The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-22
IDEAS GIVEN TO SOCIETY.
Miss Ella Garrison and Her bureau of So
cial Requirements.

we really OugnU 10 give u Car1l 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 receiv-
ed. .
Yes, of course we must, s." agrees the
feminine dear appealed to. 81 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 TIA
BILE decorations, the china, the flowers
and the menu. II 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 must have Il new gown,
and the girls too. 1t seems a terrible
undertaking, but / suppose | must go
through with it, !" and the prospective
hostess sighs as 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 liz
the hands Of its managers, and the din
her, tea, cotillon or reception will come
off without further effort on her part.
In starting this bureau Miss Ella CARR
son entered new field i'll the range CT
occupations for women. There are ca
terers, of course, and scores of florists
ready to do their part toward the sue
cess of a private entertainment, but
never before i'll New York has a hostess
been able to resign to bureau the en-
tire management of 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 staff of chefs ready to
concoct dainty dishes and buffers whose
dignified department will add splendor
to any enter inment. She proposes to
furnish unique designs for the arrange
ments ut weddings and to show blush
ing brides how to advance gracefully to
the altar She will devise ideas for chill
dren parties, and she will invent new
favors 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 of
the hostess shoulders and enable her tC
mingle with her guests with light
heart.
There is another branch of the bureau
of social requirements which will tend
to relieve the mistress of many hand
some home Of worry and responsibility.
This department is described iii the
dainty little lavender pamphlet which
the bureau sends out as the disman
Ting and Encouragement of houses
When a family is to be absent from the
city during the summer months OF
wishes to put aside the many article!
that make the indoor life of winter 81
attractive the manager Of the bureau
will send workwomen and 60 herself
to superinteud the swathing of the fur
nituro in linen. In the autumn it viii
be her province to take off the wrap
pings and restore the various articles tt
their places.
Another department that receives tn
bureaus attention is information Oh
all points Of social life. !" Many subtl
problems that are as a sealed book to tn
uninitiated will be made plain on appli
cation to the manager These includ
such questions as elbow long tim
should or should not elapse before pay
ing first call?" and "What should de
termine precedence in the matter Q
seats at dinner?'' Perhaps even til
kinds of forks and spoons to be used 70
certain courses may puzzle one who ha
never paid much attention to such mat
tiers. The bureau will solve all sue
problems,
"What first suggested such a bust
ness TO vnn9n asked n rnnnrtar VIII