The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-07
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tional wrath and heat about him, mixed
with laughter and mockery, and moth.
ing seemed to delight him So much ms to
rhock Il fnsti1ious person or to bully n
humhug
There was Mr.. Planter, n gentleman
all profile and eyeglasses, with II grut-
ing voice. II rctcntivc memory und Gl
Unsuitable earnestness. He was prcsl.
dent If the American branch of thr SO.
cicty for the Scientific Investigation Of
Supernatural Phcnomcna, and his nor.
nal condition was one of high argument
and exposition He spoke of himself as
tive" and of the rest of the world as
"you"-iinparting to that pronoun an in
touatiun significativc of bigotry and
prejudice. His neck projected forward,
and his figure was thin and curved like
the new moon. There was Mr.. Beau
fort. once II clergyman, now an actor. u
large headed, small bodied man, with
big nose and deep set eyes, extremely
graceful and deliberate in his attitud,s
and gestures, wearing in repose AN cS-
preston of thoughtful melancholy, as II
rejecting that he had been IA clergyman,
but Frightening. when addressed. with
smile of almost excessive sweetness. as
If remembering that he was an actor.
Such of these gentlemen us possessed
wives were accompanied by them, but
the latter We're for the most part like
the engravings of ladies' in fashion pa
pers--tbough their faces might be pret-
ty, it was the dresses you looked at and
recollccted. When an American lady is
distinguished ut all she is apt to appear
almost too much so. Not to mention
the hostess of the evening, there were.
for example, Mrs. March. of the Won.
EMS Political association, slim, erect.
holding her elbows close to- her sldcS.
with tight business mouth and yearu-
ing, melancholy eyes; possessing an i'll
suiferable command of language. eli
HANGED by faculty Of seeming to re-
press more chan she uttered; Miss Kor
ner, of German extraction, with short
sandy hair, pale. prominent eyes, n snuh
nose and protruding jaw; her volubility
was as great as that of 1Irs. March,
aud her rapidity greater; but whereas
the former lady's conversation was
maiuly explanatory and argumenta-
. tive. Miss Kolucr's was iuterrogato"y
and anacdotical; Mr.. Bright. u beauty.
the wife of wealthy brewer, holding
: herself asif she We're ON horseback, rush
ing al Il topic or an enterprise as if 4
weIr u five barred gate, and forgetting
it the next moment. hnadstrong, enthu-
sia9tic, blase; she had embraced Her
bert Spencer during the last season, and
! reproduced him in jets and sparkles.
Mrs Musgraye. the dramatic render.
But why continue? The popularity OF
> New York society is that no two people
! are alike: you have to focus yourself
anew for every person you meet; where
: as abroad the difficulty is to distinguish
= Mr.. Smith from Mr.. Brown and Mrs.
= Jones from Mrs. Robinson. People there
! seem to be born. hTed and nodded in
I plasoons; the varions social grades eacl,
has the same traditions. the same pros
pects, the same resources, the same top.
les of conversation. the same tailors. and
, the!s faces.
I But in New York we have not settled
down yet; our people have what may be
! called II New York look, but there is nc
b. New York type-the former being d
t trick of facial expression merely; the
= latter matter of feature and struct.
D ure. But we are preparing to people Il
Y hemisphere, while the European nations
have to pack themselves together like
sardines in box, or pickles in jar
: automatically. economically and ir
$ revOcably, and by natural selection have
e long since lost their elbows and idiosyn
crasies. We are all elbows on this side
y of the water, especially since we have
ceased any longer TO be all fists and
= shoulders.
: In addition to the guests above men
;, toned there were several of our olde,
: cquaintances-Gen. lingo, Hamilton
r Jocelyn and Bellingham. When dinner
] was announced Waiie Dinsmore took
o in Mile. Mariana and seated her at hi
!, right kand, and it turned out that Bel
: lingham sat next belov her, much ID hi
j displeasure. He told himself that h,
+ owed Wallie one. On the other side o
= him sat Mrs. Bright, whom, indeed h,
e had taken into the table. The othe
t gentlemen thought that Bellingham bat
nothing to, complain OF. Mrs. Bright
y who could interest herself about almos
4 anything. provided it did not last NOR,
S than an hour or so, noticed that he,
3 companion was good looking, and deter
y mined to exploit him on the subject o
architecture She had read Ruskin'
c "Stones of Venice" and had seen classic
+ and medieval antiquities abroad.
= Accordingly she rode at him witt
j great dash and courage, and at first Ii,
s answered her graciously enough. Be
$ fore long, however, he perceived tha
u she did not know the meaning of hel
: own information, and then he becam,
e laconic. Young Mrs. Bright, on the 9th
t er hand. was not accustomed to rebuffs
h and Bellingham's reticence only stimu
+ lated her enterprise. She sparkled on lik,
J. cataract in rainbow. determined tha