The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
soc1ErY,s TOO LATE HOURS.
Opinions OF Prominent Women on the
Hours of Modern Parties.

Hours OF Modern Parties
From the Epoch.
Are late balls and parties desirable? was
the question asked of the following ladies:
Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew submitted to
being interviewed.
81 think" said she, 'that it would be
much better to have receptions begin earlier
and end earlier. Late receptions are espe-
cially hard on gentlemen whose business
won't permit them to sleep late the next
morning. Very few men can allow them
selves that indulgence in these days. 1t
stands to reason that they cannot burn the
candle at both ends without having to
pay the penalty some time.
Nor are late hours good for women.
am old-fasniOaed enough to believe that the
most beneficial sleep is that which you get
before the sun rises. don't think that if
you go to bed late you can catch up by
rising late next morning. You are still in
arrears somewhere. Besides, it isn't always
convenient to rise late. Nothing SO quickly
takes the roses out of the cheeks Of young
girls who have just come out as late
hours. They are BOT accustomed to late
hours, and it takes some time for them to
adapt themselves to a style of living which
Is unnatural"
Next 1 sought literary lady, Mrs. j.
Wells Champney, whose ''Vassar Girls"
still travel ''Abroad" to the delight of
thousands. When / called upon her; In
room pervaded with tae atmosphere of art,
she was busy with her pen.
''As you see,n she said, Il do my work in
the morning. Therefore if l attend a late
reception it interferes seriously with my
work the next day. On this account have
to decline many invitations. l would much
prefer that receptions should begin earlier
and end earlier.
~ enjoy receptions I like to see fair
women and brave men in handsome rooms
with music and flowers, and all those things
that lend an artistic charm TO the scene.
But it is not necessary to wait until mid
night to got all these effects. Pleasure
should not interfere with work. And when
its pursuit lasts until far past midnight, it
does interfere with work"
Dr. Grace Pecknam somehow finds time
to look after large practice and to attend
receptions.
"We are largely creatures of habit" she
said. The human constitution is very
accommodating sort of machine. To people
who are accustomed to late hours-that is,
people who habitually go to bed late and
get up late-late hours are not in themselves
injurious. If you get sleep enough, do not
think it makes much difference whether
you get it before or after the wee SINAI
hours There are many newspaper men,
| for instance, who don't go to bed until
many people are thinking of getting up,
and yet as class they enjoy average good
health. The same is true of people of
various callings who have to work by night
and sleep by day.
but when people are not accustomed to
late hours-when they indulge in them
irregularly-their health is very likely to
suffer. The girl, for instance, who is in the
habit of retiring say at IL o'clock or there
abouts, and raising at a tolerable early
hour in the morning, will probably have
cause to regret it if she takes to attending
late receptions without adjusting her mode
of life to them. People who make prae-
tice of rising early ought to be chary of
attending late receptions.
| But late hours are not the worst feature
of these receptions. More harm, believe,
is caused by what may calllthe concom.
itants of them-bad air, improper dress
ing, and rich and unwholesome food taken
at an unreasonable hour. These things
produce headaches, colds, indigestion, and
other more or less serious arrangements.
Speaking for people generally l have no
doubt that it would be better to have re-
ceptions begin early aud end early, rather
than begin late and end late.