The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-09-04
SOCIETY PEOPLE RomP.
Little Mrs. Is. l. A,toB.hsd at Their
Antics.

Antics.
There are certain sets OF people who |
delight In gambols that In children Of !
larger growth seem to be. TO say the |
least. somewhat elephantine. says the
New York Tribune. They cause out
rldcrs 10 wonder whether they them
selves are lacking In animal spirits or
are so much more ancient than their
contemporaries that they feel "out OF
touch with Il ALL or whether, az u
seems to them. it is rather unseemly
for people OF mature age and position
to indulge In such antics. with Boz
homians, so-callod. who by virtue Of
the artistic temperament are cternally
young. any such eccentricitlCg appear
more or less natural and are certainly
allowable. but when people OF formal
society. who 10 the world az large arc
comewhat unapproachabie and stif. re-
lax among their lntmutog and act like
a lot Of children. the mcrrImont seems
little forced. Poor li.tle Mrs. u. Of
Philadelphia. who had been brought up
with quaker proprlety and consequent
stiffness and who. by virtue OF her fam
ily. wealth and personal attraction,
had been welcomed into certain in
ncr circle known as decidedly smart,
was very anxious 20 do In Rome rs
the Romans do and 20 show herself no
novice IN fashionable life. although Il
/ was an terra incogniia to the simple
/ little lady who had passed 90 innocent
years FAR from the maddcning crowd
Brought suddenly into the bewlldcring
rush OF fashionable society. she strug-
glcd vnllantly and. as she thought. sue
cossfully 10 appear a finished woman
OF the world. II happened that one OF
the lrst dinners she attended was given
by a Philadelphia, who. married to a
rev York man. had become social
power In certain set and who had
asked her own special gang TO meet
her townswoman. whose family connoc-
ton she was and who. she propheslod,
would get on" To little Mrs. b.. ac-
cuatomcd to the stifiest Of stiff enter
tninmonts and to whom dinner par
~" was a solemn and momcntous oc-
cGslon. the mirth and POPULARITY OF the
party. which was composed Of Intimate
friends. seemed almost indocorous. but.
accepting II as a part Of the manners
nnd customs OF the strange new world
which her ambitious little soul longed
10 conquer she set herself to study the
entertainment 40 a type Of fashion
able dinner II turned out TO be- what
might be called a very jolly aflair In
deed. Popular airs were started and
sung with the dessert and the climax
was reached when one OF the men con-
trived to get into n giant lampshade
which he pretended was the skirt OF q
} ballet dancer and executed o very
J clever pas seul. All these to her, new
and curious customs Mrs. II. studied
with the seriousness which was one OF
, her charactorlstics. and when she her
self gave a big dinner not long after
: ward. dinner which she Intended
should be the starting point OF her new
, career. she resolved that sac. too. would
Introduce these free and easy man
, ners. which we're evidently the latest
, style and which would show conclusive
ly that she was up TO date. Just how
however. to set the ball OF hilarity
rolling she could not determine. 80 she
! took a wicked man Of the world into
her confidence.
How do people manage about such
1 thlngs?" she asked. ingenuously. "Doei
A the hostess start the songs. or IN,
4 guests7"
"oh. the hostess" he answered
4 promptly. for he was hidden TO thu
}. feast, and he longed to see the It'll,