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Show Nonsense About Society ly tho lidltor ol Collier's Weekly , . I III '111 Nil Is more popular Ui.ui vedent dentin, latlon of that group of persons who are usually .11. in, Lit. -I.e.l hy a capital S ft,. in o tier N sections of universal society, .,, f,,. ,M,, ,',.i.ly , ,,,,. inn rk Hull any one w bo slii.-s si i.i 1. 1, t,,n .,, ,t .M;. " t. , . . ! ns lunlng made n very pa'..nie h.t. w ,. ;,. ,MI .,,, ,iL,t p , the credit of human iiiiitiro iliat it r,-, 1H n. ,,t ,,X!,V -,iei I l:hels of Ihe fashionalile. lis It docs In e,i:., ,.. ,, the i .. ;,, l;n ac. oenls ..- II I), ll III Ihe popularity of this kind of .luvtrilic. , I, at Is 11;.- .tulli l s. .. 'j In Aineiiea. or rather In Unit city bore all n. , ,... ..a ti.s in .New York? It Is by no m-iins eiiinl to the us iety or I mi. Inn, nnl ..ia Ii. r Inn .1:11 capilnls, where Hie lending social rirgn nir.i I inn Is inaike.l l,y special cnltuii- nud litfonniition, ns well lis by slllllcleut leisure for so. h.l p:, asiu cs. II is not, us those foreign Societies lire, especially l.oli n,l,l,er, In ,,.cess of ., '.eetlnli. which britii: a reiuarkiilde tun, mm of training ami talent Into small eompuss. Hut, If one compares It not w ith what society nni:ht In be. ami In some places Is, but with unselectcil Immunity, the esse Is diricrenl. What Is called society In New York averages ns high nud hlclcr 11. .in people would nvirage if takcii Indiscriminately from oilier walks of life In c.pml numbers. It has weaknesses enough, but nevertheless take lis thousand 1 n in II i.n, r lis four or Ihe hundred, hun-dred, or w hatever number you like, nn,l you will get a quality of human uiii-petetice uiii-petetice and Intclllgeiiee above the ordinary level. Its conspicuous absurdities are conuiiltlcd by n few; the men who ire part of It, without being devoted to It, are as good as the nverage, and His women are much, above Ihe iiu-rnge. This Is fnlnt praise, where opportunity! for better things are great, but even aociuty should have Its duo. |