ENGLISH SOCIETY ji A of fashion ablo lifo in london money tl Ky top of success in the smartest jui artest circles luxury ani and riess uro ure the only aline ahng of the wealthy by lady jeune in ia the north american on london society presents pictures and describes tendencies c es of the fashionable life of the english capital which are commanding much attention there because of her jin undoubted doubted competency to deal with the subject lady beuno is the wife of justice jeune jetine of the probate and divorce court and oth before and since his elevation to thu the bench anch sli clias occupied it position IV ion which lias has given given her access to tho society she criticises criticizes she min aes in tile the gayest or the si smart set talia alic can also 1 I so look it at it from the theaon con jines of tho the doberer circle of those who ormom serious view of life forshe for bhe frequents them both her social pali pah as jr pleasant before her and rot rough and thorn yand hence she is philosophical and not envious and rancorous ranco roua lady jacun J e starts out by referring to alje ic revolution lutton which london society is obviously undergoing luxury ea case e comfort comfortS alic IQ says have become the alio of the smart set or r the circle whitis most conspicuous and whose court countenance I 1 as I 1 most sought for I 1 nuil and they arc corrupting it asgur as surely ely and as cert certainly airily its as they did that of ancient italic romea t Is its one aim men jand and women wor ucil live only for pleasure money is the keystone hey rAone of s 1 the smartest london ty ll 11 a for great t 1 t i wealth f v c kith is absolutely essential to p provide V 1 1 e t the 1 1 C I 1 luxury demanded iahn it has 5 boan necessary for that pui bosc but now the money ino n ey must be vastly more than ever before since the cost of the I 1 life IN is vastly greater and the standard of I 1 luxury is fixed by the possessors of fort fortunes illic 1111 unparalleled ralle led in trio tile past wealth bem so to smart society and ali ij most of its possessors in london bein outside of the old nobility of voul sp change in the c composition of the of fa fashion alion has haa ta resulted Ful ted tb nc V are the lead of alid old oid m A tle the grandeur gr a of their en ai and of those they draw about them this social re revolution lias has resulted resul in la a revolution revolution ol 01 of f mor morals als ah and d manners I 1 afe ha has ik become ti fi comedy a play time I 1 serious 9 or bolts view of it 6 gati edns ard out af place pia ce in such a ac irele alib r c nt sai scandals indale in ih Loti london lloA s society wh ichha mi ve vc dan todil the talk of the world lady lad jaun c very reasonably attributes to 10 anc j U manner in which women of if the highest hit liest ranked culture have allewelt allo welt ahe old oid fashioned rules imd restraints governed society to be relaxed As she says verv very truly women and not men are responsible ir or the tone and a nd composition altion of society they fix fhi its moral standard and as women ara are virtu virtuous Sm or tha reverse so is their entourage they have relaxed the former restraints ear earli each li as regards herself and tile the whole ns as regards ench each other if the he moral tone of the society h lias been lowered it as is because the mor moral 11 tono tone of tile women in it has fallen individually this decline she acknowledges and declares f matildy and flatly atly ll talat this moral degradation is IS extreme she implies when she says that mat 6 4 we guht infinite p efty ty for tile the poor allt outcast casi women W oine n of the world who bin bin because jhc thc tavy inest trust live while there can be nothing xi othin g but a feeling of horror for women who ho set their virtue to bo low ns as to anale it the price of dresses which aill ill cut out gilt tho toilette toilettes toi lettes of their women friends in society kocic boci ety ty nor corcan can wo davd a feeling of contempt for men who marrying on t mall means t suddenly find their whole entourage t hanged by the addition of horses hersca and earr carri izil ageSt french cooks cooka and all tho modern luxuries of af W fashionable ash ion able menage and who shut their eyer and accept the gifts of tile fairy godfather who lids hs wrought all thet these c mir adelm fb