The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-04

II looks very much as though the lawn
parties which were planned in the ea-N
spring 20 take place during the present
summer ara likely 10 remain beautiful
nls ms Which viii furnish delightful food
i@r discussion when We gather about Tie
WINTER nEes-a necessity IN few months
iFoss now What might have heea is al
WAYS interesting - talk abopt and 50
loEis q the many lawn setes are not to be
FesI{ ~ no che Is harmed Il society see,
ut 10 say now nice they would have been
II tne weather had permitted them 10 -
! Iec"r9ed among the actual events OF the
season A society affair took place last
week in one OF the club houses al the city.
II " as the original intention OF the hostess
10 MAKE * lawn party. The peculiar
weather caused & change of plans and
s4GAlty II VAS that the change came for
( on The night OF The affair the ram tore
ccsn from the heavens like MAD An
oSfeE small Lawn party @as abandoned be-
cause CT rain. And nov the question has
come; What constitutes the summer sea
son On Puget sound. ana how many min
uie- does X iaSte No one Will take the
present season as . criterion and attempt
70 answer the question in the same breath
IL ae have mad much summer this year no
one has seen il Occasionally one may
eaten 4 glimpse OF Mt. Rainier for a few
minutes IN the morning. but while ii Is a
summer" We have always had rain in
the winter and this year We are still hav-
ing II and July is upon Us. In August
THANKS 10 those kind preServars OF the
forests "ho are soon TO take 10 the woods
"e VIII have our annual smoke which
should keep up tor Two months Then
the charming winter season will be here
and in the rnea atlme where Is the sum
mefT Like the lawn parties il seems 10
a 81
society woman the other day who has
/ hFed IN this country for the past rlfteen
years len years ago she was single She
ISSUED invitations enc day for 4 lawn
party. Rain came and the lawn party
didn I. II she postponed that lawn partv
/ once she postponed IL a hundred times
NOW she is married and 1t Is a well-known
tact 'hat she has been trying ever since
tnat eVentful rainy day ten years ago TO
have that little fete she talked 50 much
about. Those who are not dead still have
I their Invitations and are praying for A day
on sunshine, The dead who Received in
Nifauons are probably wishing for rain
But that 10 quote kipling Is another
/ story. / am in favor Of giving up this talk
ABOUT lawn parties. II We must have lawn
. ietes In the future. let US call them french-
! ING parties. As each guest arrives present
her with an umbrella and a pair Of gum
| boots. and give her the run of the lawn
Cover the japanese lanterns with Iittie
umbrellas and have a circus tent on the
lawn so that the timid ones who do no. on
JOY the rain may be given shelter. If these
( plans are carried out a hostess womb
never be disa p4lointed. One can have rain
IN this country whenever one wishes II.
one cannot have sunshine sar :ake In
drenching parties
But shelving the funny side ~ ~.
weather question. and spea king seriously
II may he said with all truthfglness ~,
the week just ended was from 4 society
standpoint. as stupid as the greater mr.
ton OF modern fiction. with the single
exception Of the elegant pafrty given by
MIS-. brc9ses at the Queen Anne club
mouse. theFe is no dancing affairs TO re-
/ cora. Tennis. few picnies and an occ,-
I sional luncheon made up the week Of
events II the week had been a fine oua
society would have turned out in much
larger numbers 10 drink i'm the best of the
tennis tournament. but the weather can
not exr@cf women to appear during ore
hour OF sunshine rohed In their dafntiest.
When the chances are that the next nour
VIII witness a downpour of rain. II the
weather does exrect such things then the
weather has failed TO give woman that
/ STUDY III which she IS deserving 4 wo-
man viii sacrifice anything within reason
10 appear in her best but she yill mot
sacrifice her best.
sack East they have under discussion
/ the question: How much shouId 4 wor,,a =
talHk ABOUT dresses Critics agree ;ha, -
- dtr5cGit question To answer That her
appearance and thus indirectly her clothes
may nave an important influence on ha-
life no ore will deny. and tbs. Z. Is ba-
duty. says one critic to make herself ar
tFacfive 20 her family and her friends Is
also tr1e- but a woman whn Is osfants
tlouSly or extravagantly gowned not only
oHends against good taste. hut actually
commits a social crime. although she nav
SIN Guile unconseiousiy-fo II * a lack
OF moral perception that causes rar 10
spend more time and money upon hsr rer-
s1nai adoTnmeut than Is proper. on the
DINER hand 20 dress we'll without exfrava-
gance : sure - command respect and al
. miTafion and IL is no. an unworthy cause
wherein 20 use, ones energy and even mem
tai gifts
II IS pathetic continues the same critic.
10 see vain woman arTayei IN h.ennats
and gow7s ,hat have cost hs~ an excessive
amount 81 money auf sxertiou Her r.aSt-
less consciousness. her desire 10 attract A.
ten'ion {neVer satisfied unless she obtains
what she deems 70 he adr1irationi are rif;-
full For rich woman however. - dress
too simply and insxpeusivetv IS another
extreme = hieh iS - ~ derlored II Is rer
duty - spend largely bUt 5g3icfoasy. and
supply work for Industrious Aresdvirners.
r i said mar self-rsspeg; in attire mo,
savage orna uenta tion hut Fhs arr ~ 7rses-
iRsf IL not natural endowment. and must
he cultivated. buf The motives which are
( generally urged 20 ineite an appreciation
for dress II The young ars often most
unworthy. Rivalry. social ambition. re
admiration 4 Uen re envy ~ other NO
suen are All f0Stersd 5y the in-sdvfsed
methods ~ fashionable Hfa while Self-re-
spect. Watca ShouE really aa re under
lying principle OF dress IS sel3or. Il ever
given a part tn ih!s vital question Dress
should 30 past on mNrai grounds tske -uv
other duty n life and treated from that
standpoint. And such = potent factor
and Influence IN our lives shouts - made
50 elevate and m: weaken tire character
From earliest childhood tire y nan child
Is susceptible of Instruction n iris re-
Spect. and g.. would he easy az thai pas
tic sEe II .urrH she love - 1nerv into a
better channel Il - true that ru4n form
Their first suagmeH; Fl wouasn from
clothes bar ar excess ~ sh0w!rass or
want % t}alatirass invA~5sh Iv rrakas a
diSaz~eeae}e Impression, First. rfesr]i-
ness then ueafress "a sdfusrme ard
fralsv tha e@~orstnK shoals be studied
rot tre }n+srSe order tn4t "a corn monty
fosg-as-a >alf-rASsact n 3rgs= maintains
A delicate proportion between s@lf-E9duiE-
, erre ara sett~reSfrstnt And such ~ zil-
tr3 ~-.~rsnt influence IN feminine lives
should ts z5ven a Ess1er psace n tsf e3g-
ra-san of the vean< A r. eaarot 70 tx
reo~e1 ~ shee,a Pr directed nar re-
strained ard made virtue. r2t a week
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