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Show ' Shabby Trie lit of "Aristocrats." Many well-born but needy members of the Ilrlttih aristocracy raise the wind by telling Invitations to their houses to social aaplrants. Mr, Henry ,. - Lnbouchcro eas; "An acquaintance of mine, a pleasant enough snob In hit .i. way, although bo would hate robbed n church to make money and would have cheerfully pnld halt tho plunder to se-euro se-euro social recognition, once explained to me the whole process. I was tur-prlied tur-prlied when be told me tho turns ho had paid. "Women," be said, "aro never satlifled." "Do thoy expect you to make love to thotuT" I asked. ' Oh, no," ho replied, "there Is nothing ot that tort expected. What they want It money agalntt Invitations. I generally gen-erally say that I have made It for them In tho city (speculating In stocks), but I don't think thoy really belevo It. It It only a civil way ot explaining." |