The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

WORLD.

,,-oun5s simple when one reads in so
..,,. column that Mrs. So-and-So will pre-
bar daughter 10 society this season"
-, the actual amount of mental and phys
,..1 work tbet ses+eace mans to the moth
,oe debutante would appall those
eide of society who care to be appalled,,
the New York Press. 1t includes
&c without number put in at the dress
.,or,s consultations no end with work
- Of various sorts, and demands upon
w.. cbackbook of paterfamilias whieh
-,-,, staeger even the most generous.
n begins way back in the summer, the
-,rararions for the debut, when the visit
lfst Is gone over. 1t is no light thing
,rsbal the names of those to whom
is for the reception are to be sent, and
-. orvious mama knits her brows and,
I'll in hand, ponders long and deeply in
~ hours when she is supposed to be res
ing.
Ecerv society woman, of course, has her
,.is,ting list. which she keeps up careful y
at the time. but when it comes to present
,r,, her daughter, there not only are her
, frtends but those Of the young girls
,.eI and there is her list TO be added;
49,, careful weddings, to be sure that
,ha same name is not on twice. Then, too,
l,,a dehutante's reception, cards are sent
., aid friends Of the family with whom the
.Y,tber for different reasons may no longer
chance calls, and yet with whom she
.tsbas 10 keep in touch and announce the
,,orious events of her own life.
1,or IL is an event when the first daughter
H. nreesnted To her mother it is almost as
important as a wedding.
TTha reception list occupies weeks in the
making and the fear that some import
ont name may carelessly be omitted
Sarnrs The mother by day and disturbs
har dreams O. nights, and many times
rbo recalls one, and goes post haste to the
Isf only 10 find it already there. To
forret a woman at that important func-
Ton is nothing less than social crime,
and the inference always drawn. by the
Terson omitted is that Mrs. So-and-So does
ro- care 10 have her daughter know her
IT. ts FAR more personal TO leave out a
woman at debutante reception than at
onv other for there a mother not infre-
onently changes her list, and in the addi-
,ion of her daughters drops many people
for whom she may no longer have time.
nv no means a small thing is remem-
herring the parents of her daughters
friends Society girls nowadays know
u lot of other girls whose parents her own
n do not know, but courtesy bids that they
4 he Included in any large formal function
10 which their daughters are asked There
fore mother and daughter delve together
Il 10 get out the initials of those others to
whom the card is merely a token of good
breeding.
Finding the addresses for the list is IN
itself an herculean task before which the
aoutest quails. Old friends have such
tresome way of having moved, and so
must be traced, which seems hopeless,
and the manner in which people apparent
n " disappear off the face of the earth
strikes the struggling mother as nothing
Ss than startling.
The fathers business address book some
tines helps out He throws himself so
hequenty in the breach at this juncture in
bis daughters life that he begins to feel
dat thai is all he is for AS for his check
hook he lays in a new store after his
wife has had one talk mapping out the
campaign.
Before the invitations can be ordered
"a the eventful date must be set. 1t seems
simple but it opens up fresh complica-
tons, for fear it may conflict with an
other.
A girl always comes out with her set
which means that her friends are making
their debuts, too and a debutante always
heps to receive at the receptions of her
Intimate friends That is part of the fun
Of the season. Therefore if she doesn't
a rally them together in the fall and an
a rouuce her own date and ask theirs
there's trouble. Frequently we take the
same day, and then everything is topsy-
Il tnrvey until the mothers intervene to
straighten it.
Il Father hands out his first check when
the invitations are ordered, and takes
his first lesson in the expense of bringing
out a daughter The check always has
three hgures and 1t takes another for post
age And the time that is consumed in
ADDRESSING the invitations is impossible to
compute. The entire family usually takes
hand in this pastime and the girls own
eaum comes to hold seances with her while
# Uey direct envelopes.
The next thing on the programme is the
dTessmaker, and for once in her life the
mother yearns for the old days-which
sAs never knew PERSONAL---VERY. fig leaves
Il is not the debutante's gown which trou-
"eS her. That must be white, and Is
merely matter of lace and daintiness
aal cost. But the difficulty of deciding
aOout her own threatens to quicken the
hanging color of her hair, and the ma
uai ana trimming occupy weeks to de-
fImine.
ana that is only the first of so much
ume at the dressmaker's that the energetic
no'her realizes how it would simplify mat
@'s II she just camped right down there
t Sn,h everything was arranged. For de-
O.dute has regular trouSseau. Nothing
use expresses it, and the reward comes in
snen she is spoken of as one of the best
Utssed girls of the season.
II IS only month before the eventful
way "hen the floral decorator is seen, and
S comes to the house and mother and
s'ushter 90 to him until their carriage
a Sums t 10 be fixture in front of his place.
n WIN the caterer it is the same. Though
q Uny 'ne simplest things are served, they
must sal be Of infinite variety, and the deco
iiaG ION OF the table calls for a conclave
n'o' lniTequently debutante in the fam
W. means more horses in the stable.
A "4Htre hitherto two or three have sufficed
.o gn papa sees the bowls and trays of
, aus iett at the reception, and realizes
day day al those visits must be returned he
~ not need to be reminded that two
con ses only would drop in their tracks ac-
s'plshmg It, He straightway goes to his