The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-31

guests naturally drift to the dining
room, where they find table shining
with silver and lighted with candles
and spread with delicate viands. Here
there are more beautiful girls, or else
young matrons pouring tea and cofee.
Somewhere behind a screen of palms
there is an orchestra and music lends
its charm to the elegant occasion. 1t
is not good form to linger too long in
the dining-room, as the guests at a
large function are coming and going
and must be served in successive. re-
lays. Never should one protract her
stay in a crowded house, and house
is usually crowded at a reception of
this Importance. Do not forget to look
for and have a few minutes converse
ton with the girls father, who though
the master of the house is much more
likely TO remain in the background
than to appear with any prominence.
This is one of the times when hus-
bands and fathers, who have furnished
the sinews of war, are not very con-
spicuous..
During the season when everybody
has a feeling of haste and rush is in
the atmosphere, there are many enter
tainments in progress on the same
day. Guests go from one home to an
other, in the same afternoon, meeting
the same people over and over. This
adds not little to the gayety Of life.
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When a girl has ben formally intro
duced she is eligible on every joyous
occasion at which she is properly
chaperoned. Her mother is usually
her chaperone, although her father
may ofticiate in this capacity, or her
married sister, or any youthful mat
ron of her acquaintance. A woman
who is an acknowledged spinster and
has passed the border line of 40, may
also act as chaperOne to a debutante.
While chaperonage is not vigorously
insisted upon in small villages and
rural communities, it is Indispensable
lin the scheme of life in our larger cities.
Girls and men lose nothing by having
with them when they go to dances,
theaters and other festive gatherings,
the presence and support of an older
woman, who imposes no disagreeable
restraint, but is really a protection.
The butterfly of fashion starts on a
round as relentless and strenuous as
the routine Of a working bee in the
business hive. It makes a good deal
out of her.. and in a great house pains
tired. If she is up late at night, she
is allowed TO sleep through the morn
ing, and the house bushes itself that
she may not be disturbed. Her maid
arranges her bath, takes care of her
clothing and waits on her hand and
foot. She soon learns the art of Sc
lection and chooses her pleasures, and
If she have a sensible mother she is
encouraged to devote a portion of her
time to reaGing, n gsic, her home and
her younger brothers and sisters.
Society girls are not wholly selfish.
They are today actively engaged in
parish and settlement work; they are
the unofficial aids of clergymen; they
assist the deacOness and the visit
ing nurse and their sweet faces are
seen in homes Of poverty. These girls
often reach out a helping hand to
those who are toiling all day long in
shop and factory.
After while, perhaps two or three
years after her debut, our princess
royal is again the central figure on a
bright occasion. This time instead Of
the silver strains of the Hungarian
band. there are deep and solemn
chords from the organ loft, where a
practiced hand is playing the wedding
march. Down the long aisle sweeps
the bridal train. All in white with a
floating veil and eyes modestly DOWN
cast, comes the girl on the arm of her
father. The man she has honored by
her preference waits at the chancel to
meet her. The fateful words are soon
said, for richer, for poorer. for better,
for worse, till death us do part. The
mystic rite that binds true hearts for
all the years are spoken. Our society
girl has taken upon her the vows of a
wife. Here she will prove herself what
an American woman should be, eff
cient, capable, trustworthy and loving,
a good wife and, If children are given
her, a good mother.
This is the evolution of the butter
fly.
Copyright, 1905, by Joseph B..
Bowles)