she happens to be
obliged>to earn her living-ou the con-
trary. We set her upon "A pedestal and fall
down and worship her."
Good" l answered, This is indeed a
happy valley. entirely approve Of the
WAYS of your society,""
You are right. Work is ennobling.
No one has the right 10 scorn worker"
At that time heard strange rumors of
a young lady visitor from Kansas City,
aud her attempt to snub clerk in one of
the stores, whom she happened to meet at
u ball.
She was either snubbed and entirely
Ostracised; or tarred aud feaJhered and
drummed out of town by the outraged
Boat club, then hourishing here; I have
forgotten which.
Now, observe how society has changed.
The clerk doesn't seem to be in it any
longer. Yet the very strangest part OF it
all, IS, that / seemed to recognize, in the
lazy of colonial hat, an eX-clerki
Wasn't that queer?
Can it he thai she had forgotten she was
ever clerk
Such things have been known to happen
NANCY YANKs.