The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
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iron renee, DullC ID vast NUMBERS Wueu
| the world of fashion moved north to
| Murray Hill and Fifth avenue a gen.
grafton ago. One OF these houses was
like all the others inside and out, built
Of unimaginative builders architec-
ture." The hall, the long parlor, the
back parlor or library, the high stuc-
coed ceilings-not only we're these alike
in all the houses, but the furnishings,
| too, were apt to be of a sameness in
them all, rather heavy and tasteless,
but serving the ends that such things
should be meant to serve, and never
pier day not many survive to us, save
in the shameful degeneracy of board
ing houses. But in such as are left,
we may confidently expect to find the
traditions of that more dignified time
kept unsullied;- ito find, indeed, as we
find in the house of Milbrey, settled
air of gloom that suggests insolvent
but stubbornly determined exclusive
ness.
Something of this air, too, may be
noticed in the surviving tenants Of
these austere relics. Yet it would
hardly be observed in this house on
this night, for not only do arriving
guests bring the aroma of a later
prosperity, but the hearts of our host
and hostess beat high with a new
| hope. For the fair and sometimes I'M
certain daughter of the house of Mil
brey, after many ominous mutterings,
| delays, and frank rebellions, has de-
clared at last her readiness to be a
| credit to her training by comforting her
family prestige, distinction of manner
and charms of person upon one
equipped for their suitable mainten-
ance
Already her imaginative father is
ravishing in fancy the mouldiest wine
cellars G. continental Europe. Already
the fond mother has idealized house
in "Millionaire's Row" east of the
Park, where there shall be twenty SER
wants instead of three, and there shall
cease that gnawing worry lest the
treacherous north setting current
sweep them west of the Park into one
| VI IAOoc A1uCOuS1y AC" opal LA1CAI
houses, where the halls are done in
marble that seems to have been sliced
from a huge Roquefort cheese, and
where one must vie, perhaps, with a
shop-keeper for the favors of an ir-
reverent and materialistic janitor.
The young woman herself entertains
privately state Of mind which she
has no intention of making public. 1t
is enough, she reasons, that her action
should outWardly accord with the best
traditions of her class; and, indeed, her
family would never dream of demand
ing more.
Her gown tonight is of orchard
green, trimmed with apple blossoms,
a single pink spray of them caught in
her hair. The rounding, satin grace of
her slender arms, sloping to the opal
tipped fingers, the exquisite line from
ear to shoulder strap, the melting ripe
ness of her chin and throat, the tender
pink and white of her fine skin, the
capricious, melting tilt of her small
head, the dainty lift of her short nose,
these allurements she has inventor
led with calculating and satisfied
eye. She is glad to believe that there
is every reason why it will soon be
over.
And, since the whole loaf is motor
iously better than half, here is the
engaging son of the house, also firmly
bent upon the high emprise of matri-
mony; handsome, with the chin, it may
be, slightly receding; but an unexcelled
leader of cotillions, surprising polo
player, clever, winning, and dressed
with an effect that has long made him
remarked in polite circles, which no
mere money can achieve Money, in
deed, if certain ill-natured gossip of
tradesmen be true, has been an incon-
siderable factor in the encompassment
of this sartorial distinction. He waits
now, eager for first glimpse of the
young woman whose charms, even by
report, have already won the best de-
votion he has to give. A grievous err
ror it is to suppose that Cupid's ar
tillery is limited to bow and arrows.
| And now, instead of the rude COM
| AACA CAdA uOA NC IAdI 1du6uSu loudly ana
ate uncouthly at the board of the bar
barian, we shall sit at table with peo-
pie born to the only manner said to
be worth possessing;-if we except. in
deed, the visiting tribe of Bines, who
may be relied upon, however, to be-
have at least unobtrusively.
AS contrast to the oppressively
Western matron from Kansas CITY.
here is Mistress Fidelia Oldaker on
the arm of her attentive son, She
would be very old but for the circum-
stance that she began early in life to
be belle, and age cannot stale such
women. Brought up with board at her
back, books on her head, to guard her
complexion as if it were her fair name.
to be diligent at harp practice and
conscientious with the dancing master.
she is almost the last of school that
nursed but the single aim of subiugat-
ing man. Tonight, at seventy some
| thing. she is bit of mink hjsnro fro-