Evening star., 1912-02-25
n LMOST blank pages on social
"a calendars show that the multi
plicity of affairs which have
engaged attention since last

Iday bal maSQue ana baltlIHoIe Will
her day and night Of grand opera were
found attractive by many from THIS
CITY. Whether or not this almost com
plete social serenity will last Is an
other thing, for this city has In the
unexpected an always dependable guam
tity. and dear only knows what the
fashionable world will be at next.
A number of people have gone away
and many more are going, the Cana
Zone offering new field OF lnteIess :.
or will not travel will find an lnnnlty
of afternoon diversions, all warranted te
put them with the serious classes, WncA
is not such q bad idea now and then.
/ Every winter there is discussion pre-
and con. over the question of Sunday
entertaining, but this time 1T has passed
the usual boundary line, and IS whether
or not Sunday dances will continue tc
increase in popularity. The chances are
that they will not, and that the Few
| lapses in this particular regard are no'
| likely to affect general society at all
The contrast between the european form
and the Sunday observance In TINS coun-
try is still as marked as ever. and unless
the assimilation OF foreign ideas in the
next decade is greater than in the pas'
the American point OF view Is likely 70
keep to its old standard. 1t Will be wei
if it is SO, since. II there was no peter
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the exchange of hospitalities, unless in
the informal quiet of ones own home.
The fathers and mothers of the hosts
and matrons of the present day TOOK
their Sunday midday meal at nome IN
stead of at the suburban club. Wen,
the servant question then was not the
problem it presents now to the grown
ups of the family.
The European, whether he or she is
lord or lady or working man or woman,
hoe 1xuo yS looked f0 SUNDAY 1Or the
leisure to use in enjoyment. You may
as well criticise their use OF VINE OF
/ beer when you have found water more
| wholesome. Dancing is only carrying
a happy frame of mind a degree fur
ther on into rhythmic movement, ano
the criticism of a recent Sunday nap
| pening of this sort somehow or otner
| seems misplaced. Berlin society, where
probably this host received his social
as well as other parts of his education,
| has its Sunday night dances with the
i greatest regularity, and the moral tone
IS nos perceptibly lowered. the MIDDLE
of the Sunday night dances, though the
| occupations Of the week-enderS at
country villas and seaside are not under
| any public scrutiny.
church going, the enjoyment of home ana
4 its associations and a relief for what mas
occupied minds or bodies the rest. OF tne
/ week. 1t has always been SO ana VIII
i aHEayS De 50. Ii 0uuudS uio pap
| chases, formal entertaining at clubs,
! hotels or homes, card parties and most
i of all the dances, with the temptation OF
i the present time to initiate the methods
| of a class considered unfit in other re-
/ CARDS as ideals. or as chance acqualnt-
1 ances, if any or all these could be eiimi-
| mated from fashionable procedure the
i world would be all the better for the
| action and the capacity for enjoyment the
rest of the week would be surely in
| Dogwood and apple blossoms adorned
the ballroom at the Philadelphia bal
masque Tuesday night Wistaria blooms
and pink and yellow larkspur were other
| features of the floral display. Twelve
hundred guests participated. and two
thousand requests for invitations had
to be refused, because so many could
not be admitted to Horticultural Hall.
| After the ball was considered fairly
well started the lights went out and
| snowstorm was simulated. Colored cal
| cium lights were thrown on the wonder
| fully beautiful scene. Not only did
feathery. or. rather. papery. white snow
fall from the canvas storm clouds. but
the merry participants indulged in
scramble for the hundreds Of fancy
valentines and white carnations that
| fell as well from above.
| Then there was new arrangement by
which hundreds Of rolls Of serpentine
/ confetti were released from above and
! fell i'm graceful effect about the dancers.
Little toy balloons on light bamboo
canes were also distributed, and caused
much amusement and excitement.
] In a southern city lately, to announce
, an engagement, the table decorations Of
a luncheon were extremely pretty. In the
mirror centerpiece was a boat with a
Cupid fishing and showing two hearts on
his line. Hearts mingled with a decora-
ton of pink and white sweet peas over
the cloth and ribbons extending from the
chandelier held gold heart at each
fcover. Inside these hearts were still
smaller ones tied up with ribbons. and
INSIDE these were the names Of the couple
and the date Of their wedding this spring.
/ Mrs. George Patton of Washington ar
rived last Sunday in New Orleans to
wv wilmor and Misses Maud and Doro-
THY Wilmot. Mrs. Patton's sister. Miss
tCatharine Aver Of Boston, was the car
nival guest of Miss Dorothy Wilmot in
| the same city.
recent bride was a .'bluebird luncheon"
las a herald Of spring. Miniature blue
birds made Of velvet were arranged here
and there over the table and caught in
the heart-shaped basket which was
placed in the center Of the table and
filled with pink sweet peas which were
tiled with blue gauze and afterward pre-
sented to the guests. who wore them as
IcOTSdSe bouquets. luc pldCe cdEOS were
little square white cards with birds made
of real feathers, each Of different shade.
In one corner Of the card. These were
picked up by the hostess while she was
travelling in Italy last year.
i An opera party, followed by q sup
4 per, was given in honor OF the Aus
4 trian ambassador and Countess Csc
konics last Friday night in New Or
leans by Mr.. and Mrs. Franz Hinder
mann. The decorations were carried
out in red and white, the Austrian
colors.
\ Mrs John Lamar Meek entertained
i recently in Atlanta for her relatives,
Mrs. ]. William Mcmillan OF this city
and Mrs Henry Hannah, q recent bride.
The engagement was announced last
week in Portland. Ore. OF Mrs. NJ.
Beakey to George McAllister Harris Of
this city. SON Of the late George +.
4 Harris, United States senator from
Mississippi. Mr.. Harris has been in
terested In various enterprises In Ore
gon for the last few years, having
gone west after completing the study
OF law in Washington, but as the op-
portunities OF the northwest were
more attractive In commercial way
than the practice Of his profession he
chose the former pursuit. Mr. Harris
mother was Harriet Seton McAllister.
daughter OF Richard McAllister. son
of Ward McAllister Of New York. whe
I until his death wa the leader Of Now