The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12

The intelligent heads Of society must
( nave come 10 The conclusion las, week that
summer for 1897 Is about ended and that
/ II the society flame Is o. be famed for
/ winters use there must be an immediate
/ change m the programme Last week So
/ ciety was stupid as il possibly
could be- But those who are expected to
see that such things do not occur often
are not 10 blame There Is d period in the
TAU Of the year-when remnants Of sum-
nler days are trying 10 work themselves
into a fall garb-Bhich Is very quiet. So
ciety does not 90 A thing worth recording.
IL was so last week. Ii a single event 81
! Importance took place II was behind closed
doors and the few who were there pledged
10 secrecy But in truth nothing took
place. Society did not figure that any
thing should take place. A good many
people who had been oat Of the city trying
20 seek pleasure al nearby resorts came
home and were busy placing their homes
IN order and getting ready for what should
come with the approach OF winter. Those
who summered at the Country club were
back In the city early in the week. Others
who enjoyed camp life and a very few
who We're 1t seaside resorts were among
the returners 10 city life.
And now that they are back and the
condition Of the weather tells Of coming
days that will not be pleasant rs those
experienced the past summer II Is proper to
ask What OF society this winter The
answer win probably be the same as IL was
at the close Of last summer and the sum-
mer before and the summer before that.
But then when one summer dies Il Is nice
10 ask the question over and over again.
Il IS llks,the oi0 old story: il cannot he
discussed too often. II we had "a dozen
seasons II would be different by the time
We went through the list and returned 20
season No. we would have forgotten that
70 existed. Then when Won discussed that
season and what you proposed 10 do while
II lasted. the average person with a mind
that runs 30 society things would think
the subject brand new. Rut things
are different. and We cannot
change them. So In the sum
ner yve must be- content tust AS the frivo-
lous summer girl IS. 20 talk about things
az winter and IN the winter about things
that hint at soft warm. sunshiny days.
Last year at this time when the uufor-
unate had no society copy the qUes-
ton or what society proposed 20 DO
ln the winter was given more space than
80 IS worth and This year ard next year
ard the year after Il VIII Be the same
Some day i, viii he changed Some day"
q bright woman once wrote. "the society
column vii be abandoned or society folk
WIFI awake 10 the honest realization that
grey 10 but Httie In comp risO0 with the
newspaper considerable they receive. and
VIII aooa the local world with 3olugs that
WIFI exhaust the columns - ara eIsht-naEe
',.vsparer' T7ntH thcn take things "a
they arr ard ask again the question. What
- society the coming winter?
The WelI-EnoWn scarcity - men IN fhe
older society efrrles viii not 20 IS believed
interfere 20 "a serious extent with any little
rlHns uEfcn may bc in couT~o ~ pvepsra-
tlrn Those who have gone viii he missed
ana many times during the long winter
society win wish that they we're hack.
There wfu be- some solace Eu the bn0wI-
.ssre trsf waffle the mem ters Of the family
1afr t~ e<s-flvatton are spending gold Tor
pleasure returns those i0 the north are
taking it ont 81 tire frozen ground The
Cesuiian Cluh which is exclusively for
o}sa~ society wi} Hkely resuue ifs work
sra give half dozen cr more dances Dur
ing tho winter Card clubs wE1 81 rcor-
s-aufraa and tire Weanee6av Night Ciub
utH 7t g. SAIL take smother years lease %
. FFa There xliI ~ q good many home
~-s-ttes which are ss Sci. zrtfuf as fhe
ltr-sr o~es shat orcur In the hgE Ssuce
hal< Queer Anre society which has
tne caIv c}ah hause tu fhe ~.ty vl3 81
scn.rthtr4 go ccDtrfbute t0 the Eaicty 81
fnr winter.
YrtsrT society nay see that fss hest DAYS
are 20 come ard try "a ga r@elf - the
s.aatt5ty fhat has marked its sumner
ea7@ss Tis9e was when people whs knew
Sad that Young society sag mere enjoy
rrert oar cf nfs thaa 5tf thesr seniors
There t@ ra ras san Ter ruaA.r s. ts4s state
srcrf ~ the present tlr7- fs Sc Bfre rsaie
So uouHs hs Dufgn%. Aa-F 81 res Wgra 20
1sse ysaer speaking % t-- sacisty crowd
teas IS supposed 20 ~ reVr in l5ue for TIE
saae= ~ shoes Nha arc u-w tne senior ses
E.-. ~ crescent fhe sn.r.- sr 47 z.eusrafN s~e-