The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01

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What with Clondyke departures, camp
ing parties and summer homes On Lake
Washington. society swe!Edor of this
town is fast disappearing The tennis
ball. as Is always the case. Vas the last
big affair that will take place during the
summer season. and from row until the
arrival OF the raindrops society Will con-
tent Itself with various small and In
formal affairs. Last week was void Of
any big event There were several
small luncheons. one or two card parties
and a few other little informal gather
ings- II does not follow that because
they were small charm was not attached
10 them. Smart society gets more pleas
ure out OF small things than they ~
out Of large ones. That Is natural. The
rest OF the world is the same in tina. re-
stect Go 10 the East or the South or
the foreign shores and the same state of
things is found 10 exist. You prefer
attending little affairs, where you en-
counter none but your friends. II IL
cisagreeabie 10 encounter people who. in
your humble Judgment. are dlsa greea BILE.
IL you have any character" said So
eiety woman recently. while on this same
subject. YOU appreciate the fact that eli
people are not what they would be IL
they Were better. IL you have no char
acter you are satisfied with everybody.
ine world is probably just as happy, out
you miss a good many things you woe.i
enjoy II YOU were bright enough TO real
lie that angels are a product of heaven:
that earth has tried to grow them and
failed
Just how many men Seattle society is
TO be relieved OF because of the gold fever
Is question which cannot be answered
at present
Every steamer that has left the local
harbor Recently for the frozen north has
carried with IL two three. four. five or
SIX msn. who for years past have been
conspicuous al the bas, affairs INDUCED
winter season begins society women will
probably find comfort In speaking Of this
absent one ana that absent one and won
dering II they are making a success CT
II in the far north pictGring them as
they used TO be, In elegant evening Dress
and as they will then be- their bodies
wrapped in furs and sweaters and heavy
coats. their feet encased In shoes in
which they would find IL difficult to dance
yYfr -
north have been dis-ussed h detail. :ocie-
~ viii sigh and long for the happy spring
time. when the absent members are sup
posed TO come back from their frozen
winter quarters. staggering as did the
sixty-eighf hardy miners from the Port
land, under the weight of a ton Of gold
Society believes that even IL fortune fails
TO throw rays Of Ciondyke sunshine in
their paths, another year will see them
hack among the old friends. telling of
the hardships they endured the fall
ures that awaited the majority OF those
who penetrated the ICY Yukon and its
tributaries. and how foolish they were
TO squander money and surrender posi-
tions 10 chase the phantom rainbows that
occasionally visit the northern skies.
Happy will ne the absent man who re-
turns with fortune. BE IL in the draw
ing room, the ball room or at the club.
he will be like Clay. in Davis "A Soldier
Of Fortune" hero
But in the meantime society Is COM
PEELED 10 face the real hard fact that men
are needed. Simply because twenty-five
or thirty have seen fit to give UP home
Injuries and take up their lives in a half
civilized country. is no reason why the
wheels of society should stop And they
won't stop Society will go ahead and
when IT'S members think that IL is Zine
for another event. there VIII be another
event. There Will be men present, prob-
ably not many as could be utilized ana
probably not as fine as those engaged in
taking the frozen dirt from the Clon-
dykes bedrock but they VIII be men.
4 society girl has suggested that there
be a local congress Of society women. 10
take the necessary steps to bring about
the proper attendance OF the male con-
tingent at the coming winter affairs The
general belief Is that such q step VIII not
he necessary Winter Is not yet here and
in the meantime smooth woman may be
depended upon 10 work to her own adj
vantage and for the salvation Of her sex
IN general. AS a result a goodIy number
Of men Will 30 herdsd IN line long before
the snow flies in the middle west
II is nothing strange that Clondyke
should continue 10 reign supreme in the
the business world. TIE Clondyke is rob
hing society OF this town Of its male mem
bsrs. When man begins 70 disappear in
terest is lost in society, and when interest
IS lost In society the curtain IS falling the
wrong way. AS a matter Of fact men
have been drifting from the ranks OF the
local society world for some time Don't
saw '@yvhyF'' or ask where they NAV be
found. Just turn 10 the north, south east
and west They have scattered every
where. Young men who few years ago
were surpossi 20 be permanent or-s-
uerts a, social gatherings ara now strug-
Cling for A living in some other part % the
world without time 10 think of how 6is-
farert II used 10 he. II Is hard bat II Is
honest, You dent find so many II these
changes In the East. bat West We are
used 20 It. We expect ~ II Il sails 20
come We are disappointed II a young
man remains In the city TOO Ioag no mat
Ter how great figure he cut when he ar
rived his usefulness to society begins %
fade re does the thing thar society
didn't think he would do or he failed 20
do that which society thought BE would
a. or he has q few faiilnsS which when
he dropu--,s into the oren arms OF society
wc 6stin't know he possessed. Anyhow.
thinxs are not with him as they used 20
be ar1 50 something after The style %
that Arab you read about. his tent folds
up and Re steals away Probably once a
year a letter comes from him HIS friend
mentions Il Il, the society girl wAo rad
danced with him, who rsved over him
Il dldn't catch the name" saws the 50