Semi-weekly herald., 1914-12-14


child, Gaines, Campbell and the host
and the laymen of the party were
the Messrs Perkins, Mollette, Main,
Cherry and Otis.
Monday Bridge.
Mrs. H. T. Henderson was the host
e.. Of the Monday Bridge club this
week. The guests were the Mesdames
Wingate, John Pearson and Arnold.
The club will not meet again until af
ter Christmas.
To Remain Until After Christmas.
Mr.. H. T. Henderson arrived from
Arizona Thursday evening to spend
the Yuletide season with his family
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The debutante season is on in earn
est now, and the entertainments ar
ranged for the buds by their relatives
will practically monopolize the days
Until the first of the new year, when
The old folks will step in upon the
social arena with more informal and,
perhaps, more pretentious doings.
But nothing could be more livelier,
more fraught with the freshness of
these young people who, for the first
time in their lives, stand upon magic
ground, where everything seems to
come to them just by wishing.
Debut, in the dictionary. is defined
as beginning. Then comes de-
Dutante, which means, in its deriva-
| tive sense, to have the first throw,
"as on making first appearance in
soclcty.' Thus the dictionary recog-
Mics society, and before another fort
might New York society will recog
nize the fact that there are lot of
Interesting and attractive girls in the
long list of buds who are being pre-
sented one after the other into the
realm of fad and fashion.
But there is something bit seri-
ous to some in the gayeties attendant
upon the girls first fling in society
and those who are looking forward
see in the girl of today the matron
of tomorrow. 1t takes only a few
years to bring about remarkable
changes. Sometimes there is little
sadness; as rule, though, a lot of
, happiness, in their lot One day they
are mt destly receiving the plaudits
of their relatives and friends ut q
, coming -out tea. Perhaps before the
! season is over, their engagement is
: announced. Then comes big town
wedding. BY the next season they
. are settled in the fashionable zone,
I and It is not long before their names
: begin TO sppear as supporters of vari-
GU. phi'anthropies, and they take their
place in the parterre row at the OPP
era ] ater, as the old folks pass
away, they step in and fill the social
niches. and before very long the girl
who made her bow to society only
Yesterday, so fleeting is time, is Q
prominent hostess of today, with al
:. the pleasures and responsibilities o.
an assured social career.
But this does not fall to the lot ol
e every debutante. Some bud and bios
: som then drop out of sight. Society
Y ia kind, although ever rated as heart
: less, and looks after the buds of tn,
:. season that is past. Thus the de
5 lbrtantcs of last year will be asked
+ to join in the gayeties arranged foi
the buds Of the present season. Whei
a hostess says she is inviting some o
the older girls to her dance, it i'm
d plies that she has not forgotten tn,
G gill who has had to stand aside fo
Z scvera, seasons while her younger sis
G ters task in the social limelight
+ The afternoon reception, with tie,
: and dancing, still holds in popularit,
c for the formal presentations of th
= debutantes, although some are pre-
sentcd at evening dances with littl
or no formalities. The coming-ou
entertainments in the bathrooms o
: the fashionable restaurants were no
always III Nokue- iIast Weeh q UGH
! of long ago died, and she is asid t
have been one of the first hostesses t
give debutantc function in the ball
room of a restaurant, Delmonieo'
'e away back in the eghties.-New Yor
:. Times.
A correction.
Mrs. Reid Coppinger and Mis-
a Gladys Coppinger were joint hostesse
y 81 thee card party at the Coppinge
= home last week, instead of just or
r hostess, Miss Gladys, as formerl
;. stated.
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