New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-12
HTMILIATED FEET.

Why feet should occupy an inferior position 70
hands it is hard 10 say Why should kissing the
fec. be considered act Of profound humiliation
while kissing the hand is q royal favor and why
should feet be subjected 10 corus. bunions and
other blemshes. white the hand is free from all
such defects? Why too should q woman bestow
her hand upon favored lover any more than her
foot? And why is the latter concealed as much
from sense OF It's uglinoss as from custom. while
the former is deckcd WIKI rings ana rendered AS
conspicuous rs possible? II able 10 afford
Il the care Of our feet is rcoEatcd 10 maid
valet. bat bcstow loving care ourselves upon
our hands
Il had occasion while / was I'm London" said a
rich American. to require the services Of female
cniropodist vino visited mo daily to dress AN in
growing nail tnat had become very painful. felt
an interest IN my unfortunate toe and 10 the
womans evident disapproba;ion insisted upon
watching the elaborate processes Of bathing IL and
dressing the afflicted spot Finally she could stand
il no longer
IIo. sir" shc exclaimed. "a rtleman from
your hcxalted position should not condescend
hevcn 10 look hat is feet"
PURSUING PHANTOMs
snobbery may truly bc said TO ho rampant in
New-York from the Horse Show TO Ash Wednesday.
which widolv divergent occasions have become by
common consent the acknov lodged Alpha and
Omega Of the social season the latter being now
observed FOR different reasons 10y most denomina-
lions and welcomed convenient place 10 cry
Halt in the pace which would otherwise
probably XIII and certainly exhaust During
little over fourth NJ thc year snobbery,
as mas already been said. rcigns supreme.
and seems 10 our shame be # spoken 20
be- the motive power Of social ma
chinery Americans however. are nothing II not
adaptive. the season Of dances and dinners once
over their effects cease and the striving matron
and the ambitious girl. and-for men are quite ~
worldly vigc and schoming as the feminine por-
ton ~ the communicative tuft-h hunting youth and
tho selfish clubman seem TO fall naturally once
more into other ana better channels Of living. The
strivings successes failures ana the hcnrt burn
ings Of Vanity Fair are all forgotten until next
season
How haze Mrs. Apex exclaimed debutante
traglcauy she has poisoned my entire existence
this winter
Why you DO not know her. do yOu?' queried
her friend. astonshed at the outburst.
40 that is Just the reason" admitted the other
Il asked of her functions. and II
makes diseusted with everything"
But thought YOU went out so much and had
such lovely time" persisted her puzzled aud
less worldly wise companion
on they are all second-rate." snapped the dis
contentcd beauty CONTEMPORARY "and hate them
because they not the things want"
This kicking against the pricKs OF life may sound
childish but how many Of us do IT? How many
sensible intelligent persons are CALLED and fretted
almost beyond endurance in Vanity Fair by similar
and equally puerilc causes?
Il who am not OF the elect ana nave no am
billions in that direction remarked society girl.
find II very amusing 10 watch the struggle that go
many people make.
III was simply delightful the other day to hear
Mrs. Tantalus bring into her conversation each
smart place she had been to. II II all came
naturally into our conversation. although ! knew
well enough that she began on subjects that would
enable her to bring in her triumphs. little imagin-
ins that knew what poor triumphs they were.
and that the invitations she had worked and strug-
glcd for meant nothing but a bare recognition ana
did admit her to the inner circle after all.
" What pace II H. during the season. she be-
gan and how impossible II is 10 see anything or
ones friends, have had q cold ever since the
T. - dance You know II was very small aifalr.
and the consequence was we had more dancing
than good for us.
"A minute later she managed 10 drag dane" NO :
into the dialogue This WA 50 mewhat more dim
cult. and II required little amount OF skill to steer
the talk into The direction she wished. She began
the skirts. and how dincult the long. cling
Ing garments were to manage the yards and yards
~ Tuiiing that were used To hold out a gown
properly. how awkward IL was TO have them trod-
den upon ana how (herc was her opportunity at
Mrs TiutOp's ball stupid. careless partner had
completely wound himself up by catching stitcb
I'm his shoe button and unrpping the entire length.
The invita- lions she had In prospective AZ me
after she had fred all her great guns. she took
her leave leaving greatly impressed. IL II true.
but hardly I'm the way she imagined
at Il Of the curious phases Of our humanity
that We are 50 powerfully swayed by such pucrile
considerations. that the man whose Intellect has
"A massed n fortune and controlled large and power
mi interests should deem the acquisition OF
barely acknowledged position In society 80 al-lm-
portant or that an intelligent woman who has
beautiful home. lovely children and devoted hus-
md ahould devote her time and energies 10 puf-
smine The Ignis fatuus which leads her such UNI
dJgn7oed dance and often leaves her in the Slough
Of Dc spond Blu, SO IT Is. we are followers after