Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-25
TIE SOCIETY GIRL.
Her Life Not soieiy one Of Pleasure AND
seliishness.

oelnSiintsRs
The society girl is popularity supposed
to belong to the butterfly order Of
women. Her sisters, less fortunate
than she, who have to toll and spin,
fancy her radiant being with heaps
of beautiful clothes to wear, unlimited
money to spend, luxurious food to eat
and passing her life in whirl of de.
lightful engagements. Sometimes they
speak of her in cynical manner, imag
ming that in her life of pleasure she is
idle and selfish, absorbed in that which
can give her qualification and minister
to her vanity.
The young woman plodding along
patiently day by day through rain and
sleet to her place behind the counter
thinks of the society girl at the same
hour making her leisurely toilet, and il
the former be weak and silly, she feels
a slight pang of envy as the contrast
in their lives presents itself to her
mind. She girds at the idleness Of this
other girl, for whom everything is
done, and who may buy what she
chooses.
In point of fact, there are few peo-
pie buster than the society girl. In the
first place, it is no light task to keep
npa wardrobe such as one needs who
is perpetualIy going to luncheons, dim
ners, and receptions. One or two
gowns in u season are not enoughi
there must be bewitehing changes for
numerous occasions. Every custome
must have its dainty accessories
gloves, fans, slippers, ribbons, laces,
flowers, and what not. The slightest
carelessness in the details of heauti.
full costume may ruin its effectiveness.
All fathers are not equally lavish, and
all society girls do not possess an in
come commensurate with their wants.
Some of them have to slsimp and plan
in a way that is very trying. Possibly
the other girl, whoever she is, would
not wish to change places if she were
behind the scenes.
The SO ciety girls life, even if she be
the ARREST of butterflies, implies GER
tain amount of devotion to classes of
various sorts, which are fashionable if
they are nothing else, and they are
great deal else. Browning, Shakes
peare. and Tennyson the girl must
have at her fingers ends. She
must be clever at repartee She must
have on hand plenty of the small
change of conversation, must under
stand classical illusions, and must be
able to hold her own in the battledoor
and shuttlelock of Pay talk which goes
on among clever people. All this makes
study and appliea ton essential to some
extent.
In Il no, t,.1
must have her white hand in it.
Whether or not she likes cards, she
must at least have bowling acquaint-
nnce with the scientific game of whist,
though she win be wise to abstain from
| chat intellectual amusement unless she
can hold her own to the satisfaction of
her partners. A stupid whist-player in
society is decided bore, not accepted
serenely by any means.
1t goes without saying that the So
riety girl keeps up her music. If she
ioes not herself play, she at least un-
lerstands what is rood in music, and
! hears the best singers and players and
has her enthusiasms, for which she is
4 ready to do battle valiantly.
As there are but twenty-four hours
4 III Tile Gay, one HlHSI DC dieCt Ill Oftlef
TO keep mp with everything which the
social life Of city presents. and the
/ society girl has always her favorite
philanthropies. If series of tahleaux
/ is given in aid of an orphan asylum on
a fresh air fund she must bear her
part. She is not without interest in
/ fairs and festivals, and often as mana
ger of an institution or member of
benevolent association she is pledged
to raise liberal amount of funds
necessary to carry these on. To do this
requires an immense amount of in
gennity, exertion and personal mag
petism.
In her club or clubs she prepares and
reads papers, takes hand In discus,
sions, is responsible for share in
/ whatever the club has on hand.
1t must be acknowledged that the
society girl sets good example in one
regard. She is almost always speci-
men of high health and of beauty
Her regular bathing, her outdoor ex-
ereise, her horse back riding and ten
nis-playing, and the long walks she
takes give her firm muscles, bright
color, and general air of yigor. --Har-
i per's Bazaar.
Gaputos Castta Il, tl,a Air