SOCIETY By Berton Braley. You fight for seasons to get in, You bear each sneer and flout, But when you've made it you. begin To keep the others out; You go to dinners, balls and such And meet the same old set, And, though they don't amount to much, They're quite the best you'll get You plot and counterplot and plan For social triumph small, Else you will be an "also ran," Not in the stretch at all; You dress and eat and dance and smile; You scarce have time for breath; You laugh with zest and all the while You're simply bored to death! You have no use for old-time friends, Though comradeship is sweet, Unless their friendship serves your ends In joining the elite; You must let love and kindness by Be hard as hard can be; Forget the truth and live a lie-f- And that's Society! , rOO KOTI B'GOLLY J) ID CHFf EVER NOTICE THAT KISSIN' IS AS DANGEROUS BEFORE MRRRIfiGE AS THE. ABSENCE OP IT AFTER WARDS v PRIMA DONNA SAYS FOREIGN SUCCESS COSTS AWFUL PRICE Having studied music for a year in Berlin and Florence, Lois Ewejl, the American prima .donna, lifts, a -voice of warning to the American girl who believes artistic -succe5s depends up on a year abroad. "Unless a- girl has infinite wealth with which to pave her way to. musical success she can hardly expect to gain it," says Miss Ewell. "It's not. only money that's hard" to hold on to. It's still harder to keep Americans ideals and moral ity. The American music student who gets a European reputation gets it at an awful price."