Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19

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quieter tone OF living, and thu
somewhat serious, or at least more
purposeful attitude toward living, II
is interesting TO note how social actiy
ity in the various cities of the Unitec
States Is locally affected. Washing
ton, d. G. for instance, where the rea
business of war centers, is experiene
ing a very gay season, accompanied by
the usual, merry winging of debutanteI
hither and thither, and an eager re
spcnse to the constant call of operi
and theator. A large share of this al
most, doubled social gayety is due tt
the ever changing, personnel of th'
hosts Of visitors in the capital city
These strangers within the gates, wht
include many important personages, OF
numberless commissions, have only Il
be announced as the latest arrivals
from over there and Washington
society hastens to the telephone, dat
book in hand. Indeed, one Of the dis
tinct differences between this seasor
and others of the past is marked by
the shcTtness Of the time between the
issuing of an invitation and the at
fair itselI. The war-urides even, arc
eongratulating themselves, if a hur
ried call to service allots them a gen
erous leaway Of twenty four hours to
throw together trosseau.
"However, according to society in
San Francisco, as observed in the col.
umns of the Chronicle, cit is not only
in the matter of weddings .'at tho
year contains many differences
THROUGHOUT the country there seems tC
be a decidedly different viewpoint
over the whole social scheme. 1t is
noticeable even in sewing circles and
. card clubs. The former have in many
cases really ceased to exist as sewing
circles for the time being, but The
same groups of women who have com
posed them during the last few years
now assemble for knitting teas. And
ms far as the card clubs are concerned,
in many Of the cities throughout the
union, while the game of bridge is
still pursued madly, the groups arc
smaller than heretofore Zone table
bridge parties are the usual order OF
the dav) and the prizes are almost al
ways eliminated The sums that would
otherwise be spent in this way arc
used for the Red Cross or the wal
fund of the Y. M. C. A."
Especially marked, has been this
changed trend Of club life in Salem
The club cf the old day is still with
MS, under the old name, perhaps, but
in a new guise. And lest we still in
sist on recognizing it as the old club
of last season, merely wearing the
same gown, turned" we are inyitcd
TO take second glance, when we per
ceive that a totally, different purpose
colors this cubl's existence, and to
such an extent, that we are forced to
acknowledge, after all, the appearance
of genuine newcomer in clubdom.
The early part of the New Year has
registered the annual elections of
many small and large organizations
Little eoteries and groups Of eongenial
co.workers have held informal gather
ings at numberless homes and club
meetings, in general have claimed the
lion Is share Of the week s calendar
The Monday Night Dancing club
onened the program for the week, fol
lowed on Tuesday night, by the month
ly gathering of the Merry -Go-Round
club. Sewing, as well as card clubs
were also busy this week, as evidenc-
ed by the afternoon spent on Wednes-
day by the members of the Sweet