Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-04

~I< n he that the social act Oh
| J making n debut is doomed and that
- some near future years we VIII De
wondcring what n debutante was ana
,ootine the word up in the dictionary
"a sec IL It still Is there, ana what IL
r,eons exactly? OF course, that sounds
vorv exaggerated, in the face OF teas
,,o.t Of this week and many others
scheduled for the coming months. Nearly
o-sry day one hears, 1t is true, OF
M. or that debutante who is having
tea; but she's leaving next day for
saith; or "she's come on for this
lance YES; but she's going right back
90 Wellesley tomorrow" and "she il be
~ for Thanksgiving but she's working
,erribly hard at Nassar' and so it
aoos Our debutantes are fast becoming
holIovc girls whose parties are incidental
:. ,Leir lives. or business women in
on,brvo taking business courses NJ
nrnycI or Peirce or Banks or any of the
',,,norous other business schools and
colleges about here.
And many of them alrcndy are oc-
,rnieI in various ways. It's only n
,r,oIl start, but does it show which
,ray rho wind is blowing? Are we be-
Inning to realize that too much time
sos been given up to this thing or
coming out?
r,OMEUOW 7 am little glad. We
y oo FOO far in this bringing out ot
JorSbtcrs. It's hard on the girls
Themselves. Every one at homo ana
obrood stands around and waits on
Exam and cntertains for them and
,ond. thcm flowers and compliments
,bnm for year: and then. no mat
.or how attractive they are. the fol
,owinr wear they have to take back
y,ot as II wore, for the new debut
tontes are coming along, and they must
have all the parties and attention ana
That, too. is n bit exaggerated. be-
cause lots of the girls have an awfuiiy
,ood time at the parties the year or
more after they come out: but the
narties are not given for them, and
they do begin to lose out on IN
citations. They are not asked TO this
or 70 that. because it's "strictly de-
butante affair" But now that some
NJ thp buds themselves are taking tine
attitude that they cannot give up
whole year just TO parties and gayety'
w. arc getting somewhere.
fully believe in that proverb about
aIl work and no play. but l think
The play has been run into the ground
and | sometimes trcmble Tor the CHAR
actcr Of the future generations because
" the lack of self denial in this.
It's good to have NO SAID TO
us once in n while; it's good TO md
we cannot always do just ns we like,
II helps MS TO be stronger to bear the
hard things which come to all of us and
which. after oil. are the things which
LClp 10 make us better men and women.
After which sermonizing you'll be
wanting to know who. have heard,
is going to college. besides Margaret
Butcher and Louise Swain. Well,
Alice Sailer for one. and Margaret
Huston. too. and ! have heard of one
Or two others whose names | have not
lust on the tip of my tongue.
DOLLY THAYEE. hear. is going
L into business. shes going TO have
m Office in Mrs. Franklin's shop, and
70 save my life I can't remember what
she is going to specialize in. but I'll
find out Hpd tell you. Barbara Boyd
has a shop on Sydcnham street and
makes the most exquisite lamp shades.
which she soils. and Gertrude Pancoast.
! understand, still is working away
busily in an office. She's an expert
typist and stcnOgraphcr.
rs TT not funny how YOU get into
train Of thought? 7 always like to
trace an idea back For instance. I
aid Gcrtrud" Pancoast then. and i'm
mPdiatck thought of Betty Scott
Naturally. as they are very close
friends. YOU know. And thinking Of
Retty reminds mo that hear she and
Walton have taken house in town this
winter. They will be nt 800 South
Twentieth street, and | am already
looking forward to seeing that faeri-
mating small daughter of theirs in Rit-
'"nhous" Square every afternoon.
She must be nearly four years old
now, md if she's as cute as she was at
,wo and half she's wonder. She
has her mothers wonderful ewes and is
AS pretty as a picture. The Clarks
were out in Devon all last winter. if
rHmombcr rightly. suppose Mrs.
scott. Rerty'S mother. will stay with
mem when she comes over from New
York for her supper club. which is. as