Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09
SOCIETY IS READY TO REST
Approach Of Isn't Welcomed By DsVstsS
Who Are Weary.
LAST coTIlLIss CONES MONDAY NIGHT
Season of Uncommon Activity VIII
Practically Close for Younger
Members Of swell Set
with This AFFAIR.

their last inning and the reception on
Tuesday for tho introduction Of two of the
newest additions to the smart set, and
then society will have to settle down TO
more quiet things for a time. but there
will be much upon which to look back, for
the season ever since the holidays has been
replete with smart affairs and altogether
satisfactory, and the week just past has
been a suitable ending to It all.
OF all the fads that have been exercised
BY the f~ashionables Of late 1t is safe to
say that nothing Of recent seasons has met
with the universal popularity that has char
acterized those gatherings SO numerous of
late that for want Of a better name have
come to be known as evening teas" AS
q matter Of fact they are not teas at all,
nor are they receptions, but Just Informal
affairs Of the kin that since the days OF our
grandmothers have been dedicated to
women, only given at an hour when men
can be present and experience for them
selves the real genuine satisfaction that
attends the exchange OF gossip over the
steaming teacup. The masculine portion Of
society has been converted to a man and Is
ready to take back all that it has ever
said against tea parties.
What an awful shock some OF the good
danes and demoiselles of the inner circle
Of Omaha's swelldom did undergo, to be
sure, as the result Of a disclosure following
on the last assembly. On that occasion one
OF the young men who has the entree to the
most exclusive set brought with him a
friend. The newcomer was correctly tall
ored and %laundered, and his clean-shayen
features denoted intellect, and his carriage
and address were that of one born in the
purple. He was soon the hit of the evening.
and the ladies present wed with each other
IN showing him delicate attentions. It's
such a pleasure. you know, to meet a we'll
bred stranger now and then, and this one
was certainly we'll bred. One young woman
discovered his home address, and behold
he knew all the people she did and more
too, back in the eastern city from whence
he halls. Altogether he was the life Of the
occasion, and when wraps we're donned and
good nights said many a prospective hostess
went home delighted that Omaha had Sc
cured such a genuine acquisition, and won
dering how long it would be before she
could have him to grace a little dinner or
something of that sort. All but one. She
didn't seem to be especially anxious about
the engaging stranger. and her indifer-
ence was set down to pique, until the next
time she met one Of the others. A little
whispering, and then-oh, horrorsi Prince
Charming turns out to be assistant clerk or
something equally as low at the hotel
where the Indifferent lady makes her home.
And now there's much suppressed indigna-
tion over the thought that one so plebian
should venture to enter the ~esoteric circle
Of Omaha society and there comport him
self as one who is used to 1t, receiving all
the little attentions and favors that should
be enjoyed alone by those who deserve
them. To be sure, he's dropped. but it will
be several days yet before the air OF the
Inner circle is entirely purified Of his con
taminating presence.
Here is a sample of the gudgeon led to
society suckers at the Elks' fair postofics
last week. Needless to say that bites were
plentiful:
OMAHA, Neb., 1g02.-Dear Sir: You will
think Il strange that 1, a total stranger,
should write you thusly. but believe me,
ever since i saw you last summer at the
street fair / have admired your manly
bearing. When l see you coming down the
street IL reminds me Of a king ascending
his throne, but l must smother the love
J. feel creeping into my heart and suffer in
silence. l would like to hear from you,
and nODe through the Elka' flee