The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-29


woman who gets black and blue in hel
efforts to climb the social ladder. She
is the woman who is scorned by the
people with whom she wants TO assocl
ate, and she would do anything, pro
yided the worst were not found out, tC
get a bow from some leader in the eX-
elusive coterie. One cannot but wonder
if she viii ever reach the height to
which she is climbing. She Will if she
kills in herself every bit of womanly
pride. everything that is sweet and
real and true. She will if she has a
skin like a hippopotamus and plenty OF
money.
She must not mind being snubbed by
a woman one day and then approach
ing the same woman the next day with
n smile. expecting another snub. willing
TO take it ard yet ready to smile again
the day after She must learn that TWO
kicks down the rungs of the ladder
which she wishes to climb must only
give her impetus to fly up five more
She must be willing to spend money
and spend it in great quantities. she
must run after the lion of the day, Try
10 CAPTURE him with golden chains and
exhibit him in her drawing rooms
But. above all, she must feed people
well. and that is where the social
climber too often makes mistake. Mrs.
Blueblood can afford to offer her Wis
istors pale tea and waters, but Mrs.
Social Climber cannot expect hers to be
contented with anything less than cham
pagne terrapin and pate de foie gras-
TO make people satisfied with themselves
she must offer them the very best in
the land She must be satisfied if she
can get Mrs Blueblood to her house to
hear great singer or great actor.
She can scarcely expect her to take any
notice Of her hostess. After she has
spent her money and degraded herself
she may get her reward. Just now it is
in the hereafter. But when she gets it
how she will appreciate it! And the
height of bliss Will be reached when she
can snub other women who are trying to
follow her example and can cut off from
her visiting list all those who helped
her in her early struggles. but whom
later on she will count as ineligible. OF
course there are always a few women
who will not assist the climber, who will
not invite her to their houses, no matter
how much money she may spend or
how willingly she may submit TO being
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS speaking, of
course.
One delightful woman staying here
Will control the people who visit at her
house will not admit Mrs. Social Climb
er and refuses to be anything but frig
idly polite to her Once. when Mrs. So
cial Climber felt particularly brave, she
went up to her and said. Il am going
TO do myself the pleasure of coming to
your next Thursday" The overbrave
lady CD was looked at through a pair
of lorgnettes by pair of piercing gray
eyes, and the answer came with beauti-
full clearness, My servants do not adj
NIT to my house people who are not on
my visiting list
Another famous climber. who thinks
that by gushing and giving a great deal
of personal information she can get
where she wishes. grew very familiar
the other day with a young married
woman and said to her: Il wonder that
you use rouge. / didn't know that any
body but the demimonde did that"
With a sweet smile the naughty young
matron answered: you are very for
tunate in knowing anything about their
habits or them. My acquaintances have
always been in n different set" AS this
was said in the presence of about l.
women. nobody was surprised to hear
that the climber considered the young
matron "a nasty. stuck up thing whose
acquaintance / don't want"
That woman is an abominati0n upon
the face of the earth who thinks to gain
friends by gossiping about the habits
and costumes and special belongings of
the ladies of the half world. She can
never really account creditably for this
knowledge. and her listener has a per
feet right to conclude that she has ac-
quaintances among them. although il is
most probable that she has gathered her
stories from servants, dressmakers and
men. The well bred American woman
has learned from her French cousin to
ignore these ladies entirely. and when
she drives past one of them she stares
As hankly as if there were no material
figure in the carriage that happened to
De opposite hers.
Early rs II is. the buds are beginning
Co get ready 70 be taken from the hot
houses in which they have been so care
fully kept and. surrounded by so MANY
other flowers. to appear in the drawing
that lis mother rose elected that il was
TO be out" il knew perfectly well that
II meant the waiting for the gallant
prince who. seeing its beauty ana ad-
miring its grace. would bear ii away
close 10 his heart
One can't help but feel sorry for tho
buds. and next to them one feals corr
for the poor princes who come a-woo-
ing IT * a
woman with a daughter longs for her
10 make a great marriage. MANY think
the average New York matron is crude
in her management. She doesn't do as
the southern or western woman does
just let the girls alone. allow them 10
attract end hold by their own sweet
ness-but overmanages and overcon-
trlNes. She lacks the simple directness
of the English woman. and she has nor
the tact of the French one. II isn.t ca
much that she doesn't try. for she doe.
but her trying is too pronounced
Not long ago AT a bud retention 7
saw the greeting rendered a very nice
rather young and ever so many times
millionaire He was offered everythinp
from claret punch 10 angel food. from
smiles 20 flowers. and he was made so
thoroughly nervous that / am perfectly
sure he VIII never enter that oyerhos-
pitaole mansion again. You see. that
woman's idea of how to catch a million
aire was based on her idea OF how TO
catch mouse. The way she did this
was TO put piece of cheese in a tran
and then, when Mr.. Mouse entered. the
door few down. and he was hers. II
is very ignorant mouse that can be
trapped in that Way. And millionaires.