Show CREDIT IS DUE GIVEN TOO V V N V THE NEW FAD IN CALLS A Philadelphia society woman is reported reported reported re re- re- re ported as saying that she he has a a. new and convenient way of making formal calls Sh She makes her calls over the telephone Instead of getting into her calling gown and depositing cards at the houses of her acquaintances es she merely merely merely mere mere- ly calls them up p over the the telephone an and before ringing ng off informs the pers person person per per- s son n called upon that this is intended a aa as asa asa a visit i The custom is not likely to be widely adopted for the reason that to most people It will seem a good deal like phonetic spelling spelling more more useful than graceful and g grace ace is the essence of formal social social life Ufe or is supposed to be i To be sure there Is nothing very gracious gracious gracious gra gra- cious in driving to the houses of a a. score of or ones one's acquaintances acquaintances staying staying five minutes or leaving cards at each and limiting ones one's social Intercourse to ta that sort of thing but it is part o of the ma machinery na- na chinery of f a a. useful Institution and lIk like other other traditional machin machinery ry sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times becomes obsolete and cumber cumber- some The card system of calling had hada a reason when it was introduced and andI I H it t is the special work of society to perpetuate perpetuate perpetuate per per- customs for which there was once a reason until every scrap of f the original reason h has s vanished American Ameri Amen can society is not quite so Chinese as that of the EU European m n continent but tut perhaps it is as well veli not to go too far farin farin farin in one ones onet's s revolt from Crom the bondage of tra tra- V We Ve have to a certain extent discarded the duenna and the marriage of convenience con con- along with orders of nobility and md entailed estates None of f these traditions is likely to be greatly re regretted regretted re re- by any people that has gotten rid of them But when it comes to carrying on formal social intercourse over oer the telephone it appears as if it were time to stop and think about it Washington Times s. s |