Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-07
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III Society Is whispering behind it's fan.
/ r-pfhd the whispers are NIL about the
.sns1fbutantes of the season and what they
d R1a age going to do about coming out.
: NJ aBefore one makes up ones mind. it
-lolIUay be we'll to look into what the
SEPls OF other cities doing. So
'c' sohg ago as tho first year OF the
Richmond dcbutante went without
,ss.ber comng-out ball and sent the money
sso to the Belgian relief more than that
x.n the girls making their formal debut
800 dzU Baltimore that same winter went
scwathout the usual flowers for dccora-
and elaborate refreshments at
Sior entertainments and sent the
r., Money which would have been ex-
pended on these things 10 the war
sufferers. When you have IA,vcr been
e& forcibly driven from your homo. when
you have never actually suffered the
4 ~y,,,Aorrors OF invasion IL is rather
aid N,cult to grasp the situation just at
Gassence.
&c es'Now that we are actually at war;
THO pleasure-loving, happy people OF
the country have been looking around
every direction to see what they
-,ncan give up that will really be of SER
.--yYtce to the allies and the result Is
i l!4viFost interesting. BY means is It
-st~suggested that you give up simple,
-Js@ocial affairs. it just seems too heart
t*.aless to spend money for huge func-
Ss'itfohs OF no particular necessity when
r eSipthers are in need of bread.
'oA,. In New Orleans, where pleasure Is
-; written entirely in capital letters, the
s,nWonderful brilliant carnival of MarGi
Gras will not be held this year. The
Mardi Gras. perhaps no other func-
ton OF the entire winter. cmbodes the
rsnirit' OF the gay people OF that city.
STslC is a real sacrifice to give il zip. In
- ATLANTA. another Southern city noted
s.,f6r the brlliance of it's social func-
tidhs each season the dcbutantcs OF
the winter have already met and de-
cided to do without such things as big
.s7tGoming-out balls and tho beautiful
s.sotSowns that are necessary for such
& cc!!entertainng. They will give tho
-Tosnoney to the war relief. some particu-
-n""Iar branch of work that they are in
.terested in, and they have petitioncd
tho Red Cross for definite work to do
each week to be known as the "debu-
tantes work" The Atlanta buds have
given up their frills and balls What
arc the Richmond debutantes going
to do?
Agnes Repplier. the great American
essayist. says: I'VE cannot afford to
have our young people feel that they
have no part to play in the nations
heroic struggle. that they may go on
/ amusing themselves In the old. careless
: fashion, while men are dying for their
safety. The rites and ceremonies of
/ coming OUT may well be omitted, or
at least smplified, next winter. If
Eirl decides to take hospital course
instead OF devoting her winter to
Eaycty. she chooses wisely. Her health
will be conserved her heart and mind
expanded"
There are several weddings OF note
this week. OF interest here ms we'll
; as in the North. is the wedding of
: Miss Ethel Crenshaw Watkins. daugh-
I ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin T Wat
kins. to Norrie Fuller Munger. which
Will be celebrated Tuesday evening at
/ 115 o'clock at the Bethel Baptist
Church. Miss Katharine Donlon. of
New York. Will be maid of honor and
Henry Robinson. of Wilmington, Del
1 classmate or the groom At Yale. will
be best man. The bridesmaids will be
Misses Lucille Cullingworth. Louise
Warrington and Mamie Quarlcs OF
Richmond and the ushcrs will include
Henry Fuller of Cleveland; Henson
Justis. OF Blackstone; william Moss OF
J Richmond. and Sterling Souther Of
Halsboro.
Those attending the wedding from
Richmond will take the train leaving
Richmond at e o'clock over the South
ern. from Main Street Station return
I ing Will arrive In Richmond at $50
o'clock Automobiles Will meet the
guests at Hallsboro
/ numser of Aiichmond guests will
go to Salem this week to attend the
wedding on Wednesday of Miss Eugenia
Griffin. daughter OF Judge and Mrs.
! Griffin. to Charles r. Burnett, of this
i city. Several attractive affairs have
been given in honor of the bride and
her attendants. and a reception at the
home OF the brides parents will fol-
low the ceremony tho church
, Miss Ada Fill gave q linen shower
Wednesday afternoon in her nome M
20lS Grove Avenue, in honor OF two
, October brdes-Miss Julia Omohundro.
I and Miss Linda Koner. The house
, was decorated in pink. and covers were
laid FOR twenty. Miss Omohundro
= VIII be married to Charles phillips
, Wednesday. October 10, and Miss
koiner's marriage to DR.. c. c. Vaughan
will take place Saturday n; $50
o'clock. BRENT WITT