The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
SOCIAL LONDON HARD TO WIN.
AMERICAN CYLINDERS" USUALLY
HAVE A STRUGGLE.

One woman Met the King by PuFpOseIy
MINING tho American Ambassador
Invitations 1t Fakes Money, Lots OF
II. 70 Keep within tho Inner Circle.
whenever / read about tho triumphS
Of our countrywomen in Europe, especially
In London said the woman who had just
returned from England, Il am reminded
Of q few things / saw and heard there which
made il appear a little Less spontaneous
than ! had always believed before. When
I went to London first / believed that Ger.
tain Americans of whom we bear 30 much
here were sought out a. guests In all tho
smartest houses.
The first shock I had came when I sat
NEXT to q woman who comes from Salt
Lake City and spends every summer In
London. She has had some very romantic
experiences, having lived in . mining
camp in very humble circumstances. One
night q we'll known Englishman Of great
wealth came into her box at Covent Garden.
l sat in the adjoining boz.
Brute she began, why didn't you ask
me TO your dinner last nightl l expected
to come. What. was even more Notifying
to ne was that everybody else expected mo
to be there. l didn't give up hope until
Q o'clock, and when no invitation had como
then I ! knew It was ali up q
1t was 90 small he murmurod under
her torrent Of exaggerated bus really sin
core reproach.
1t wasn't small she went on. 'There
were sixty persons there. You sec, I know
all about it. Nothing could have been
more OF a snub for mo. Everybody IN
London knows how intimate We are. Not
TO be seen at the one smart thing you have
given this summer meant, Of course, that l
had been left out and the only thing I can
do In to tell all the people see that I was
sick and could not 20. But you know they
won't believe me. Half b women in Lon
don would nave got up Oh q deathbed To
20 to that dinner. SO my p~rstenoe Of be-
ing i'll will never 60 down. II was out
rageous in you not to invite me-
1T was perfectly plain from her voice
how extremely vexed abe was, 1 could
see her bite her lips and the tears stood IN
her eyes. ... ,
-'Im fearSully sorry, my dear IdA,'
he went on. But l really couldn't do it.
He tried to snd the conservation there,
but she went back at him several times.
Being away from that dinner had plainly
Deeu Ou0 Oh buo uNNiD dhkcdioh VI hOA higs
Waiting on the miners at the mountain
camp boarding house in which she was
employed had evideR6iy been nothing in
comparison with his hardship. AS soon
as he well could the man got out of tSe
box. I was amazed at his courage in COM
ing there when 1 heard her rowing him 30.
-Now that woman Is quoted on all sides
as the shining example Of the social success
that an American woman may achieve in
London. She had no social acquaintance
in New York. but descended directly on
London from Utah. or course her husband
has millions. Don't ever believe that any
American over made her way without
money. They must have it and have lots
Of it and be willing to spond it. That was
shown in the case OF a beautiful American
actress who has made for herself a position
in London. OF course she does not meet
young girls and there are certain ooDserva-
tive matrons who would not take any plea
sure In her society. She goes, however,
to most Of the big houses and she Is a very
welcome guest. OF that fact there il no
dispute.
We'll, she gave up her house two sum-
mers ago because to take a place for two
months, equip it with servants and keep her
MENACE up at the necessary rate was more
costly than she thought she could AFFORD,
But she did not want to miss London. So
she went to a hotel and gave no entertain
ments that summer.
We'll, it was very, very different. To
have the noted American beauty abou
was very decorative for ones parties.
She filed up a corner most charmingly.
But she found herself only asked to places
where there wore corners to be filed. The
intimate, smart parties Of which she had
been a member ceased to exist for her.
She no longer had the pleasure OF going
TO very large houses to eat at very small
suppers at which every guest stood high
in Burke's. She had 10 opportunity to
mention such parties casually to those
Americans whom she met in London. These
Invitations ceased to come and inbewilder-
ment as to the cause she went to a woman
who had lived in London long enough to
understand everything about the p~eculiari-
ties Of the Briton as a social animal.