The sun., 1901-02-23
WHAT MADAM
GRUNDY HEARS
Lenten Season Brings a Close to
Festivities.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Miss Louise Patzowsky Gives Dinner
in Honor of Her Bethrothal to
William Howard Fleisch
of New York.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Of New York.
These Lenten mornings. ! give myself
the luxury of late sleep and nothing
but the promise of delicious bit of gos-
sip can make me open my eyes, but when
one of the debutantes, who has been
popular belle at Miss Alice Lea's CO.
.illion ON Tuesday evening came in brim
full of the ION dts" of Vanity Fair /
called Betty for my coffee and rolls.
1T was a masked affair, was it not,
asked her? And was it not one Of the
jolicst little dances of the season and
iidn't Miss Alice Lea make charming
hostess, and didn't Miss Rebecca II.
smith look beautifulY
"Yes, yes, yes, to all of these. You
inow the dance was held in the New
Century Club. 1t was Mardi Gras af-
fair and domino party. The favors
were delightful. l think every girl will
cherish one Of them, and thank Miss
Lea for her graceful tact All the young
girls and young married set were there
md truly the gay season was ushered
out with the madness Of Bierette and
Jolumbine and the mantle of sombre
Lent came down upon the sweet strains
If n waltz"
"And that ends the gaiety of the So
,ial season.
"Oh no! that is an old-fashioned idea,
ny dear Mrs. Grundy. Some provincial
people imagine that Lent is season
If self-denial but even the most serious
.hurch-goers have Lenton pasttime.
You see, nous avons change tout celia.
Rest, someone has said is change and
III this basis alone can Lenten be called
, restful period. We have four months
If teas, dances, balls and dinners and
hey are really beginning to pail, there
ore, we welcome the forty days from
Ash Wednesday to Easter, if only for
,weet charity's sake. The wheels of the
;ocial machine are not allowed to grow
usty, they only receive fresh applica-
ion OF oil and continue to whirl merrily.
10 be sure there are certain things one
must not do. Dancing is prohibited and
linners are limited to informal affairs
but cards, ah! this vice has its innings
Turing the Lenton season. Really the
interest that the men and women in So
,iety are taking in card playing reminds
Dne Of the days of George the LIST, when
men and women neglected everything
'or the card table. 1 wot me that the
Catholic and Episcopal churches will
take up the question of card playing by
society and thunder against its vogue
Turing the penitential season. But, it
is the fashion, and cards, lunches, din
ners, musicals are the smart sets recre-
ltion during these forty days. This diff
ference. without distinction, reminds
ne of the story of the small boy who
was allowed to play with his toys on
sunday provided he used his Noah's
Ark because it was a part of Biblical
history and his little sister was allowed
lust one doll, the little man she called
st. Paul, to beguile the weary hours Of
the Sabbath"
"NIen are but children of larger
growth"
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. William
Z pennypacker gave an informal care
party in honor of her sister, Mrs. Ger
trude Pyle, at her home on Fourteenth
| street.
Thursday evening Miss Eleanor Belts
was the hostess at card party Mt hel
home on Gilpin avenue to which all thu
Younger set were invited and the affair
savored of much merriment
!. MISS PATZOWSKY'S ENGAGE
MENT.
An engagement is always Of interest
. !, The affairs of Cupid fall upon the ear
! of old Dame Curiosity with as mucl
: keenness as ever and now who is tn,
latest to fall under this little Cod
spell? This time can announce to 70,
the engagement of Miss Louise Heller
| ,Jn, - M, nj NT,o
i Richard Patzowsky, to William Howar,
+ Fleisch, of New York. Miss Patzowsk.
i is an attractive young woman with darl
4 luminous eyes and brown hair tinge,
Z with gold. She is very popular and ha
a a winning manner. Her sister, Mis-
a Antoinette Patzowsky, gave last even
:. ing dinner in honor of the engagement
Covers were laid for eight and the tabl
was most unique in it's appointments
In the centre was small tree hun
with cherries, "quite like the Coun
# Castellane's, though sweeter, l am sure,
j. said one OF the guests to me, 'for thes
J. cherries We're candied."
If At each place was n miniature hatche
Ie with guests name engraved on it, and
forgot to tell you that under the tire
" | in the centre Of the table lay a tim
lie honored George Washington hatche
Iy The service was of delft and 1 assur
s. Won the effect of Just red, white and blu
~ was most attractive The health of tn
bride-to-be was drunk in standin
toast. Miss Louise Patzowsky wi
spend the month of April in New Yor
where she will doubtless be much entel
.e tained by her fiancee's family. After
y. A. summer at Atlantic City at the Patzov
>, sky cottage on st. Charles avenue, tn
~ wedding will probably come off in o.
o. tober and will be n brilliant affair
o. On Thursday afternoon the Home
~ pathic card party at the home of Mr.
ie Elizabeth Mendinhall on Delaware av
u nue. was a delightful affair. Some of Il
members Of Vanity Fair as soon as Il
hell of Lenten Penance is sounded tai
their fight to the numerous resort
From Atlantic City we hear of tt
=, festive dongs of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbe
nu A. Whitaker. At Palm Beach tt
- Alfred Elliotts enter into the gaities al
Mrs. Willard Hall Porter and Miss Pc
81 fer and Charles du Pont have just r
est turned from tour of Southern Califo
nia and Mexico. Judge William
d. Snrunnce is at Nassau. Miss Ella Tu
ity nor. who has returned from Washingto
will shortly go to Omaha for loi
iia visit, ,r
the NEW CENTURY CLUB ATTRA
es- TIONS.
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