The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-20


and such uiHing affairs entirely aside.
That Is why society stands a little
amazed and IS pondering. over sweet
young things hardly out Of short skirts
yet.
UD to the date OF the blossonin- OF
Miss Randolph such an affair was sup
posed 10 be elaborate when IL cost s.. 600.
/ Nov and then particularly dOting
| parent had more TO spend, but the aver
age cost was reasonable until Mr. Whit
ney set 10 work 20 swell the figures and
At the same time enlarge the list of the
400 30 round LEO in his invitations.
MS eHtraVa3ance also may have been
something TO do with the comparatively
small list Of debutantes the last season..
Tor society keeps careful memoranda Of
what Is going on, and this avOwedly bril-
liant and costly affair was decreasing.
II was known aud rChearsed long In ad-
vance and hardly will be forgotten wi-h
the opening Of next season.
In a coming out at home the fair debu-
tante and her sponsors are mere i1ci-
dents and perfectly helpless in the hands
OF those who have The function in charge.
For at least three or four days in advance
q small army Of electricians goes to work
on the lights, orders being to produce the
prettieSt effects and spare no expense
II was not so long ago that the son o. a
. great 1urist ably assisted IN preparing for
( cousin debut by building an aquarium
an side room. the water being iliumined
by colored electric light globes
Alter the electricians come carpenters.
ana then decorators and florists. and on
the morning of the great day the caterer
takes entire charge of the house. lie will
( consent to no Interference whatever, and
the h0use-Owner must stand aside. lie
VIII not make use of a single article in
the house but draws from his own stock
Dishes and silverWare are his. Table
cloths. linens and glassware are his,
chairs. canOples and velvet mats for APP
DR. tches are his. He simply supplies
everybody and everything. and on TWEEN
ty-four hours notice could spread a feast
IN a stable as exquisite as any ever land
N Fifth avenue or the Lake Shore drive.
lie also supplies q few detectives. by the
way, to watch his silver and linens.
THESE are not TO be counted among the
plain clothes men usually engaged by the
host TO watch ovarcoats and jewels.
:. d. 2
TIE cost of introducing girls into so
clety i'm Chicago Is constantly Increasing.
dllnough II mas by no means reached as
yet the stupeudous figures spent by some
on the New York society plutOcrats. New
YORK considers il an inexpensive and
economizing thing to do to introduce
debutante in q public ballroom. such as
Sherry's. He only charges $500 a night
for his large ball room. and his small
one may be had for nothing by a favored
patron. Probably the last debutantc of
the season was introduced in the large
Mary G. Lenerts, daughter of Marshall
Z. Len3rts of 81 East Sixty-fifth street
Other families, prominent but not ornate
prefer the coming out at Sherrys to the
turning of a whole household tODsy-
turvy.
Miss Jessie SLOANE daughter of W. T.
Sloan. was introduced in the same ball
room about three weeks ago. As faVors
always 90 with q cOtilliOn. little diver
sion was caused then by the distribution
of orchids along with the favOrs. There
were 300 of the blossoms, and they cost
S.25 each.
Miss Evelyn Burden was introduced 10
society at home. and it was handsome
aftalr indeed. The expenses came within
a modest $4,000. but that was only the
hrst OF series of three receptions. Miss
Sybil Douglas also was one of the sea-
son ) beauties. NioIets formed a feature
or the affair at $50 a bunch. In the rose
room of the Majestic there also was q
splendid affair in the coming out of Miss
Jane Morgan and Miss Mary Madeline
Morgan
\ more costly at home introduction of
a debutante was that of Miss Emma
Seward. niece of William II. Seward also
the reception in honor Of Miss Julia Lor-
Hlard Edgar Dinners and cotillions
formed part of these. with the usual
favOrs. which might cost anything one
can suppose, but which usually are well
under the tive-dOllar mark
DAAN VI INC new lll4uSS OF the last sea-
son-Which was comparatively tame
one-was the idea of the sport-Ioving
faIher Of debutante. As favOrs he gave
men handsome JOinted fishing rods with
silken lines and silver hooks The men
cast these among a throng of beautiful
women, ana escorted to supper the one
upon whom the silver hook fell. Some
record breaking casting was done there
that night. skill being shown sufficient
10 break the heart of an expert at the
sportsmen's show. /
And regarding receptions and such
functions. by the way. the idea of Mrs.,
george Gould is growing in favor and
may receive social sanction next season
At all receptions held by the George
GOulds in Lakewood powdered wigs are
prominent FoOtmen walters. and al
such serious house employees wear the
snowy wigs Of old. They are something
stunning IN their knickerbockers and the
thlng Is so effective that il threatens to 1
become the fashion. So a bewisged foot
man or eoaehman may be looked for