A. In money. But then the interviewed has his advertisement.
Q. Is such an advertisement very valuable?
A. If the account is published at the commencement of the season it may convert the subject into a Society lion.
Q. And what are the advantages enjoyed by such a creature?
A. Invitations to dinners, dances, and at homes, from all-but-perfect strangers—for a while.
Q. And what follow?
A. Reaction and forgetfulness.
Q. It seems that to be interviewed is not permanently beneficial to the subject?
A. Of course not; but that is a matter of small importance to the interviewer.
Q. Then what advantage does the latter obtain at the cost of the former?