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Show Man and Hla Ways. Ask any hostess who Is sensible-minded, sensible-minded, and who wishes to entertain in a rational manner, what sho thinks ot the manners of the men who come to her dinner-dance parties, says a w.rlter In tho London World. Sho will tell you that they aro absolutely casual, cas-ual, that they will often throw her over at the last moment It thoy got what thoy fancy Is a better offer, that they think nothing ot keeping a whole dinner party waiting for half an hour after the appointed time, that their demeanor and bearing scorn to Imply that they have done a great favor In coming at alt, and that In many casos, when they get to the dance, they Ignore Ig-nore the daughters ot the houso at which they have dined altogether, unless un-less they happen to be In their particular particu-lar set. These, ono may say, aro tho lighter accusations that are dally being brought against the spoiled young men of fashion. But there are others, and more unpleasant. Ask some really nice girl and thero aro some In London, even In these days of bad Influences what tho conversation conversa-tion of her danco partners Is like. Sho will divide them Into threo classes tho Idiotic, the really good fellows, and thoso whom you must pretend not to hear or not to understand when they talk to you. It Is a most regrettable re-grettable reflection that this third class has decidedly Increased In tho last few years. |