The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-31
THE DEBUTANTE TYRANT.
At costs More to Introduce the Sweet
b"d to Society, Than Build a

IL Costs More to Introduce the sweet
Bud TO Society, Than Build
House.
New York, Dec 29.-The debutante
daughter today is tryant and an extrav-
agance To such a point of splendor have
'he introduction teas for young girls ar
rived that except the most gorgeous we'd
ding receptions they stand alone for SUNNI
tuous beauty and royal liberautv Of an
continents As far as cost goes there is
little to distinguish them from bridal fnrc
lions. Every thing that bride has ~.
needs, with the exception solely of q hus-
pand, is supplied the sweet but insatiable
bud. VIC
To begin with her trousseau. Down 10
me last handkerchief and paper or nins
II must be prepared before her tea fo,
after that grand entertainment so fast and
thlck DO the invitations fall around her
she VIII have neither time nor energy to
81 END in shops and dressmakers' estab-
llsnments. The debutante gown is a cos
tune as complete and costly as a wedding
"Iess, ana 10 every one of the girl friends
asked TO receive with her a souvenir eift
win bouquets must be given by the debu
tante. The daughter will expect from her
iather necklace, a ring or a fan, from
her mother brooch or some ornament
mat viii look well with her white comint
out gown with Tess costly articles from
other members of the family
Having toed the mark on all tbesa
points the self-respecting relatives nnst
not STINT In floral decora tons for the
drawing rooms, they must have one or
two bands of music, and they win be
eiernaly and unpleasantly talked about in
their social round of the ladder if they
set torth any less sumptuous refreshments
lad
butante teas and champagne is tire one
proper beverage to be poured
Ihere Is no going behind the rule re-
serdlng debutantes' bouquets and here we
come very often upon a pathetic skeleton
IN the closet of an ambitious but not too
pretty or too popular social bud Having
issued her cards. bought her fine gowns
and ordered her delicate wines and vi
ands' she and her mother sits with palpi-
tating heart to watch her bouquets arrive
The friends of the family and the young
men IN the society in which she is enter
ing are supposed to send them, and to ap-
pear 10 proper advantage it is obligatory
that she receive with not one or two. but
dozen huge noosegays about her
so obligatory indeed is this feature of
the coming out that not one girl in a
Dozen ever receives from her admirers
nan the bouquets she appears with on
her reception day. but stands ernhoware1
in the poses ordered up from the florist
by the diplomatic parents. However. So
clety enjoys its self-deceptons and 10
such an extent has the bouquet fad grown
that this winter scores of young girls
have stood to receive their friends beside
tables heaped with as many as tbirtt,
lunches of the costliest roses and starrar.
ing HELPLESS under the burden of posies
in their arms
When the coming out tea is over then
-, Neou'au'e enters really on her but
terhy season OF hrilliancy and power. If
she IS 10 DO her family credit like a high
strung race horse or prima donna her
health and spirits must be maintained AZ
concert pitch. The family carriage is
put at her command or she must be given
a good margin of credit at the livery SIN
bic. the freedom of the drawing room, the
luxury OF breakfast in bed. the comfort
ana Stimulus OF a masseuse, a manicure
ana mar dresser and first claim on all fhe
opera, theatcr and concert seats are vield-
ed up 70 her. Having invested a larro
sum OF money In the making OF a fashion
able daughter the wise parents give her
every opportunity and three months i'm
which to prove the value OF their invest
ments.
or course this Is an very wei with mar.
ents whose incomes viii guarantee The
enormous expenditure entailed bv a com
plete single campaign, but the extrava-
giant demands OF the ambitions htds "a
day have forced the merely weV-fo-do
families into combinations for m,,tr,l
protection against The enormous expenses
OF tho initial tea. Two. three. or even
FIVE buds VIII appear together al a single
reception held in some hosts private
drawing room their mothers bearing each
portion ~ The costs and thus the eject
OF thousand~iol'ar entertainment ls sc-
cured at thru ~ that sum.
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