Evening star., 1918-07-28
New Era for
Debutantes,


Debutantes. ana .n.,na'es pssa ION
that is the personnel of the group
which is to receive its formal in
PRODUCTION into the gayeties of the
beau monde, says the San Francisco
Chronicle.
That momentous event, toward
which all girldom looks as the goal
and crown of the dull years Of prepa-
ration in the nursery and the school,
1919 with a rather different aspect
from what 1t did their sisters in
earlier years The maids who greeted
society in the season just past had
some little taste of this dissimilarity,
but to no such extent as will the
coming debutantes.
Time was, and not so very long
ago. when to enter the bright portals
of the smart set without formal
affair Of introduction was to presage
| but mediocre popularity for the sea-
| son and dim the path to leadership.
Teas were considered the thing
some years back. and every maid
greeted the hosts she was to con-
quer from the shelter of her own
bay window beneath q bower Of
the more brilliant and spectacular
whirled at once into the very center
of the gayeties they fondly fancied
were to make their life. But this
winter things will be different.
So. many of the beaux. who are
a necessary part to all such merri-
ment as the debutante is entitled to.
will be absent from San Francisco
this season, and because of their
detection from social ranks the modes
must change. There will be but few
fttnrtfnnQ nf nnta-narhana
but one or two-but the buds will
blossom Just the same in more inti-
mate and no less happy settings.
The informal gatherings must now
be limited to real friends. instead Of
a great host of acquaintances. the
| burden of hospitality will fall away
and everybody, the elders as well as
i their juniors, will reve1 in the gem
uine merriment that needs must reign.
| It is not so many years ago, when
we stop to think of it, that it was
| occasion for
The Aeroplane Enters mention in
Social Field. news ~ ,hs
day when a family arrived at their
summer home In an automobile. This
week Tho PCOplC WCIC
wondering II the experience of Mon
day was a forerunner Of a new meth
cd of travel which in a short time
would become as common as the mo-
tor car is today. says the Detroit Free
| Press.
Mai. Gen. Brancker, of the British
army, invited to luncheon with Col.
E. NJ House at Magnolia, stepped into
rected the driver. Lieut.. J. S. Reiten-
baugh of the United States Army, to
take him to Magnolia arrived in time
for luncheon, landing within short
walk, and later in the afternoon re-
turned home in the sam same IN manner; ann en-.
and the plane was well over Rye
Beach before it was discovered they
| had passed their destination. Is it
| coming to the time when the north
I shore and Long Island will hobnob
! evr :uho::;;seaas. iaacss ana al AFTER
noon Of golf. the visitors returning
home in two or three hours?
~
~KeepinE up the morale of the
| women over here" is the way in
which Mrs. Joseph
Women Getting R. Lamar of At
| u1, lanta, member Of
AoSetnef. the women's COM
mittee of the Council OF National De-
| fense, who has charge OF the organ
ization affairs of the committee. char
acterized the purpose Of the scheme
of organization. says the Atlanta
Constitution.
I'VE want to see that the women
| fritter away no energy when energy
| Is 30 precious, on useless things, on
superduous spectacular drives. on ap-
pealing charities which are not found
| ed upon actual need and common
sense," says Mrs. Lamar. when
| women are shown where con entra-
| tion results in successful winning of
Isuch>campaigns as the saving of food
and fuel. then their morale has been
kept UP. When they spend them
selves upon minor affairs, then the
morale is broken down.
'aThe great temptation tor a woman
| is to pick out line Of work which
appeals to her personally. They are
learning now that the government
wants them to work-together accord
ing to the needs OF ethe country. It
was once customary for q woman's
club to appoint small ccmmittee
when there was anything Of I'm
| portance to be done.
The committees today are no long
ler little groups Of chosen women.