Show UNACCOUNTABLE PREJUDICE Newcomers Sent to Coventry for Trying Try-Ing to be Friendly Who Is that sonny A stranger x A stranger Well heave abrick at him himThe The Instinct which causes the majority major-ity of people to regard newcomers moro or less in the light of interlopers is not i wholly confined to the wild West dig I gins where the above conversation is reported tp have occurred In all small communities a stranger has to contend against a certain feeling of re sonlmcnu Every act however well in tentioncd scorns to evoke a feeling of antagonism from the old residents They regard with suspicion each at tempt on the part of the alien to lake a share In local matters or even to be charitable and hospitable This is especially noticeable at waterIng water-Ing places where certain people consider consid-er themselves pioneers and In a way proprietors having been among the first to discover the merits of the spot It is in such a place as this above all others that a newcomer must to use a common expression mind her pa and qs and exercise all the tact of which she Is i capable In order to pro piliaie the old residents and disarm their easilyawakened prejudices Fes tlna IonIc must be the motto of everyone every-one who desires or expects to succeed sdclally in such communities Why Is It that the Ms arc not oi the elect asked a visitor of the daughter of the house at nn exclusive 1 little summer resort The girls arc so I pretty and their brother lookfc like a gentleman Are the parents Impossible Impos-sible sibleNot Not at all was the answer The mother Is really charming and tIme father most unobjectionable but as the boys would say they have queered1 themselves somehow In the first place i a rumor got about before they came that they had said they Intended lo bring a little life Into the place This speech was resented They arrived with their horses and servants and before be-fore they knew people at all they look the clubhouse and sent out Invitations for a dance It was a dead failure and in some way since then they have been sent to Coventry for no reason whatever what-ever as far as I can see except lint they wanted to bo friendly For my part I should like lo know them but mamma would not leave a card Iherc for tIme world Mllly exaggerates as usual inter ruplcd her mother with her most dignified digni-fied air I have no objection whatever what-ever to the Ms I dare say they are most excellent people but I think they made a mistake In coming here They arc not time kind of people that we care about I should have thought Newport or Bar Harbor would have afforded a broader field for their energies That is what all our social leaders say laughed her daughter The poor JM s began wrong and as far as Sand Beach Is concerned they are done for New York Tribune |