Show I 1 Y I 1 9 EXPERTS IN washington GrON 11 I 1 X professional sl chaperons Chi perona who cotch new now ua comer comert in ur wiy ways of the Us capital IM t to philadelphia telegraph wt ila I 1 dont know juit just what to call t V jj her bhe she belonga belongs peculiarly to W I 1 NV washington ashington and is i born of the 0 nem sitiel of tho the place she sh is 13 I 1 aeral 1 w rather there are several I 1 of her if you are a lady and hap j pen to ira b elected to balington Wa Lington to society y through having your hue bus rit itt band chosen to tit sit in tho the legislative let halli balls or to hold bold other place of honor ke under the federal government eal you may find her useful she hit teaches how to entertain and clears I 1 I 1 away the ibern from vou r path on your entrance to washington Wai hington i I 1 1 1 fi ec clety I 1 I 1 is 11 I 1 I 1 the wives and slaughters of new congressmen and officials are frequently thrown into society without previous preparation from the quiet of a country home t this 11 1 it 11 is it terrible transition there are la it die d ies here in washington whose whoso bus bands have been army or navy cera cers they have spent years in itt society and have held and still hold high rank the m mysteries ys teries of form and usage are familiar to them but the death or retirement of their husbands have reduced I 1 their finances below the figures of their extravagant tastes these ledies ladies now s sustain ustain their position in society b by i leading the uninitiated through thy the e m mysterious yat erious mazes the they teach the wives of new senators senator and yd members from the back districts tho the polite forms and pilot them safely through a winter in washington the relation they hold bold to the novice is tatt of a superior who condescends to take the part of a friend ly adviser advised or chaperon the they are courted followed and they they are bomell women who have been belles in society in the pat past and who dictate its forms now they now make a business of pleasure they advise their patrons ons what to wear how bow to furnita furnish their r house how to talk and act how to set their babl tables es how to receive callers cillers and who to receive when to call how bow to call and who to callon call on they tell them the difference between an ordinary tea and a high tea between a dinner P party arty and a luncheon they rub th the duet dust off their dialect and teach them polite forms of speech and tell them what to talk about the they y lead them around the circle an and teach by example these chaperone are not known as such except to those who employ them then i and they are the most courted of all society they are experts in WAS washington b life in the morning when th they ey are not circling the rounds of so society ciely they net act the part of private con coll there a are re always a number of wealthy ladies who on account of not yet knowing the ways of society or of ill health or perhaps because abek they are in mourning are not in t the social swim agrim As conversationalists thee queens and factotums of society bring all fill the gossip and goings on in in society wear in it morning call upon those wealthy victims of seclusion The they tell them who held receptions last night and ard who was there what they wore what they said and what was said about them they relate the latest private scandal tell what diffie different rent people think of each other and how ilow each ie is measured up lip by the whole of society they report how long on m mr r talked with miss baillio millions ilia and repeat what society thought of it they discuss the engagements m made ade to be made an and broken off ot all the little bi bits of gossip email small talk and sni scandal they carry with exact memory as to all the interesting details and keep their secluded patrons as well posted aa as inthey were among the most gay they lighten up a melancholy morning m orn ing some of the most moat fashionable e women who have long been the leaders 6 of society earn in this way the e means to keep keel up their establishment esta diab ment and to maintain themselves in fashionable luxury the wives and daughters of some famous tells men now dead are professional leaders loaders of society and live by their profession |