The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-23

ars really not enough BlddISS for the
For said the witty Miss Edith Moore
Taylor, or so THEY say. "a BaddAe 10 almost a
CadwaladeRs
Also Ls TO be mentioned the case Of Mrs.
Edward Moore Robinson. She va and IL
Qraditod with being one OF tbs most beauti-
ful women In America, but you ESQ how II is,
she was born In San FrAncisCo. Still she
did her best TO atone for IL by marrying
Edward Moore Robinson n was theree
upon after a due interval invited IN. And
here is whore she triumphed again. For
although IL has . two years since she
got IN she has not yet appeared at the
ASSEMBLIES. AN the ms agree that che
had thus displayed improbable taHte. Had
she appeared at the AssEMBLIEB promptly
upon being invited Philadelphia would
have been shocked. There was nee a
case-but why muckrakef
And so Il goes. You can sect or yourself by
this time. II by any weird chance you didn't
see il before. what it mean TO belong to
the or. rather. what IL means
not to belong. You may 20 in the
very best society. be invited to dine and
dance and lunch and receive with all the
Best People-even with all those who are
IN. They may pretend Amiably to receive
you upon a perfectly equal footing. And
you may smile and smile and pretend that
you are having "A really good time and that
you're glad you're living and all that. But
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that worm l. the bud. that canker gnawing
in your breast? You're not In the ASSEM-
BLIEs. and they Rrei
Mrs. Frederick Thurston Mason, the Mrs.
Paran Stevens of Philadelphia. is a kind
hearted lady who does what she nj TO
assuage the public grief. During the season
she presides over the Monday dancing
classes for debutantes. But only debutantes
who are IN are eligible to real membership.
Others Mrs. Mason can and does OCCASION
ally invite al her guests. 30 that the ms and
the OUTS meet beneath the same roof in this
manner. But after all it's only another
drop OF gall. II you're IN you're IN and
life is lovely. II you're U you're and
you can never forget il. Kind words are
all very well. but they won't restore a broken
leg or make o think you've got a nose IL
you haven't.
II this hasn't made clear the causes OF
the McFadden campaign nothing possibly
could. Suffice il TO say that. though Miss
Katharine McFadden came out only this
autumn, the campaign began last year.
since when the NcF'addens nave enter
tanned lavishly in divers ways. a box at the
opera being n Of the trimmings. But
the invitations for this years ASSEMBLIES
are out and the cFaddens are not IN.
Unjust be admitted that history furnishes
little encouragement for the McFaddens.
To be sure the f. L. StOtesburys beat down
the moss grown walls in 1904. But Mr..
StotesbuTy was a inancier with huge con-
neotioDs. Various young men OF the ms
stuck pens back Of their ears in Offices de-
pendent for their success upon the Stotes-
bury genius. The year 1904 was a rather
open season anyhow, for IL was then that
the Theodore Cramps scrambled over the
walls into the Miss Ella
McFadden, sister OF Miss Katharine, got IN.
tn be sure. but IL was by n fiank movement.
She married Edward Browning. who is
well. Of course, every one knows all about
that Fact ia. IL vOu'rD in the wall acalin0
line it's much more important to have
somebody to pull han to boost.
Well, the first of the two annual ASSEM-
RLIEs of in January. the second in
February and the usual large crop Of head
aches is expected TO arrive on those two
days. They say that there are more severe
headaches among the OUTS On those two
days than in all the rest Of the year. Also
many imperative calls to New York have
10 he answered on those days. And wouldn't
it he just the fercest kind Of luck if some
body's middle name was spelled wrong in
this story.