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Show II Social Saunterings JK I' Is the picture postal card destined to become 5jff as much of a power for socialism among those Si , who claim they are in society, as the literature of jljif the correspondence school is among the laboring Hi' (j classes? It is a question of some moment sug-Mm sug-Mm ' H . gested in a week of inocuous desuetude, for m scarcely a day passes that the stay-at-home's are IB - ) not enlightened with the beauties of other climes H at this season of the year pictures sent by their H unsympathetic friends, and instead of arousing Hi t them to what little social activity the gods might BI l! let them provide at home, they become dlscour- Hf aged at their own fate and sink into a state of I" coma from which nothing would arouse them but a good long railroad ticket and a proportionate purse. Instead of motoring on the Riviera or fussing l' around the flowered terraces of Santa Barbara, j they must beat it up and down the streets of our i beautiful little city, and perforce, if they have i nothing loftier in mind, play bridge from noon ' till twilight. The picture postal card should be abolished except for the benefit of those who can .afford to look at them. But we sincerely hope i that this suggestion will appear too late for the blue law brethren of our jackass legislature to act on the matter, i j! j? j? I Speaking of the legislature unspeakable as m it is a large number of society folk will have M to think of some new method of spending an hour M or two on Sunday. A recent bill prohibits bathing on that day, and those society people who boast H I that they take a bath every week, will now either H :H have to stay in bed an hour or two longer, or de- i l vise some method of passing away the bath time. 1 ' ' The most remarkable thing about the bill is 1 ' that any member of the present legislature, with H- the exception of one or two, should Imagine that H f anyone would want to take a bath. Certainly that Hi clause did not come from the heart of the man Hi who Introduced the bill. Naturally it passed, how- Hi ever, for it has been rumored in the cow coun- H ties for some time that Salt Lakers were Intro- Hj ducing too many innovations, and possibly the Hi bill was brought up to forestall any legislation Hj that might make it necessary for the brethren Hj t from out of town to take a bath. H It is within the memory of some of us that a Ht legislator here a few years ago got a room with H' a bath in a hotel, and, being a daring fellow, ex- Hj) perlmented with the tub. As a result he found H: three undershirts and six pair of sox that he did Hi not know he had. H It is really a serious matter, however, for a Hi i large number of society people, though there are H some who will acclaim the bill a good measure, Hu as it will obviate the necessity for a few of them , , to stay home and sponge the backs of those who cannot reach around that far. ac & $ It would seem that a little matter of propinquity propin-quity is about to cause a flutter of disturbance in the manage of one of our handsomest citizens. The propinquity is not in the manage, but in the office he maintains, where the typist is a very attractive at-tractive young woman, who of late gets through work an hour or two earlier than of yore, In time, in fact, for a long walk into the country before it is time for the gentleman to go home to dinner. din-ner. The affair has been a matter of comment among the particular friends of his wife for several sev-eral weeks and the neighbors in the apartment are greatly interested in the outcome. It seems to be the thing for all well-regulated husbands to have an affinity nowadays, but a small town Is not conducive to the smoothing "Sorry to hear it mum," he replied, touching his cap. t& W Mrs. James L. Franken was the hostess at a beautiful tea, given at her home on Wednesday. It was in the nature of a farewell affair, as Mrs. Franken will leave shortly for a tour of the world. She was assisted by Mrs. T. G. Webber, Mrs. Sam C. Park, Mrs. J. R. Walker, Mrs. Els-worth Els-worth Dagget, Mrs. Hugo Druehl, Mrs. John ID. Woodward, Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, Miss Mildred McMillan and Miss Niles. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dodd, who recently arrived from Portland, are now at home at G30 Third Avenue. Ave-nue. Mrs. Lester D. Freed entertains at a luncheon at her home today. Mrs. W. H. Bintz and Mrs. Charles II. McMa-nan McMa-nan entertained at a large bridge party for fifty Mi ! i 1 Wallace Bransford's party in his Pierce Atrow Runabout at Los Angeles. of the ways for the gallant who thinks he has made a mistake and tries to rectify It by dodging around the side streets with his beloved. & & , j London society is chuckling over the newest yarn about Mrs. George Keppel and the king. The story goes that the king one afternoon recently re-cently paid a visit to Mrs. Keppel, and left as usual, in his private brougham. Mrs. Keppel herself her-self had arranged to call before dinner at a curio shop near King's Cross station. Being in a hurry, she let herself out and hailed a taxicab from a stand near her house whence the royal coupo had been seen. Before getting in she said to the driver: "King's Cross." of their friends on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper A. McCaskell will leave Honolulu in a few days and will bo at home at the Bransford apartments shortly after the 1st of April. Mrs. Willard Hansen entertained at bridge on Wednesday in honor of Miss Hallie Ferron. In honor of Miss Ella Garey and Miss Gretta Storm, Lieutenant and Mrs. Edwin Butcher entertained en-tertained a number of the post people at cards on Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. William Graupe have arrived from the east and are at home at the Knutsford. In honor of Miss Louise Bascom, Miss Beth The week beginning April 5 has been set for the annual automobile carnival in New York. Crltclilow entprtained at a bridge tea on Thurs day. Lieutenant and Mrs. Paul C. Potter made It pleasant for a score of their friends at the post on Thursday when they entertained at bridge. Mrs. J. H. Young of Oakland is visiting her ! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Lawrence. With Miss Louise Stubblefield.and Miss Louise Bascom as the guests of honor, Mrs. W. II. Child entertained at bridge at her home on Friday. A pretty home wedding of the week was that that took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. .lolm H. Gaboon, when their daughter, Ethel, became be-came the bride of Blaine S. Stewart. Mrs. W. E. Fife, Miss Cosgriff, and T. A. Cos-' Cos-' griff have returned from California. 'Miss Ella Garey has. returned to her home In Maryland, after a visit of several weeks with her brother, Lieutenant F. A. Garey. Mrs. and Mr. J. L. Franken and Miss Webber w'll leave early in April for New York, from which point they will sail for Europe later In the month. Mrs. Lyttleon Price has returned from southern California. Miss Gertrude Hansen has returned from San Francisco. Miss Margaret Walker and Miss Margaret Dunn will spendthe Easter week with Lieutenant and Mrs. Campbell at Fort Du Point, Delaware. Miss Kato Williams has gone to Exeter, Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, and will spend a month In the east. The younger girls, who are Interested In the Monday bridge tournament, held their last meeting meet-ing with Miss Louise Stubblefleld at the home of Mrs. Russel L. Tracy. Mrs. A. D. Cleveland entertained at bridge on Tuesday. Mrs. E. A. Kessler Is the guest of her daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. C. R. Aley, at the Canning apartments. Mrs. A. J. Hosmer has returned fiom the M Mrs. Bishop of New Haven, Connecticut, is the M guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. Wolcott Thompson. H Mrs. Samuel Newhouse is in New York and H will sail early in April for England. H Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kearns have gone to M their ranch at Santa Rosa, Cal. M Mrs. L. C. Miller will return from Califor- H nia early in April. M Dr. Ralph T. Richards will sail for England H the latter part of April. He will spend several H months in London in surgical study. H Miss Louise Bascom will leave the coming H month for her home in North Carolina. H Miss Katherine Judge, who has spent the last H fortnight with the Jack Jevnes in Los Angeles, H will be home at the end of the month. H Mrs. O. J. Salisbury will return from Call- H fornla today. H |