The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
BUSY SOCIETY GIRLS
Ky CAROLINE PRESCOTT

Now. 1t Is the poor society girl or rather the rich society girl. who is getting it. 1 have just finished reading an article by one of those Engllshmen 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- ee.tfuI. artificial and a number of other things: but there's one thing he does not call her. and that's iazy.
 For whatever else she may be. the but terfN girl, whose name is seen in the newspaper columns more often, perhaps. than she cares to see it. Is never lazy. The very fact that she is a society girl prohibits her indulsing in anything that ever approached lazlness.
 In the first place, every society girl must have her pet charity It may be a fresh air home. Il hospital or a school: hut whatever il Is. she must give of her time as well as her money to her partcu- lar philanthropy
 l know of girl who has taken upon her shoulders the keeping of the lawn and garden of childrens hospital Out of her own allowance she hires a gardener. and buys all the seeds- and plans that keep the grounds beautiful all through ths spring and summer and fal
 There Is another prominent society gin who makes all her wedding gifts. This.
 
 rected and a very sensible and pretty fashion. too, and more is the pity that it was ever allowed to become unfashion- able.
 There is much sentiment with the giy- ing of a present made with ones own hands. As all of the debutantes of last season are announcing their engagements this fall this particular society girl is q very busy individual these days.
 And, speaking of brides. it seems to bs quite the thing nowadays for the bride to make at least a part of her trousseaf with her own fingers. and really if is sur prising how many girls are becoming | adept in the art of fitting garments and | ornamentlng them with dainty embroidery and handwork
 There is another society girl in town who dresses dolls In the most wonderful | fashion-dresses them all complete even to wraps and hats.
 She dressed over 1000 dolls last winter l for fairs and bazars. and at Christmas l time sine organized a club of girls to dress dolls for the little childen in tho orphan asylum, and those were busy days l 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 l four dozen bottles of catsup. She has | taken up the making of catsup. preserves and 1ellies for the household Into her own her hands. In the group was, another girl whose talent for cake bakingtis known far and near.
 So. with all her new fadssand interests. 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 social character refutes the idea that many have formed Of her that she is frivolous. heartless artificial, deceitful and empty-pated l Those who see the society girl at close
 range and judge her from purely per-
 sonal standpoint, know better than this 1 know her as warm-hearted. impulsive, generous creature, ready and willing to assume her part In making the world happier and better.