The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-17

regard to the relations of men and women
to each other in a ballroom, and that
many clever and desirable persons of both
sexes are thereby deferred from attend
ing dances, has often been remarked, but
so long as selfshness and pride are the
corner-stones of the social structure, as
they undoubtedly are now, there does not
seem to be much hope that things will be
otherwise. The women who could, if they
chose, after this state of affairs will never
do 1t, for the reason that they are too sat-
ished with the existing order of things,
whereby they engross the attention and
admiration of the majority of the men, to
change 1t. AS it is now, however, a man
with kind heart is almost at as great a
disadvantage in a ballroom as shy and
partnerless girl.
A young lawyer of great intelligence and
many personal attractions said the other
day that he had been at one dance this
winter and that six horses could not drag
him to another. THE trouble with Jim"
said younger brother, whose chivalry
led him into no such difficulty lis that he
enacts the knight errant, and does moth
ing but rescue distressed damsels, so, of
course he has a stupid time" And it
transpired upon investigation by his
amused family that the good-natured elder
brother had had only two partners during
the entire evening, both of whom had been
left sitting alone and disconsolate until
the modern Don Quixote had taken the
one forsaken maiden to supper and danced
the cotillion with the other.
Popular young women rarely reflect that
they might take little Christian charity
with them into the ballroom. A girl who
is favorite can do much to make shy,
awkward young strangers happy by a lit
tie friendly attention to their needs, but
it is astonishing how seldom such kindli-
ness is shown.
''I felt like a pariah the other night"
said young girl from the country.
had "a partner for the cotillion, but none
for supper, and it did not occur to me that
] needed one, especially, or that there was
any ordeal about it, until 1 heard the
march played and my partner, who had
an engagement, said: Where shall l
take you? Oh said 1, quite unconscious
of committing any solecism, there is
MollyB-; 1 can sit with her. To my sur
prise Molly, who must have heard me, and
whom 1 had always considered a friend,
turned her head and nearly her back in a
manner that was unmistakable. Then 1
will sit by Alice A 1 exclaimed, in des-
peration, but Alice, who had two men at
tending to her with assiduous devotion.
never gave me a glance as l came up, and
I could see plainly that l was not wanted.
1 felt quite miserable for a moment as 1
knew my partner was waiting 10 CO. Wnen
a nice-looking girl, whom / did not know,
made room for me beside her.
Come and sit beside me- she said,
kindly, and 1 really felt thankful where
upon man l knew well came up and at
ter that l was all right"
"Is there any harm in dancing or in 60
ing to balls?" asked a conscientious girl Of
her rector.
mot in the least, my child" answered
the broad-minded clergyman, eff you take
your principles with you to the ballroom.
/ know of no place where they can do
more good, and you can be as consistent a
Christian there as anywhere else"