Society

Tuero is a Lie;it deal of critieism of socdety nowadays, much railing, and mucli silcnt discontent. Nobody seemstoknow -(]■;■.-.■ fat anything better, and yet no thoughtful pexaon ia entirely satiaiied witb our present scioial life. Society, tb winter, had the siimo spectaculax farm that it; more and more assumed forthe IS t few years. Evcry one goes to parties expoc-tmg tó seo.a paoeant of whioh tlicy torna a p&rt. The floweiS] tlir drogsce, the jewels, the poQp] ■.. he SUPP Üjpdeooraüons, ii'11 siinpfy to picase tho eyé i press the material wrr.hli of their exhibitstme. The iáea is ievr mtertoinod i'or oni liuimcut gf bi'cnniiiiu: richoTi by one tliought (jr foeliÈ ia] intoicoursa Convcrsátion is a lost art; and though thesweel music wbich di o ure acoflstantly, woulil bo an oxccllönt substitute, if :;!iy one WÓnld listen to it, it is an offeottl:1 preveptive of talking. fepple i to l.iok ;uul to eat, to pi 8 and their pélate, but their food is aot et', tho ppiritnal gort. Tf flny one does nol appcar as a decorativo part of the assesably, your ttve hunilnil niends, inoluding the hoste&s who invited you, would imich rather you wonl'l stay away. A Pj gqhe i Juno in an old gown vould be unwelcorae, no matter how much beaity or tul eïtt it mighi eovii-, 'l'liis t'onn of society is beeomisig fizad oud hardenedinto stony de i'ii' . ' ■ ' ■ . !,'' . Conunenit us to FarmoT Jolmson, ■!' V:ipella (oiiütv. lown. The Bid mini liaila öontraot to build s baan and w:is 1 ing away at it when an utturiu -y oame ti inform íiirn thal he had fallen heir to a $10,000 legacy in Englarid. Mr. Johnson paused, scratched his head, ainHiiKilly sald: " 1 (Inn't ïvv liow 1 e::n go Uinv, as I hayo goj thig Imni to linisli !" That's bui )A western critic placidly oompares NíIeíou to tlic "Yeuicc de Jlódioo." I