The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-12
SOCIETY.


A Birmingham belle at one of the fash
ionable watering places In Virginia writes
me that there. Is a great scarcity of
beaux. and that the wall Is quite general
from almost every summer place IN the
country.
Here 7 have gone to the trouble OF
planning most fetching summer ward
robe" writes this belle. '.and there is
no inducement here to unpack my trunks
just for few women to admire my cos
tunes. I have always been frank about
admitting that love dress and that am
not Indifferent to the admiration OF men
few girls will admit thru, and It is
quite discouraging to have a beautiful
wardrobe with not man In sight to say
how charming you look am sure that
all the girls here feel the same way about
1t as I do, but they simply will not con-
fess to being bored am thinking of go
ing over to the - for the opening ball.
You know the social prestige of that
place. MY grandmother was a belle there
in her day, but then there was not a
dearth of men hs there is now. I doubt
II / will have more than one partner,
and my gown is such a dear. I have
quite made up my mind that ! shall never
spend another summer at any of the ia
nous watering places, because what is
the use of coming unless one has a gay
time. wish now that I had remained
at home and played pong at the Country
club"
This candid confession from this pretty
belle Is echoed in many places where our
grandmothers reigned as bellies" Even
at the well-known eastern resorts sup
posed to be frequented by the men of
wealth and leisure there is said to be a
clubs where the men are spending thu
summer.
There are certainly very few of Birm-
ingham's beaux out of town at least for
any length of time, and judging from
the universal absence of men at the
watering places, recent comment in the
New Yorker may be applied to other
cities.
"A glimpse at the Calumet and Knick-
erbocker club windows these summer aft
ernoons explains why there are not more
men at the watering places" says the
New Yorker. No end of the smart john
mics are in town. Save for weekend
visits to their friends. they prefer the
easy delights of club life to the country.
The New York men are getting more and
more wed to their little town, even in
summer. They find it is not so bad a
place, after all, and 1t offers about fifty
times moro in the way of amusement
than is to be found at any summer re-
sort 1t offers more and demands less.
Reginald de We're In the country must
dance attendance upon the girls fee all
overeat himself at dinners, and fetch and
carry from morning to night In town he
can dress as he pleases, never see a girl
If he doesn't wish to, and dine at a To-
cent table dhote If he feels so inclined.
Another thing about the city In summer
is that a man can be as frisky as he
pleases and no one is here to see 1t and
erection at watering place, and 1t is
known all over town the next morning.
In New York 1t is lost In the great mael
strom of midsummer frislkiness There Ia
a code of honor among men in summer:
They never peach on what they see an
other man doing in town. They may be
obliged to do the same thing themselves
the next week, and 1t wouldn't be con-
venient to tell tales. Country places are
hotbeds of gossip; New York in summer
is as silent as tomb. Hence it is that
the the windows of the smart clubs are
amply supplied with well-put-up men.
even though the dog days are at hand,
and the explanation why the girls at the
seashore are making their usual wall
about the scarcity of beaux"