The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-31
.P[ASSINGs0F TILE
PURITAN / |! B ! ! SUNDAY

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Marked Broadening Ills Season ofS !.
5s5 N The Manner - Mhleh sabbath
Observed slns Washington.
NvAsHINGTo IN (. q. Y 1: {, ~ Jan. .
This social season has seen d mark,
ed broadening inathe manner which
Sunday Is observed at the national
capital, The urltanical restrictions
thrown about the day m bsgonesyessa
have been loosened desplt the warn.
inss Of the clergy gainst tho tenden-
cys toward the Cont inental Sunday.
Among the social eyenta last sun.
day were the afternoo teas given vi
Miss Pauline Morton, daughter ofsthe
Secretary Of the Navy, Tor miss Nel-s
eon, Of Kansas, and \ that BY MIS-.
Frank Ellis, for Miss Holmes, her
guest, an American Girl who has (
spent all Shers liteE abroad. Several
representative people IN the evening
entertained guests at one ofs the regu-
lar Dc ;Koven symphony concerts,
societyls3 progress toward ID mora
liberal Sunday has been gsstphl, bnt
The broader regime has come steadily
On. Bishop satterlee. sof Tie Eplseo.
pa! diocese |; of a shingtons nus de-
IlneItly SsBokehso 81 tho practice oil
making Sunday u eseyery other day
In the six. u " /! Y B
But society has gone merrily oil.
Sunday dinner parties have become
more and more the vogue Nov tile
capital$ on Sunday has II IL rounds ot
dinner, informal All homes theatre
partles for the evening concerts,
whlch4a are the only attractions ts
the local playhouses on this day, with
gay little Ssuppers afterward IT the
hotclsaand restaurants or ut the
homes Of the hosts and hostesses.
Y was three weeks ago Tint Nirs.
". s. Cowles, Presid Rooaeyelt's
sister gave ID tea following d iun,
cheon$ for Mr.. and Mrs: whiteiaw
Reid, who#wereg her house guests.
Until then teas had been largely
confined TO wees days. There. Mad
been bee informal at homes on Sunday
afternoons when d few friends wese
invited byStelephone 10 drop In for d,
hour or two for conYe creation or Cos:
rip over thescup that cheers. But +
cards were sentSout for the events 81
last Sunday, thus making them more
formal and apparentl making anoth.
sr,Smile;stone toward tie Continental
Sunday. I; ! / Y,
<3adoes not appear that there has
been !, any leaderstn this tendency. ) ID
seems sllls 4 tos have sciousiy develop.
go. washington lie brings together
many clements unused u the resiric.
tons which have formerly robbed
the Y Sabbath 81 oil distractions s,lse
calling. Many w sternerss are hero
who have beens accustomed 10 the
sreat Western cities, where Sunday Z
night Ilsllt5 y the hrst of the week d The
lfentres. AZ IA J.
Then there Is The important soci,a,
influence 90 the y diplomatic Corps q
Whom q Sunday married. by import.
ant social affairs Il 81 mere matter Of
course. ~ the Diplomatic Corps )
Sunday evening has been much given
over TO dinners and ssuppers, md as
Diplomatic society intermingles with
The other society Iii d most democrat
ic manner, the custom has evident
proved infectious:
!,At first American guests of these
Sunday evening affairs accepted the
invitations; resp ndlng with invita-.
tons for other days sofs the week. Nov
local hosts and q hostesses are follow.
Ing TN the diplomatic wake and each
Sunday sees ami increase In the nun
Der ofS ,lanche cons and dinner parties.
Cabinet homes and those Of persofs
prominent n the cong ressional and
residential circles have been largely
following sui. v ;ills
Thus far the ! White House has &
neither Y followed NOR set The example
q having enterta fnment til on Sunday
although Miss Roosey welt accepts inyi
tal Ions for that dining out and
attending popular conc Isl 8
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