Mrs. Grundy Says

That social giants were never such moral dwarfs as at present. That titled foreigners choose American wives at their "par" value. That too many women affect the charity fad simply to galn notoriety. That another church has had to abandon the experiment of free pews. That all eplcures know "first trout of the season" are never the best. That among enervating paragraphs are those relatlng to Miss Hettie Green. That not to have read "The Ralstons" is to be behlnd the procession. That "close friends" do not neeessarily mean the penurious Quakers. That people who have colonial-ancestry bees in their bonnets are tiresome. That the fashionable mutilation of horses and dogs ought to be stopped. inat It breaks some men's hearts to have to open their London umbrellas. That people in vanity fair who live within their means are the exception. That living pictures are waning when they require sensational advertising. That few who envy the rich know of the crosses they all have to bear. That men with political pulls nowadays almost wish they were dentista. That fashionable people are not to be taken seriously, not even at a funeral. That ■quantities of men in Gotham are wearing hats of sizes too small for them. That half of those who go to Europe now will be home before summer is here. That physicians are blamed for sending patients to fashionable resorts to die. That something more than "a house in London" is essential to social elevation. That there are evidences of a social reaction in favor of Mrs. James Brown Potter. That a bachelor rector is a wonderful help in building up a weak country parish.