The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-28
WOES OF THE DEBUTANTE.

-Four young women recently found
themselves together in the drawing room
after a dinner. One was a debutante
of this winter; another had existed So
cially for a year, and was beginning
her second season; the third had preced-
ed the latter by tWelvemonth, and the
fourth who looked decidedly bored as
she listened in an absent-minded fashion
to their chatter, was a society girl of
pronounced position, to whom the fears
and nervousness expressed by her jun
Tors seemed rather childish.
'Why do you worry about partners%'
she said languidIy to No 8. 81 can fancy
that little Lizzie Cthe debutante) might
feel anxious to show her family and
friends that she is a success, and that
Judith (No y should, perhaps, wish to
prove that her popularity did not depend
upon being a debutante. and having en-
tertainments given for her, but a third
winter girl should either feel comfortably
independent, or she should give UP
dances altogether. If she worries over.
every invitation as soon as she receives
it on the score of cotillion and supper
partners, like an ingenue, she is
great goose, and shows, to my way OF
thinking, a want of dignity why, L
am very seldom engaged for dance pe-
forchand nowadays. The men | know
the cotilion any more than do myself
IF T feel like it and have a sufficiently
agreeable man ask me, I stay; il not,
60 away A woman of the world shouid
feel thoroughly at home in ballroom
and not be dependent upon masculine
support
Having delivered her little hom1ly, TINS
superior Young person arose, and, throw
ing out her train deity with one hand,
- "a a
Young matrons, and became suddenly
animated and charming just as the door
onened to admit some of the men, WHO
at once joined their party
eft is all very we'll for Nina c. to
talk said the third winter girl she
belongs to the young married set ana
assumes all their freedom Inere are
not more than half dozen girls IN
town that have her position, but l fee
as If were neither fish nor fowl, nor
good red herring. have only been out
two winters besides this, and am barely
twenty, and yeti know that the mothers
that are giving dinners and dances
would be pleased to drop me from their
list to make room for young ones. why
is it. wonder, that while girls seem
to be coming on IN relays, the NUMBER
of men never increases.
In giving a small entertainment, So
49,
daughters of their friends into classes;
the debutantes must. of course, be asked,
and the second winter girls. If possible,
but girl who has been out several sea-
sons and has done nothing tom axe her
self prominent in any way is apt to be
dropped in favor of her younger sisters.
A clever young woman, to hold her
ground. must create for herself circle,
and become necessary to some particular
set. if she wishes to continue in the gay
world. Married women are apt to prove
to be the best friends in such case,
and a girl who is popular with her own
sex is much more apt to retain her hold
on society than one who succeeds only
with men, for it is the women who give
the dinners, the theater parties and all
the other delightful little functions to
| which they only ask their intimates And
| a young woman who has obtained for
! herself recognized position in their So