Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10
SOCIETY PEOPLE ROMP.
Little Mrs. II. Is Astonished at Their
Antics.

There are certain sets of people VINO
delight in gambols that in chidreh Vi
a larger growth seem to be. 10 sd! lhe
least. somewhat elephantlne, says INC
New York Tribune. Tney cause Que
siders to wonder whether they thehi-
selves are lacking in animal spirits or
are so much more ancient than their
contemporaries that they feel out or
touch" with it all, or "hether' as 1t
seems to them. il is rather uhseenii'
! for people of mature age ana posi'loh
to indulge in such antics. Nlth DO
hemians. sC-called. who by virtue OF
the artistic tempcrane1t are eterhalIs
! young, any such eccentricitlos appear
/ more or less natural ana are certainty
| allowable. but when p opie O. lorlhal
| society. who 70 The world al large are
somewhat unapproachao,a ard stiff, re-
! lax among their inti:!:%;es and act ike
q 10. of children. the nerriment seems
a little forced. Poor little Mrs. b. OF
| Philadelphia. VINO has been brought up
, with quaker prcpriety and consequent
stiffness and who. by virtue Of Aer fam
lily. wealth and personal attraction
had been welcomed into certain IN
ner circle known as decidedly smart,
was very anxious TO do in Rome as
the Romans do and TO show herself no
novice in fashionable life, although it
was all terra incognita to the simple
little lady who had passed 40 innocent
years far from the I-Gddenlng crowd.
| Brought suddenly into the bewildering
rush of fashionable society, she strug-
gled valiantly and. as she thought, sue
cessfully to appear 4 finished woman
of thc world. 1t happened that one OF
the first dinners she attended was given
by Philadelphia. who. married to a
Few York man had become a social
power in d certain set and who had
asked her own special gang to meet
her townswoman. whose family connec-
ton she was and who. she prophesied,
would get on To little Mrs. b., ac-
customed to the stiffest of stiff enter
tainments and to whom dinner par
ty" was a solemn and momentous oc-
casion, the mirth and popularity of the
party. which was composed of intimate
friends. seemed almost INDIGENOUS, but
accepting it as a part of the manners
and customs of the strange new world
which her ambitious little soul longed
to conquer she set herself to study the
| entertainment as type of fashion
able dinner. 1t turned DAT TO be what
might be called very Jolly affair in
: deed. Popular airs were started and
: sung with the dessert and the Gilman
was reached when one Of the men con-
trived to get into a giant lampshadt
which he pretended was the skirt OF {
} ballet dancer and executed very
, clever pas seul. All these, to her, new
3 and curious customs Mrs. B. studied
: with the seriousness which was one o
2 her characteristics, and when she her
4 self gave a big dinner not long after
, ward, dinner which she intended
, should be the starting point of her new
p career. she resolved that she, too, would
introduce these free and easy man
= ners, which were evidently the lates
, style and which would show conclusive
ly that she was up to date. Just how
however. to set the ball of hilarit,
; rolling she could not determine so sh,
|
: her confidence.
How do people manage about sucl
g things?" she asked, ingenuously. Doe
! the hostess start the songs, or tn
guests?'
"Oh, the hostess" he answered
I promptly. for he was hidden to tn
: feast. and he longed to see the littl
f quakeress inaugurate a dinner a /
n chantante
v Mrs. B. gave gasp of CONSERVATION
but resolved to do whatever was in
g cumbent upon her to make her Dime
4 a success. while the wicked ma
q chuckled to himself over the anticipa
ton of what he thought would be tn
most amusing function of the season
Fortunately. however, for Mrs. B. he
courage gave out; she could not brin
herself to the point of starting thing
. up and, to the wicked mans intens
. disappointment, the dinner was a
- decorously dull and respectable as an
descendant of William Penn could dc
e sire OR Mrs. Grundy criticise