Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-07
Tl..TEuLNgss o. JouRNALIsM.
How the Society Reporter Got Ahead of
the Other Fellow

she was what is called quite a bright
woman. III the New York yernacular
this term applies 70 any woHa Of sense
below the age Of 30. after which they are
called .,brainy' and don't seem to like it,.
Her appearance was such that even So
ciety reporters merely described her as
possessing ian attractive personality Z"
This is a significant fact. The society re-
porter is never rude. If you are a million
ARE daughter and Of average looks, he
will describe you as beautiful and pos
sessed Of indescribable chic. I"
II yOu have "A few thousands and dress
well--even though you have no eyelashcs
and "a slab sided figurc-the society re-
porter Will still be kind and allude TO you
as "a young woman Of considerable per-
sonal attractions
II Is only when he describes you as sin
terestlng rather than strictly beautiful"
that yOu may realize that probably your
nose is all out Of drawing, your eyes wa
tery. and that what there Is Of Your hair
Is the wrong color In short, this last ex-
preston is the worst that the society re-.
porter can Do te you--if yoil are in society
And If you are not in society
then, he wouldn't know even who you
are. don't You know.
The society reporter had not yet applied
this final danrng descriptive term is her
Of whom | write, because she had not yet
become brainy, and-more important
still-she was not poor.
She smiledsupon young man, and. al
though her smile was about two inches
too long and too toothy to be pretty, he
decided to WOO her. He had been told that
she was bright, 80 he decided to WOO
her rs a bright woman should be wooed in
mis- opinion.
II will not insult your preternatural
intelligence he began, by telling you
that you are beautiful. You are too clever
20 swallow that sort of humbug. Besides
beauty is not what | am after. 1t is tran
sient and unsatisfying. But you have
mind. One cannot expect 70 find mind
and beauty combined -
But 1T this point the young lady said
Take me back to my chaperon And
the local temperature went down to frcuz-
ing point
Now this happened mt a function
a function il a meeting of people
held in large houses for the promotion Of
employment among dressmakers. florists
and society reporters. At this particular
function the society reporter, having been
ut several other functions and having
sippeu ctafet punch ana champagne ffappe
at each, had accumulated what in lower
circles Is known as "a pretty considerable
jag. Therefore in reporting this function
he got his terms mixed.
The next morning on reading the morn
ing paper Mrs. Golde Dollar, the million
aires wife, found herself described as sin
teresting rather than strictly beautiful,
while she of whom / write read for the
first time that she was beautiful and pos
sessed Of understandable chic
The society reporter was denied entrance
at Mrs. Goltle- Dollars next function And
when the young man-who thought that
bright women should be wooed differently
from other women-saw tho marriage of
the bright woman and the society reporter
in the paper he wondered how on earth
the other fellow had got ahead Of him.
Jessie NJ, Wood in Life.