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Show N'sw Year's Day Ca!!s New Year's day was a gala occa sioii in the lives of the New York city belles of former times. Each c"peeleil her men friends to accept her hospitality on New Year's day on thai day harriers were lowered a bit and the strict social form was relaxed to the extent that the men did not need special invitations or formal Introductions, and the youm: ladies could talk more openly and act more naturally than on formal occasions. Fond mammas told their unwed daughters that aiaon- so main charming anil eligible youna men they must surely find one on whom they could bestow their alTctiotis It must he noted, however, that the young Indies had to be fast work ers. No matter how informal these New Year's day calls were, it was a gross breach of propriety for a young man ro stay more than ten minutes. New York Times. |