•Society in the Stales arc rivalling one another in Inventing extravaBttiit Conns of entertainment, which recall the extraordinary festivities of till' Koman Umpire at its most luxurious _ period. A "slag" has been S>ven m one State, at which the host received his guests mounted on a 1)11,1 (presumably suitaMv broken lor the ocr.ns.on). New York societv is agitated b.v another dinner to lie given, al which the banqueting hall ;s to he ti:«iis>|'orni(-,l i,,» 0 a iupgle, tlw>-walls hidden with masses of foliage. Tropical fruit tree* U-ur.ug Jniit (in mld-wlnler) and singing birds. hlivd by the hour, will surround the guests. It seems extraordinary that oiitortninnifnts. winch would be generally considered I>ad form in lOnglish society, are given by the blu'e. blood of the States;, the J'il'.A, (first families of Virginia), as tliu American styles t'lwui.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 2
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136Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 2
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