The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-02
A Social Skirmish.


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Young Mrs Fordyce.Jones, tired out
from a leadeahip Of winters social
festivities. derrmlned to rest for the
summer seastn. But how was she to
find place q rest? Heir to millions
that had bees handed down to her
through severn generations, prominent
not only sociiHy. but as a dlrectress In
numberless vcnen's societies. 1t was
no easy mater for her to get away
from the innsant calls that were
made upon her. After considering
many plans he selected small sum-
mer inn In Ne mountains. where she
engaged rem for So a week and
registered az Jain Mrs. Jones.
Now, Mrs. lones had heard that in
these summe, hotels the guests meet
and internints for season on terms
OF temporary equality, to separate at
the end Of lugust and 60 to their
homes and aelstomed associates. Sew
oral ladies' ndded to her without In
PRODUCTION, mshe nodded, smiled and
often passed pleasant word with
those she met
I But Mrs. Jnes soon found that he's
Nods and snIfs in some cases were not
returned ink kind. Before she had
been OF the in week 1t was appar-
ent that the scia features Of the place
were under lie direction Of small
clique manasd by certain Mrs Dole.
In other woHs, Mrs. Dole ran the So
cial part as 9e landlady ran the board
and lodging.
Mrs. ordtce-Jones. who had long
been huntington a new sensation, had
suddenly fotd one. Hiding from In
vitations Of the most refined people
who were Oath to accept the ere
grets," she vhs astounded at the dis
covery that 'he was tabooed by those
who had piher blood. exceptional
breeding moi money. 1t was a great
shock to heinmour propre. 1t set her
to thinking She had regarded the
welcomes tat were given her by her
peers as coting from her natural at
Effectiveness here were people social
~ her infedors as we'll as in other
respects whtlhad no use for her.
/ Mrs. Jona determined to capture
the clique, not by making herself
known, not by browning upon them.
but by her winding ways. She lay in
wait for some II their husbands, and
the men became willing captives. But
the same reservs the same Icy indif
ference pervadcd the women. AS soon
as Mrs. Jones discovered that she was
making no Roadway in this direction
she deslsted.
| Mrs, Jones tried to think that she
was enjoying the absurdlty Of the sit
uatlon. but she was not One might
expect that She would. These people
were nothing to her, and they were
making herpselves ridiculous. But
the fact reui aimed that at that par.
ticuas plfc9 she was snubbed. She
hadpeen told again and again that the
eoson 81 her social prominence was
,er narsonal loneliness. Why did not
hat loveliness give her the same ad-
now? A tinEe Of color came
,yer her face as the fact forced itself
mon her that In her own circle she
vas surrounded by fatterers; that ii
vas not herself that society worshiped,
mt her power to help others onward
md upward.
Nor did Mrs. Jones relish being
Ienied companionship, though she had
ONE to the inn to avoid companions
hip. The best people there were
made afraid Of each other and her
" the clique, and she had nothing In
Common with the palmer class to be
ound at summer hotels. She there
ore sat by herself on the piazza pre-
endingt to read novel, but in reality
linking upon the esson Of her life.
was she not when at home playing
no mart played By Mrs. Dole? She
was obliged to admit that she was,
houeh in a different way. She had .
indy word and smile for every
me As to her Invitations and those
Inc accepted. she aced as she had a
,ood rlght to act-up'a her own sweet
an she had never znewn any other
,rrrcusaings than thcse Of wealth and
.osnar ut; Therefore she felt assured
1
re cosd not possibly be snob. She
,,,orgbi mach upon ft.orms she would
I,te 4 make on her return, but they !