The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOUNG MEN
Financial Success Awaiting
Dancing Youth of America,
SOCIETY OPENS HER ARMS
To Receive Him and Make
Him Rich.


writer has said OF Chicago, "a young man
Leeds only to dance wen, be willing to
dance a great deal, and keep his hair
brushed and his fnger-nais manicured."
But the young man who wishes to break
through the sacred portals of New York
society must have one more ticket of ad-
mission; he must have a genius, or at
least talent, for the thing he is under
taking, says the New York Press. Every
successful professional man must be tenn
peramentally fitted for his profession In
New York there are professional society
men-men who live in through, and on
SIS a week and the strength of their own
agreeable personalities. who eat society S
dinners, marry society's daughters, get
tips from societys millionaires, and make
fortunes with society's backing They
are not mere sycophants, but men of
originality and push, men who see in the
thing they are undertaking a future be-
yond teas. petting, and dancing with
inane buds. Some Of them come to the
fore; some are well known today as
leaders and financiers. Others meet with
less success. and failing in Fifth avenue.
fall back upon Wall street or Park Row,
or Maiden lane.
Il is true of New York, as of Washing
ton or Chicago, that any young man with
an agreeable personality, a willingness
to dance a great deal, and a knowledge
of how to do it well and some originality,
may with very little effort make his way
into the very heart Of that holy of holes
known as the smart set" No woman
could do this thing on the same capital.
loo lrfn
young woman TO attempt to go through
the eye of a needle as to enter society on
the strength of her attractiveness alone,
But men, especially dancing men, are
scarce. Society men, those to society
born as a rule, lack enthusiasm for the
pastime and have not much originality
or genius for advancing the interests of
society therefore the matron who gives
dinners and dances opens her arms wide
20 any young man who will prove an
agreeable partner for the girls she invites
or will add a little spice to the dinners
she gives One letter of introduction, one
chance meeting with an influential wom-
an, and the young man who wants TO be-
come an habitue of the Fifth avenue
houses has his chance. No bars are put
in his way nobody snubs him he is abb
solutely at no expense. He rides in
madam's carriages, scarcely ever pays
for dinner. and is always welcome in
somebody's box at the opera, where
dark suit makes an effective background
for a diamond tiara and where one can
not persuade ones husband to come
The only real requisite is that the young
mans business. family connections, and
manners be absolutely non-committal.
clerk in brokers' office on SIS week
stands a much better chance of entry into
the sacred circle than the son of mil
Iionaire brewer A man who has for
gotten that his father and grandfather
were and has not living relative Is far
more eligible than the wealthy young
fellow whose papa was noted race-track
follower. And the understanding boy,
with the quiet manners, is better off than
the overzealous young man with the
strenuous polish of waiter or the &C.
centricities of a musical genius.
1t is safe TO say that the professional
society man or the young man who
breaks into society nine times out of ten
obtains his first introduction accidental
". This is without doubt the most diff
cult part of the whole thing to manage.
To some it comes with unexpected sud
denness; others work for it systematical-
ly.
Some of the young men who now sit
securely on their chairs around the shin
ing dinner tables of the rich. attained
those seats Of the mighty" in most
unique and remarkable manner. One man.
now prominent at all the smart dancing
affairs. made his first hit through a
monograph He was nothing more NOT
less than a clerk in one of the New York
monograph companies. \ wealthy Fifth
avenue matron had invested in a phono-
craph for the amusement Of her small
boy. The monograph got out Of order
and the lady wrote to the phonograph
company asking that they send some one
70 see about il. As she was such a prom
Ment and influential customer. the COM
panv sent one Of its trusted clerks TO at
tend to the matter. He took with him
several of the wax records Of the latest
dance music, thinking that he would
make a sale while on the trip. He was
trying the music over for the small
BOYS benefit when a beautiful young
woman. the daughter of the house, en-
tered She was in gay spirits. and being
something of a daredevil. began Waiting
about to the rhythm Of the tune. The
young man joined in the fun and soon
the two We're dancing together.
How beautifully you dancer eN-
rlained the young woman. Then an idea
occurred to her. She looked at the young
man. saw that he was Of good address,
and decided to act.
Won't YOU I'll up at my dancing party
tomorrow night?' she said imphlsively.
And he did Now he no longer fills up"
but leads half the germans IN the young
woman-s set Her father has made him
e clerk in his Office and given him tips
tn Wall street that are already making
him financially independent He is 60
ing to marry the young lady's chum. He
keeps a photograph in his bachelor
apartments in memory Of his first good
luck. and he says that when ne gets rich
be is going TO have a phonograph in his
coat of arms.
Another boy came UP from the South.
rs poor as most young men are when
they first come from the South. but with
his good Southern blood shining in his
cheeks. He was working for SO week
IN 2 newspaper here. when his editor
hgned him to interview a prominent
tnsncier on a certain question concern
ing the condition of Wall street He
missed the man at his office and followed
him to his home. The financier was Civ
fg a bachelor dinner at the time and did
not want 10 be interrupted. so he asked
rs wife 20 receive the young man. She
rame down. expecting 10 meet a rough
toalsinp fellow with ..ufFshNff manners