THE DEBUTANTE DAUGHTER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 11

THE DEBUTANTE DAUGHTER.

...This, season has brought into society abou the' usual, number of debutantes'(says-a Mel bourne paper)., At big; public balls their eld er3 ., ha T o ,^ d , °? d ? wnile tlw ? entered ii quite, delightful bevies..: On more than' oni occasion tnia entry has , been made along . ai avenue-formed/by stewards holding garland and .festoons; of;.roses,' nnd.it is small wondei that spontaneous applause greeted the arriva of. ;the •: girls, m their , new frocks; their hand soma bouquets arid ' incidental finery." It ' i sad,'but , true,- that the debutante by day'i lu. L l i / , rath<!r ' a failure,-and even , at night, afte most .memorable ''coming out"- night she. js, not always the success sho might' be Youth.'is the' time'for the.gathering'of 'rose buds-'.in.. large. ,and fragrant nrmfuls,. and m thinking .woman can helpi feeling sorry for thi girl:who'fails: to "arrive" -till she has let mam years: with; golden..possibilities slip -by ' her .*,° nn S' P"S, ; even .in:th'ose modern , days, ari often", shy and 'Part'of' ■■ thei awkwardness' rises from a lack of s'avoir faire Much'more -offit.'-cbmes from an'inadeqnab knowledge.of the art.of.dress.'.-A -wise author ity ; eays-.that,no iWoman'ipays proper attentioi to, detail, while; sho is; on tho sunny side o thirty, and this accounts for the.anomaly tha the s»nny.,side of thirty is often' not sunny a aUr .Perfectly-fitting neckbands, immaculat belts and: sound hems' .to skirts.' that .hang quit straight may. seornXsmall. things. They.,are o inflnite: : importance to!the, self-conscious youn girl.,',JeweUery that-another authority: refer to as: the kind that :comcs off/'a card is oftei accountable for agonising moments on the pijr of;. aVgirl,. while garish hatpins .and buckle are. other" enarea., ■A' yonng girl' needs v.teacl jng that aniunderskirt is qnite as important a a skirt,. and ..that gloves .a'ndVboota' ehonld b as. far above■ suspicion 'as- parasols 'and simpl hats.>''lt'..is:tho little-things, that count i dress,' , aiid, it',.is dresa 'that counts most with ahvgirli arid :a little atterition to details, wonl often: make;the 'difference betiveeh a Buccessfii arid a.'non-successful,debutante; .'V.i*.,,, , ' ', ; :■ Talking ...of 'debutantes!,.' soveral; mpjthors -.' r iii cently/discpssed a. problem'that;was quite-ev: deritly -troatUng! 'some'.'of.thoni;'-.Their daugr ters;car'ed'neither;for dances'.'nor.'.d&nohigi >an w'ere'jabsolutely'.'.indifferent, to tjie ■ •excjtemeii of ■ "c'Oniing ..out."' .Naturally; several,of . ,tb mptheri; wondered '.what. the world was comin to, but it was themother'of several'sonsfwh gave.; tho/liktliest, solntion .to' the '.. problen DanqiDg;is not.nearly as popular' with • . .-v boys; and young men as ifu6ed to ' The,latter cannot /'afford ;.either I mpney'pr'the Ijiierey■'that'ti round daß'eev ! deinandfc •Soat n l .o6mes I ;te, -~ ; th'at^sc6rts"of : 'girls':have, really:'"' ~,', no-.-.jpan'i'•■;friends-/'y.he'.: danco. . ■'. *' < "It's very entertaining tj'stand ' ; -.■; ; about '.aball-room anoT look pro-;..;.- : perly./gr^tblj , ; 'tor.some,' half-'.'..;/ 'grpwn i boy: , , for'"asking; you-, to - : ■'--.:/ dance jwith,\him,".-■'remarked-, /J a. witty/'handsomo .and ,gonin! A 'A yorine' /.woriian -■ recently, < "es- ;:\»?! ?ecial!y.. when,, all your :.,best .;. riends, , ' are where, you-warit '■■'-~ • to be;'yourself." She had the 1 |. matter':/. in a : nutshell. l .. Girls, have too'many interests •,.,.■■ nowadays to .-.want to , dance '■'.','. solely, for the ,loy.e of .dancing."; - - ■■ The- time was; when young ■ . people met'mostly .in'tho. ball-. ~ ~,,', r , '.-,- room.-.'jNoif;,bpys.and 'girls and■you'ug.irion ai women'iwork' (is ,well as .play and. t jrfrl. who is!.not moved; tofcourt" invitations 'ai 'adore: dances" is no longer regarded, as rariosity': . ■;.(.■'...-,- ;";V:..'. .'.'■ ■.■■.-■ : ; ~■■:• -■'./■;''■. : A iQUEEN'S APPRECIATION' ■ When King-Edward came, to'the , throne 01 )f the first things that'-he:did was. to ord :he exile ai' tho soveral statuesof Johii Bron: who-:had served (Jucen "Tictoriarfor 60 mai rears r as, her giUie.:/When.Brown died, "son lifteenyor sixteen' years;ago, the: aged• Qu« noutned'.'so' deeply the; loss of her trusted r ainer,.whofhad, ; .been:a member.of her'hous lold/aiid.in,constant' attendanco-upon- her. fi nearly;half a.cehtury,, that\she set up statu, )f .him:;at. , 'Balnioral, , at:Osbo!rne,' and at Wini »r._. There.w?.s also. : a: silver: statuette -of hi: it.-Buckinghnm Palace. iNow.Jwhile King'Ei »rard ; ;thoroughly"apprtciated;Brown'sfdevotic :o,ais..august he; : at>the, same , .tin realised, that ;his.services'had; been 'of a-menii Jharncter,':Vith .nbthiug. in-, their'n'aturei.to ca gr.-;pommemoration;in- the.'foriri ',of ■ sculptur- ? e ':W ■; able .'..to understand 'that' posthumot iqnours.bestowed for such purely 'personal ;a :eridanco. on'the sovereign were calculated t ;rcate,:a;.. popular..criticism' ,pf .the /neglect-1 sommemorate. in. a'similar-manner "great.-'sei rices to..the. nation: and '.grand deeds.of hen W- '^. hat is ..why, with 'his, keen knowledg )f public sentiment,,: ho ' removed - the . statue jf John Brown!,out: of sight,. while showin iumself. most.kind_and generous'in his-treal n.entof the old Highlander's family. Who *%< b l^ me "if thes ? effi ei« s °f the late Queen' jilhef The silver statuette and those of broriz bve undoubtedly: found their way' into th neltingVpot'. But ;Tchat,has becomo.of ■ thos ivhiohiivere of marble?, ■■ , ■