The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25
SECRET or PLKASIS0 NAN
Pointers for Young women About to vidt Bos-
ton. Pittsburg or other Cttles.

Priscilla Ia hard at work. She Ia going to
Boston for a visit and Is preparing for the en-
trance examinations.
You see. it's this way she explained to
the Bryn Mawr girl who spent last Sunday with
her. "One simply must be a social success
when one makes visits. A girl owes II to her
hostess and 1t isn't unpleasant for herself.
Now. there's a great deal said and written
about the gentle art ~ conversation A woman
must be able to find out what a mans hobby
Is and to draw him out upon that subject. Then
he'll thinks she is a charmer. That's all very
well. but where's FOUR recipe for discovering
tho mans hobby in the first place. and II II
Is some impossible thing when you find 1t how
are you going to draw him out unless you know
something about the subject yourselr
-Of course its all one To you whether your
dinner man IL crazy over Hittite inscriptions
or placer mining. but ! didn't have a college
education and ] have to prepare for occasions.
| went TO dinner once with a nice-looktnG man
who wanted to talk 10 me about troglod ties.
Now what are IT, glodytes7 gathered that
they were some sort OF bugs: but ! couldn't
even look intelligent No hostess has a right
to thrust a troSlodyte man upon a girl without
warning. Then there's that heavenly English
mar who Is mad about Persian poetry. | Alb
solutely lost my frs. evening with him. but
providence gave me a second chance. and by
that time | could 60 bulbuling around "a ro-
mantically as any one. and could quote Halz
In my sleep. Hence these America Beauties, "
| and Priscilla waved her hand air ly at a mass
OF gorgeous roses,
The Bryn Mawr girl looked impressed.
But Is il worth whilei" che asked.
is 1t worth while. is ~" echoed Priscilla
with a fnc Hibernian accent. That depends
! on what YOU like. like men and American
n....
beauties
How can you tell what to study before YOU
know whom vouIl meet?"
pu.onio ,nt anvn hor ror,r. =, p-own,n
iiSc"'a p"t NV" NV '',t"' VI wv
You see its this way. Nlne-tenths OF the
women who have n reputation for being clever
,aIker, have rehearsal, before a dinner If
'aiAe'' ""No ~. ~ 80 . wv" -
they are invited TO meet some plS gun they
study up on his specialties. II they don't
49,, - a.. a,Lor ,,,-,. will T., ,bo,. ,,,.,
know no" VI" "'htr t"'o'' ""i W. 'h'E Just
fix up a few good stores anu clever Ideas.
and figure out WAYS of dragging them in b. the
he'in "he''Nr' 'H'' W" Wv "'0' s'"u' ! so
one better Than mat make "a study OF local
| classes and SPECIES and gcneralyy my IreI ara
in vnrlsd On, tho system tho first time
I,n' ! ~o,N.u o'' " ,,I',,'u ~ = : ,a''o
Tia. Bryn Nlawr .iri had Tot done 50
vi. tow, prsc,l, won, an I'm, tbar,.s
" ,o""' w. u "
no earthly use SoILS There II Won don hiow
anything about Steel md non and n.lCInrery
Nobody told me tl!ui. pul ! soon lo'ihd u our
The men DIDN'T dane very ,~"li. but there
were lots 81 good criN"s ana swell dinners
That u'al.s taxing. Non Know, an: ciN" YOU
NY word | GonlInil rnt avg! t""m machn"ry
ivory man ] met itdi >or'ihHt 10 II" WIN "a"
t1rnecl" or N'>l1us!OU~" iIailS or ~oIur
cher hNs.r"Ns ~ that 'uI' ~" hi>i rIhl
| vs. IN III" l"wh W" Went 10 a hlt dlnn"r. and
our hostess told ~" ne iad hllul'"i ~" most
cl.Ncr and 'haiinins man IN ilttsi,urS I" ne
J." looFcd n. hut D" si'nl Ne whole lIrrer
tim" explaining Il, new motor I" me lie didnt
. spare me A 0ttll fN lfs' 'lls' dessert came
on ! could hay" mad" That, motor without 4
diagram The nest night, ! met d .lldiaullc
hammer. ana u "tht on MAJ wa, all through
'hat visit I've l."I =" IrtNLllrH several
times slrC" Then, but tofor" 80 always con-
struct = steam cugiu" or tw" and look AZ N"
price # steel rh'l- ana. arn,"r rla'' and scI
inv rind in trairIrC Tor n1''blrr SI"CialteS
Then ,hric'S Washington I've worn N.Y.
self ~ = ~fr122l" pU7Jltug over political thiurs
and diplomatic uu' stlnis and issues IN ip'-
oiga governments. Ul-t Tor ihc sake Of t,n-
src--ii IN and foreign IipI"inati~t> Nv Ia :
visit down 'h"fc was a crrHl success could
hay" turned tiarman, tf"'ch, Er-lisr. lH~
So "r heather ,hInec II ! hadn't str.r-ly