Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-10

is first introduced into the aristocratic cir
Giles of the Faubourg st. German, she is
amazed with the high sounding titles
about her. How can she know that she is
surrounded by a heartlesS set of Spectators
who tolerate her simply because they hope
to make money out of her? How can she
tell that every one of them is trying to
reach the depth of her purse and when
she has been plucked she will be thrown
aside as u worthless lemon peel?
"She meets the Princess de Sagan, Mime.
Milford, the Countess of Craven, mother
of the Earl of Craven; the Duchess de
Buffremont. She is nattered. Her silly
little heart beats high. She is delighted
with these ladies' She is introduced to
men of the nobility. Who is there to tell
her that the marquis who bows so low over
her hand has entered into an engagement
with the sordid matchmakers of society by
which he has already relinquished to them
a certain share of her fortune?
lone or the other of the grande danes
takes her to Worth's. So sweet of la prin-
cesse, is it not, to take an interest in la
petite Americaine, to see that she is dressed
in good form? Who is there TO enlighten
the girl, TO tell her that her titled friend
receives a commission from Worth for the
service she does?
when new Americans arrive in Paris,
their names, places of residence on this
side and their Partisan addresses are at
once published in The American Register,
newspaper which has a very large local
circulation. for reasons which you can
readily see. These names and particulars
are easily obtained at the banking houses
where newcomers generally report them
selves at once and are invaluable to the
class of people who make a speciality of be-
ing attentive for a consideration TO wealth
and society and ambitious strangers In
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arrivals, proffer their services and If en-
gagged manage to learn everything possible
concerning their employer circumstances,
home standing and social aspirations.
This information has a distinct money
value and is made the most OF, but some
of the titled society mongers disdain such
sources of knowledge and prefer to form
their opinions and plan their campaigns
from personal observation and the prudent
inquiries of their own servitors These
ladies and gentlemen frequent such places
ms the beautiful court and approaches to
the Grand hotel, a recognized fashionable
rendezvous, and make acquaintance with
the right kind of people for their purposes
with consummate art and skill.
Being careful to observe the outward
form of the most punctilious and ceremo-
NOUS courtier, the Partisan after some del |
icate preliminary skirmishing calls upon
the Americans, who are generally only too
delighted TO be taken up quickly or kindly !
by position or genuine rank and social |
prestige A pleasant intimacy is at once |
and the obliging new ac- |
Quaintance takes his or her American /
friends about, secures them presentations /
and invitations and is extremely useful in /
. very delightful way. But all this does |
sot. as it seems. spring from mere en- Joy /
ment OF the charms OF American compan-
ionship-
When Mime. Ia Narquise introduces /
her new American intimates 10 her own