ENGLISH SOCIETY GIRLS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 11

ENGLISH SOCIETY GIRLS.

A Melbourne ■girl, writing., 'from v liondra, says :—"Of all the mistakes; ideas the one most so is ■ that' unmyijcd .English. girla .hove i good Hme. in society.-.'. As a matter of faot, they are barely tolerated, for everythinggives place now-to the ; sm'art. matron, who rules supreme in ''.whatever 'set etie : belongs to. I have •':, been .here for./several. years, and each season it "is -the same.. During May and June thero is a repetition of-, the statement that at lastHhe- debutante, is' :to v have, her -fling. 'Boys and girls' (meaning anything under 22) are to be fussed over, and, specially entertained, and that- is wheco the matter usually begins and ends. A few, of the really 'great' ladies may give an occasional danoo or. house party for some of their younger relatives, but in the ordinary icourse such gatherings are deadly dulli As>for a young married woman Allowing n. girl -to • attach -herself "to . her ■ sooially it seems out of the qticstion : except perhaps where the girl is a really excellent bridge-player, a olever sport,' or' a millionairess,'and even the latter qualification' is ,not a .very 'exceptional advantage, there, are so many rich girle. Never was the expression, -'a fish out of water,' more clearly "exemplified than when a debutante has found .herself, .'at a marrkd woman's dance She : meets ■ there a totally different stamp A man from thoso Avho. attend girla' balls, and even if tho male sex preponderates, as it "very often does, when young married women send out tho invitations,', that brings no satisfaction .:to /the .girl,;.for it.'is;, as much- as n hostess's reputation as a woman of the world is worth ;to introduce a male guest of a cortain -ase to a budding beauty. .. This is all perfectly true, -and 1 have not exaggbrated .« single detail. No wonder that every girl with sonal ambition is eager to .marry, so that sht mavhavo her day," ■'■..■•i-"- , ' . :'.; ,:.:'a .l.i •<.'■'..■ .:•<■■■■■ ;■ '.'-.■:. ■•i-'-- .' ~.;,-.