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A SOCIAL METHOR. 21 they invite to their ‘select dinners’ and cham- pagne suppers, while her demure sisters stay at home and talk. You see blushes have given place to rouge, and the sfzrvztuelle to the chic. I don’t say it’s right; I only state a fact, and such as it is, every mondaine is bound to observe it, if she wishes to succeed. Yes, it is a strange place, and yet a woman, if she knows a thing or two, can have a good time init. She can eat her own cake, and get that of most people, as well, if she only asks for it prettily, and eats it daintily, with- out soiling her fingers, or getting laughed at for being clumsy.” She paused a moment, and then continued, more gently : “But, I don’t mean to say that there aren’t exceptions to this rule, for I certainly believe that there are men who can appreciate devotion and sincerity on the part of a woman, and who can never supply the place of a lost loved one— only I haven’t come across any yet. And your Jack may be of this character. He may come back to you again, penitent and adoring, I don’t know. I can form no idea of what took him away, to begin with. He surely could not have tired of you—he would bea fool in that case. But Gomichboo S (EO)