The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17

tninments, uclcnS views OIL human nh-
ture were lowered for days to come.
In the afternoon, Miss Blocker gen.
orally drove out with her charge or
lott cards upon people who would nave
resented her getting in as earnestly as
shc, In her smart wrap and volumin-
ous furs with her plumed hat ana
dotted VEIL the chapcron Justly hat-
tcrcd herself that some OF the Chances
hcsto,yed upon their victoria IN the
BOTS and along the Champs Ulysses
were a lato plum fallen to her s ,,,s.,.
In Central Park, at home, and IN il ~.
Avenue. every one knew it was only
thc same old Sally Blocker in new
French hat. Miss Blocker had hcara
Il suggested that one must come oproau
10 find a proper Difference paid 20
venrs of maturity, which secretly was
not what she desired. Her taste was
neither for tho cold blooded pushlhs "
the wall OF her generation ny youns
Americans, nor yet the revereht ',''nu
Kissing Of tho ancient, observable IN
high life abroad. Since her morals were
above reproach. oil she really ASKED
was a recognition by tho public OF nee
succcssful illustrations of the metnoos
of Paquin and Alphonsine.
rherc were always teas to drop IN
for. after the drives, at the cosmopoli-
tan resorts Of Ritz, or ColumDlh' OF
Rumpclmaycr, or in private evenings
In Paris. the division OF time between
five and seven In the afternoon nus
become as important for the achleHe-
ment of social idllng Of both sexes as
In London. 1t Is in New York where
the tea-drinking habits Is q graft
among the men, and to the women an
intermittent sacrifice to fashlon
shrine. Miss Blocker was OF the sort
whom the steam Of the tea-kettlo me
briates as well as cheers. she cou!o
better exist without her evening or1-
aonz thnn her cup Of tea between four
and five.
when the ladies returned to their
hotel, there was barely Lime 20 Dress
for dinner or tho play. Miss Blceckers
dinner list in Paris was larger than
in New York, where Sally Blocker was
beginning to be vieux jeu. Abroad, she
was welcomed by the translated Ameri-
cans living In various capltals. VINO
were sure Of hearing from her tho lew
things about tho private lives OF their
friends at home that had not got into
their newspapers. Lastly. but decidediy
not least, she had had the wisdom to
perfect herself in bridge, which Helen
detested in common with all games of
cards. whenever Miss Carstairs elected
to go off with friends of her own to
dine and pass the evening, and her
young lady put on tea gown and
ordered plate Of soup and wing OF
chicken in their own salon, the chap
eron was in glory. In O black net dress,
largely besprangled. with dog collar
OF excellently initiated pearls around
the doubtful portion of her throat be-
meath the chin, with her hair admirably
groomed and her nails perfectly mani
cured. wearing her best evening man.
ner and longest gloves. old Sally would
-. IT,. A.
that was to take her to her earthly
paradise OF bridge! Or else in company
with playmate of scventy-two, who
smoked cigarettes eternally, wore low
scarlet gowns and rarely dincd at home,
she would go on from place to place, ex-
hllarated beyond fatigue, Whispering
inwardly to herself there was nothing
like this at her homo across the sea.
Helen would have been wofully tired Of
this life had she not possessed the re-
sources Of rational, cultivated wo-
man, and the ability to extract the real
kernel OF Partisan life, in addition to
tho acquaintance OF few clever peo-
Pile with whom she could fratcrnize in
her own way. After oil. as well Paris
as elsewhere for the living down of a
great clutching emotion such as her
brief passion for John Glynn! She had
been spared hearing Posey Winstnnley
Talk ABOUT MIN us llcF POSSESSIONS, since
the Winstaneys had quilted Paris in
December, just before their own ar
rival there. She had heard in various
ways how old Herbert had taken hel
advice literally and enrolled himself
among the money-spenders Of their
liberal nation. With astonishing rapid.
ty. tho fame Of the stunning young
Southern beauty had been bruitet
abroad. It was related that a SEMI
royal parsonage who had seen her go:
ing up the staircase Of her hotel had
addressed to her father proposal fol
her hand. which had been refused BY
tho wise old gentleman without convey
ing the fnct to. his daughter. It wa
known that she had been taken up
by tho best people in Cannes. A littl,
breeze of laudation concerning her wa
forever blowing where gosslps congre
gate In lie monde GU Ton samusc. II
+ two expressive words, Miss Winstanlcy
"had arrived!"