Show SOCIAL AMENITY A PECULIAR custom has recently been introduced into social parties ln in this city especially those thit that aie are somewhat crowded it has been inaugurated to enable the social hog to monopolize the floor when he gets il through ugh dancing one set he secures his bis position for the next by dropping drippin g his handkerchief on the spot he be occupied ual he retires with one partner r to select another in this way the more modest and nd unselfish among the guests are compelled to orna ornament mout the side seats as perpetual wallflowers wall flowers occasionally the same tactics are adopted in order to secure the best places on the floor even even when at t is not crowded the management of a party that does not protect its ou gueste q against such guch a boorish imposition in a bad way this late phase of social life illustrating lu the absence of one of its amenities is quite suggestive jt it impresses one with the truism that in au human saire afi airs am from the greatest to the smallest 0 occasions pea giving the student an opportunity to study are anoe ample the observer has bas but to keep his eyes open to enable him with without outi difficulty to distinguish the hogs hog from the he lambs now gentlemen drop your handkerchiefs |