Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-07
10TH YEAR.
SOCIE..T Z


about election day, and whether one
voted or did not vote. II Is no :rite
phrase to say that fashionable 30
cicty was out In force u, tho polls.
for many OF tho precincts with their
long lines OF waiting women, who
stood for hours before they cast their
ballot. rescmbled nothing 10 much as
tho most attractive reception shat you
over attended. Some brought camp
tools and shared them by turns With
their friends. others. smiling. adorn-
cd tho running boards OF machines
parked on tho street. and still others
found tho doors shut and tho sun
down on the first day OF their vot-
ing, with theirs not case. At FIRST
tho men laughed and laughed and
waved In good-natured amused FASH
ION. az is the habit OF man with his
women folk. but gradually the long
Inca OF women all over the city seem
ed TO bring another face 10 the mat
ior entirely. The word began TO 20
around that whatever the women o.
;hc res. OF The country were doing.
TIC women of Virginia wcrc backing
up tho party that had moulded and
made the Constitution OF the United
states In years gone by-that the
"o!nen Of the state stood aolidly be-
i.nd ideaiism. ana a vision of the far
DAY Of peace to all tho world. And
;hc men needed Just that word. Just
mat feeling that everything was safe,
80 far as this part OF the world was
concerned, and thai the Old Domin-
ION stood firm on the faith OF it's
fathers.
some very funny things happened,
Of course. II wouldn't have been a
human election dag i, they hadn't,
Jhrcc women changed their decision
Tor certain candidates three times In
rapid succession. and you were per-
:ccuy sure that they must have voted
entirely differently, once they were
inside tho booth. Another one, COM
Ini; cxc!;cdly out from casting her
ba'iot. announced to tho waiting
crowd that she wasn't half AZ scar
"h as she was when she was married.
~ VIXEN she voted. still another be-
noaned the fact that She had worn
her cotton stockings instead OF hc-
silk ones. because standing in line 50
7nS. she WAS quite euro they would
DC observed! But. all in ALL TN, wo-
HIen went most seriously TO the polls,
and In every direction you heard the
oppression OF voting for the best
'nan-;hc ono who will G!ve MOS;
% our country. our State. and OUR
-tv by hia service and his Ideals"
Dat with election day past and the
society season advancing BY leaps
md hounds, tho Eligible Bachelor
found himself ono chilly. rainy after.
noon in the house OF his Friend They
had tea In pale yellow cups and the
.it,lo buttony, white and yellow
hryaanthcTuma In the blue bowl on
;hc table made you forget about the
weather. It seems some OF the young
men who wcro 80 delightfully."- i'm
polite and. perhaps. unintcntionally
fu1n about their invitations last sea-
son. were coming in for their share
NJ snubb!ng this year. The eligabie
atchclor has perfect manners. be-
GAUGE you SEQ his mother was old
fashioned and she had in,t!llcd into
h:m the idea that when he was IN
vited AZ guest TO ball Jr dinner.
however small and insignificant the
iinction. that HE hosts had done him
an honor TO ask him. She particu-
ariy stressed the fact that he was
no means doinG a favor to accept
and that he could not casually go or
not as he pleased. after having ac-
opted such an invitation. unless the
foods came and the rains descended
tHd business or illness combined to
.e"p him away. But the bachelor
Us deeply concerned for some OF his
friends.
You see" ne said 20 the lady be-
ind the yellow teacup. 81 don't think
Toy Intentionally meant to be rude,
81, they got in the way OF bragg
my about how many dinner invita-
ons they had for an evening and
pw many times they could get by
w.ta ignoring enc and going to the
thcr. And OF course. murder will
out. The hostesses got together and
practically black -bailed this boy and
that. and they have been marked off
tho lists OF a great many of the
incest parties. In tho words OF the
BOYS who went to France, 1t seems
20 have gotten their anEora,' and we
must try and think of something
20 do"
But, don't you think that the nrs,
thing to do" said the lady serving
tea, "is to make the boys SEQ the
error Oh their ways and act little
VIZ aS Al tHcy were human beings,
instead OF nero men invited to act
us dancing partners and escorts? or
course they are just so many Silly
boys with their heads turned, Just
as a girls is, when she first goes to
a college dance and simply cannot get
around to all the people who have
asked her to dance"
Il suppose they will have to talk.
their medicine gracefully" the ma,
said, because they are certainly be-
ing left out, and for tho simple rea.
son that they thought they were in.
d:spensable as an adornment OF the
icast. and some cf the mothers and
sisters and aunts are seeing to 1,
hat they learn much needed lesson
in the subject OF manners.
Tho social affairs OF tho coming
wccii include a number of Interest,"
ing events In honor OF the debutante
sci. Monday Miss Margaret Hcrn-
don, OF Monroe Terrace. is giving a
luncheon at the Commonwealth Club
in honor of three debutantos Of the
acason--Misses Elizabeth Gray Vail
ontine. Julia Moncure and Helen
Johnston.
Mrs. Robert G. Thornton, of 1919