Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-31

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taken into the 91se IN. th6d tn
country boy had nsvsr pi1yed 4
Was 90 used % managing 4 hoFl TINT
no Won thu for bis side sIfgeJ
Sby IN own efforts: This says him
!. great sclat. sss5SS y .s5
.:s swtnbourne Instructed Johnny now
TO conduct hfmself toward the married
women ofsocieH. |S5..
You must be very deferentidl.' he
!. said, ito all OF. them, for it IL he.mar.
Red woman who controls sSc1ety.
Never miss an opportunity to- - Z
compliment either upoL a Wdnnan's
beauty. her wit or some other 1lal or
fancied attraction. And do not 4eaf to
be- considered datterer. The oldest,
the latest, the leanest of these iocdety
leaders are the most susceptible to
compliments. for they are in dr&ad Of
losing their grip on the world through
the loss Of their good looks, ard de-
light in finding some one to tell them
that they are not.
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to them, nothing pronounced, nothing
spoken. except a. have explained, By
way Of compliment. remembering that
It IL a compliment to love a woman 40
we'll a. to praise her beauty. They
viii understand that this iovemakine
IL but a pretense and will take It for
what it is intended-a' compliment,
And don't worry for fear their hus .
bands will overhear you. They I'M
derstand it all as well as their wives
and are obliged to act in the same way
to other mems wives"
"And am l to observe the same rules
among the girls?" asked the novice.
by no means. We are fast drifting
into European methods in that re-
spect. 1t is not considered honorable
to makeslove, either real or assumed,
to a girl. If your fortune admits of
marrying her you are expected to ask
permission of her parents to pay your
addresses. But none of our really
prominent society girls will marry
without getting an establishment with
the husband"
"And after they are married?"
'They may receive all the attention
they like. Since these marriages are
for CONFERENCE.-The money part OF it.
you know-the affections have nothing
to do with them-that is, usually;
therefore when the girl is married it
is considered quite proper for her to
have what we in society call cava
ler. She and her attendant may real
ly love one another, but we expect
them to conduct themselves with rigid
propriety- At least there must be no
scandal"
Through Mr.. Swinbourne's influence
Johnny Was invited to a dinner fol-
lowed by a cotillion. The dinner passed
off in the usual way. and then all pro-
ceeded to the ballroom. BY this time
Johnny knew number Of women.
both married and single. with many of
whom his ingenious nature. together
with his aatural intelligence and man
" beauty, had made him a favorite.
It was explained to him that when q
lady gave him a 'favor"'it meant an
invitation to dance with her. Johnny
expected to be ''favored' by any or all
of these ladies who had expressed an
interest in him. What was his sur,
prise and disappointment to be left en-
tirely out in the cold. Unattractive
men were dancing about him while he
stood up against the wall. One snag-
gle toothed. blear eyed, baldheaded
dwarf about four feet high was so
covered with trophies that he looked
like an admiral Of many wars. John
ny asked who he was and was told
that he was the Earl Of Bontoddy.
who had come to America in, search
Of multimillionaire wife.
The next day Swinbourne explained
to Johnny that the reason he had not
been favored was that the favors
were used to pay of social obligations
or else as a means to social climbing
I'm very much obliged to you, Mr..
swinbourne, for putting me In the
SWIM" replied Johnny, ''but I've had
enough Of It. I'm going back to the
farm"
One bright morning Hepsi Jones
stood on the porch smiling the country
mir and watching the sunlight sparkle
on the dew when, looking down the
road, she saw a familiar figure coming
It was Johnny BEEN dressed In his
farm clothes. When he saw. her he
waved his hat in the air and shouted
gayly:
"Home again.
"Why, Johnny, what has happened?
Wouldn't they have you in societyF'
~ wouldn't have them.''
Ho went up on the porch. She gave
him her hand, and he pressed it fer
vently."
Tell me about II, - she said al they
sat down on the eide benches.
"Well, it's this way. A man can't
make love to girl, but he can to q
married woman"