Evening star., 1915-02-07

Suburban society was present en-
masse at the Kirkwood Country Club.
when the Friday Dane
a Slx-Figure ing Club gave its ball.
r.A:,,- The buff walls Of the
on' ballroom were hung
with wild southern smilax. and the
great gray brick chimney and fireplace
were covered with smilax and banked
with ferns and palms. Large jonauil-
covered bows of satin ribbon. with long
ends, were intertwined with the smilax
and caught in the ribbon loops were
myriads of the fresh jonouils The
long oak library table, decorated with
jonquils, was placed in the billiard
room and used as a buffet, where re-
freShments were served throughout
the evening The cakes and ices were
in the spring colors of delicate yellows.
greens and pinks.
The guests were led through half
dozen numbers of a beautiful cotillon.
The ladies' and mems hats were I'M
ported works of art. as were the tiny
boutonnieres the club presented DUR
ing the cotillon to each of the feminine
guests. The other figures included a
japanese antern-parasol figure danced
to Japanese music, with the clubhouse
darkened. and followed by an cleo
trical display when the encore one
step was danced to the beatings of
three electric anvils. with orchestral
accompaniment. This was followed by
an exquisite serpentine figure. in
which little paper scrolls were of the
same spring colors. In one of the 9TH
er noise" figures. the widening circle,
each guest was favored in turn with
some kind Of noise-maker, which gave
a carnival touch TO the occasion.
Housework a drudgery? Whoever
would make such a claim in this en-
lightened age? House.
Housekeeping work is joy; cooking
c.:. happy game You
oc1ence' housewives who are
in the throes of trying to provide a
hungry family with three meals day,
wash the dishes afterward, do all your
own cleaning. busting. and few other
such tasks on the side, and consider
yourselves martyrs, don't suggest that
such remarks from a business woman
are just like the old maid who knows
all about rearing children.
The sentiments above mentioned are
not original: they are echoes of the
members of a new club in Indianapolis
the Home Economics Club.
If you want to know how to arrive al
such conclusions, ask the members OF
that organization.
They arrived at such a state of mind
by making housekeeping science
and now their chief interests center
about their homes They may belong
to literary clubs and strive to develop
their minds along other lines, but with
most of them the home comes first
But just because a woman loves her
home does not make her eligible to
membership in that club.
A program of Hawaiian music by a
con given in St
Transplanted and Paul, Mimi. last
Therefore New. tsn,s ~ III Tus,us uspu
girls seated on cushions on the floor
around a fancy mat, was the unusual
feature. The room was otherwise a
| jungle of palms and foliage plants, and
the oriental cloth with its adornment
of ferns and flowers had a centerpiece
of fruits. Flower garlands round their
necks, such as are given with a well
come to every guest in Hawaii. were
worn by the girls.
A children's party for grown-ups was
held at the Roadside Club. st. Louis
recently. To begin
Grown-Ups as with, there was a
Baby Folks. wholesome supper
such as children would be allowed to
eat-and it was served at 7:30 o'clock.
There were chicken and rice balls
and chicken broth. Then for dessert
these children" had plain ice cream
and great pieces of fluffy sponge cake.
There were little furry bears and toy
horses and rubber dogs set about or
| the table that the children" could take
away with them as souvenirs of the
evening.
And some of the favors were rat
ties and tin horns-really truly rat.
! ties and horns that footed shrilly and
sharply enough to satisfy really truly
boys.
After supper there were games-droI
the handkerchief and Jerusalem"
Imagine dignified society matrons an6
their equally dignified husbands chas-
| ing one another around the room.
Can't you see the company-men ir
ridiculous little boys costumes and
| women in the short skirts of girls.
There were old-time children's frocks
| too. A matron with her masses of curly
| black hair let down around her face
and caught with sedate black rib
| bon wore an old-fashioned dull rec
organdie made with the voluminous
| ruffied skirt of our grandmother
| childhood. And beneath these folds OF
skirt hung the quaint white pantel-
| cites of the period.
And in the party there was n Rus
sian girl in the dress of a hussar-
| short. full skirt of white velvet, high
military boots and little cooked hat.
Miss Esther Turner, who yesterday