High society : $b Advice as to social campaigning, and hints on the management of dowagers, dinners, debutantes, dances, and the thousand and one diversions of persons of qualityChappell, George S. (George Shepard)
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High society : $b Advice as to social campaigning, and hints on the management of dowagers, dinners, debutantes, dances, and the thousand and one diversions of persons of quality
Chappell, George S. (George Shepard)
American wit and humor; Caricatures and cartoons -- England; English wit and humor, Pictorial
The Poets that Bloom in the Spring
A Popular New Pastime in Smart Society--the Matinée Poétique 12
The Art Exhibition: Opening Day
After All, There is Nothing Like Modern Sculpture to
Stimulate the Imagination 13
A Week-End with the Recently Rich
Showing that a Profiteer is Without Honour in his Own Country 14
On the Trail of the Concert Lovers
“Among Those Present”--at all the Smart Concert Halls 16
The Trials of the Newly Poor
A Heart-Rending Picture of Life as it is Lived Behind
Aristocratic Doors 18
The Prize Fight Finally Gets into Society
The Smartest Diversion is now the Science of the Swat and the
Slam 20
Dreadful Moments in Society
Embarrassing Little Episodes which Might Happen to Even the
Best of Us 22
On the Trail of a Wife
Détours on the Road to Matrimony 24
Divorce: A Great Indoor Sport
It is Beginning to Rank First among our Fashionable and
Popular Pastimes 26
Wild Bores We Have Met
Question! Who--in Society--is the Unadulterated, 100 Per Cent
Bore? 28
The Throes of First Love, in Society
A Few Fashionable Little Variations on the Oldest Theme in
the World 30
A Calendar of Popular Outdoor Sports
As Practised among Persons of Breeding and Quality 32
The Seven Deadly Temperaments
As Frequently Met With in the Ladies 34
Six Brands of Week-End Hostesses
It’s a Lusty Life, if You Don’t Week-End 36
After-the-War Servant Problems
How the Great Conflict Ended the Golden Days of Service in
the Houses of the Elect 38
Advice to the Lovelorn
What Every Girl Should Know, Before Choosing a Husband 40
The Open Season for Strikes
If you Don’t See What you Want, Strike for It 42
The Art of Fashionable Portraiture
You Can’t be Quite “It,” Without the Aid of a Modernist
Artist 44
Social Superstitions
With Very Special Obeisances to Cupid 46
Who’s Who--in the Audience
Showing that the Smart Playgoer, Not the Smart Play, is
Really the Thing 48
The Horrors of the Week-End
From the Tortured Hostess’s Point of View 50
When Marriage Is a Failure--Cherchez La Femme
Have You a Little Failure in Your Home? 52
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