Arizona republican., 1896-11-08
VERGE OF THE SOCIAL SEASON
What Society People of Ph oenix
 Are Thinking About.
Expectation that the Winter Wtll Be Gay-Some Hints that Ought to Receive Consideration-A Lively Letter.

sMy dear Nell: Let's sit down and have a good half hours gossip. Here | am at home again after my summer vacation, happy and well rested and ready for the seasons gayedes, what ever they may be. Did you enjoy your summer, dear? I did, and yet wasn't a bit sorry when I turned my face homewards.
 Dear old Phoenix! After all, you aren't half as bad as you might be- While the east is chilled with the blasts of early winter, here we are wearing shirt waists and other summer clothing. I tell you, Nell, for about eight months Phoenix wealther is hard to beat. I heard young society woman 'uhe other evening complaining about living in Phoenix. She said it ruined her complexion; that she was all burned up and brown, while in the east she had such lovely complexion. The foolish girl didn't realize that the reason was because of the execrable weather they have there which keeps poor womankind housed up about four days out of every five No wonder they bleach out and get fair. But here in Phoenix they are out riding, driving, wheeling or walking just about 36O days out of each year. This glorious sunshine and balmy air seems to put new life and vigor into one with every breath. Who would change her healthy color for hot-house conn T f0,. Nell?
 ''Did you ever think, my dear, how hard it is when we have to stay in one day, just because it rains a little? Why, one rainy afternoon makes my cosy room seems like a veritable prison
 But this is enough weather talk Aren't you glad election is over? am. Quite a little reception was helt up in the rooms of the territorial Re publican central committee on election night, where bulletins were received and read to us all.
 'Mr Barnes provided chairs in { room adjoining the committee room and while the gentlemen sat in on' room and eagerly talked over the re turns as they scame in, we all sat il the other and hurrahed for McKinle. or mourned for Bryan as our politica affiliations moved us, and betweel times ate popcorn which the men pro vided in Liberal quantities.
 Edith Talbot was there and so wa Mrs. Hoadley, looking radiant afte her eastern "trip; Mrs. Dr. Goodrich Miss Yaeger, Miss Davis, who has jus i, al; J;, to winter here; Mrs Chauncey Clark Mrs. Dave Brigham, who only go home from her bridal trip a few day ago, and looks very proud and happy and a lot more whose names hay slipped my memory.
 T guess the Brighams have had glorious "trip. She says the travelled till they were dead tired sight seeing. They went to Boston, Ne York and all the large eastern cities and over into Canada, where they wis ited Montreal and Quebec They seel glad to get home and settle down t being old married people, in the lovely new home in Tempe.
 Don't you think Mir Adams will giy a big party when he opens his ne hotel? If he doesn't, he will miss a awful good ehafea and disappoi1 many women who have got some swe new gowns to wear and are just dyin for a chance. .
 Wont Phoenix be gay this wintt with two fine hotels? There's a lot people in town now. The Ford is flu and more are coming every day. I C l.
 With two big hotels crowded and u legislature in session, Phoenix ougl to fairly boom and expect social Ii will be very gay.
 q hear Whitelaw Reid will be he soon and that the Stars of New Yol have rented Judge Ainsworth's hou