Evening star., 1918-01-06
Picked Up Here and There.

ne proud boast OF Mr.. Henry A. c.
s.9sy1pe con Of the late Moses Taylor
and head Of 3 noted
sWIhse rhmilies family. that seven
teen young men Of
n Vanguard. hi. family group are
snndsr arms and that moro than half Of
SHAsm now are on duty in France. may
Sna rspssssd BY other houses OF wealth
ana influence, says the New York Her
aid Ths patriotic spirit Of Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt. founder Of that
4smiIy's fortune. showed itself even In
the fourth and fifth generations for
With Col Vanderbilt and his son there
went to war their relatives. Messrs
william X. Vanderbilt. jr., and Harold
Sterling Vanderbilt, both on duty In the
naval reserve.
This same long list includes the
names of Messrs. William Averei and
E. Roland N. Hartman. sons Of Mrs. E.
Harry Hartman, and those of the son
ana son-in-law OF Mr.. and Mrs J. Pier
pont Morgan. who are Mr.. Junius spen-
Ger Morgan, jr.. and Mr.. Paul Geooes
Pennoyer. Mr.. William Earl Dodge was
one of the first to go. and Maj. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. tr, is on duty in France.
Z Two other sons of Col and MIS- Ineo-
/. dore Roosevelt In the war are Caps.
Archie B. Roosevelt, who received his
new rank last week and Capt Kermit
Roosevelt. who is with the Brltish
forces in Meso potamia-
Mr., Ogden L. Mills. grandson of tre
I late d. o. Mills, resigned his seat IN INC
fcers Reserve Corps Messrs kingdon
Gould and George J. Gould, jr., grand
sons of the late Jay Gould, are ready
for the front. Mr.. L. S. Grant. 4tn.
9eneral, enlisted in the 7th Regiment.
and by SO doing gave up an importar.
position In the banking hrm OF j.;
Morgan & Co. Mr.. Marshall Field. helr
. private. Fifty of the leading POLO
stars Of the Meadow Brook and Piping
Rock clubs hurried into the govern
ment service.
land. the first to set aside lucrative
positions and the ease of wealth were
the sons of the first families.
The proper Interpretation of the
right and the wrong in the matter
of social gay
Holidays Solve ETY. THIS win
Debutantes' Status. casion Of NO
end Of discussion at the present mo-
ment, q time when in all other years
society would find itself in the very
heart of the winters round of merry
making. Perhaps the least Of the world
uphsaval Is the social end of the game,
but in this. as in everything else. vast
changes have been noticed. and with
a. - rx-ho a
winter season is surely well on its way,
society had just about reached its de-
cision Of what must be done and what
should be given up until less troublous
times land incidentally less busy ones)
we're in evidence, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
A few months ago there was a mag
nilcent hue and cry over the tragedy Of
the debutante of 1917, but the debu-
fAnte still goes smilingly on her way,
enjoying her first winter with just the
same enthusiasm as heretofore, and ap-
parently totally unaware of the fact
thst she IL to be regarded in the light
81 q tragedy at all. In fact. IL truth
were told. those who postponed their
debut for another winter because times
would be $50 terribly stupid" for a bud
this winter. with the dearth Of men that
had been predicted. are probably Sc
crstly snvying those who came out ac-
cording to schedule. SO very delightful
and 30 unusual is the first winter that
they are enjoying.
Who among debutantes of other years
eeuld have imagined the continuous
oorfes Of affairs that are distinctly
Hdi6erent" and with the fun of intro
4ucing on each occasion perhaps
1oBen or more men whom the debutante
Has, perhaps. never even seen before?
The lead in this question came per-
4ope from New York, where, from all
accounts. the war and its problems are
b&ing taken with no more seriousness,
bat with perhaps longer faces than they
are at San Francisco. but where. none
the less. society has not gone COM
pleteiy into mourning. Especially in
the matter Of debutante pleasures was
thA sentiment voiced well some weeks
ago by one Of the socia. leaders Of the
eastern city and given the sanction of
nsr approval. together with the fact
that the common sense of the matter
appealed TO the group to whom she
originally made the utterance. The
x4oa has been taken up there. with the
result that social life. although more
means at q standstill AS she put it:
It 10 far better to follow In subdued
fern the customary routine OF social
austries dependent upon society for
livelihood. The abandonment Of large
dances IL wise. Such things cannot be
made to At into the present national
situation. but X all simpler forms Of
social life were discontinued. i am sure
we sheuld md ourselves soon obliged
20 open public soup kitchens to pro-
vide tor tho needy among certain
groups OF working men and women.
Plans have been completed for tho
roller skating carnival, which will take
place at the Palace
70 6kpte for roller skating rink.
w ~. at Market and 3sth
oeA SUM. streets. Philadelphia.
Fhecsruivai viii be given for the ben-
oAe Of the Army motor kitchen and the
seevy auxiliary wool fund by the Col
1see Women's Auxiliary, No. s, of the
j American Red Cross. OF which Mrs
walter jackson Freeman IL chairman
She 10 being assisted by Hrs Charles
IFice Aauie; Mrs. George Gorsas Ross.