The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29

socisty.' a. there used 30 Be. nor b these
any M woman 70 SAY. 4 win makO this
Society 10 scnassrsd into Too many
f~actions for that sort Of thing 20 be posai-
ble. In the case OF women II q been
accomplished In recent years only through
bridge. Mono Of the suCceHaen 1t bridge
has reached the soOial heights Of the two
STWsnty-Rvo years ago, when Nov York
was socially az q village compared To what
y " To-day, It was q very simple matter
10 get into what used to be considered the
most sacred circiea. But the times are
ncw very Different, eloquent enough %
chHnleFs Of an sMrlier day Carried their
families along with them"
Thcte Are to-day in this city several
notable . Of social success altogether
confined to n membor Of a family. One
OF these men belongs 70 q family that
originated In Detroit: othsr membere
have moved 30 Nsw York. but hone Of his
brothers or sisters has ever entered the
same sphere.
In another case a young broker vent n
onhce OF hin Arm there. In tho Newport
Avtulty Tor preeentable men he was very
much In demand and came TO know all the
influential figures in society there m here.
He was a vel bred, agreeable person. and
society took him mp with such enthusiasm
that he now knows all New York. Yet his
lines.
II don't say that they ars not Just AZ
good : explained the authority % THR SUN
certainly different. Then take the case OF
another Q Yorker who went away TO
college, and met some man OF Q social class
he bad never known In town.
They took him up because he hap
Pened o be a good sort Of chap, and NOV ne
hUl mazda n naruNan1EnN nlnAn For hfVrosnIf
among those people. although I am per-
fectly sure that he Ia tho only member OF
his family that knows them. Not long ago
when his sister got married he wanted for
ocoasion. So he invited some Of his friends,
which was a daring thing to do Some OF
them ame and although they ma the
newspaper list look better they had a
disastrous effect ON the wedding. They
lined up on n aide Of the room, with the
sisters friends IN the other. and tho gulf
between them was 30 great that nobody
could CROSS IL. That was the last meeting
that will ever a place between those two
cOntingents.
Then there is the case Of another man
who comes from the Middle West and not
only goes around with the people who are
smsrtest but undertakes to instruct others
in the art OF entertaining properly n OF
knowing only the right kind. Now not
only is no n stranger TO New York but not
y ulotupcF OF MS AAmtAy was bVbE yocu OF
heard OF here. although the reports that did
come said they were in very humble cir
cumstances In q Western town.
This indifference TO the nearest relatives
OF the people they happen to take up in
New York comes from the desire to ind
somebody that interests them. They don't
care what q persons connections may be
90 long az he or she Is well behaved and
interesting. Once that qualification IL met.
nothing more is asked.
Some high spirited persons might think
that a question Of pride was involved here
and that those whom society smiles on
and takes to its bosom altogether for their
own sake ought to resent the indifference
Of this same society to their relations. But
do not. They are usually willing to
the same view az their hosts"