The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-06-27

winter Mrs. William Astor, social arb,-
ter, let down the bars and allowed $50
more individuals to skip over into the
paddock of first society; then she in
stantly put them up again. All these
new people will flock to Newport. The
OLD town, which was erstwhile chosen
for place of summer rest and resto-
ration by the sea, will merely witness
a continuation of last winters social
circus in intensified form.
Last winter was the heaviest social
season ever known In New York and
Washington. The quite I'D to date
fashionable woman not uncommonly
went TO lecture in the morning and
In the afternoon to tea, where she
swallowed peanut sandwiches and 9th
er connections the most unholy that
could pass into human stomach; after
that out to dinner of half score of
courses and more ubiquitous concoc-
lions, then away to the opera till mid.
night. After the operas over. then
we retire to the ball" to dance and
again stuff till after the sons and
daughters of toll have taken their
places on the treadmill. Does daylight
look In disguised on the revelry. the
wan faces the withered flowers? Draw
the curtains closer, turn the electric
lights higher, shut out the day beams.
and on with the dance. Let not the
whirl stop,
III Is no eXaggeration to say that the
lie society women lead in New York
and i'll the national capital during the
season is much like that. What do
they do 1t for? | don't know. Nobody
knows. To the less happy It would
look as If this feverish. incessant
spinning round were to enable them to
forget. But what can fortunes favor
ties have on their minds that they
wish to forget?
Inc strain OF such life is harder
than that of the washerwoman. Last
winter it broke down several who
started in determined to do or die |
one Of these was Mrs. Roosevelt. the
amiable, hospitable wife of our presi |
uent. She was obliged to retire tenn !
porarily from the field ere the well |
come coming of Lent gave surcease |
from entertaining and receiving. One
or her most efficient aids. Mrs. Knox
wife OF the attorney general, also
dropped before the season closed, vic
lim 10 her desire to keep I'D with her
1uties In the world of society.
In New York city 1t was the same.
)hiy more so. Numbers of the society
leaders were knocked out premature
~ Some retired quietly to their coun-
ny homes. others sailed to Europe 70
ms or that spa TO drink nauseous wa
ers ana live on plain food until such
line as they could once more niece to-
'ether their shattered nerves. Others
'uil went for cruise upon tbeIr
'achts or to Florida or California or
ne oarolinas-anywhere to get away
rom turning night Into day and the
DIGESTION inside out
1t is said the only leading societv
woman able to endure a social season
wincing is the oldest of them
ILL., Mrs. William Astor, the Mrs. AS
or, lady now almost seventy veora
II age. With serene. secure mind she
tarts IN at the beginning of the sea-
on, takes the lead in the social pace
Ind keeps it to the end, royaI and
trong. '
am well because l take good care
Il myself" she is said to have re-
marked. This is true of every one.
% matter what she does. Pertains 7
III more prudent and temperate IN
ny manner of living than Others who
ompialn. Nerves? / do not know
hat | have any"
II the present and future Newport
easons are to be a continuation NJ
inter dissipations, merely shifted to
new scene, when will our poor mil. 8
onaire ladies get any rest? On tho @
mole seeing what awaits young fem.
unity In high life, 1t Is we'll tbot
merican college girls are now TAX
70 strenuous training In golf basket