The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-12-21


APRoPOS OF SOCIETY.
what has sooistv been doing this
wesk, Well. you will seek her in vain
nyou 20 TO the accustomed haunts,
for pleasures halls are closed and
darksnsd. and the ranks Of olubdom
are deserted. but go TO the stores and
on the streets and you will meet her
swsthsd in furs, with convenient
shirts Just clearing the snow-covered
streets. leaving the arms free TO clasp
the multitudinous packages tia, ordi'
narily would be objeotionabl,-but
every one wants bundles now-all
wearing the bit Of holly. CHEEKY in
sigma Of the Christmas time and with
faces absorbed yet happy; they arc al
on shopping bent. Not zero weather
can phase the Christmas shopper
Time. Tide-and Christmas wait 4 .
no man. and certainly not for woman
who is prone to be more unpunctual.
Perhaps, the uneHoelled opportunities
Of sleighing and skating have tempted
Society TO indulge some this week, for
these. too. are Of an eyanescent quail
ity that might not wait-even II ur-
gont-but beside that and maybe
some tiny informal that is considered
quite,without the society reporters
ken. there has been absolutely moth.
ing going on-execpt The Kentucky,
Of course. which is somewhat akin TO
perpetual motion, and the strange part
Of IL is that no one seems 20 mind II
in the least Usually you would en-
counter faces attuned TO woe with
such n state Of affairs prevailing, but
now, the gayest dobutante Of them all
will meet your inquiry of what is
doing In a social way" with the most
indifferent nothing at ALL " and then
turn with a far.awsy look to her con.
temptation Of dainty brio-a brac. pres
emily 60 ask with aroused interest,
How do you think this would do for
so-And-sos' Perhaps "ths erpulsivc
power Of 4 new Affection best &C.
coants for society's attitude towards
her usual pleasure this week, for
Christmas though an "old. old sto-
~" Is ever a new one 20 us all, and
comes with delightful freshness each
year to the stated shopper. You are in
a. much Of a whirl rs II you were in
the height Of Washington season.
you meet all Of your friends but no
one has time to linecr for more than
n word or two. Some one once said.
when jostled by the holiday shopping
throng; 1T was lucky that the first
Christmas carol. Gloria in Exoelsis
Dec, was sung 10 the peace loving
Shepherds on the quiet Judoan hills. ]
instead Of here an this department
HNNAN NhAA NNNAAlAK tuplt OF n hfAkH
band with trumpets could be heard,
and nobody would have time TO stop
and listen even II it couli" And it
wonld seem 20 man from Mars
doubtless that We are the most selfish, |
self-centered, self.engrossed set Of
people in the world, yet how surpris.
cd he would be IL he knew that each
shopper is at present bent ON the most
"selfless" work OF the entire year.
Surface Judgment is somewhat prone
10 error Il would be good IL one
sould really be a wise woman and An
ish everything of so as to have the
few days before to be an onlooker In
the stores Truly, human nature is an
Interesting study, but we should
Judge no truer than the Man from
Mars, perhaps. Soon the shopping
will DO done, and then the writing Of
ards, the tying mp OF packages, and
hose numberless little things that