| Show WEALTHY TH WOMEN Ii II HAVE WORRIES I 1 l I II I Lou Lots of h have vo declared that Hint they would h have hate no flO RO much money that th they would be bl obliged to to lie IIi awake two 1 n at t night tl I men means 11 f of y tp priding I It than have o so litHo that th they would b be kept kepi awake uw lh the means o or of making the flute COV cover r T a grunt great deal o of oC ground But It If they r were cn given their lr wish visit at nl nn any urn tune time flU y w. w uld pray J roost most devoutly tl nt it be I token awaya away hn a a A 1 h humorist 11 mols t bus hies 1111 J j fI that 1111 r a n rich woman Yoman plisses misses nl J a u great rr deal In ht life tic ur- ur enlist she one eon nD I C 1 en On o the tin pleasure o or buying SO for rI a 01 dollar down i flint anil a i dollar lollar a e vc W J JAs As n matter o tr of fact she has hOH 0 o o naUl many duties s and obil obil- that rhe de misses misses' a n great rent d deal a wore more Many of 01 l duties s. II It Is true ur are ure chimerical ul arid and s S' S seat Imposed hu hut but hutaf af nevertheless they cause Has Has' r h.-r n II great B cat t deal dea c 01 cf in If H she has hns mone money shin Rho naturally wants to get gel Into Inlo society sow Now ow It is II just n ns as difficult for COl a nouveau riche to 10 break Into society l as Il It Is for or an on allen alien gen gen- to enter the sultans sultan's harem and not half as aM easy onsy ns as tt It Is for fol a n hur r lf to break Into a n. bank hank The latter ha has his tools already prepared whereas os the Hi nouveau riche has nothing but hilt he her money having neglected to provide other mr menus means much more or to III the point than thon her ha mon money hard Muni t tu to Tho woman In moderate circumstances knows nothing of oC the tho the heart burnings rod nna th the pan pangs pa of envy On ansi and hatred that fall tuU to the tho Jot of th the th with mone money She rea reads s n about out outher her In the the- Sunday payers with just lust as ns much interest ns as os sh she does docs oes about ut the tho strike In and and th then n puts both aside for 01 the advertisements which last lust contain much moro mere Interest for or her personally But suppose the tho woman with with money y y finally Anally does oe succeed In getting betting Into lido Iclet a i I- I clet clety Do you Imagine for tor ono one moment moment moment mo mo- ment that her troubles end there Noat Not No at nil all Like the man who gets married mar mar- rl ried ll her troubles arc are just beginning In the first place P silo she Is kept very bUR busy trying to maintain the th foothold she has hos gained She ma may be be- personally personally person person- all ally vcr very much attracted b by Mrs Geraldine Ger- Ger aldine Smith but as ns Geraldine's husband husband husband hus hus- band Is not In society anti and as GeraldIne Gerald- Gerald Inc Ine has hns no family m II connections connection It would never do for her to 10 bo be seen with Geraldine In public Now If she were Just nn an ordinary every day woman sh she could have anybody for n n. friend that she happened to fanc fancy If Geraldine had hod a 0 daughter the woman woman woman wom wom- an with mone money would like vcr very much to do something for tor tho the daughter but bu unfortunately she Is tied hand hantl am lord fooL foot Sho She may know an any number of or young young oung men n who are aro considered catches catch es but I If she Introduces them there to the clue girl site she must thereby announce her Indorsement nt of oC th the tho girls girl's mother If Ir she wants to put the lie girl Irl In the thea a way of earning a n comfortable livelihood she must do It in an nn underhanded wa way so soto soto soto to speak ale for a u wealthy woman can be charitable only to the vcr very poor am an and that only In nn an Impersonal way She Sho would like to do a 3 great grat deal al for forthe forthe or orthe the Smiths but to quote her own words she can cnn not afford It It would probably cost her her social position If sh she did Skeleton Locked Ui Up Up If she has bus any nn skeleton in her fan fam- nm- nm II ly closet she I Is kept CI very busy trying to o keep the closet t well 11 under lock loch am and key for tor she has hus lots of or enemies who are ure ever vcr on all the h alert for Cor anything of or the sort ready to 10 ruin her In society t at it a moments moment's notice A woman with Just lust an ordinary share of or this worlds world's goods does lloc not have so o man many enemies anti and so o If the skeleton In ht her