The Climber

Formerly the social climber was the parvenu, the vulgar person, recently enriched, who sought by means of her wealth to associate with people of position. That is the class of person held up to ridicule in such books as "The Yellow-plush Papers, Ten Thousand a Year," and "The Potiphar Papers." Nowadays the social struggler must enter the fray with a far more complete outfit than that of mere money, or she stands no chance of success. Intelligence, a certain amount of culture, real or imitat...