The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15
OPENS A SOCIAL AID SHOP.
MRs O. LEDYARD STETEys's VEN-
TURE IN BUSINESS.

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Advice etveu on Dress and Decoration, Eti-
auetts Expounded, Lamps Cieassa. Social
Pnrtirs MANAGED. HouseteepinG Done.
Ladies, and ChiIdron's Boots Polished.
The Bureau OF Social Requirements, at 10
West Forty-sccond street. was opened yesterday
by Mrs. Lcdyard Stevens OF SO East Seventy.
eighth street The bureau'o business 10 trans
acted in a little room in the second story ut the
number Rivon. In the circular which Mrs, Ste
VEINS has issued. giving the plan and scope of
the bureau. the following information ia found:
This bureau 10 conducted by a lady Of long ex-
perience In tho social life OF New York. and.
therefore, we'll analihed to furnish original ideas
; and unique on ae ssFGnsllis pr 70 li s1soFi EeifsVin snt tho
hostess OF all responsibility for details of man.
Brostfasts, iuncheons, dinners. suppers, wed.
dings, teas, receptions. dances, card parties, and
chiidren's parties designed and managed per-
tSIning' t al mep provided when desired.
information on all social matters and customs,
Visiting books written up, household accounts
kept in order. and competent visiting house
spSEestions and advice in matters of dross
and intesi9r decoration. Mourning orders
concerning schools and public In
Institutions.
NJ T5 s|,1 Sis - ssansE, or 6s SssaIes,i q rs 81 isisss On On
Daily care OF lamps at residences. Silver
At the bureau ladies and children's boots pol.
Lished by an attendant
1t was to find out something moro about this
Bureau OF Social Requirements that q SUN re-
porter called at Mrs. stevens's residence last
evening. Mr.. Stevens furnished tho informa-
ton required. He said:
MRS. Stevens fancics that tho idea IL an
original ono and hlls O long.felt want To-day o
eentlowoman who 10 successful in business 10 as
much admired as n gentleman who succeeds In
Wall street or In any other line of trade or COM
merce. so far as the serving OF breakfasts and
luncheons and tho managing Of children's par
ties gocs. Mrs. Stevens will consult with her
clients at her office, find out just the
character OF entertainment they wish to
give. and then take all the responsible
ty OF the customers hands by arranging all of
the detail. She or one of her competent assist
ants, who will be above the very suggestion Of
receiving commissions from those who are dealt
with, will provide for the entsrtat nns to be
will furnish talent to ,amuse the guests after
they have been received by the hostess"
what Is meant In the paragraph OF the an
nouncement circular which mentions that infor-
nation OF all social matters win be furnished,
and that visiting books will be written upf'
THAT means simply this answered Mr..
and other cities, who, when about to have a wed:
ding in the family. are not familiar with Just
might cause embarrassment were they not prop
Informed as To- when to send cards and tho
number OF cards to aend on this, that,
take to furnish ali that information. As for
visiting books, every woman in society who has
ss to rasP. iH of a l IiiiIsi BSof H, sSs at re sa1 tde OF iiS Gs ssifs
made upon her and the calls she makes. Most
women in society have not time to keep these
will undertake to keep these Visiting books as
accurately and as orderly as an expert book;
either go herself or send a competent person, al
ways q g~entlswoman. perhaps, once or TWICE a
S SSsfs. to B fss HSase her OF a hst CALI salfn and io the Re's se ssssS
the cards received will be left in the card re-
S Sho h or n s feft c S1aasF will saif g. esed Rilasds: with ah tSs
yisit and the person on whom cards have been
Sss sss3 paid the EEostssas viii he credited with a
in THE The di eiay Oh eo or Gg'f Is se Sa tssiSsnf al
housewives will appreciate. When The city
antilles go to, Europe. White they are
none; or or eve ssee ed il they d Mrs not st go; asd m Ssf fsss they Psy
keys of the country house and put everything
IN proper order for the reception Of the family.
mer season in the city house.
As to the care Of lamps. many ladies are
drawing drawing re rooms tas1 has Sst BEEN taSooed. II the the care are OF
a lamp 10 left to a servant, those in the house
or the wick viii not be trimmed properly and
the lamp will smoke. For some time past q num-
Der OF g~entlewomen Of our acquaintance have
by doing just what Mrs. Stevens now proposes to
do on q larger scale. You will find it to be true.
as IL has been In the past, that many of the
young women sent out by. Mrs. Stevens to take
care Of the lamps in certain houses in the morn
ing will go to the same houses in the afternoon
to pay q visit or in the evening to a reception.
1.-THE bootblacking stand Is something that
all women. from suburban towns particularly
will appreciate. There is no other similar es-
Establishment in town. A woman coming in from
New Jersey or Long Island hardly likes to have
her boots cleaned on the ferryboat, and there Is
no suitable place In town for her to CO."
Mrs. Stevens was Miss Elizabeth Winthrop
White, daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Octavius A.
White of lO11 Madison avenue. Through her
mother. who was Miss Elizabeth w. Chanler.
she is related to the CHAMBERS, tho Rutherfurds.
and the Winthrops. She Is a cousin OF William
Aston Chapler.. Rutherfurd Stuyyesant, and
Mrs. Henry White, wife OF the first Secretary of
Legation at London. Mr.. Stevens is the son of
the late DIR. Alexander II. Stevens, for many
years President of the College Of Physicians and