The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-17
EMPLOY SOCIETY EXPERTS.
COURT TRIAL EXPOSES SOME OF THE
FOIBLES OF THE CHARMED CIRCLE.
Members of the "SweII" Set Hire Young
Women at Fabulous Salaries to Look
After Their Social Affairs.

The foibles of Society and the de-
vices employed by the newly-rich to
break into that charmed circle have been
su ojects of discussion and mirth proba-
oily ever since there was such thing as
Society" and they will no doubt con-
tinue to be SO until the end. Occasionally
the hand of the law holds aside the door
which screens "society" from the N asses
when those in view see that the jokes
which the funny men make on the
"swells" are not really without founda>
ton in fact. An incident of the sort oc-
Cured in the supreme court of New
York the other day. A young woman
was suing matron for several thousand
dollars a. compensation for services as
companion and entertainer for the ma
irons guests. 1t appears that the young
woman's family had "seen better days."
and that she had been educated in Eu.
rope. She was accomplished in music,
dancing and conversation, and hence
was charming company in the house that
was temporarily her home Among her
duties was that of seeing that the social
functions were properly planned, that
the stationery was the correct thing and
that no faux pas" occurred to mar the
occasions.
There are lots of persons who know
how to make and save money, but COM
paratively few who know how to spend
it in precisely the proper manner, from
the point of view OF the Upper Ten
Thousands. That this fact is recognized
by even the moneymakers themselves,
ana that is responsible for the growing
up of a pretty considerable class Of $50
ciety experts" was emphasized during
The tr al 10 the testimony of the proprle-
tress of ''s0ciety intelligence bureau"
who said she was ''desCendent of the
late Alexander Stevens" and was related
to "the late Governor Stuyvesant.' She
said hat she supplied to society women
advice as to how to run their houses,
how to dress, how to entertain, how to
act in company, and furnished select lists
OF guests to be invited 10 private recep~
ii, Ms and functions. She knew, she said,
of macy Instances in which people with
money employed young women to look
after the social aft airs of their establish
ments, because they were not competent
TO do SO themselves. She cited one in-
stance in which bright young woman
was paid salary of $50 month to call
once day and order the meals. Under
average circumstances she thought an
accom- plished and good looking yosng
woman ought to receive about 50, coo
year to take charge of The social affairs
of household and use her best effJrts
to raise the family into society"
1t is an open secret that some of the
brilliant speeches made in congress are
the work Of obscure penny a-liners, who
turn out eloquence by the yard, on de-
mand, at so much per thousand words.
And now we have it that there are many
society lights who shine only through
the efforts of dollars and cents employees.
Rejecting upon the hollowness and
sham of the lives of these money bur-
deued folks the millions who are neither
n congress nor society and have no am
bition in either direction should be the
better content with their lot. Savannah
News.