The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-04
SOCIETY is BLASE.
The Pace During the Season
Has Been YEARLY Slow.
CUPID BECOMES A poT-eouER.
ceartship Lost Art ana Fftrtasfon In
s.pfd-Ne~ Blood Wanted
In Society.

For fashionable people the festive season
fsdrawlng TO q close and viii soon be sue
ceeeed by one of penitential retrenchment.
Nevertheless the transition will not oc-
czs.oa any serious disturbance OF trade,
nor indeed become q noticeable fact to the
common herd. For, aside from the fact
that there are a great many people who do
not stand in awe Of church canons and will
continue 20 siuuse themselves whenever
inclination. means aud opportunity offer
the proper combination. the gayety Of the
season now terminating has not been of
fhs. delirious character demanding the
compensation of period of rest aud re-
operation. On the contrary ii has been
o. tame and uneveutfnl as If Ash Wednes-
dar came in November. and those who
ssIi claim to constitute fashionable society
hare done little to en.itie them 90 retain
such distinction. For lack of that
which proverbialiy exciiss the mare. the
pace has been YEARLY slow. The struggle
10 keep up appearances has been painful,
and many families have been Obliged TO
borrow money to pay their servants. IL
u hiss been a hard winter for the heads of
families. 1t has also been Disappointing to
the young people. Hardly a wedding or
On engagement Of note has been ehTon-
icsed. courtsiip seems To be lost art
and Irritation insipid. Cupid has become
q po.-boiier and Is quite thin. Young
men aud women both affect to
be biase while some assume an air Of snob-
bisnness quite ridiculous. Nero floating
chips without snap. style or ability. these
complain that there is no wind to urge
them along, or that the sea does no; heaye
for their amusement Society Is tired Of
itself. Women sigh for new lovers who
can excite their interest. men with fresh
ness. audacity. enterprise. capacity aud
spondulix. Men are looking for new
sseethearts. women OF wit. style, beauty
and new coaaetries. The fun Is chiefly in
the chase. aud the wilder the game the
keener the sport. But one does not hunt
tame deer or domestic fowl. The man
whose wit, capacity. nerve and
means have been exactly measured
and whose habits and characteristics
are we'll known ceases TO be
interesting unless be does something. The
woman whose every phase OF beauty and
every trick of displaying it are known to
the men who see her 1t every party, aud
whose coquetries and little concealments
have been exposed by envious friends.
loses her attraction. The man may prove
immensely interesting TO other women,
the woman seem charming TO other men.
but of one another they are tired. Being
IN parallel rats neither can help the other.
but strangers may be able to- liz both out.
And so society signs for fresh blood. new
people. As visitors are few and new com
erS still more scarce. who tibet
are here viii hii this want Among
the younger people just leaving school are
many buds of exceedingly hno promise
ana young men iaii Of ambition. La the
broadening circles below tho apex, too
are many lovely women and warm hearted
men, whose graces Of mind. person and
character are in nowise inferior TO those
IN the circles above them, aad whose grad
uaiiy accommodating means are enabling
them to replace their interiors in the
higher circles.