The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-10

seasons campaign. For no annaran+
te@soh' some places are frigid to new
SoiieIs' others are temperate or indif-
+ ierent, While others again show de-
hgnt1ul warmth in their cordial recon
ton OF desirable strangers. New neo-
PIE VINO are DESTROYS of entering So
ciety are apt to establish themselves
AT once IN the most iltra-fashionable
.oGanues' a Fifth avenue house in
niillOilalres Row or a villa at New
port seeming at first to them all that is
necessary in order to belong to the
social as we'll as actual neighborhood.
inns is a fatal mistake, and one that is
oiteh lrreu1evable, for a verdict once
passed oy society is not easily revoked
a Newport youth whose people are
much in the swim met at some other
resort girl whom he found charming.
anu who seemed a great belle at the
place they were in. One day, to his
dstonlshment, she spoke of Newport
as her summer home. But that is my
NOME too, he exclaimed.
Yes, l know" she answered. color
ing with annoyance, for she knew very
Wen VINO he was, but that he did not
place her argued that she was COM
d
girl, and desirable in every way. her
people simply having made the mistake
OF settling themselves in an exclusive
ne1ghDorhood without proper creden-
tlals. Very chilly indeed is the atmos-
phere OF Newport to those. who are not
acclimated. The Indifference. the ne
giect and the consequent loneliness be-
come almost unbearable to gregarious
souls, who fully expected to be cor
daily received. How are the d.
getting on?' asked one of their SOCIAL
cd friends. "Oh, L am afraid they are
having dreary time, poor things, and
1t is really very hard on me, for am
one of the few people they know, and
they bother me to death. Unless they
nave some exceptional advantage, peo-
pie Who are on the fringe of society in
New York can never hope to become
smart by going to Newport, and how
foolish they are to attempt it! AT an
other place they might become socially
prominent among very nice people, and
have beautiful time, while here they
remain nobodies.''
The experts in the matter of social
department, says the New York Sun,
have observed a new fashion which
marks the summer of 1902 It is a
year of great cordially of manner and
warmth of feeling.
Nowadays it is distinctly bad form
in the sets that think they know more
than any others about good form to
criticise and say any harsh things
about anybody. Every woman
must be thought at least charming
if she is manifestly too plain to be
called a beauty; and if there be the
least ground for it she must be called
beautiful.
All men are attractive, whether they
are rich or not. Every entertainment,
from the dullest dinner to the dance
that has five girls to every man, must
be pronounced a complete success, and
it is unforgivable in the tenets of this
new style ever to be bored or to in
innate that life is not just the gay
est, happiest, most delightful thing
that ever was known.
That Is the viewpoint that prevails
to-day in society. That it will con-
tinue, nobody believes. 1t merely
marks a revulsion against the old man
ner of criticising every person and
every thing. which was for a while
considered mark of having expert
enced and enjoyed everything.
70 be bored then was a sign of
safety. To be constantly critical
showed that better things had been
enjoyed. At least it was the intention
of every PERSON who adopted this pose
while it was in favor to give that I'M
preston.
Some enterprising persons in society
saw that there was bound to be re-
vulsion against the cynical way OF
talking and thinking; so they began
the new pose. Its success was so
great that everybody who saw its
wonderful effects initiated them.
Now there is nothing but optimism
and btotherly love to be found on all
sides. 1t is to-day as virulent a fash
ion as the ether mood of cynical crit
icism used t. be.
Another reason for the popularity of
the new fashion was the introduction
into society of a number of persons
of great wealth who might not always
be found up to every other standard.
In the matter Of breeding, for instance,
or possibly of their social relations
there might he ground for criticism.
The desire 10 see only what was at
tractive in them made is necessary to
be optimistic or at least charitable. So
every circumstance helped the vogue
of the rev fashion.
1T is amusing to see the attitude OF
persons who are using the new pose
toward those who have not or can
not learn it, said woman who no