The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
SNOBS AT CAPITAL
OCCASIONAL RUDENEss NOTICED
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.
Instances Where Hostesses and Guests
Have Temporarily Forgotten the
Amenities Usually Observed
in Polite Circles.

Amenities Usually Observed
in Polite Circles.
stories are constantly being told of
rudeness shown to strangers in the ma
tional capital and of Sights put upon
washington hostesses by their would
be guests, or vice versa.
At a small private cotillon given
about two years ago a handsome Wash
lngton girl who had been extensively
entertained and whose head was so
turned by the attention paid her that
she considered she was law unto her
self socially met with deserved re-
proof.
On receiving her invitation to the
cotillon she told several of her friends
that she really did not know whether
to attend the dance or not; it very
much depended on who else was going
and whether it would pay her for the
exertion. 1t happened that her hos
tess was one who never permitted the
younger generation to treat her dis
courteously. The night of the dance
the young girl approached her and
greeted her with the most condescend-
ing air. ...
"Oh, how do you do?" replied her
hostess, quietly. "This is quite sur
prise. I really did not expect to see
you tonight, as you have never an
sWered my note of invitation, which I
am aware you received. I fear you
will have no partner, as, after waiting
ten days, filled your place."
A retort discOurteous which caused
much adverse comment was made at
luncheon recently.
There is popular young girl who
goes out a good deal in Washington,
but it is pretty generally known that
she selects for her intimate friends
those who are well off in this worlds
goods. One of them whom she partic-
ularly cultivated was the source of
many Of her good times last winter
and took her automobiling day and
night in big touring car.
This friend is spending the winter
away from Washington, but came to
the city on visit recently. A lunch
con was given for her, and the south
ern girl was one of the guests Dur
ing the luncheon the latter called
across the table to her last winters
friend: . ~
Il am so disappointed that you have
decided to live in the north. What
shall do without YOU this winter ? ~ :
"Oh, I guess you'll walk was the
curt reply.
A popular Washington clubman had
an unpleasant experience lately when
he called at the home Of a family
whom he had known intimately when
they were in Italy. He had been urged
to call on them when they opened their
home once again in Washington. It
was their reception day, and there
were a number Of people present
whom he already knew when he en-
tered the large drawing room. He was
formally announced by the footman,
and advanced hurriedly to greet his
hostess, whom he had not seen since
dining with her and her husband in
Paris six months before.
She shook hands with him indiffer-
emily and answered his remarks rather
discourteously. A trifle nettled, he
bowed to her and turned away. AS he
did so she turned to a man standing
near her, and asked in a perfectly
audible tone:
who is that person."
The clubman stayed but a moment
longer, and then left the room. In
the front hall he asked the fOotman for
to him he promptly tore them up and
left the house.
Titles in Agricultural Department.
The scientific sharps of the depart
ment of agriculture take unto them
selves many high-sounding names.
Their titles are more like those of pro-
fessors of a medical college than of
men teaching American farmers how
to raise bumper crops Of corn and ruta-
bagas. '...
There is "soil physicist who
draws a good wad of Uncle Sans
money annually, serving also as chief
of bureau. Ditto a "pathologist and
psychologist" of plants and an "as-
sistant pathologist and Psychologist of
plants. "Dendrologist" is a frequent
title among employees Of the forest
service. There are soil bacteriolo-
gists," corn breeders" wheat breed
ers,' cotton culturists,'' "taxonomic
investigators" drug and poisonous
plant inquirers," a. chief of ocean
meteorology," "chief of microchem-
ical laboratory" and editors" galore.
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