Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1896 — Living by Their Wits. [ARTICLE]

Living by Their Wits.

Who says the -ilugllsh are not original and enterprising? There is a man in London who furnishes amusement and entertainment for all kinds of social gatherings, having men of family on his staff, who In the guise of guests manage to Insure an enjoyable evening for the Invited guests, and thus set the anxiety of the hostess, fearing a dull time for her guests, at rest. A couple of guineas will engage the services of a person of “good social attainments,’’ who will so exercise his art of entertaining others as to put everybody at once into the brightest of spirits. Five guineas will command tre services of an Individual of “higher standing In the social scale,*’ while the proportionately large outlay of flfty-dol-lars will secure those of a man with a handle to hts name.