ABSTRACT
The debutantes of the current season would attend the first dance, and the debutantes of the season past the second. Perhaps there could be no greater gauge of the explosive postwar changes in American society than the contrast between the proprieties of The Times reports of 1941 weddings and today's marriage announcements. The homes in which the domestic servants would labor are described in compelling detail in the real-estate classified section of The Times. In Larchmont Gardens, spaciousness and comfortable living were available in a home that in addition to "the usual living room, dining room and kitchen" offered a library, sun porch, four family bedrooms, two baths and "servant's quarters". An article in The Times had made serious accusations that the Columbia Broadcasting System was stifling the development of television in order to enhance the profitability of its radio operations.
