Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1892 — "Breaking Into Society." [ARTICLE]

"Breaking Into Society."

A young man who was holdinsr forth in un up-town club room last night de- ■ clured that it was more difficult for a [ stranger to make frioads in Now York ; than In any othor city in the civilized world. “I don't mean,” ho said “that it is i hard to make acquaintances. That is | very easy. You may evon get very | chummy with some men. but there is always a certain barrier which you can’t overcome. You won’t ask to meet your friend’s relations or his intimate visiting friends. I hnvo evon known whoro men have roomed together for several yours, lent oacli other money, helped ouch other in l business, and yet each Imd his owh lino of friends whom he viaitod. and neither knew the other’s sister or par- ' ents. It wasn't because they hod not similar tastes or beonuso they did not thoroughly appreciate each other’s character. I warrant that there tro thousands of suoh Instances In iitit city now, and I will guarantee, too, I that such peculiar conditions exist | nowhere else.—N. Y. Sun. /. 1