The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-30
THE WEEK II SOCIETY.

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Standing On the threshold Of
the winters social season, locking
forward t. is eayetie>,aud speculat.
ing on the probabilities Of our en-.
joyment, ee grow retrospective and
the leading events of last season are
msrshaled fcrth, and the merry.
makings lived over again. Vivid
remembrances of gracious hostesses
who contributed SO much 70 our
II, aaure materialize into the famil ar
faces of NJ adames Cameron, CLARK,
Winter, Padgi.t, Downs, Marshall,
Bollinger, Mistrot, Harris, Parrot,
Walter Fort, Kellett and Dupree,
besides the score of pretty girls,
who, as mem bers Of the various
clubs, dispersed the most charming
hos pitality.
Society is ever kaleidoscope and
its actors are shifted continuously.
We have given of our best during
the past few months, to other
cities, Misses Olive, Darrow, Jones,
Burke and Berry are merged into
matrons adjoining homes in other
places, but oevy of buds step forth
to fill the vacant places and so the
gay world moves on. The seasons
debutantes are particularly charm.
ing and among the number are
noted Misses Alexander, Tibbs,
Caruthers, Lacy, Annie May
Anderson, Raymond, McGregor,
Annie Parker, and Hubby, and
they are all exceedingly pretty girls
and will lend color to the seasons
functions.
One of the social reforms that
should be inaugurated at the open
ing of the season is the keeping of
earlier hours. Some one should be
autocratic and take the lead by
sending forth the fiat that all enter
tainments should commence not a
minute later than nine, and with
twelve or half past twelve should
come the Home, Sweet Home. On
all sides l hear complaints about the
late hours that are kept night after
night, and it really keeps q good
many men out { f society as they are
sensible enough to see the folly of
the thing. We have no such
thing as "Small and hairless" we
think we must make night Of it to
keep in the swim.
The root of the trouble is the
utter and entire disregard with
which the young people treat the
hour of invitation. Each one is
afraid to be on time for fear he
will be first, and rather than be
first ne commits the gravest breach
of etiquette and struggles in to suit
himself, fondly imagining he is
doing the society act in great style,
but if he could but read the thoughts
of his hostess his self.complacency
would be shocked.
l can vouch for the fact that there
were several germans here las,
winter that did not begin until
nearly midnight, the entire zest Of
the affairs being lost.
The past week was sufficient to
put the society editor into a state Of
frenzy. 1t would seem that we had
become so hopeless over the hea'
ard dust that when the rain anc
cool weather did come it caused III
to sink back into a state of blissfu
beatitude, each one sufficient unto
himself. And SO the scribe's pen
Gil is still poised in mid.air witt
nothing to chronicle for the week
However, rumors of weddings anc
trousseaux are borne to US, so w
still think life worth living.
A bit of society news that wa
too late for last weeks News wal
the moonlight picnic of Saturday
evening, of which Miss Satfaron'
was the charming hostess. Ten ia
vored mortals comprised the party
who drove over the picturesque
road to the new Lovers Leap. Higi
tea was served as the lengtheninG
shadows were merged into moon
light, and as there were seyera
noted raconteurs about the rusti,
board, the stories told were rar'
and witty.
Dr and NTrs w O. Wilkes chan