The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31
Midseason Brings Many Signs
of Unusually Gay Winter Season

30 many Indications that the gayety
Is o to begin that New York can
certainly not be called dull. During
the coming week there are quite a few
interests which will bring people back
to town and keep them occupied.
Naturally. they are not expected to
stop over the week end. and those few
individuals who elect to spend Sunday
in town. having opened their town
houses, have a %curiously apologize
dir. as though they had made u fatal
error IN beginning the winter SO early.
Again weddings are attracting at
tention, and again the weddings sched-
uled for this week promise to he quite
original in design and detail. No
longer Is 1t fashionable for all brides
to be gowned alike. and the mount Of
originality displayed in the costum,ng
the different wedding parties Is quite
extraordinary. 1t * a foregone con-
clusion now that a bride lool.s her best
on her wedding day; and that all the
bridesmaids should also look their
best IL In the new order Of things.
Time was. and not so many years
ago. when the bridesmaids and their
WIN SNisCttu as the DdCk-
ground for the bride. Now n COM
piete picture liz demanded. and each
person taking part in the ceremony is
expected to look his or her best.
II is too late in the season for coun-
try weddings. SO the city IL to have
the benefit of his weeks marriage
ceremonies. There was n wedding nj
1t. Thomas's Church the hour for
which was set Il: the same time the
suffrage parade was to start. and it is
said the bride requested Il postpone
ment OF the parad" until n later hour.
on account of the traffic complications
that might occur. Such n request.
needless to say. was not needed. The
wedding was held sharp on time, and
fortunately the last guest had left the
church long before the first s~uffragist
made her appearance in line.
No effort has been spared to excite
interest in the Madison Square Horse
Show. That there will be "a large at
tendance OF folk who are interested In
ipeeting ~ another after the long
summer, and incidentally seeing the
horses. is quite certain.
There have been plenty OF straws
TO show that the wind has set in to-
ward the direction of horses. The on
locker at the different horse shows
that have been going on the last few
weeks. II he . she has had any keen
~dtscernment. must have noticed the
number of prominent men and women
who y taken part. who have either
ridden their " horses or somebody
t.sc's II who have been marNcllous,y
We'll posted on the good points Of the
various animals exhibited. All the
hunting sets-and they are many In
nulnber-wiil make 1t a point t. De
present at the no. Sc Show. While il
is tritc to Remark upon the number
OF people row in this country on ac-
count of the war. still 1t will make
q difference IN the numbers WHO do
not live in New York, but are visiting
here now II to whom the Madison
Square Horse Show is an event Of
importance. Therefore. there is no
doubt that next wee will offer
much of interest 10 keep people In
town. The horse show makes n splcn-
did background, a capital excuse FOR
many entertainments. all Of a moro or
less informal nature.
The autumn dances are popular this
year. They always are popular. for
there In a certain "go" and excitement
about the various festivities of this
order that cause the ordinary routine
Saturday night dance AT any OF the
country clubs To assume quite a fcs-
tive air. 1t Is always planned to make
this week end dance gay. Although
the press of business may prevent all
tho gliU'htr #Nn1nc man from t,Lipp ~
holiday every Saturday, 10y noon sat-
urday they can all get to tho country,
and saturday afternoon provides all
sorts Of ont OF door amusenents which
lead up well 10 the spirit Of !joll!ty that
eliminates in the dance.
The Saturday night dinncr at any Of
the fashionable places near New York
IL quite an event, the number Of guests
only being limited by the size of the
dining rooms. Forty and sixty guests
seem a considerable number. hut. in
these days OF house parties and when
entertaining Is so well organized, such
a guest list does not by any means
indicate a formal banquet. The guests
come from all the different places near
by. then afterward every one goes TO
the dance.
There are always three or -four debu-
tantc receptions in November. and this
season IL to be no exception to the
rule. These entertainments will, how
ever. be limited in number, for not
until December will the rush begin,
The few that are to he held IN Novem-
Der are distinctive in their isolation, |
but It Is a mooted question whether
any real advantage is gained by giving
q coming out reception SO early.
1t IL said that the girl who comes In
town early gets her debutante recep-
ton put Of the way, Is then ready for
any entertainment that comes along
and very often gets ahead Of other
debutantes. She certainly gets her
name down OH all the lists of enter
tainments to he given IN return for
tie cards which she has already sent
out. 1t will be noticed that the debu-
tante Is spoken OF as attending 10 all
these details herself. In olden days
the parent had this responsibility, but
to-day the modern girl has an amount
of social knowledge which scar ely
seems compatible with her <
Many more private dances are listed
for the coming season than were
known OF last week. Apparently the
theatre party. followed by a dance. is
70 pe more popular than the dinner
dance. although the dinner dance. or
rather dances, where three or four