closet comes comei to t light It will on only I be e at the I cost coHl of ot a small small-candal airel a nine ns won wonder and of or if Q w Ti h wl will 1 t g her duties s md manner monner of life liCe Just lust us us as she did before er 1 Everything Everything- that lint the time rich woman does docs oes I Is s watched and c commented col on People know knew exactly wh when n she gets gels up nm and what she has hns for or breakfast t n ns as well weH as what she does nil all day Including the hour lour at which she retires for fOl the night The life she hl leads lends Is not n a natural one but tut one that Is trimmed and dressed up for or other peoples people's Inspection She la Is compelled to watch her nt neighbors neigh neigh- bars bors ors Just as closel closely ns as ts they watch her It t Is a case e of th the survival of the fittest fittest fit fit- test est and If she were to relax her hel vIgilance vigilance lance for or one moment th the other side having been proved lu to be the fittest Ue st st. would be the one to survive sUr If Jr Mrs Stuyvesant Chew gives a dinner din din- ner ler running Into the hundreds or even en thousands of dollars she must do it it too oo If IC Mrs rr Van nn Rensselaer has a u countess to visit her she must retaliate retaliate- b by securing a duchess If Mrs Irs De Dc Puy- Puy ster buys an original Rembrandt slue she must endeavor to get on one too Lao or people pc-o- pc pl le will say a she couldn't afford It IL Sf Struggle f or r It is a n. constant struggle for or supremacy supremacy supremacy acy an and nobody Is IH allowed n a minutes minute's rest est between rounds ThC They are ore obliged to o keep at It until the they fall full completely overcome o b by exhaustion Suppose that the woman with mane money is 13 3 young oung and unmarried In that case her position Is much harder because society t expects her to choose a hus hus- band It Is almost Impossible for her Iter hero herto to o follow the Hie dictates of oC her own heart for or how can she be bo sure suro that her suitor suitors hi 18 s not a fortune hunter Wealth Is not nota a no common IO possession and so It would that the vast majority of or her admirers would either be out and out 1001 1001 or would certainly have le less s money mony than lion sho she She will be cour and feted Cete and admired for or years while she Is ia making her r ch choice J men n will arm her and sue she win will ne never ne ci he h nub nub- to tell lull whether she her hersHf tIC is Ig rr really all ally s attractive e or whether her money 1 la t the tho charm cholm that craws and holds them hem ho will bo he unable to trust the most apparently sincere exterior and It if f sli sll shit does fall rail in love Io she will wl be afraid to take tho the man mat for foa fear of breaking her heart So after years ear of oC In she finally compromises b by marrying a man who possesses exactly u is us S much mone money as she docs does calculating down n to the thc Last penny It I Is probably u u. loveless 10 ss marriage made matle solely for or the Iun post mi-post pase of oC combining two large Jarg for Cor- or- or tunes U tICS hen her daughters are arc grown rown up her ici troubles B begin again abate only Increased this time a hundredfold She Is la more marc afraid of the fortune 11 hunter r for tor them ti lir-fi lir ii Ti h she ever vr was wa for It herself r Impo- Impo young men are avoided a as If Jr thC they had bad the lie plague and young men with mone money arc are courted and feted In away u a uway wa way which In another class of oC society would bl be b stigmatized ns as the limit of or bad l.-f l. taste le If fl site she lP can afford It she buys bUs her daughter a foreign nobleman In this way rams line kills two birds with one stone slone for or r she slie hc not only does docs well b by her slaughter laughter but hul she he also strengthens her own o position Ir In this matter of marrying of off her ht rs the struggle for supremacy I is s just jUHt ns us severe ere and unrelenting as ns It Itis is n in a anything else If It Mrs airs Van fan Flunk Flunk secures live million for Cor her daughter she must r retaliate ta by securing ten for or hers s KM-s 18 If Mrs l Stuyvesant Stu Chew marries mara ht nr daughter to a duke sho bo ho must marry marr hel hels heis 8 to a u prince She Just ha has to go or uric ono better li tel or r her en enemies would SU say she couldn't afford a n law in of or such hl h Inn k And everybody knows that the III highe hel helm rank the tho more moie expensive n s sive I IC C till they II sire are rl |
