Evening star., 1915-12-19
Picked Up Here and There.

Twenty-four hours are no longer
| sufficient to constitute a day. accord
Ing to the calculations of New York
society, which at the present moment
| has its calendar SO full Of important
dates. all Of which have been accepted
and must be kept, that all of them can
not possibly be crammed into twenty
four hours. To meet these multifarious
engagements is the abstruse problem that
the modern woman, who is the social ar
To accept every invitation as it comes,
If all are desirable, is almost law. But
the saving factor is that an acceptance
| of an invitation does not by any means
indicate that that especial entertainment
will be honored by the presence of the
acceptor. In this way does the ingenious
woman succeed in making engagements
! for forty-eight different entertainments
| within the twenty-four hours OF course
there Is the danger of sometimes Offend
Ing hostess. but it is well understood
| that this is a perfectly correct thing to
do and no one would be "gauche"
enough to express any resentment.
! There is great deal Of discussion as
to whether a practice OF going on" as
is the English term. from one entertain
ment to another is worth while The
very young complain that they are no
sooner thoroughly in the swing Of one
entertainment than the time comes to go
on to the next. and so through day and
evening. And yet to be going on marks
the popularity of the individual who is 80
much in demand. Going on" from one
reception to another is unquestionably a
IoIV fNV HhA~ fAxr fAvy Nm
receptions that make for real gayety. and
q short stop at several fills the afternoon
quite delightfully."- without any boredom
Whatever, insuring meeting with a lot OF
by many and without the slightest sense
Of social responsibility. says the New
York Sun.
The dance given by Miss Harriet
Alexander at the Club De vingt gives
some idea OF
Wrap Up and Eat how the momen,
Supper Outdoors. during dun theA'so the es.
lposition period is going to swing So
ciety, says the Oakland (CalD Trib-
une. It is said that the very clever
idea of copying the New York Club De
Vingt originated in the agile brain OF
Mrs. Alexander, SO it was altogether
fitting that her daughters should host
ess the first affair.
The builder of the house. Mr.. Han
ford, bought part of tho land in Pine
street on which the old Fair mansion
stood, and he built thereon a dwelling
after his hearts desire, this was like
unto no other house In this city of the
seven hills. When some one asked him
what he called it. he merrily admitted
THAT it could be user for a Hammam
bath, a dance hall or a folding supper
room deux!
The main floor is a garden with a
fountain dividing two large rooms,
and upstairs is the kitchen, dining
Iroom and the bedrooms. Hanford IL
lone Of those modern anomalies. men
who walk with their foreheads to the
financial heavens and their feet on the
lpolished dance floors. The swimming
lpool is foored across now and is per-
fleet for dancing. There is still the
lglass roof latticed over with vines
land the ivory pillars and lattice6
walls but redecorated. The effect i,
light and French instead of orientallJ
LUXURIOUS as 1t was when Mr.. Hanfor6
lived there.
| The most charming spot is the hid
len garden at the back that opens
rom the ballroom. It is terraced down