Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-23
How London Society Ladies' Regulate
the Duties Of the Day.

1T IS not gwen 10 every lauy 10 Oe an
early riser. The highest lady in the
land, her Majesty, sets a good example
in this respect, rising at both in win
ter and summer, while the occupations
of each hour Of the day are arranged
with due appreciation of the value of
time; hence she is able to undertake
the heavy task of conscientiously read
ing over all papers and documents sub
mitted for her signature, which she
never appends without careful perusal
of each, besides which she personally
enters into wide correspondence, and,
in addition to the hours devoted to
official duties and to the hours given to
walking, driving, paying and receiving
visits, a portion of each day is set apart
for reading of a varied character.
The generality of ladies usually rise
between and 9, and breakfast at 9 80
or 10. Immediately after breakfast Or
ders are given for the day, the nursery
and school-room are visited, notes and
letters written and answered, invita-
tions given and accepted; people are
seen on business, whether for charitable
| objects or for domestic and household
purposes, including modistes, boot
makers, etc.
The hours between 10 and II are
passed by other ladies who have not the
same responsibilities in any particular
pursuit which they have elected to fol-
low. Not long is given by most ladies
to their toilet in dressing for riding,
walking or driving, and at II 80 they
are usually ready for either of these
amusements.
A =, -, 10 ,,,A,s,,9V,ps frAV,a 10 70
that visits are paid to relations and in.
innate friends, and it is in these hours
before luncheon that shopping of any
real importance is done. The afternoon
hours are passed in various ways. La
dies who ride in the morning do little
shopping before paying calls, as dc
others when too much engaged at home
in the morning to admit of their going
out for this purpose. Ladies who have
= young children usually go with them il
the afternoon to their several classes fol
dancing, riding or French, and occa
sionally the children are taken by thei
mothers to morning performances from
q 8 to 5, or the children are taken for {
drive around the park before it is crowd
ed; or a mother gives an hour to he
: children before going out driving. Othe
! ladies, who have no children, or who
! if they have, give but little of their tim
! to them, either constantly 60 out +
= luncheon themselves, or give luncheo
parties at home, which fill up their tim
, close to the hour for driving. Dressing
i for driving is with some ladies accom-
!. plished in very expeditions manner
q and they are fully equipped in ten min
. rutes and ready within five minutes {
= the hour at which they have Ordere
4 their carriage. With others dressin
= for driving is very elaborate affair
q and their carriage is kept waiting b
. them for perhaps an hour while tn
i finishing touches are being put to the
coiffures.
= Those ladies who have a round of
= O'Clock teas and garden parties in o
4 out of London, or who patronize pol
:, matches, lawn-tennis matches, crickC
Z matches and shooting matches, ETC.,
:, the suburbs of London, whether at HUI
- lingham, Ranelagh, Lille Bridge, Ol
leans, Lords or Princes, do not appef
; in the afternoon drive unless they tai
4 the park on their way, while card-lea'
/, ing and calls are heavy tax upo
:, ladies' time in the season.
= Dressing for dinner demands at lea
= half an hour, and ladies usually retuI
4 from party, park or match at 1880.
h y dinner party at home or dinner part
= - out follows, to be succeeded by one {
~ two Z" at homes" or one or two balls,
,f by both ball and assembly. The opeI
- - or the play come in during each wee
!, for their share of attention, immed
~ ately after dinner, and the sat home
=. or the ball follows. If an "at home
- has concluded the evenings amusemer
a. lady may expect TO rest at 80 a. n
- - but il dance, hardly until or $3.50
~ ~ m. Thus leisure, as signifying freedo
- ~ from business or hurry, vacancy of mil
;, and convenience of time, is by no mea
70 the every day experience of ladies
20 20 fashion.-The Queen.