The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-12-29
ITALIAN DINNERS.
A New Diversion Among Society
Young Ladios.
How tho Pont-Up School Girl InauguratCs
Her Freedom from TutcIary Rc-
straint with n Forbidden
RepnSt.

The New York girl Of the period has
found n new diversion for these autumn
afternoons. She is Il much miSrrprc-
Scntcd maiden, says the New York Her
aid, and the lurid stories told about her
cigarette procliviticS and pcnchant for
alcoholic appctizcrS before dinner are
most Of them to be taken with liberal
allowance of salt.
The young woman who raS entered
society is apt to DC if anything too i'm
preSSivcly correct in her dcmrHuor and
conversation. The not-yct-out girls
who are just freed from school thrall-
dom and yet not amcnablc to social
duties arc the ones who, like "Ravvy,'
are apt to get "rcclIlcSS" and Sulandrr
their months allowance in one highly
colOrcd week Of bonbonS, matincC%,
silk stockings and ice cream soda.
1t is among these girls that the new
fad has taken hold and they cS:sszs.a-'--+
sShdfGfoTe iI7Tcct am air ~ ,,nvl''' %n',
"pooC IL which is very intcrcstin,r tn 49,,
c"ISitc observer. The fact of thr ,,,t
80 .hesc soon-to-bc dcbutautc,, b,,,.
VI uoVc' lunchconS and ch,n,r-
' nits tsihcc parties, and they 20 Off
.:iionR themselves i'll parties Of four n,.
''1 "'iu nave Italian d'hOtc dinners
=" hoJ mat there is anything SO dos
wicked iii an Italian ,linnrr
ou' INC TACT that they arc able, unli,;-
>,;,'oi tu' ~ 10 ENJOY these oily rcpasts
Ewes inc afternoon feast the nature of
ooardlnE school "Sprcads." 81 Lnon
inc hcart of every school girl,
ooiho or tho uptown Italian rnet.r-
"n'S arc very comfortably Furnished
"no '! arc Iulrtcr than the LARGO hr,,I
rooms, especially rutvccn r,m,
"ii SiN' Ihc hours which ,huSc ,ri,II,.
glriS choose for ;h@;:. !.an.ur,s ,rI'n
ioiiB-halrcd tenor ont Of an rn,,,,r,,,,,,,,.
ana the rest of the hohru;,n };,,,n,
WHO are TO be found at the tnhlr.; I,inr
"ic th"l prOmrnadinr upnn thr
''lto win observation-disclosures; ",
''rs put artlSti"ally slim porl,r,hnnI<s
90 III" girls have it all to themselves.
r'u 'l'ey FlrE!c Il great deal rs tI,pvorr
acr'co' anu try 10 look as (hounh 1Ln,.
understood all the waiter m,.t,r., ~,
: '"'ch courses. -SI.Hn'or STATE, count
iarge 'cr tDSes due fH>nittl ~ eaten in ! t
" quantities, and some OF the more
" ring indulge in clArct and ir" water, |
18th sugar thrrru--a beverage which {
to all appearances neither cheers nor
incbriatcS. When the meal is rnnclu,rd
usually hy few dySprptir-luOlliup ,,
nuts and n hlaSc orange or tlyn--r;,ch
girl Solcmnly opens her purse and de-
posts one dollar in tn" mutual fund.
To TIP or not To tip thr waiter is the .
next subject which causes n iiutt"r in
the party, the more advanced uhvurat-
ing it i'll Sm0thrrcd Whispers, while the
others arc opposed 10 the custom ON the
ground that il is ,!rriGruIy "fa,t."
Usually the waiter tuiirS in thr rnmtrn-
vcrSy with a luWrriuw brow and an ah.
OF hopeless resignation, but Whrn the
girls take up another cnllrrtinn and
bluShmgiy deposit an offering upon the
tablccloth his face is lill, Il Silmmrr :,,iy
after a shower. Then they all file ont
with an air Of suppressed excitement.
and they take hur%v-carN to their acv-
cral homes and tell their rulllS They've,
been Stunning.