The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
Sneietu Topics.

inst at present there is a general rush
in society events in order not to lose any
social function before Lent, destined to
fan ON February Is, just twelve days
hence. when all enjoyments of a frivolous
nature must cease. During these forty
davs society must become more serious
minded. devoting its time to study or
ph1anthrophy, or, as one lady expressed
it, sIsusually do those thlngs WHICH L
do not like in Lent"
The rush at this season of the year
Is only the natural outcome of soeietys
procrastination. element always m
tends to start any number of gayetles IN
November, but it is fully December pc
fore society may be said to be larry
launched. Then comes in Christmas
with its busy shoppers, so that IN re-
atty the New Year dawns before a sys-
tematic routine of social events actually
begins. This gives but six short weeks
to Lent, when many society bellies, ind
ing city life dull, fit out of @town TILL
after Easter. Then come another SIX
weeks of social gayeties, when society De
gins to turn its attention to summer
homes, dropping off one by one to o
tain or seaside, leaving but twelve weeks
all told for dances, balls, teas, 1uneheons,
breakfasts, card parties and weddings,
though many brides prefer June for mar
rage, even though so many people are
out of town. So it is really marvellous
the amount of s~ociability society Grams
into the short space of two and one-haf
months, counting four weeks to the
month.
Women are reversing the order of the
universe. In days of yore it was the
man who worried his wife by his late
hours at the club. Now it is the woman
who worries her husband with no less a
cause. Or Thursday evening, as the
ladies left Hasbrouck Hall, after a meet
ing extending through three hours, sew
eral hungry looking men were seen OUT
side, asking for their wives.
She was Mrs. E.. J. Williamson. She
is president of the State Federation of
oman Clubs and she was addressing
the Woman's Club meeting of Thursday
afternoon. AS she stepped upon the plat
form she said that this was an uneXpect-
ed pleasure. h had come merely as a
guest, not as a speaker, and hoped to
remain an unnoticed member of the au-
dience. then went on to tell how she
had been warned (by a man, of course)
to be very careful what she said in Jer-
sey city, as she was very apt to say the
wrong thing.
More to be congratulated than condoled
with is the Players Club in the turning
down OF sRosedale'' as its next produc-
ton. It is true that after last springs
production of '4The Guardsrnan," the
public expects much of the Players, but
that much may be ~overdone, and
.sRosedale,' is the play to do 1t. The
piece in itself is all right, but like
Shakespearian plays, it is the piece in
which one goes to see a star, and it is not
likely to stand on its own merits, espec-
ially with amateurs. Then too it is a
meIo-drama of five acts and seven
scenes, which, to those familiar to the
pause between in amateur performances,
presents six weary waits. Add to this
the actual time of production, about
three hours with a dance to follow and
calculation must be lost in the
..we sma, hours 1t Is even tiresome
to think of. Besides what the public
wants Is something with a snap and dash