Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Rudeness of Modern Men
Bane of HoSteSSes
! Correspondence OF Tho star,


LONDON, January IL.
+ Tow much longer will hostesses put u,
with the manners of the usual
Englishman OF the houro is qut s.
Ton which every woman is asking For
the DAY is at hand when the worm. in
the shape of the long-suffering hostess.
VIII turn. and she will screw I'D her
courage. she says. TO have hen parties
rather than endure the patronage and
not infrequently the positive impertnence
"hich she mas now to accept from most
or the men she comes across
Engiishmen are losing their heads alb
soiuteiy, says hostess who during
the shooting season sees in her house
more than hundred man guests Tai,
or growing a new race of women" she
went on. why. We have an entirely new
man now. the like of whom WAS meyer
seen at any stage In the worlds history"
At a big ball at Princes galleries the
o.ner night a smart young man about
town was dancing with a girl who did
not perhaps trip the light fantastic quite
as daintily as she might have done He
suddenly stopped and said quite audbly;
You think you can dance, do you? i
would advise you to take a course OF
lessons before you come again to a place
like this" and he led her straight across
the room TO where her mother was sitting
and landed her there. Then he turned
made for the refreshment room
Al private dances the men Will dron
IN anout supper time look around
the room 70 see who sre the prettieSl
and best dressed girls. and then. with
an air of intense ccndescension. say:
tYou may Introduce me To the linn.
girl in blue. ] don't sec any one else |
fancy.
Men have been known TO say that
they prefer TO go in to supper alone or
with another man.
oh, no you don't" said "A hostess
lately 10 one Of these What do 90,
think brought YOU here for If il was
not TO escort one Of my girl friend.
You just come along until 4 find some
one for you. 1 shall give you that girl
in maiZe color"
For heavens sake. dear lady, don't
was his reply. Il cannot stand the loos
of her. Let me take in your beautiful
self" -
Me. Are YOU dreaming lam hoste.,
ana nave To go in with one OF the
men was her response. And she let
MIN standing in the middle of the ball
room to collect his scattered senses
All TINS may suggest that men who
tnus behave are outsiders and hound
ers. They may be; but not in the re-
ceiveu sense Of the word for MANY ara
wen born. wealthy and lave moved an
tneir lives among those who shouil
have knowledge of the fitness ~
Things; IL is TO such men as these that
OF recruits which il daily registers
Even the wealthiest hostesses and In.
most beautiful have TO possess fupa
of good temper. diplomacy and good
nature IL they hope to make their pa4-
ties pleasant. They have Ia cndul.
gracefully snubs from caliow youth ana
cheek from soured old bachelors ana
they put un with both because. 50 ia.
IN England a party without men is
hopelessly dowdy.
The usual man OF the day in London Is
like that famous Mr. Hoggenheiiner Who
was bored IN tie morning. bored in tn.
afternoon. bored n The evening" lie
suggests before everything else that he
has not a vestiee OF heart For il X
generally admitted that politeness aud
courtesy spring from innate kindness
Some years ago there was quartered in
Dublin the regiment Of the 10th Huzzars
whose side" was the talk OF the EN-
erald Isle. When they were asked out
and were requested TO do something the
reply they invariably gave was that The
Ienth did not dance. oh. dear no, the
tenth did not sing" The only thing the
tenth could do il appears, was to sun.
and that IL did in fine style. One night
the colonel and officers were invited to a
dance at beautiful house i'm Bray which
il now the Loretto convent. The hostess,
an Irish woman, was ready for them
She asked il she might get partners for
one and ALL but they promptly replied
as usual that the tenth id not dance
We'll. what did you come here for them"
she said. The hest thing you can all
dance home to your barracks"