The Trilby Social

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1900

The Trilby Social

The following from the New York Times, October 31, tells its own story, and it is a far-reaching one:— The parents of three girls of the congregation of the New Durham First Baptist church would not let their daughters show their feet, so the Trilbys wore shoes at the Trilby social Monday night, much to the disappointment of the audience.

A curtain was suspended, and showing below it were many pairs of daintily booted feet, each bearing a number. These were sold for fifty cents a pair, and the owners of the feet became the partners of the buyers. Three pairs of feet were not sacrificed on the bargain counter, but were put up at auction, and there was lively bidding.

Some of the young women would not show their feet, and they were condemned to eat refreshments alone.