The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-20
ON FRI ENDS.
iI|ealSR s Done hIels Artlsilcaliy Nov Than
+ Becky Snaps Tine.
SfEfl pgERY INTERESTING EXAMPLES

y fysld lit w HHe-0 HS s-AhElt III
5s sseswouns nan who Goes ont In SO.
| |ss ssaay shaking Rimsclf Agreeable to
asi ON women, ana who Gam Re
DependedE Upon az tho Last Mo.
S9ss n,cns 70 Fiji an engagement.
IhackeTy devoted q chapter in "Vani-
|SS&N Fair' 4 to the art of How to Live
ssMRellSon Nothing a Year" But it was
sssiether5 q new nor a Very ingenius e&-
NssIsa lent that Beckey resorted to when
|ssssih discounted her husbands good posi-
Hi HI an and connection to fleece the trades
and do" an old family servant
tEof a years rent. says the New York
Post Ss The author might more justly
sssss1age! used his clever phrase in describ-
sst1sgs Major Pendennis' agreeable exist
ssssIf ssSVe have made great progress III
fnatters as in almost every other
Of living, i'll this latter half OF the
ss9sea4 tGGoTian era, and intelligent indivi6-
ssSiAals5 OF either sex who know the rope,
- can now as easily lead the existence
sasassGs observation-disclosures with as much sat
ctton to themselves and their
III eSEa1ends) $as though the bank account.
Eall its attendant worries. stood in
ssHHJhelr4s names. This subject is so vast
ramitications SO far-reachng and
ssscom plicated, that hesitate to launch
ss@san1o an analysis OF it.. It will be better
gsssimply$to give a few Interesting exam
sssaglies and general rule or two for the en-
and guidance Of ingenius
SsscIls. 5S5 i-,l#,g :,
as Human; nature changes very little and
III llS$!our educational and social training
ssSSsa9saccompliShed is the smoothing Of the
& ssIrface. One of the most striking proofs
Ell his is that here in, the primitive
malt oalif- Dutch, half-Puritan East" as
q soon es accumulation Of capital allowed
families to live in great luxury
81 SheWss9f;5 returned at once to the
ways of older aristocracies and.
sssaIong with their other wants, began to
a5feel the necessity of court about them
siadies and gentlemen in waiting, pages,
sSSysStsrs, &c. And as the law which gov
ssssernss supply and demand is ALWAYS in
,sg!Saoorking order q class of people imme-
ne. iately feel themselves irnpelled to rush
nm Mn and fill the want Our "aristocratss
iver not even Obliged to send abroad
10. persons to fill these vacancies, as
sasEtfeystwere for their footmen and but
asaeIs: the # native article was quite
s'1eaay and willing to offer itself and,
L xfcs1sidertng the little practice it could
sfaave had, proved wonderfully adapted
:ss1o the work. .
ESW When the mania for building immense
gSSounlry+ houses and yachts (the owning
#of6opera boxes goes a little farther back1
i nTstI struck this innocent country the
4. RsItiders fondly imagined that, when
q completed 1t would be the easiest thing
sinSthe world to fill them with the nick
friends and that they could get
saall8 the talented and agreeable Deonle
they wanted by simply making a sign.
~ &thetrS establishment, they discovered
mat this was a most difficult as well
Gas as e. most thnnkless task The writer
ssIsmeinpsrs asking q lady who had
issRsssd sen tnroned In her ''proscenium" at
shnsDld&Academy, why she had. decided
j II oT 20 take a box in the then new opera
Il sslloo!IIesSs. Because have passed thirty
h EeaEe or my life in trying to get people
sSassssssVarrzred TO sft In my box, and now I
81 Ssasly going 70 rest" 1t is very much the
/ ZANE thing with yachts. A couple who
Ssfhad determined to go around the world
san their, lately finished boat We're dumb
to find their invitations were
NOT eagerly accepted. After having eS
SshaMsted the small list Of people they
ssssreasly wanted, they began with others
,ssysho We're almost Indifferent to them, and
even then filled out their number with
a hostess who counts on a
& series Of house parties through the au-
- ~ na14a1n4 months has to begin very early
! s ~ the year If she wishes to get ANYTHING
q like what she wants in the way Of
%gnests.
sSss u is 3ust here that the professional p"
isaSsz II may be allowed to use such an ex
il snssssion, comes to the front His trunk
y saas. rs 2 lw'ays packed. It Is Indifferent 70
; snim Ef he starts on a tour around the
& ss,orid or a winter spree to Montreal.
ss,sdt - Always properly dressed, good
sslumored and can be counted on at the
sslaa 20 "a oment to fill any vacant place
sssH sp1ffo being the least offended at the
ssRs1ag diness of the invitation for he he
LONGS ito the class who have discovered
q sSss now to live we'll on nothing year,
81 4stxury Is as the breath Of his nostrils,
ssEEbut$5n1s means allow of little beyond
ssssLhe bare necessities Of life And the
must be very great when
that he appreciates the most
81 Sand cannot afford) is urged upon him.
ave must not pose as too stern moralists
ssnd throw stones at him, for there nav
SHnter more ''best French plate" into tho
of our own homes than Wa
81 nagdne; the less so, since It is iust here
Slour epoch shows its Improvement over
and cruder days. For at present
Enc toa ~ eating Is connected with the
ssasceeptancy Of such hospitality. or. If
a small ''ba ira chan" is Of
sSerad 1T IS SO we'll disguised by an ac
accomplished chef and served on such ex-
HleIte @old Dresden that 1t slips down
xvi IN very little effort Even this rarely
Il aseHrH. unless the guest has allowed him,
IsHel9 Fradually to become the inmate of n
SIS B idenue OR yacht. Then he takes his
gcnFn nee With other members Of the house
fsnpids and At the host or hostess happens
go nave a.bad temper as set off to the
s@sped table it Is apt to fare i'll with our