New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
SOME SOUND ADVICE FOR cALCULAT-
ING MAMMALS.


..poN.r PERMIT SOCIETY TO sEp THAT YOU
ARE WORRIED" SUBMIT GRACEFULLY TO
THE INEVITABLE" AMONG vALu-
ABLE HINTS GIVEN
MY daughter shall mover marry poor man"
declared a notwithstanding little lady.
How do you propose TO manage matters 30 tha'
she will not?" queried her friend.
ooh I have taken care in tho first place. THAI
every man that is habitue OF our house Is ell
gible," answered the up-to-date mother. and sec
ondly she has been too we'll brought up to fall IN
love with any one who cannot give ner '"e o""e'
and ale of existence
Rut In Nero propose ct 10 file dispose. The irony
of fate generally upsets the most carefully ar
ranged plans Besides 1t is generally the case tha'
those who marry for money, or at least with inc
expectation of possessing that desirable article are
apt in this country TO be sadly disappointed IL Is
very seldom. in this land Of ups and DOWNS 'ha'
riches remain long in one family end young people
with great expectations generally ind when they
ar, middle-aged that they have neither inc SUD-
stance ror even the shadow remaining. their only
inheritance being expensive tastes and oisnc''ha
ton or want of will power to work.
1t would be Far better II calculating mammas
would consult the statistics in this respect and
would realize what really true. that poor young
man who has chosen HIS career. and VINO is ihous-
trous has n far greater chance for future prosper
fly than the idle rich the butterflies Of the day. the
majority of whom will end their days In compare
tive poverty
SIMPLY BE AGREEABLE.
"of course know that poor" said very
popular although an impecunous society woman
but some way other. cannot feel poor.
That is the reason you are such a success,
commented her friend. Mrs Mutimions said the
other day that you were the only woman she knew
who did not bore her with your troubles. and that
was the reason she liked YOU 20 much
Those who are not we'll off, rule. make their
straitened circumstances too obvious, and people
who have lost money retire from the world when
there is really no reason why they should 90 SO
They take back seat. and Of course are not urgeo
to come forward; but II they had remained IN the
front no one would have questioned their right TO
be there Ii is not necessary TO spend much or en-
terrain in order TO maintain position once you
have ACQUIRED it, All you have TO do Is TO be agrea-
able and not let society that YOU are worried
Society is good-natured If you do not exact sym
pathv. and il disposed to lie friendly to its mem
bers who have lost their money If they are pucky
and cheerful about 1t. and continue to go about.
OF course II people morbid and avoid their
former associates the latter cannot be expected to
hunt them up; but II they lose their friends IL U.s. IN
nine cases of ten more tho fault OF the people
themselves than Of their former associates Vanity
Fair has no time TO look after those who fall by
W2ySiQc
Ing she ostracizes her citizens simply because they
are poor 1t is the concomtants Of poverty that
she objects to-the shabbiness the low spirits. and
above all, the pride which apes humility, which Is
more boring than anything else
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TER"
There was clever little doggerel going the
rounds CT tho newspapers not long ago, written IN
the vernacuar Of Hogan's Alley or Mulberry Bend
which gave a good deal Of wholesome advice to the
Of Work
refrain: Because you know you've got ter.
We must perforoe accept the conditions OF our
life because we've got ter: there Is no choice
about IT, We are not arbiters Of our fate We can
not change the circumstances Of our environment,
but II is In the power Of every one TO make the
best instead Of the worst Of themselves and their
surroundings.
Young people should be taught that II is the part
of a coward to complain and get in the blues
over what Is inevitable and that pluck ana
courage qualities as admirable In everyday
life as on especial occasions. Every one to a GER
tain degree may be "self-u,ade." youth may, II
he is ambitious, set himself TO consider first what
material he has 10 work with.
The same principle may be applied to the body as
well as TO the mind to social as well as 10 DuI
TO material prosperity; physically and socially there
are many self-made men and women who, instead
OF succumbing to circumstances, have so utilized
what has been given them that the one talent or It's
equivalent has become ten talents IN their hanos
solves TO improve his physique and patiently and
steadily deVOtes his energies 10 tnat enc, ana Dv
systematic gymnastics. bathing. exercising In the
open air, proper selection of food and avoidance of
later a fine specimen OF manly vigor A girl who
IS fairly good-looking but not pretty makes up her
acquire fine carriage to be scrupulously neat and
weil-dressed TO have a wholesome, fresh skn-in
short, to form herself, using tho material which
nature has given her to the very best advantage
Both of these young people may be said 10 be
"sef-made." quite az much as the man who poor
good looks and health are not equal to riches. it
would be hard TO tell what Is
VALUED AT TWO HUNDRED WORDS
''Now am quite sure that have achieved grea,-
ness" exclaimed pretty young authorcss whose
Pegasus is rather of the domestic pony order, "for
file among the obituary notices of the -
heard It was there, together with my picture and
was crazy TO see IT, and as I knew one Of the
editors slightly went down to his office and after
some delay succeeded in obtaining audience.
What can l do for YOU g, Queen Esther he
vn II II cp! me XIII of NV 70 Rdon II T nn
TO look my obituary notice 1 answered, and
10 see II like it-and should like to change The
photograph; it is horrId , thing; TX know; and
smiled and touched bell. Miss w would like 20
her obituary notice. Mr.. A., he said to his seq
rotary. who appeared in answer to his summons.
You may present your case 10 posterity In any
way you like. my dear young lady, he added pro-
oh, is that all 7 am valued at? exclaimed
petg I8di On living and working b nsu.roo
laughing, and will get you up to thousand
before we have done with YOU
Quoted into an adjoining apartment where from
pigeon-holc marked w a slip Of proof was taken
my books. To this was pinned a photograph~of
course one of the worst had ever had taken. And
than really was and misspelled the name of nv
best book. So. altogether. i thankful ! had
gone down to put things straight / felt quite re-
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