The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-05-11


Americans Of English name such - my
genealogical companion In the Pullman.
This archaic conversation occurred while
We we're humping over the spreading roofs
Of the Appalachian system - II aneots the
western parts Of the Carolnas. When II
ceased l began studying the social char
acteristlcs Of the passing n~eighborhooo IN
the medium Of the local press, where ell
read fully confirmed the little had e1-
perienced at irst hand.
throughout the South, with the exception
Of some aged, digniaed, reserved cities on
the seaboard, / have been delighted by al
E~llzabethan buoyancy and zest In the Inc
social. The most tnflng Of It's entertain
ments are charged. as have thought, win
an electric vitality, and is iahabitantS'
especially In the Piedmont region Of Georgia
and the Carolinas, seem ph~llosophioally
aware that the small local event Is equal
sub specie eternitdtis, 10 the elaborate city
fete and 10 act accordingly. II. l.. Steven
son has celebrated the keen pleasure Of
Pepys In the best circumstance Of the daily
round. but could Pepys himself surpass
these Piedmontese2 would submit some
conhrmatory extracts from a column oil a
local new headed 'In the realm Of
North Carolina society," combining myself
to a single number. or else the quotations
would certainly become u~nmanageable.
But where begin and where end in those
overlooking three pages OF close prlntf l
cannot hope 10 convey all Of that joyous
exuberance in a few extracts, but Tor
Achilles image stand his spearl'
Last Saturday night the young ladies boarding
at Matron's Hall. Catawba College, rave a leap
year party IN the parlors Of their home which proved
10 be one Of those occasions that lnger In memory
during life.
The young gentleman students had been re-
Quested TO assemble promptly In the college ehapel
at745, when the ladies would meet them and escort
them to the hall. 1t il useless TO say that the mem.
bers Of this sex were promptly on hand, but alas
for the vanity Of the falrer seH, 40 anxious were
they TO appear at their best that the appointed
hour found them still consulting their mirrors
The young men tried to seem Indifferent To the
lapse Of time. aud college songs I'm the chapelO
helped them while away the waiting moments
but many were the eager glances cast toward the
door In anxious expectancy. Finally their patience
was rewarded, and as the doors rolled back the
young men were compensated by a vision OF love
illness as %nutteHng through the doors came a many
COlored cloud Of feminine beauty.
The rest may be left to the Imagination.
Enough for an Englishman to say that such
idyls are quite unknown to Oxford.
Or take this piece Of pure delight;
Wednesday afternoon the New Fra Book club
met with Mrs. Grlssom, who entertained In a most
.,y.I rpaunaF nunGh Waa served ny Mrs Ellett.
Master John MoreheAd acted as postmaster, TO
whom each guest applied for mall and Immediately
received a beautiful Valentine postcard. Then
the small son Of the hostess dressed as a Jockey
came looping In on a wooden steed and sang The
Next Horse | Ride On. " much to the entertainment
Of the guests. Members responded 10 rollcall with
quotations from Peace and War" Mrs. Beam
read a very hne paper on Problems BeQueathed
By the Civil War" This was followed by a spirited
discussion Of Southern Indignation over Uncle
Toms Cabin Mrs. Goode read an extract from
that pathetic story Of Everett Hale's a Man
without a Country
"Breathes there a man with soul 80 dead,
Who never TO himself has said,
This Is my own. my native land"
He would no longer remain unpatriouC after the
delightful reading Of this cutting so beautifully
rendered by Mrs. GOOde. Then Miss Lotlle King
read that gem Of poetry The Blue and the Gray"
Neapolitan cream, cakes. bonbons and coffee were
daintlly served. The Victor machine favored the
audience With a few selections OF Nine. Tetrazzlnl,
the greatest singer since Patti, and the planola
manipulated by Master John MoreheSd also de.
lighted the guests with several selections.
What pure ease OF social entertainment
breathes again from this extract. alas! all
too unrepresentative;
With characteristic grace that charming CHAT
elaine, Mrs. George Richmond, most delightfully."-
entertained the Sans Souci club for her friend from
the North, Miss Grace Selby, the honoree Of this
marked occasion, the parlor and dining room Of
her delightful home being thrown into one and made
egeclally attractive with decorations Of la France
roses, asparagus ferns and pink azaleas, The
centre piece was especially attractive, 4 low mass
OF feathery pink be- oniss, surrounded BY their
own beautiful leaves. THIS composite bit Of pink
and green Was further rendered attractive by an.
other effective study IN plnk-the Colonial cut glass
candlesulcks being enhanced by dainty pink tapeS
surmounted with shades Of the same roseAte hue.
SG tables were arranged for the games OF nations
and dominoes, and there was much merrment
among the guests as they progressed from one table
to another, Mrs, Richard Steam was winner OF
the nrst prize and was presented with = handsome
cracker jar. and the consolation, a bunch OF
La France roses and asparagus ferns tied With
pink ribbon, fell 10 Mrs. Slnch. An elegant two
course collation. was served, after which the guests
departed, congratulatlng themselves that they had
been SO fortunate as TO be there.
Might not any one congratulate himself
on such good fortune2 Who would not
have liked to be there? Do not these en-
tertainments breathe a jois de rirre, which
is the secret after all Of the conquest Of
the American Venus over the Paris Of a
faded Europe? Can you find this joie de
rirrs to-day 30 manifest in the West as in
the South?