Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-26


The band may now begin to play,
for fashionable society isquite ready
to open the society ball.
Most of the new houses are all in
order, down to the last pot of palms
and the ultimate rose jar; and the
old residences are swept and gar
nished ready for the affray.
The debutantes' and tailor gowns
are finished, and the new dress and
sash waist-coats have been sent home,
the musicians have learned all the
new waltzes and the line has been
drawn between dinner guests and
those that are only to be invited to
the crushes.
If this were in New York or Lon
don, there would be fixed date for
the opening of the season, and after
that there would be a regular process
sion of entertainments until another
fixed date, after which no more
fashionable events would occur.
The Season is movable in the beatlti-
full city of Salem, like Chinese
New Year, and its beginning in one
winter has no obvious connection
with it's opening the year before.
In fact, the door Is seldom or
never flung wide open all at once by
the Master of Ceremonies. 1t if un-
latched some time in August, and is
ajar for a good many weeks before ii
is fairly opened. Even after this, it
may be shut again while my Lady
Society sulks and is not at home.
This year such intervals are likely
to be infrequent. for there will be "a
great many more entertainers than
usual, and society will be more or
less divided into cliques, all of which
will come together only at large en-
tertainments. In the mean time, if
one set is inactive, one or two of the
others are sure to be very gay.
The past week has been rather an
uneventful one in society circles in
Salem but next week the programme
will be changed, and many will
keep late hours several nights in the
week.
There will be introduced into
society circles this fall and winter a
new "fad." A number of Chinese
lanterns will be distributed around
a room in the house and the young
people will select their partners and
walk around the room to the tune of
a march which will suddenly stop.
They will all then be quickly seated
and the young man of the eparty will
arise and bowling TO the young wO-
man, reach his hand in the lantern
Just above his head. Fit contains a
slip of paper on it will be announced
the prize she has drawn. If there
are thirty-siX lanterns there will be
nine prizes. Then when the prizes
have been secured the young wO-
man who has the costliest prize will
be expected to accept the company
of the man for future parties who
has secured it for her. This may
work in Salem but not to any tiater-
ing success as most of this "com-
pany" business is well understood
before hand, nevertheless it will add
much pleasantly on one or two oc-
casiOns.
A. o. U. w. ANNIVERSARY
One of the most enjoyable social
events of the coming week, will be
the entertainment to be given on
next Wednesday evening, the 30th,
by Protective lodge A. o. U. w., at
their lodge rooms in the State In
surance block. The occasion is in
honor of the 2lst birthday of the or
der which falls on next Sunday. The
past record of this order will act as
an assurance for grand time on
this occasion. Following is the pro-
gramme of the evening:
PROGRAMME.
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