Show SOCIETY the other day when one ot of our prominent busi business nebs men wn was asked for society news lie he declined when asked whether his wife had anything for tho the society column lie he answered if she did id shoot her before sunrise of course this was a jest ile he is too broad a man to li have ave such antagonistic feeling toward our society column and society news in ili general but at the same time we are confident that there are many men who feel this way they seem to dislike the of having their social affairs published in the paper it seems to jar thorn them because they forget to differentiate between society I 1 and family life far be it from us to I 1 attempt to pry into tho the intimate amily life with its small or lepor 1 tant affairs they are something sai cred not for the public to know unless we are asked to publish tl them lem but society and social affairs are 11 e I 1 something entirely different we cul sivate society to satisfy our desire to reach beyond the narrow lines of tile the home boll and social functions should he be tho paper they arc the thermon thermometer ein eili of progress and pros prosperity perit Y of a 1 town they are tho the thermometer of comma community clity lite and they about toll tell ou whether a town is worth living I 1 in it or not for after all sociability is one of tho lie things that takes tile the nio monotony out of oc life A social afternoon doca loo not an all afternoon spent in gossip it means to get acquainted to got gel more familiar with people you might not got get to know otherwise and we need people wo we need to know more people than just the few in our home the day comes for every one of us when we have to reach outside of our small circle for version diversion or for assistance in solving tile the problems of lite life we learn as we hear from others how they do and manage their affairs and as to gossip a little gossip is interesting is natural if we are arc interested in going on oil in our world and is not harmful as long as it is free from malice to keep malignant gossip out of our social affairs should be the care of ev every cry hostess and every hostess who keeps her affairs on oil a high standard stan daid will be proud of havin having p them mentioned I 1 in tile the society column of the newspaper especially if the newspaper is in an intelligent up to date and clean paper like the reaper we hope that evel everybody will agi cc with this lotter latter statement and furthermore it should not be forgotten that a full society page boosts a town almost as mue much I 1 as the advertisements of tho the business houses in ili a town of deadheads nobody bold will ivill advertise business nor society et and who wants to live in ili such n a town thank god that richfield is alive |