er the Women whose Names appeared
on the List of Patronesses.

He ignored the Buds and Debutantes and worked overtime to Solidify
himself with the Matrons.

Whenever there was anything Doing that required the Services of a
Hand-Shaker or Errand Boy he was right there with the Dark Cutaway
and a fresh Gardenia.

In a Month he had a Foothold and was serving on Committees with
Colonial Dames and Relatives of the American Revolution.

He was Dependable. Any time an Extra Man was needed he came bursting
in with Kind Words for all the Elderly People. He made Party Calls
and left his Card and told the Secrets of his Heart to Women who
were old enough to Understand.

Consequently he had eighteen or twenty Boosters working for him.

At the end of Six Months he was a Regular at some of the Best Homes and
was beginning to send Regrets to those below Class A.

Looking down from his Serene Elevation he realized that he had made a
Mistake in camping so long in the Valley.

When the Year was up he was acting as Volunteer Secretary and
Whispering Soothsayer to the Queen Bee and had won his Bet by a Mile.

His Former Associates stood ready to make Good on the Food, but, when
they asked him to name an Evening, he looked them over and could not
find them entered in the Blue Book, so he turned them down cold and
pulled the Old One about a Previous Engagement.

MORAL: One never can tell from the Sidewalk just what the View is to
some one on the Inside, looking out.

THE TREASURE IN THE STRONG BOX

Once there was a Hireling at the tail-end of a Pay Roll who longed to
get a Chunk of Money so that he could own a House and pick out his own
Wall-Paper.

He read an Ad in a Religious Weekly. It said to Hurry and get a Slice
of the Bullkon Mining Company because on July 1st the Price would be
whooped from $1 a Share to $2.75. The Guggenheims wanted it but the
Directors preferred to slip it to the American People.

The Property was right up against some other Property so rich that the
Workmen engaged in lifting out the Precious Metal had to wear Goggles
to keep from being blinded.

The Man fell for it. He rushed to the Savings Bank and drew his Wad
and sent it to a Man with several Chins, who had to sit at a Desk for
nearly an hour each Day taking Money out of Envelopes.

The Stockholder received a Certificate. It had at the Top an Engraving
of a Lady spilling Golden Nuggets out of a Cornucopia and below was a
Seal and