The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

Mrs Morponts annual ball will put tn
right trade mark on us. You know O
course That Bradstreet's act az socla
secretary for her, and they will do :,
Tor no one else. They send out all he,
lhNliHuons Tor her. 80 that any on, VIII,
goes there you can know Is absolutely
ali right
81 believe that just before the invita-.
tons We're issued Bradstr.ct man had
long special int, rvicw with jim and
that jim gave him some Information
about discoveries in the Sp.tzbrrg.n
phosphate mines which n. had never
gwen out before. At any rate the meet
ing must have been satisfactory, because
| received not only the ordinary en-
HfaNed invitation but the sweetest little
note from Mrs. Morpont herself, saying
she felt sure We were going to be
friends. Everything seems whooping
and the track clear ahead Of US. So far
as can see
Oh, | must tell you Of the perfectly
extraordinary call ! received the other
day from Mary Rcmsen. was Just
about struck dumb by ii. son You be.
! guess, Wen | tell YOU Miss Marx.
mind you. hasn't been To- see me before.
| for which had ully been too thankful
! must admit hut she came Wednesday,
| ana was ;" sweet you'd have L. ught
butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
She apologzed for not coming sooner;
you'd have thought Id been sitting here
waiting for her, And then she hesi-
tated and seemed kind of confused and
went on To say that shed hoped She
would be able TO do more To- make it
pleasant me in New York. as | was
newcomer, and her aunt had lived
here all her life.
] really didn't know what To make
Of the girl. | wondered for a moment
II she thought ! didn't know that the
old woman hasn't any money. But
this was only the beginning. | assure
YOU. She went on To say that Mrs.
Van Rutherf orde was giving a series
Of Wednesday evening musicales and
Sunday lunch parties for h,r. Il
imagined what they were going 10 he
like, still | wanted to Dee kind, and /
said:
We'll, I'm sure, my dear, they VIII he
very nice, and"
"Oh, they will" Interrupted Mary.
80 nice, Dear Mrs. Johnson. | did
hupv-w,,l you've always been So nice
t" mc-r"allN. | tried To get my aunt
To- invite you. OF Course. | oughtn't |
to say anything against her. | know. |
but really | think sometimes she's just |
the least hit Of a snob. | told her YOU |
were so nice, even If you We're So rich /
Eut she says she simply will not have |
rich people. and there's an end of IT, |
try To- argue with her that rich people
aren't necessarily vulgar. hut she SAYS
their money necessarily is. At any
rate, that's how that very small en-
elusive set in New York feel about it,"
| won't d.late upon my feelings. |
turned the conversation and. after
her for her efforts on my
behalf asked her coidly and sarcasti-
cally If she didn't sometimes have re-
curing touches of fever. Really !
thought this the kindest way of en-
planning the 'whole episode.
l.atei'-l was called away and didn't
finish the letter. Now, two days after
ward, there is a little more Ia add.
The evening after Marys call Still
well came in, You know he's friendly
in an odd way. though he's always
chatting his father and me about the
money and the magniflcence; that's his
parase. Well, | It'd him about Marys
attempt To get me into society,
thought the foolishness and the i'm
disgust him with her. But YOU can
never tell how things will strike sim
well. He laughed till I really was
frightened. He went away weak with
II, and kept saying that il was all too
delicious, and that he really thought
the newspapers must take up afresh
the question of what instituted smart
society.
Well, my dear, they have. enclose
You some cuttings | like that inter-
view with Old Aunt Van Rutherfoorde.
NO" says she to the reporter. 81
should say that the newspapers give
no possible idea of who constitute the
best and most exclusive New York
society. Am | giving some entertain
H"nts this winter? Certainly But n
LIST OF my guests would not .intcrest
your readers. IL would contain none
II the names which they. are accus-
Toned to regard as smart. The best
you could do for them would lc To- begin
Among those not present at Ms. Van
Itutherfoordes We're then You could
Use your usual list"
DID you ever hear such check, Carrie?
Then she goes on 10 say that she
wants "distinCtion of ancestry, Of breed
nS, OF ca .ture, or Of achievement" She
DOESN'T diSdain the men who have nut
hfnugh the Country's great commercial
achievements, she kindly says, but she
considers IL vulgar to keep for ones
private use more than modest I'VE or
en- millions
She can't know much about the cost
II living, or about the price Of aeromo-
ors.
You could I'LL Madison Square Gar
len with trIllionalrcs," she goes on Il
aN. Il can get the really Fashionable
nto my two drawing rooms"
! send you the cuttings so YOU can
cad for yourself, Mrs, Morpont and ,
had hearty laugh over them to-day. ,
'ou must know her when you come.