Show A SOCIAL PROBLEM A thoughtful hought ful woman remained the lie other day now isow that thai the heason la Is over it Is borno borne lit in upon me that hat afternoon teas are fast changing 1 ci I lends lend S IT into ito acquaintances and acquaintances into gels when we only bee our fi lends lit in their best gowns and ald in ill I 1 hie lit society of 0 othel others A no leave lave to nouri nourish bli our interest and affection upon what we have known ot of them under the surface in ili times limes rdby alil little by likic fill e we glow and learn to lit alic e without our I 1 lists become longer loneer laith the pressing ot of the years shire one meets charming new people and one does docs not neglect old friends but the time bet benleen leen and MII set terrains id and the de 11 e nods upon us lini cate as a our children grow older our parents more feeble and our ot of tile the backed ns of life and eunity more inore keen then at the end ot of the season wo we filli llna that wo e lave religiously paid tile the 1 kochal oc tat mint anise and cumin have called upon our acquaintances on oil their days with w ili punctilious chui coui tesy but for N hom we really cat c leave lave been almost crowded out of our lives we e all feel that the reception known flown a as afternoon teas leave much to be desired V Is e mecole a limited gle eiert et ing front from out ho hoste teis hs N who he has only it lime allt pel imps to lo ask sent showing pox bonal interest Inte rosil w hon her ion is clai claimed nied by tho nt not it ennier coiner air and our answer I 1 it no longer of 0 we apo b familiar faces of 0 fi lends licie and and hasten to exchange A few with each knowing thit thal thero Is no hhite for or real comeri atlon hild and that we lie have several other apa tean for that same bame afternoon afler noon and must not stop too wf we huny burly out ot of the hou home c anil and en cn the carriage tit sit hll bolt iu as though tile lit relaxing of our inus muscles cles might retard rr tirl om oliv tess and slight at another house whole elicie Is tep tile the saine ain scene that thai we have juat lert left upon lipon upal our return jinni leonir we vv lave hivo h ivo a pla I plaint IP ft al ant I 1 of having accomplished much in fit check iniz oft a rondly of fo clat obligations hut bilt lo 10 li tills cc ill 19 often another that Is es self gratulatory ry wo we reflect that society tills 1111 jiro with hit nur nue ht best alica are dominated and ill fled acil liy by its petty conventionality convention alitt th thai at our social la is hullt built upon th ill trivial In nioMa of our lives live and nol upon pan that kiich can make inaki us its an lapu lappier pier by giving us it thi the joys of friendship or even bringing test leal or an any better ty by developing ond and cuno bling out immortal linin ortal part trus tell society does docs not pretend to bo b a tn moral oral teach r it tells achs us hm flow to dies adicsa how to behave beharr and according to tile tha rigid traditional law of 0 ties dictates how bow ii ap must or I 1 n amuse ourselves oura elves es and entertain our nur friends frienda lint n aliv hv mav be not m make ilir our nur atry re liow to daw dame fashion and hr hir ati allta be careful not too loo flagrantly to outrage their retire ot of what it tit fit but claim for a little little to enjoy each other froni from a batar |