South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
Busy Society Girls
BY Carolyn Prescott

Now it's the poor society girl, or
rather the rich society girl, who is
getting it, l have just finished read
ing an article by one of those English
men who come over on this side of
the water and write books about us.
He calls the American society girl
frivolous, empty pated, heartless. de-
oeitful, artificial and a number of
other things; but there's one thing
he does not call her, and that's lazy.
For whatever else she may be, the
butterfly girl, whose name is seen in
the newspaper columns more often,
perhaps. than she cares TO see IL, is
never lazy The very fact that she is
a society girl prohibits her indulging
in anything that even approaches lazi-
ness.
In the first place every society girl
must have her pet charity. II may
be a fresh air home. a hospital. or a
school. but whatever it is, she must
give of her time as well as her money
to her particular philanthropy.
know of a girl who has taken
upon her shoulders the keeping OF
the lawn and garden of a children S
hospital. out of her own allowance
she hires a gardener. and buys the
plants and seeds that keep the
grounds beautiful all through the
spring and summer and fall.
There is another prominent society
girl who makes all her wedding gifts.
This. by the way, is an OIL fashioned
resurrected. and a very sensible and
pretty fashion too, and more is the
pity that it was ever allowed 10 be-
come questionable
There is much sentiment connected
with the giving of a present made
with ones own hands AS all of the
debutantes of last season are an
nOuncing their engagements this fall,
this particular society girl is a very
busy individual these days.
And speaking Of brides. it seems TO
be quite the thing nowadays for the
bride TO make at least a part OF her
trousseau with her own fingers. and
really il is surprising how many girls
are becoming adept in the art OF fit
ting garments and Ornamenting them
with dainty embroidery and handi-
work.
There's another society girl in
town who dresses dolls in the most
wonderful fashion-dresses them ali
complete. even 10 wraps and hats
She dressed over a thousand dolls
last winter for fairs and bazars, and
at Christmas time she organized a
club Of girls 10 dress dolls for the
d
and those were busy days indeed for
the doll dressers.
Another society girl was explaining
her red hands last week by telling a
group OF friends that she had just
finished her four dozen bottles of
Catsup. She has taken the making Of
catsup. preserves and jellies for the
household into her hands. In the
group was another girl whose talent
for cake baking is known far and
near.
So with all her new fads and in
terests. the society girl you will see
! is anything but lazy. When she has
done all that society requires OF her
/ and has eaten. and attended TO her
toilet and slept. the fact that she still
finds time for other affairs not purely
\ OF a social character refutes the idea
/ that many have formed OF her that
she is frivolous. heartless. artificial
deceitful and empty -pated.
Those who see the society girl al
/ close range, and judge her from a
purely personal standpoint, know bet
/ ter than this. know her as a warm
/ hearted. impulsive. generous creature
ready and willing 20 assume her par
in making the world happier and bet
4 ter.