regular, and usually prominent,
places in the news columns.

=254. Difficulty.=--The society editor's work is with the conventional
in the local fashionable world, and for this reason probably no other
kind of news demands so consistent care, discrimination, and habitual
restraint. She--the society editor is practically always a woman--must
recognize readily relative social distinctions, to know what names and
functions to feature in her column or section, and to be able to present
the details of those functions acceptably to the various social groups
about which and for which she is writing. The latter requisite in
particular is difficult. For in attempting to give appreciative accounts
of weddings, dances, receptions, she is liable to overstep the narrow
limits of conventional usage and make herself ridiculous by extravagance
of statement; or else, in trying to avoid unnecessary display of
enthusiasm, she is led into use of trite, colorless words and stock
phrases. She must by all means take care not to say that "the handsome
groom wearing the conventional black and the lovely bride arrayed in a
charming creation of white satin consummated their sacred nuptial vows
amid banks of fragrant lilies and beautiful, blushing roses to the
melodious strains of Mendelssohn's entrancing wedding march."

=255. Illustrations.=--The following stories of engagements, weddings,
dinners, dances, receptions, club meetings, and charity benefits have
been selected at random to show the accepted methods of handling society
write-ups. At the end are added a few personal items--_personals_, they
are generally termed--and a single "society review." The restraint and
dignity of tone of the stories are worth close study.

| =ENGAGEMENTS= |
| |
|Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stewart, of 311 North |
|Parkside Avenue, announce the engagement of their |
|daughter, Gladys, to Charles M. Sailor, a son of Mr.|
|and Mrs. Samuel Sailor, of 25 South Central |
|Boulevard. |

|The first debutante of the season to become engaged |
|is Miss Bessie Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |
|George Osborne Allen, whose engagement to Harry O. |
|Best was announced Saturday. Mr. Best is a son of |
|Mr. and Mrs. George R. Best, of 131 East |
|Fifty-fourth str