The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-01
ICop wright. 1851


There are really not half enough
men 10 go aroun i, dejectedly ejaculat-
ed a managing mamma" at the first
assembly ball. The echo Of this forlorn
commentary has been heard through
out the week at all pretenUious func-
lions. We girls are resigned to the in
eVitable. It's take your CHOICEST a
cotillon through or stay at home.
Though dances are the order Of the day,
unless you be a married belle or enter
tain lavishly just prior to the bail you
aren't IN il. See,
New York men have been wined,
dined and sought after to such an ex-
tent that their heads have become too
big for their hats. They simply lord
it over all. You would think dozen
pretty girls all in row. fetching in
frock and manner, beating time TO the
music with a dozen slender feet. would
arouse the chivalry at least Of the few
available men.
But not so. You'd reckon without
your host. At the last dance ! was mad
clear through. I saw three blase youths
sneak away until the sets were formed
10 avoid service Wasn't that con-
temptible?
it? Grin and bear it as only a woman
can. Of course A few moments there
after they appeared chatting briskly,
utterly oblivious to the scOrnfuI glances
cast by L pairs Of talking eyes.
Later one approached Ruth. wishing
to engage in conversation. She CURLY
replied to his commonplace remarks
that she had come to dance and not
to talk. She got the next waltz.
The game isn't worth the candle as
far as I'm concerned. I've struck the
three off my list. and now. since I've
confded in my dear public, l feel better.
'Wanted.-A stop put to international
marriages and the crinoline craze"
A wag of our set thrust this text IN
der my nose in an entr'acte at the
"Walkuerie" rendition the other night.
Wont you subscribe to these senti-
nents, Miss Daisy? They are the cry
ing evils Of the day." said be melodra-
m2tically.
1.-TWO all important questions, I as
sure you'-this with a significant nod
toward the adjoining box (Which he had
just quitted), where sat two marketa-
BILE sons with alert matters. In mar
riage I'm not Interested
Surely" interrupted my loquacious
friend you aren't going to be a hoop
skirt fend?"
Heaven forbid"
Come to think Of It. the first is
menace to managing mammas with eli
gible sons while the latter does threat
en- an 1850 epidemic, both serious SEN
sations
Society. I know, is all a-flutter over
the reported engagement of two Ameri-
can heiresses to English noblemen.
Pauline, daughter Of William Waldorf
Astoria. owner of PeH Nell Gazette and
multimilliOns, it is said, will marry his
grace of Roxburghe; May Goelet the
Duke Of Buccleugh. If so, England viii
be billion and a 'alf to the good
It's too bad when a girl wants
sentimental lover or attentive husband
she has to go fOraging in foreign fields !
The trouble is just this: our repre-
sentative American man is too busy
to make love. He leaves his mamma 10
negotiate matrimonial affairs, while he
juggles with puts and CALLS in the
Stock Exchange pit. Most times the
undertaking is a failure Mamma oc-
casionally executes the commission and
delivers the goods. When she does. So
ciety folk regale each other with rolls
of long lineal forefathers of the con-
tracing parties and neWSmongers pirate
of patriotic union.
The majority Of women are queer
creatures and object 10 lovemakinC by
proxy Englishmen command leisure to
devote themselves assiduousIy to the
objects OF alteration, even though neg
lectful after they wed Then. too. wo-
men have q penchant for titles. If
possessed of the wherewithai to pur-
chase. why not2 That's their affair.
History records instances where crest
and tide have been bought for the ex-
press purpose Of bestowal So If one
chooses to pay the price for a man Who
owns The coveted belt and coat Of arms.
what's the difference
I've grown 10 be R social hereto. Aunt
HeJty Is apt to eNclaim when she reads.
In The privacy Of nay bungalow its 9th
erVise-she'U chuckle with me over this
grande dame dilemma These Nestors Of
society are indulging in much airy per
sifaEe upon the subject which quite
amUses, but between You and me their
souls are vexed.
There aren't men enough to go
around. that's why" again repeats a
mothers son standing idly near This
generation VIII have 10 take a leaf. [
fear. out Of this chappie's book.
Maybe the observance Of the law Of
SUPPLY and demand allied to the
Schenck theory. might meet the waE's
notion Of how to stop International
marriages
And as for The other perplexinr prob
lem. if ''Trelawny of the Wells" al the
LHCeum theater should lose every mem
Der Of its charming caste the first step
toward the abolition Of the Crinoliue
craze would he taken. But 50 Ions Is
radiant Mary M3nnerne and WinS0me
Bessie Tyree are permitted In exploit
hoopskirts therell surely be followers.