Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1886 — A New Wrinkle for Modern Society. [ARTICLE]

A New Wrinkle for Modern Society.

As there are flirtations and rumors of flirtations in the air the expected early importation of the system of screens now in vogue at Paris will come none too soon. No drawing-room will then be considered complete without screens enough to render each couple in the room secure in the privacy of the enfolding panels. Well, the one couple left out, of course, will not require a screen. The idea is to obviate all the difficulties now in the way of conversatipn, don’t you know, and remove the tension imposed upon the nerves of a person who is trying to make a few pointed remarks and at the same time look totally unconcerned in the eyes of the probably observing company. There are a score of advantages to be gained from the screen scheme in society. Each person will fit a set to his own particular wants and needs, and when the hour for striking the blow in favor of the new reform arrives, the city will be ready to a man to say a word in its behalf. How charming Mrs. Whitney’s new ball room will look broken into scores of cosy nooks, each with its own pretty decorative arrangement and central motive. Thinking of a few r parlors in town now, I believe the screen notion is not entirely unknown in the city. Mme. de Struve arranged her parlors with subdivisions and nooks, with banks and hedges of greenery arranged, and everybody was charmed with the supremely artistic effect.— Washington Republican.