Smyrna times., 1895-01-16
Some Frank Criticisms.
From lIarDer'S Razar

From lIarpers Bazaar.
Among the various cnstor,e ,,bioI
were in vogue twenty wears 40, tbot
OF making evening calls has en,iraI,.
disappeared The voung ma, U,bo
IN business, and whose only leisure
.n .iune Is aiter SIX O'Clock, is now, under
ms ms new social law, obliged to spend
us evenings at his club or at the the
alre' II his acquaintance is limited
auu MS means small, he must have
1uiI time indeed. The pleasant home
me TO which he was formerly admitte6
1T, IT Is no longer his privilege to share
ms new fas 1iOn has been adoDte] for
various reasons, chiefly because rs
nave often said, we copy our STYLES .
from our foreign neighbors. The En-
iisn man never pays an evening visit.
ms hour for calling on friends i fva
O'Clock, when he drops in for a cnn of
TEA. The rule Of course applies TO tho
Engllshman of leisure, the great middle
CLASS having its own customs wh,cn
we do not choose to COPY. We who
are mostly working people prefer to
nave as our models the idlers and lead
ers In the social world, and so il follows
that the great majority of our voung
men, VINO are tOiling at their countino-
houses or in their offices. rarely see
young women except at some f1rmaI
gathering. The young women them I
selves do not have nearly so good a {
time as they used to have; they Come c
out" at teas which no one enlovs tbov t
90 to receptions and dinners and dances
anu the opera, and they never have a
qulet evening at home with thejr r
friends. In fact, they have little on /
portunlty TO make friends, everything d
IS so formal and stiff. 1t is too had n
DuC u must be the inevitable result of n
lie IN big city. When we are in "
rouhie our friends find us out bnt :,
"heh eVerythin Is prosperous with us q
'e are ieIt alone TO enjoy ourselves in 4
'ur own way. Socabihty as il wa, u
oTmerly known exists no longer. and ii
We must content ourselves that this j. NJ
o. =,
The tallacy holds among a certain NJ
lass OF persons that women in society of
ave nothing to do, and that their time III
spent IDLY amusing themselves. This
oy no means fact. SO-called amuse-
lent Is hard work, and there are M ~
usler women than those whose occu. ~,
alton consists in attending to the :;
umerOus details of social life. First 80,
iere Is the house to manage. If the Of
Ousehold is small and the means ~
oderate, the housekeeper must devote IT.
least an hour or two each day to the foI
roper running of the establishment ro,
ne goes to her kitchen everv morninr ~
ter breakfast, interviews her cook ,yb
oks over the stores, glanoes carefully ne,
TO the refrigerator, and, in fact in
ects that entire floor. This done. and
g orders given explicitly for the dav.
ls not necessary for her to 90 to the ltY
tchen again. If she does her own Da'
lrketlng it is better to do it in the Ola
)rning. cur
Then there are notes that must be do
ltten. 1t is marvellous how manv to t
sre are on ones desk which require ke1
Immediate answer. Bills to look will
Or and to file away, and account. hott
'ks to write up. Then there Is shop Smy
= to be done, and possibly sewing,
SO the morning hours slip by. AL III
st eVerY woman has her days filed havi
!, every day bringing its appointed poliI
~ or engagements. There are the been
lous classes which gather in the is no
rnings, the meeting of committees delp
hospitals or what not, the sewing adell
Ises, the industrial schools. One keep