The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

dinner at which it was presented by his
adoring district club-which denied
him a nomination to congress on the
ground that his income and social pop
ularity made him obnoxious to the
voters.
at served the dear old chap right
for mixing up outside Of his class
Bah! Take a worldly woman's adj
vice, Reuben, and believe that no man
or woman was ever really comfortable
In a position won by butting In. Not
that you can't get anything you pine
for, from the presidency to an invita-
ton to occupy an opera box-On re-
peat nightly hard. consistent but
ting. But when you've got 1T and
know that you got it by buttng, that
knowledge must destroy any feeilng OF
triumph. When one knows that he 1S
de trop and yet can enjoy the situa-
ton, one is a pig Keep to your own
class and as much as possible. TO
your own gang in your own set Then
there will be no more hammers out for
you than are needed for your proper
guidance. You are started right at
last, in your own apartment, with your
own servants; and the thing for you to
do is to pace along soberly until you
have snuggled into a. set. Then make
your own gang, and at last you VIII
begin to have interests in common
with others; common duties, recrea-
tons, foilies and virtues with few
men and women. That, my. boy, Is
what constitutes society as society is
spoken of among us. A woman, let US
say, comes TO New York and is intro
duced in the Brown-Smith-J Jones set,
and straightWay thinks she is In the
Brown-Smith-J Jones society She
probably met them as matter Of fact
because Brown or Smith or Jones
wanted to pull her husbands leg.
When the leg is pulled-nothing more
doing, Reubenl The Brown Smith
Joneses have common interests grown
up out of a lifetime of intimate asso-
citation. What the deuce do they want
with Mrs. Lady-Whose- husband s-leg-
has-been- pulled2 Nothing! Never
theless, the lady's local home paper
prints with pride that she is in the
Brown Smith-Jones set in New York.
But she knows she isn't. Ny, my. hon.
ey, how hard she knows she fsn't!'
I report these eccentric views OF
Mrs. Lacquerre's because they may ex-
plain to you why my reception here mas
not been as general or as enthusiastic
as I had anticipated. Now l must take
I'D in chronological order the events
which altered my style Of living and
started me on the way to make
gang of my own In the set to which
Mrs. Lacquerre and Aunt Sarah be-
long.
After my experience with that rascal
valet, Bowker, the matter of engaging
an apartment for me was undertaken
by Mrs. Lacquerre, to my great relief
of mind. She also obtained a valet for
me, but when I urged her TO order the
furnishing for my apartment she de-
clined.
Let your Aunt Sally do that" she
said. Dear Sally is having frequent
fits over our chumship-yours and mine
in fear that I'll capture you for my
gal, Frances 1t would look rather
mother-in-lawy for me to spend any
money for you, so let dear Sally shop
for you. SalIy's a fool in many things,
and she's saying unlovely things about
me because you don't marry your cous-
IN Josephine, but she has mighty good
taste about housefurnishing, and will
not spend so much money for you as I
would. The delirious delight of empty
ing another purse than my own would
be too much for me-"
So Aunt Sarah furnished the apart
ment, and with perfect taste, no doubt;
but If she is an economical shopper l
am fortunate to have escaped the
Vaccinations OF an expensive one.
My Wallets name is Martin. 1 know