The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Weddings, Week End Parties
and Sports: Keep Society BUSY

OeI2 Oh sNeW IOth boSiSty
W. to-day were taken as chill
Hren to Barnum's three ring circus.
sften. be It said. 10 the disapproval
q their conservative grandparents.
vho c~ontended that there was toe
much excitement about the per-
lvsmsnces for tender youth. Grand
parents are always conservative. and.
IN those days as now, their advice
y not always good and, consequently.
n rarely followed. The education of
The three ring circus was evidently
much to he desired, for no human
mortal who had not had such an edu-
cation could ever stand an In the way
4 excitement that the fashionable
person Of to-day has to take as daily
Bread.
A week ago yesterday was q record
breaker in the number OF events
scheduled on society's programme and
At all Of which II was necessary to
- present from a social point of
view) in order TO show that one was
ready Tor the winter campaisn. The
lrishman's bird. who vas always able |
y be in two places at once. did no;
have half so hard a task as did those
Individuals who were hidden. to. the
5 southampton double wedding and
who also had to appear at the Nor
ris.own Horse Show, the Piping Rock
suces, the automobile race at Sleeps
Asad and take part In the hunts"
The extraordinary part of the whole
otA0 % that ANNA iVAtN.tA,tala ItI
succeed In taking In more than one
q these amusements so widely sep
asated, even though they were not
ct 30 many different places at the
ane uSDment they were credited
vim beipG special trains. apparently
without nbpbSr. not to speak of pri-
..Mte cars cOevsyed guests hithe- and
Jon. white motors of all kinds and
descriptions were used with reckless
disregard Of speed limits. Fortunately
the weather q provided ideal condi-
tons and the day was q great sue
een.
Week end house parties are so much
. matter Of course that it is hardly
worth while mentioning them again:
Sut last weeks and this weeks parties
have provided no end Of amusement.
- that the hostess has been called
upon to do very little personal enter
tanning. These same week end house
parties are we'll worth noticing: that is.
b the close observer of social matters.
The ariou different wheels within
wheels revolve quite nea together,
ct without touching. The set with
which the debutante will he identified
y often decided By the visits she
makes during the autumn preceding
her debut. There are also the older
members. the younger married, sets, !
Who, to use a slang phrase, travel I
tesether.. and at this time Of year
are aiwayD seen together. and. 1t is
safe to prudict. will be seen together
during the winter season.
The weather. after having been
unseasonably cold. has now turned
sharply about inc is apparently to'bc
u~nseasonably warm, so that staying
out Of town later is now discussed.
while gayety still is confined to the
country houses near town. But it is
always varied by the midweek inter-
ssts thai call every n into h city.
Is II TO be a gay winter or not? IS
row the topic of conversation. The
war III Europe. which keeps Amer.
leans in America. is making a mar.
vellou change in New York society. |
Old friendships are being revived. and
not only are Americans learning
America but New Workers. are begin
ming 10 know New York. This makes
. decided difference in the revision Of
many visiting lists. The money that
was spent abroad must be spent in
this country. Daughters winter outfit
can be purchased in this country. This
all necessltates most delightful shop
ping, always including luncheon at
the Colony or the Cosmopolitan
Club or some one of the popular
restaurants. where one sees all ones
friends n a-cquaintances. In the end
this may lead to a girl being better
known than when the same time. and
incidentally the same n were
spent in Europe.
The debutante Of this winter will
certainly start off with a much larger
list Of personally known prominent
persons than has any debutante of
past seasons.
Charitable entertainments are to be
81 shiona Bile again. 1t is well to be
prepared for this announcement. and.
remarkable to relate. the organizers
OF these entertainments have n lot of
new ideas by which they hope to make
money and incidentally provide social
entertainment for the fashionable.
The old fashioned fair or bazaar was
voted down in large communities long
ago, but it has been most cleverly re-
v!vcd under many n new disguise, and
Invariably attains its end OF inducing
tie public TO spend money.
II is fashionable 10 bc charitable and
there is no & limit while men and
women are both made to do duty.
This brings together a lot OF people
on a forced to be friendly basis and
after all does not create half the
jealousy and pickering that grew out
o. private theatricals, which at one
} tim" were efficacious as money ~raisers.
The young men and young Of
to-day are versatile and adaptable,
and their versatility is cleverly utilized
by the organizers OF these big relief
entertainments, which already are
Under way.
Those who would have it that the
horse has been entirely ousted from
popular favor by the automobile must
have found reason to change their
minds somewhat II they were in at
tendance at the recent horse shows.
whore superb specimens OF horsefiesh
And l-eI.