St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-05-14

- people. such as
q the Vanderbilts,
and Belmonts. are building palaces at
the capital for winter occupancy.
In a social sense the Washington of
Is years ago was village compared
with what it is today The Letters,
leading the movement of the multi
millionaires in this direction. had then
but newly arrived from Chicago, and
were erecting their huge white brick
residence on Dupont circle. 1t was
the FIRST of the great private palaces
which, since then, have been rapidly
multiplying, so that today they are
numbered by scores. Nineteen serv-
ants are employed In the Letter man
sion, but the Larz Andersons have %,
and the Scott Townsends (nearly op-
posite the Andersons in Massachu-
sets avenue) are unable to get along
with fewer than 80. The expense OF
running one of these huge establish
ments-merely to keep it in commits
sion, that is to says from $4,000 to
$4,000 year.
If one is to enjoy all the advan-
tages of wealth and fashion, however,
one must make up ones mind to relin-
quish certain comforts-among 9TH
ers that of privacy. Inevitably, too.
there is in the private palaces enor-
nous extravaganza and waste. espe-
cially where food supplies are con-
cerned. An intimate friend, permit
ted by muIti-millionaire's wife TO
glance over some of her household
accounts, CHANGED to notice that the
| mistress of the establishment was
paying one dollar a pound for every
| beefsteak purchased. But what is one
to do?, A lady in Mrs. Letters posi-
ton is fully occupied with social af'
fairs; she has no time to bother with
the business of running the domestic
hotel.
The young girl who lives in the
private palace is never allowed to 60
out alone up to the time when she
makes her debut in society. A gov
erness, or a chaperon hired by the
hour, always accompanies her. This
is rather a new idea. After coming
out" of course, it is difficult. But
that event merely marks the begin
ming of period during which the en-
durance Of the physical feminine ma
chine is tried to the utmost. Nothing
short of scientific management will en-
able even the healthiest young woman
to go through two or three seasons Of
smart" up-to-date social dissipation
without losing the bloom of her youth
and the better part of her beauty.
This is why the fashionable debu
tante of the season of 1909-10 i:
treated in all important respects as i
she were a doll. She is put to bee
like doll by her maid, and got VI
and dressed like a doll. Her bath i!
drawn for her, when she wants it. Shit
does not know how to do" her OWL
hair. She never puts on her owl
shoes. She never does anything use
full from the time she gets up in TIT
morning until the time she goes Il
bed She never takes any care of any
thing.
4 All of this is part of the business O
being the daughter of modern mul
ti-millionaire. The young lady is no
taught the value of anything. Sh
knows nothing that is really wortl
knowing-though she is we'll acquaint
ed with many things she ought not t
4 Know. What education she has &C
quped at fashionable school befor
coming out" is a false fabric;
mere pretense. But she does not nee
education; her work in life is to b
ornamental. to amuse and to b
amused
She gets up at noon, usually, and i
rubbed down by a professional mas
seuse, just like horse. This is t
remove all traces Of the fatigu
j arising from the designations of tn
day before. Her neck is rubbed t
make it plump, and her face likewise
to discourage commencing wrinkles
AS a rule, she is manicured in bee
and regularly once week her prett
toenails receive similar attention.
1t takes her not less than thre
hours to be made ready for the day
The dressing of her hair is in itself
great affair-there is so much of it t
put on. Indeed, the average woma
today wears much more hair tina
ever grew. on one human head. Hats
Not one. The proper thing is to wea
couture that is in the main artificial
but wholly composed of real hair {
the most beautiful and expensive kint
The Young lady'S own hair is combe
straight back from her forehead. an
upon it is superposed a circular, c