Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
10TH YEAR.
SOCIETY

Only few weeks remain OF tho
real summer season, although very
few people will return to town until
after the middle Of September, ana
tho society season In Richmond is
scarcely begun late In October. The
fall season, like spring. in Rich
mond. is hardly worthy OF the name.
but 1t Is Il very informal and charm
Ing time OF tho year. and entertain
Ing becomes merely hospitality 10
ones close friends.
Talk. some one has said, has gone
out OF fashion. Perhaps II has where
tho bcnightcd person nails from. but
not In these parts on summer nights.
1t Is too hot for cards and some fair
~ important bits OF talk arc paescd
between friends. One group in the
twilight OF the Country Club. watch
Ing tho shadows deepen where the
river bends into view, grew more
Than animated on the subject or the
modern boy and girl. 1t seems that
people can't get away from the sub
1cct: they twist II. discuss II. cS
press their opin!ons times without
number. and yet the problem remains
and the world ways on fairly well
without suddenly dropping into space
on account of II.
Ono young man was just home
from n summer resort. and he was
worked up TO q white heat on the
subject OF the dearth OF conversation
among the girls he had met. lie was
thoroughly nice. attractive man.
too, and he bore honorable wounds 10
show his part In tho great battle OF
the Argonne. so you are 10 suppose
lie was at least as appealing to the
fair sex a. any OF the other avail
able dancing men. unattached for tho
summer.
Why don't they talk about some
;hlng!" he exclaimed. II ain so sick
OF all this forced pep and froth. AT
lcaht they could answer inteIiigentiy
the questions that ask them nbou,
their friends and their family. o:
course. 1 am the ripe old age OF %
my next birthday. but 1t simply
wear!es me beyond expression 10 find
the girls SO utterly lacking In any
kind Of conversation at ALL
Now the girl who-is- about-to be
dcbutan;e put down tho fluffy blue
sweater che was knitting and enter
Cd tho lists in behalf OF her sex. IL.
all your own fault" she said. 81 am
ashamed to admit Il. but girls every
where will keep on doing the things
that attract the men. Just because :,
Is human nature. / suppose. nobody
can possibly reason II out any othc.
way. ~ man Will fairly beat his wife
and sisters for appearing on the
street in an extreme costume ano
yet VIII race around dozen corners
Just 20 get "a look a; the girl who
liz wearing one. or ruth Il 70 death
"a dance.
III leave II 10 any sane men and
true on any jury they may arrange"
bald the girl, eli & isn't the taul: o.
the men that We are boring and silly
in our conversations and trying 10
pretend we are poppy when we are
not. For generations men have raised
hands In horror al the idea OF rush
Ing or marrying 4 Girl with brains
They have played the doll-baby idea
10 q standstIll and now they verify
have their reward In the Bahy-Vamp,
who Is clu;tcr!ng UP the wheels OF
civilization. II girl Rad a grain o,
sense she was afraid to show Il for
fear nobody would dance with her. !
am ashamed of my sex. but it seems
10 be our lot in life 10 be mans
charmcr, TO comfort him with flagons
and stay him with apples when he Is
sick OF love and. II society is boring.
with It's rows OF girls with no cdu-
cation ana no talk" then you have
nobody in the world TO blame blu,
yoursclvcs!'
All of the men shifted in their
chairs. Some OF the women agreed
with the ho-is- 4 bout to-be de-
butante and the men, being men, only
smiled and tried 20 tell the girl that
she was so different from the rest.
AT any rate" chimed in one or the
husbands in the group. next winter
and the winter after that will be the
acid test for the men. for dcbutantcs,
eight and ten strong. are coming out
In society and every mothers daugh-
Ter OF them Will have full r. a.
degree from standard college! If
they are not the bellies OF the season
1t will surely prove that tho poppy.
do!l-haby type IS the height Of our
desire and we deserve our fate"
Nobody spoke again for I long time.
The golfers came in and one by one
the candles We're lighted on the little
supper tables on the terrace.
II don't care whose fault II is.''
growled the perfectly nice man in
conclusion. girls, most of them
bore me to death with their pep and
all their talk about nothing at all.
''By the way" he said to the girl.
who blamed it all on the men. chow
about going to one OF the Mondays
with me next winter"
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