Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-12

right thing to dor The truth Is that no
imitation by a man of another who Is a
swell will make swell of the imitator.
He may follow certain rules. get into GER
tain company, do certain things, have GER
tain manners but, nevertheless, may fall
short Of his ambition. Still. II he keeps on
trying hard enough. and II he puts every
other consideration back of him and has
money enough. he can in the end usually
succeed in having himself classed among
the swells.
Perhaps the most essential thing, IL he is
not swell from the very beginning-that
Is, II he achieves swelldGm, instead of be-
ing born in it's that he should put any
previous existence he may have lived. and
any previous acquaintance or friends he
may have had. behind him. He must not
care for the consequences. If he is asked
IL he has ever been to a certain city, he
must remember not to say yes, unless 1t is
a city he knew after he began his swell ca
reer. Otherwise he might make the mis-
take of saying he knew some of the people
In that city who are not in it's swell circles,
and he might be compelled to admit that
he did not know some of the swells, all of
which would be an injury to his standing
Similarly with the people in the place in
which he lives. He may have had a friend
who was fond of him and to whom he was
himself attached. but he must know him no
more, unless he is a swell.
Simply Indifference.
This. you will say. is the act of a mean
biped described here is a mean man. 1t is
strange, too. how very few relatives these
fellows have. They soon let it be known
that they cannot afford to care for these
relations any longer. and as for the rela-
tons. they very soon let IT be known that
they don't care snap of their finger about
IL 1t Is here that there is apt to be a GER
tam frankness Of mutual treatment that is
Eather singular. They meet, perhaps, on
the street, nod carelessly and pass on. Or
, uney come together at family funeral.
perform their duties together and separate
lney may not meet for years, and when
they do there is neither cordialty nor Of
lensive coolness. but simple Indifference
They have chosen different paths and do
not cross one another. Perhaps the swell
hears that one of his cousins Is about to
be married-a cousin whom he used to re-
gard as chum and partner in former days.
"a good. worthy girl"
Inc words have peculiar sound to his
ears He wonders If he would ever care
70 marry "a good, worthy girl" He has
an idea that ifshe should speak to his swell
acquaintance OF "a good worthy cirl'' they
would laugh. He does not precisely look
Tor one answering this description to be-
come his own wife-not that she may not
be both good and worthy, but this must
more important characteristics The girl
that he marries must be in the right set !.
that is, perhaps. the most important thing
and IL Is desirable also that all her peo-
ple' should be in the right Set When the
man Is seif-made swell this is especially
desirable. Then she ought, il possible. to
nave goodly sum of money, for no matter
now much bachelor swell has it is. in
his estimation. not enough for two Other
considerations come into play Also but
these are the chief ones.
Only Looks Like n Butterfly,
In fact, the self-made swell Is a much
more painstaking one than the other. whose
father and mother were swells, but there
Is not much fundamental difference between
the two. One has had to learn the ideas
that the other imbibed from infancy. but
they are the same ideas. Chief among
them is the belief in the genuine inferiority
OF all people who are not sweIIs No class
on earth can approach the swell class i'm
selI-SatlSfaction- Great statesmen NAV
sometimes doubt whether they might not
have done better IL they had remained in
private life. great writer's often get tired
or their calling and clergymen are racked
with doubts. But the swell, alone among
men, never conceives that any one who
Is anything else is not mistake or that
ne Is not the most consummate success of
civilization.