The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-26
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
BY SIR FORTUNE FREE.

of the biggest accomplishments they
can bring to make them welcome.
1t is better than being an accom-
plished dancer, pianist, singer, or
anything else. The man and the wo-
man who enjoy themselves contribte
evening. And 1t Is the people who
don't act as the wet blankets.
/ know a lady who is an accom-
plished damper of parties given by
people she doesn't like. Just when
things are going well, she assumes
a countenance of such acute suffering
that people who don't know her grow
enjoying herself wonderfully-but
isn't the room Just little too hot
or too cold? Things are only put
right when window is opened or
shut that spreads discomfort all
around. Then she picks up wonder
fully. But somehow the evening is
not success for others. She told me
that she was having remarkably few
invitations to parties this season,
one need not be so bad as that to
become unpopular. One has only to
stand aside and not ENTER into
things" Homes, who 80 enjoys him
self" dances in an elephantile fash
ion. gets himself ",mixed-up' In the
games puts everything wrong he as
sists in-but people must have"
Jones, If he Is not there people ask,
isn't Jones coming?"
l remember a remarkably clever
society lady telling me OF an exceed
ingly pretty girl who. Just because
she found herself the center Of OBJ
servation, resolved it was only fitting
she should dress more splendidly. 1t
proved a fearful mistake, The men
jumped to the conclusion she had a
high opinion of her beauty, and tho
ladies-well. they did not like her a
bit. She hadn't good time of It,"
Pretty, but SO conceited. my dear"
Every pretty girl" the old lady
assured me--and, goodness knows,
she had had experience in society
should dress as simply as possible
the prettier she is. the more care she
must take to make people suppose
she doesn't know 1t. What artful-
ness
1 have been to parties that have
cost the givers something like $500
a minute, and have gone home duly
grateful. to the people who have
spent SO much money on me- but feel
Ing all the same that, as far as. re-
CARDS the pleasure | have had. there
has been a frightful waste of cash.
There are party Eiyers / know who
run them on matchmaking" and
who at the same time make them
huge successes.
Surprise parties" ! am glad to
hear, are becoming more popular in
most of our provincial towns. No one
knows what the program will be
Perhaps the night will be mixture
of dancing, singing. music. games,
Rotations. You take your chance +"
IL you can do anything. contribute
any feature to the enjoyment or the
evening, you do it. II you cannot.
You contribute your applause and
your enjoyment. of the fun. 1t is
wonderful what tot of entertain
ment talent one can find amongst
ones acquaintance IL one only goes
the right way about It,
What an immensely brighter win
tertime thousands of people would
enjoy lady walled in a paper the
other day, "if people would only Gull
tivate the art Of giving cheap par
ties?"
Quite so. And wouldn't the num-
Der or marriages increase also?
All through the country the post
man is busy carrying those delightful
little letters requesting the pleasure
or your company"
These letters should be ten or TWEEN
4 ~ times as many
! Il never went to a party or gave a
| party without feeling the better for
it," declared Dickens.