The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29
SOCIETY COLD 10 TIKI FAMILY
WON'T FAKE UP TRR RELATIVES
or ITS FRIENDS.

CHAMBERS Have 70 Ne C0ntenl 10 Get M
Alene--Outslders VIVA Have won soOlnl
B~cnnlnenoe WINE Trhear Families Ne,
mAAnea O-hs0nFc-AsSn's ChaAees DeSe.
What do you suppose happenedPS asked
NEe high VoiOsd woman In the new hotels
lea room. why. Zoo asked ms up TO hil
studio to meet his smart friends. They
we're all there and the party was really
swell.
would you believe that they sCarOoIy
noticed me, although Jos told svery ons
OF them that l was his sistsrP They we're
just a. snippy to mo a. II l was nobody,
although tho women all gDshed oyer jos.
couIdnt believe they knew who 1 was"
A q matter % fact they did know, bus
they didn't take any interest in her. II
she had bsen ~strlkinRly beautiful, enOr-
mously rich or very witty her brothers
friends might have found something about
her to lead them to take hsr up too.
An IL happened that she was merely well
bred, without being striking In any par
ticular, not a woman asked to the tea party
to meet her took the least interest In her.
The brother happened to be society's
latest pet, and accordingly all OF them
showed their admiration for the young
miniature painter.
Certainly she doesn't believe that we're
going to take up all his family Just because
We like him. said one Of the women who
had heard Of this complaint. How in the
world can a woman be 90 foolish an to
think that we want his family along with
him9
Its some personal individual trait in a
man that makes him liked by women in
society. We have enough stury relatives
Of our " without going in for other pso-
pies families.'
That harsh statement embodied a fact
that has distressed more than one social
climber in New York. Young men often
attain heights Of which they had never
ing their relatives nor sven the members
OF their immediate family into any such
rarefed social atmosphere.
This is especially true OF men. IL il
much easier for them 10 make such an
accent. Women Of undisting uished RAmi-
lies rarely succeed in climbing so high.
Yet New York has also known several
instances OF feminine success OF this kind.
-One Of the greatest social successes that
New York ever knew said a woman who
was discussing this phase of society. was
won by the daughter OF parents who never
were seen during all the days OF her social
triumphs.
she was uncommonly beautiful. and
with beauty Of q very rare type. She was
by q man Of sufficient social
authority to make her al immediate sue
cess. All she needed was the Acquaintance
Of three or four women with position.
-She met these one day at luncheon, they
her to their homes and they Jaw
that she got invitations to the big sub
soription dances that still hourished a
decade or more age. The rest had to be
accomplished by her beauty and amiability.
They were equal to the task and she be-
very popular with the set that most
young girls would love to shine in. Sub
seQuently she made a very brilliant match.
yet during all the years of her great
popularity in society nobody W. saw her
or any member Of her family.
They lived somewhere in a boarding house
on the West Side in the middle Thirties.
at was well known that the girl had
her own way and nobody cared about
family. Her father was in very modsr-
ate CirCumstanC being a designer in a
factory. The girl never made any
attempt so TAR as nyDOd knew To get her
in too, as the saying was She
satisfied with her own success.
Il can recall another girl. who was just
AZ unk and just as pretty, who lived
In circumstances almost az modest and was
the only member Of her family known to
fashionable people that o o interest
In her. h vas just as indifferent TO
them known and took all her enjoy
ment out OF the admiration Of the smart
set that took her up.
who were willing that she should have all
pleasure. h rewarded them by also
MAX ing q brilliant match.
That sort OF thing happens less fire.
nowadays. Even ten ysars ago
society was much smaller thar IL is to-day.
There are 10 many daughters OF established
who have to he looked out for
that there is less chance for the outsiders.
there IL no one power to-day, as
who can say, Il will nut thia woman into