The Prescott daily news., 1908-11-11
A Social SkirmiSh.

Copyright, 1908. by American Press Asso-
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 Young Mrs. Fordyce-Jones, tired out from q leadership of winters social festivities, determined to rest for the summer season. But how was she to find a place of rest? Heir to millions that had been handed down to her through several generations, prominent not only socially, but as a directress il numberless women's societies. 1t was no easy matter for her to get away from the incessant calls that were made upon her. After considering many plans she selected a small sum mer inn in the mountains, where she engaged room for SIP week and registered as plain Mrs. Jones.
 Now, Mrs. Jones had heard that in these summer hotels the guests meet and intermingle for a season on terms of temporary equality, to separate at the end of August and go to their homes and accustomed associates. Sev eral ladies nodded to her without in troduction, so she nodded, smiled and often passed a pleasant word with those she met.
 But Mrs. Jones soon found that her mods and smiles in some cases were not returned in kind. Before she had been at the inn a week it was appar ent that the social features of the place were under the direction of small clique managed by certain Mrs. Dole Tn other words, Mrs Dole ran the so- cial part as the landlady ran the board and lodging.
 Mrs. Fordyce-Jones. who had long been hunting for a new sensation. had suddenly found one Hiding from in vitations of the most refined people who were loath to accept the Ire grets." she was astounded at the dis covery that she was tabooed by those who had neit0er blood. exceptional breeding nor money. It was great shock to her amour propre. It set her to thinking She had regarded the welcomes that were given her by her peers as coming from her natural at tractiveness. Here were people social ly her interiors as well as in other respects who had no use for her.
 Mrs. Jones determined to capture the clique, not by making herself known, not by frowning upon them, but by her winning ways. She lay in wait for some of their husbands, and the men became willing captives. But the same reserve the same icy indif- ference, pervaded the women. AS soon as Mrs. Jones discovered that she was making no headway in this direction she desisted.
 Mrs Jones tried to think that she was enjoying the absurdity of the sit nation. but she was not. One might expect that she would. These people were nothing to her. and they were maki.,r themselves ridiculous. But the fact remained that at that par ticular place she was snubbed. She hnd been told again and again that the reoson of her social prominence was her personal loveliness. Why did not that loveliness give her the same ad- vantage now? A tinge of color came over her face as the fact forced itself unon her that in her own circle she was surrounded by fiatterers; that 1t was not herself that society worshiped, but her power to help others onward and upward.
 Nor did Mrs. Jones relish being denied companionship, though she had come to the inn to avoid companion .h,, The best people there were made afraid of each other and her nv the clique, and she had nothing in | ..--. U .. ......-