TRAINING FOR SOCIETY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10525, 11 December 1912, Page 3

TRAINING FOR SOCIETY.

LATEST AMERICAN EAD,

“The Bureau of Social Requirements” is latest fad. It is a sort of school for society’s novices, and undertakes almost anything and everything calculated to make modern life less arduous. New York originated the _ idea, and succeeded so well in tilling the longf felt want that not only Washington, | hut other American cities, followed I suit. , , , } The bureau is run by good business I women, some of whom have been I society hostesses gin their time, _ and 1 know what is wanted by society. 1 They have undertaken to choose, decorate, and furnish houses, run ( 1 them when finished, or supply j housekeepers, secretaries, and servants, "permanently or for special occasions. They will arrange and | conduct balls, weddings, dinners, etc. The bureau is especially de- | signed to meet the needs of newcomers to Washington, who tremble lest . they infringe some unwritten law of the country’s gdiplomatic and social capital. Mrs Labouisse, formerly of Sew York, who has been twice married, is chief directress of the bureau, and has a staff of qualified assistants, every one of whom is dying to fill all the needs of much harassed hostesses,' or tutor those still’.untried in the “social labyrinth. Mrs Labouisse is confident that the bureau will be a success, and points to some well-known houses “already I managed by this bureau. ’ ’ Also, j, she says, “we arranged the marriage lof Miss Hopkins to Mr Elliott, the other day. The programme was characterised by many attractive novelties, not the least appreciated lof which, lam sure, was serving i - sandwiches and drinks on the pnI ■ vate train which we engaged to take I I guests to the wedding. ” r i The approachement between the \ world of business and society, I Labouisse insists, is becoming more t marked every season.