New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD.
THE GREAT SUCCESS OF SOME PERSONS
IN SECURING POSITION IN SOCIETY.


IN SECURING POSITION IN SOCIETY"
COMMENTS BY WOMAN HATER'-A CRAZE YIN
MANIA TO ACHIEVE HIGH SOCIAL. STAND
1NG-DEAD SEA FRUIT.
To write an interesting modern letter II shouio
be full of personal gossip The days "heh "ri''en
cristles were welcomed as record OF current
events or as descriptive OF strange countries or
adventures of travel. have long since passed away
Books and newspapers supply that need. ana
nothing interests people nowadays but what ne
said what she said. what the world said like
the childrens game of Consequences
Another rule for interesting letter Is 10 aVolo
asking questions and while travelling to leave de-
xcriptions Of places and scenery TO the gudepooKs
A wel-known authoress was complained OF by her
friends recently for writing such uninterestns ie'
ters while her sister. who asplred to no literary
merit. sends the most charming ana interesting
talk back her people.
Bertha tells us everything want to know.
while Ella deals IN generates." said member of
abe family
Speaking OF the difference, mote writing" has
quite superseded the elegant of epistolary cor
respondence which used TO be so esteemed in the
stilted days Of yore Ts dash off well-expressed,
welwrtten note is essential part OF an up
to-date young womans education. but she has no
time for letter writing-to sit down and indite an
old-fashoned epist,e would be task quite beyond
young Amazons of to-day. however. can even write
q creditable note. Teachers apt TO think that
such knowledge comes to their pupils intuitively,
as a consequence Of general culture. The actual
application Of the latter is seldom taught in the
school curriculum. in consequence Of which debu-
tantes. rule. write badly expressed and often
badly written notes
ADVANTAGES OF PUMPING INTO"
To those who are naturally difident and distrust-
yul OF their powers of pleasing. the immediate
success of certain people in making acquaintance
and becoming popular is little short of miraculous
And how they obtain position in society Is con-
tinua source Of wonderment to those who feel that
they good. II not better than the favorites
of fortune. who apparently achieve the desired
social success, and without efort-apparently,
yes, but not really. tho effort IS there. only II is
made so easily and with so much aplomb that !,
the people who make il themselves.
How IS it that you seem to know every one at
who was home only for the holidays Il have been
mp there all winter and hardly know any one,
gize. The next time see Them / raise my hat and
then somehow know them" was the answer:
the tactics Of Margot Tenant. the well-known
London belle. who wagered she would receive per-
when he came to England visit. and who so
he curvetted against the royal steed who in his
turn became excited. and somehow In the serim,,
on her horse by the Emperor himself. nor did hi.
attentions end here. The next night al the great
ball given in his honor the Emperor singled Out
Miss Tenant from The brilliant array Of beautiful
sustained any injuries and invited her to dance.
Dumping into" however. is not always possible
Tents which might serve as an entering wedge,
the moral being that TO be a social, as well as a
business. or any other success, you must not wait
for opportunities: you must make them.
GRAPHOPHONE AGAINST MATRIMONY.
confirmed old bachelor declares that the
graphophone the only thing needed to make
the state Of single blessedness far preferable to
che and doubtful Joys of matrmony.
Il admit" he says. that on stormy night.
when does feel like going TO the club or
some place of amusement, or when one is under
the weather and Is confined in ones own room, 1t
IS apt TO be decidedly dull: one tires Of books and
longs for companonsnip That Is to say USED &c TO
graphophone that could he had for my money:
Nov have only @ fGg o snd am aed
soothing selections played TO me on the piano.
me IN the tenderest ana sweetest of voices and
reperiory that is nexhaustble for can always
have a cold can put my feet in hot water and
take hot punch and be entertained as well as II
household any danger OF the sweet voice becom-
'' sBesides," continued the crusty old msogynist
81 can always shut IT up when want 10. won
der how many husbands could do that to their
womankind.
BRoNzE-RED HAIR.
Ant Caesar aut Nullus the dressy old lady seems
N say at the present time Not only does she re-
fuse TO have gray hair. but she adopts the fashion
able color of the day. 1t is noticeable this spring
the preponderance OF society middle-aged Ito put
II kindly women with pioneered hair II they
were wise, however, they would not adopt shade
which is manifestly trying to the complexion;
for IL accentuates as no other covi uoeS NV o ~
look around the eyes, and the tel-tale lines Dack
of the ears In spite Of its being decidedly trying
however. red hair and Inauve bonnets are evidently
the fashion, conjunction which is rather starting
when lit up by the brilliant spring sunshine
That people may dye their hair II they want
70 seems 10 be conceded nowadays and certainly
one cannot help feeling certain sympathy with the
The early stages Of turning and which is par
ticularly unbecoming But older women should not
allow themselves to believe that they can wear
red A dark rather dull brown mot black. which
IS harsh). or an ash blond the only coors
Thai are safe for middle-aged women. The Colds
and the bronzes are not for them-the brighter the
hair the older the face, is an obvious fact which
ii would be well II some OF our fashionable women
would remember-or rather would nave the sense
10 recognize.
THE ooFs OF THE 'OssEs
..Eli Jemima" calls out one OF I.eech's inmita-
bic little ragged girls. who peepng under the
edge of a huge circus tent. 10 her equally shabby
companion come ere quick! It's splendid place;
you can see the 'oofs OF the osses.'
There are many people who seem 10 derive q
curious sort OF satisfaction in having. as 1t were
q glimpse or the "oofs Of the osses"
Hangers-on Of the great circus OF Vanity Fair
who. although they may not enter into the charmed
precincts are so attracted by the glitter and show
that merely TO be in the same place. or TO know
the latest gossip about fashionable people, seems
20 give them pleasure such people resd In.
society in the daily papers with the keenes
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