Problem of Hostesses
A curious which is puzzling London hostesses has arisen among the guests at many private dances this season. Guests arrive in small crowds, and they depart about the appointed time, again probably in small crowds—but towards midnight there seems to be a lessening of the numbers. Chaperons are heard asking if anyone has seen their charges; young men grow scarce! Yet good-byes are said decorously under the eyes of mothers and aunts and grandmothers in the wee sma’ hours!
The reason is the popularity of the newly devised party, which is the outcome of the great hold dance clubs and cabaret shows have over the younger generation. The explanation is that at private dances the young people have to talk to some friend of the family, or be polite to a possibly unsympathetic relation, or dance with partners with whom they have little in common—in other words, they have to “put themselves out for somebody”—an unendurable situation.
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Southland Times, Issue 20011, 27 October 1926, Page 13
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160Problem of Hostesses Southland Times, Issue 20011, 27 October 1926, Page 13
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