The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
coWE Aspects OF SOCIETY.
,ron nEPEw PRESENTS IN
TEREsTING VIEWS.


oiaI Centers-Fhe Dancing set as
,.,.,rcd with More Liberal So
,,,sSes-He Says the Senate
,.v,to MiIIiOnnire's Club-Lessons
learned at Funerals.
1o,< April Ex-senator Chauncey
.-,- LIBERATED his siXty-siXth birth
,,.n,rht by eating dinner with the
..r, Of the Montauk Club in Brook
,Do The occasion was the ninth annual
-. iu the Senator's bonor at the club.
w. n Prier presided over the banquet.
- were laid for 2O0 persons
e.,ato- Depew was greeted with loud
5,rse He spoke as follows:
9tssocisty is q term of as wide range as civ
,'-,.i,n The social world illustrated by
- ,o+o MT Ward McAllister has neither
,,,,ob nor interest in that which met for
.,rs at parker's, in Boston, every week,
r5,h Ionsfa How, James Russell Lowell,
p.tnb Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell
,toi,,as Whittier, and congenial friends at
.ho tahle The newspapers print news
,.bi,b tbeir readers want, and the criticism
=, fha oaper should be directed against the
sr,bscriber. 1t is a singular commentary
,,non npblic curiosity that one or more
sarsniajous columns in The press OF large
as and OF villages are filled with the do
srgs of fashionable folks while the feast
Of the gods at Parker's rarely receives a
,,aragraph. one who travels much over
H. country tinds in families which never
rave met or seen, or ever expect 10 meet
Il ar see the people in smart socity in New
YORK Philadelphia, Boston, or Newport
raading with aviditX TO the exclusion Of
.on., ob,vt the war. the government, or
,ba markets the descriptions of dinners,
5anqes and dresses. and the names of
hosts and guests We have reversed the
Tn,a of classic days When Athens guided
~ thought and set the fashions for the
snciant world, in the peculiar relations
| which women held to society at the Gre
| o,ar canital Aspasia established a salon.
n the first of which we have record, ana
N her parlors could be met all there was
If distinction in war, letters, art, philoso-
Dbv ar the stage. and all the reigning
| fss1ti4s Apparently these gatherings
and The balls and banquets received no
public notice while the dinpers of Alci-
blades and others, with Plato Socrates,
| and the philosophers and orators S guests,
were reported in full and the conversa7
tions at these banquets have survived for
the instruction and delight of succeeding
generations for three thousands years.
peonle are gregarious and love to meet
each other to agreeably pass away time,
some for mutual Improvement and others
for Measure. Neither of these classes
can criticize the other, and the world is
| large enough for all. Thet dancing set
call the thinkers and workers bores and
muffs. and the sages decry the gay and
| happy crowd who chase the fleeing hours
with fyng feet as frivolers and fools.
. Both are wrong. Each group in its way
| Is getting it's share of the things which
| each believes makes life worth the living.
| We have to recognize in recreation and
pleasure, as We do in food and drink, that
wha, is one PERSONS meat is another's
poison. The end to be attained is happ1-
mss, and the seeker is q success, Wheth
er he or she finds it by the head or the
heels.
The haDpest men and women are those
who are sufficiently broad, liberal, and
cosmopolitan 10 be at home with the de-
voices Of fashion, with authors, actors,
artists or politicians, and can enjoy the
freedom of Bohemia.
The society Of the National Capitals Is
more interesting than that of great finan-
dal and commercial centers. On the other
side of the sea, London, Paris, Berlin, vi
enna and Rome are conspicuous illustra-
tons, and in America, Washington. Gov
tmment and governing and the rewards
and honors of public life attract to the
capital ambition, genius and beauty Po-
Utica position and the official class with
her recognized precedence at both public
and private functions so level or lift, as
fo via toll do b bat
Nans and achievement are welcome az
he most exclusive gatherings and receive
nonor and recognition from those whose
"auon Is founded on ancestry or money.
elegance, refinement and culture, the
UPWARD and visible forms of social life,
any ne same in all large cities and fash
unable summer resorts. The world of So
.Oy IN the city Is closely built The en-
nance is necessarily carefully guarded
aln credentials critically examined There
certain intimacy and camaraderie
%l'cH calls for confidence az obligates
.ue erection and maintenance of barriers
asailSt improper persons. The same peo-
~ are continually meeting, and their in
aSS'S become largely concentrated in
.aII o,her Social requirements occupy
ag hour OF disposable time. General
rou1ls or the study and discussion of
-'ent movements in religion, politics,
~ iHilefature or science becomes inn
ssIn tax about them stupid, and
cS,.. representatives beers. l heard a
N, mug New York social leader say in
,s,. "oaIIheSa OF the close and crowded
p~,l. wonder if it would be more
,oro @'u interesting to have with us
4, u " me brightest literary freaks"
nolit,o q" "SiiInSton the tremendous game of
M 49,, national and international, draws
81 80 one. All the residents and strang-
tssn,.1 .,.'iis me winter at the capital, find
a, tr YES suddenly having a deep inter
sta "v questions discussed in the Sen
gasir, '' mouse of Representatives and en-
IaSn[ "e attention of the President and
no,, cabinet ministers, ambassadors
.tetorti'1"eiEn governments and their Sec
Xrres., ana attaches, senator's and con-
[ac,,,''V+ army and navay officers and
evar,',l.t .'9H'a under secretaries. are met
h e,or The personal Kaleidoscope
Ish,r, luthsins, and there is little talk
Iiects ua' people are doing. The sub
coy4r louFersation are impersonal and
hny Ne range. Rough diamonds rub
| Ne Se"'usl sympathy and understanding
ham SUDDENLY and exceptionally brill
Ieoou.r. ,' ID host or neighbor discovers
IHnp W.. amy enJoyable resources by start
|haya St upon the deeds of ideas which
res9. a,'su Aim distinction. Every one
Inei r.. 10 DE up to date with the cab
tongr.s..S''l or ambassador or senator or
.eieai n' and In reading and studying
.d of 'hs they find an unexpected
Far +''d lie and excitement.
Iabor anal VINO are subject to mental
Xaxa.i Hl 2 word, for all workers re-