Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-05
IDEAS GIVEN 10 SOCIETY.
Miss Ella Garrison and Her Bureau of So
 ciaI Requirements.

ciaI Requirements.
 My dear. says Mr, Charlton Judd, Eve really ought to give card party or reception or something. We've been going and going ever since we moved here, and it's time we returned some of the courtesies we have reeeiv- ed |"
 "Yes, of course we must, ]" agrees the feminine dear appealed to. 'I feel that we can't put it off any longer, but dread it. There's so much to think Of and arrange if the entertainment is to be an entire success There are the ta- ble decorations, the china, the flowers and the menu. If we have dancing, there are the favors to be arranged, or else we must have somebody to sing or read or do something to entertain the guests Then I must have new gown, and the girls too. It seems n terrible undertaking. but l suppose l must go through with it, and tho prospective hostess sighs us she thinks of her many responsibilities.
 The time has come when Mrs. Charl- ton Judd or Mrs. Anybody Else who wishes to entertain may do so without giving herself the slightest trouble. She has simply to apply to the bureau of social requirements. put tho affair Ill the hands of it's managers, and the din ner, tea, eotillon or reception will come off without further effort on her part. In starting this bureau Miss Ella Garri- son entered a new field i'll the range of occupations for women. There arc ca terers, of course. and scores of florists ready to do their part toward the sue cess of private entertainment but never before in New York has hostess been able to resign to a bureau the en- tire management of a party from the composition of the menu and the design for the cards of invitation to suggestions as to her own toilet. Miss Garrison has at her command a staff of chefs ready to eoncoot dainty dishes and buffers whose dignifed department will add splendor to any entertainment. She proposes to furnish unique designs for the arrange ments at weddings and to show blush ing brides how to advance gracefully to the altar She will devise ideas for chiI- dren's parties, and she will invent new fayors for cotillons. She will furnish artists to sing play, read or recite for the entertainment of guests and will undertake to think for the lady of the house regarding every detail about which the slightest concern might be felt In short, she will take all care off the hostess shoulders and enable her to mingle with her guests with a light heart.
 There is another branch of the bureau of social requirements which will tend to relieve the mistress of many a hand. some home of worry and responsibility This department is described in the dainty little lavender pamphlet which the bureau sends ont as "the disman- tling and encouragement of houses " When Il family is to be absent from the city during the summer months or wishes to put aside the many articles that make the indoor life of winter so attractive the manager of the bureau will send wofkwemen and go herself to superintend tho swathing of the fur niture in linen. In the autumn 1t will be her province to take off the wrap pings and restore the various articles to their places.
 Another department that receives the bureaus attention is information on all points of social life. :" Many subtle problems that are as a sealed book to the uninitiated will be made plain on appli- cation to the manager Theso include such questions as "How long time should or should not elapse before pay ing q first cally" and "What should de- termine precedence in the matter of seats at dinner?'' Perhaps even tho kinds of forks and spoons to be used for certain courses may puzzle one who has never paid much attention to such mat er'. The bureau will solve all such problems.
 .'What first suggested such a busi- ness to yon:" asked q reporter who found Miss Garrison duly installed at her desk
 1T have been doing this sort of thing unconseiously all my life, was tho TO- ply. My friends have always come to me for ideas and suggestions when they wanted 10 decorate table prettily, get new hangings for room, give q card party or anything of tho kind If any one in the family was to be married, ny invention was taxed to get up something distinctive and new, either for the we'd ding raiment or the fashion in which the ceremony should be conducted have often been called Oil to give sug- gestion as to the color, material and style of making most likely to suit cer- tain of my friends who were ill doubt as to new dress, and now that tha time has come when 1 want to ho self supporting, it seems to mo that l had best make a business of what had al- ways been pleasure. l know more about texture and colors, house decora- tions, social forms and customs than I know about anything else so I have de- ternined to make my capital of that. -
 Miss Garrison is a sweet faced young woman, with the air and manner of q person accustomed to mingle with tho world. The oldest daughter in home where entertainments were frequently given, she learned in her fathers house the art of conducting social affairs grace fully and successfully, and on account of financial difficulties she now proposes to put her knowledge to practical use Everything about tho bureau is in lav