Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-14

below him sometimes with tolerance
as upon his tenants and his sery.
ants-and sometimes with scorn. es-
pecially on those who struggle upward.
| For him. it is sincerely real and
honest sentiment. 1t is born with
him. dwells in his blood, inherited
along with the estates, transmitted
| from father to son through a long line
of property and titular distinction.
| Be the man never so base or never so
noble, the sense OF superiority is still
| there.
1t is the use which money is put to
| that makes, or mars, the splendOr.
He were worthless critic who, even
| in America, detained against great
establishments, against picture CALLER
| les and libraries, yachts and automO-
biles, the fruit Of honorable effort, the
oftsprings of genius and toll. proofs
at once of the character of our people
and our institutions, as of the pro.
gressive development of our country.
Back of this ever increasing body of
millionaire Americans there are myr-
| lads of the we'll to do, not rich indeed,
| but able to pay as they go, who live
| without scandal and travel without
| adventure, at once the backbone and
| the glory of our social fabric. Who
ever thought of confusing them with
the fast and loose crowd-exploiting
the fast and loose fortunes-with new.
er throb of honest sentiment, never
thought of the hereafter?
Affects Tragedy Airs.
| 1t must not be forgotten that soci-
ETY. is as variable as it is vague. It
is not quite the same in winter quar-.
tiers and in summer by the seaside. It
has its full dress and it has its dis.
habille. Although for the most part
affecting tragedy airs, it is in reality
comedian, and may be seen of and
on the stage, behind and before the
curtain, it's exits and it's entrances for
the most part fitted to some exigency
of pleasure or vanity, for, having moth
ing to do except to amuse and exploit
itself, it's chief vocation, even like that
Of the poet. is to give to airy nothing
a local habitation and a name. Too
often, with us, its pretensions are not
merely ridiculous but, when origins
arc considered, preposterous. "You
are gentleman" Disraeli once said
to a parvenu, who mad made himself
particularly obnoxious and agrees
i've, "Let me tell you, it takes three
generations to make gentleman"
The women get on much better than
the men. They still love to dance.
It shows their PAGES. 1t displays their
gowns. The men despise dancing.
'TOo fatiguing, doncherknow." 1t is
so much easier to gamble and to flirt.
Your professional beauty has a deal
to engage her-herself, to begin vita /;
then her raiment; then the jewel box,
diamonds and rubies and emeralds and
ropes of pearls; and, finally, the men.
If hard put to it, she can amuse her
self of rainy afternoon before her
looking glass; selfish and vain, and a
philosopher. When the men grow tired
Of one another, or grow broke. they
will come after her. She knows that
and she knows them-only too we'll
She has learned all their tricks and
their manners, and can talk slang and
scndal with them-smoke nd drink
with tnem,and often beat them al
bridge or baccarat. Meanwhile, old
dOwagers, lying back in their velvets
and laces,, red nOsed, double chinned
fat, ford and so, look on with conf
dence, even exultation, born of the
) knowledge that Gwendolyn is up tc
snuff and that VIVIAN will hook hel
man whenever she's mind to.
. British Peerage Best.
} 1t is absurd to deny that the Brit
ism peerage is the best blooded and
. hest hammered body of men and WON
en- in the world. 1t is absurd to den,
that the English people, take then
a.: they stand in their bare feet. are
, not the best people in the world. Per
| oil T 1~ ~ hnr
liked, their class system, either politi
cal or social. That may be predilec
ton of nature, or it may be a preju
dice Of birth and training. l am bount
to admit, however, that the system
suits them and fits them perfectly. i
has worked admirably for ages. The
solidarity of English institutions ant
character is at once the hostage i
gives to truth. dispute nothing
though, in speaking of English soci
ETY., as it is organized, as it appear:
at it's headquarters in Park Lane ans
. is seen in Rotten Row, am not speak
ing of people at all, but of machine
OF an enginery, which, having it's coun
. terpart alone in Vienna and eniBrl
terpart alone in Vienna and Berlin
! merely it's echo in Paris and it's imita
? lOu Ill lNcW 1Olh, Call OILY DC ldlIII
!. compared or contrasted with these
and which so contrasted and compar
ed, shows itself well in the lead. Iso
lated, but sure of it's footing, heartless
but respectable, not unacceptable, bu
selfish and exacting, it will not brool
the square peg in the round hole ant
: it keeps things lively and descent
!. interchangeable, it rarely wants for IT
o1 inn IN HI
bored. Latterly, Charity, with tn
: biggest kind of &C." is it's fad; and
!, surely, that were one of the thing
!. not better honored in the breach thai
the observance.
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