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To the records of the summer trips and visits may be added the informal parties for vis itors, of which there is always an Interesting number in the city. For larger events there are the week end dances at the country clubs, attended by over a hundred guests at each club, on Saturday even ings. This week has been unusually full of parties, several attractive visitors being entertained exten sively. Miss Eunice Jackson, of Nashville, has been the center of social life among the members of the younger set. since her arrival Monday to visit Mrs. Robert Mad dox. Among the pretty affairs of the week for Miss Jackson have been Miss Eula Jackson’s dinner party on Thursday evening and Mrs. John K. Ott'ev’s tea at the Driving club this afternoon, the honors of which w'ere shared by another popular visitor. Miss Dor othy Judkins, of New York, the guest of Mrs. Frank Holland. ?ifty Guests Attend Delightful Bridge Tea. Miss Pearl Davis’ party for an attractive visitor. Miss Mary Mc- Curry, of Fairburn, was one of the largest of *he week. Miss Davis entertained about 50 guests in a most delightful manner with a bridge tea Friday afternoon at her home. The guests were members of the younger set and a few' of the married friends of the hostess. The parties for Mrs. Charles A. Dana, of New York, and for Mrs. Malcolm Fleming, of Columbus, two former Atlanta girls who are visiting their families here, have constituted some of the happiest entertaining of the week. Much of the social attentions accorded these young women have been infor mal—motor rides, dinner and sup per parties, spend-the-day affairs and the like. Misjs Bessie Jones’ luncheon Friday was a pretty af fair for Mrs. Fleming, and an aft ernoon tea of yesterday was a com pliment to Mrs. Dana given by Mrs. Charles Remsen at the Driv ing club. Miss Constance O'Keefe, of Greeneville, Tenn., continues to be entertained delightfully, and Miss Sarah Jackson, of Charleston, has been the honoree at several affairs during her short visit. Three Weddings Were Features of the Week. Three weddings have been ob served this week, which'is rather “ unusual for July. The wedding of Miss Eileen Roberts, the young daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Roberts, to Mr. Lawrence Teague was a pretty affair of Wednesday evening at St. Mark church. The marriage was the occasion for a visit here of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Roberts, of Macon, and the Misses Teague, of Washington, D. C., the two latter being sisters of the bridegroom. t Another marriage of Wednesday evening was that of Miss Louise BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF ATLANTA it TfcxXWJK / /i X /' \( v ■ ’ ■ / ,/ ; C r T Tn Z x" x \ f jk T ■. 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One of the interesting house parties of Au gust will be that entertained by Misses Laura and Mamie Ansley at the .beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ansley, in Ansley Park. The house party begins next Mon day and continues for a week, after which the party will be guests for another week of Miss Nellie Hood Ridley, at "Clairmont,” the Ridley summer home in Decatur. The members of the house party will be Misses Laura and Mamie Ansley, Mignon and Margaret McCarty, and Nellie Hood Ridley, Messrs. Ken neth Ellington, of Fayetteville. N. C.; Robert Winston, of Raleigh, N. ('.: Kennon Borden and George Whitfield, of Goldsboro, N. C.; Wil liam Jerman, of Richmond, Va., and Joseph Fleming, of Athens. Ga. A house party which Miss Cora McCord Brown entertains at the Marietta home of her parents, Gov ernor and Mrs. Brown, will continue for a week from August 8, and the guests will include a group of Lucy Cobb girls—Misses Ethel Scarbor ough, Mabel Pearce and Lucile Peacock, of Columbus; Edith Jack- son. of Augusta; Rachel Nunnally, of Monroe; Fay Dobbs and Emma Jordan, of Atlanta. A series of dancing parties and informal af fairs have been planned for the amusement of the house party dur ing the week. Gatherings at “Ashante” Attended by Atlantans. Miss Louise Parker's house par ties at “Ashante," the summer home of the Parkers, near Clayton, are famous among the friends of this popular young girl. Every summer relays of merry parties aro con stantly entertained at this hospita- ble home. At present Miss Par ker's house party guests are Misses Lilian .Mitchell, Dorothy Traynham, Ida Winship, Faith Johnson. Mar cellus Hallman, Myra Clark Scott and Harriet Haynes. A number of young girls are at tending house- parties elsewhye. Miss Bertha Moore is a guest at Miss Edith McKenzie’s house par ty in Monroe. Miss Helen Douglas is attending a house party given by Mi&? Dean, in Rome. Miss Helen McCullough is a guest of Miss Frances Cates’ houso party in Asheville./ - ’ “ Summer Exodus Reaches Climax in August AUGUST finds more people away from Atlanta than any other month in the season. The mountains of North Caro lina seem to be the prime fav orites just this time, and Atlantans are scattered over the many delightful resorts in the Land of the Sky. Toxa way is the mecca for most of those leaving this week. In fact, so many Atlanta belles are at Toxaway one might easily imagine a week-end dance there as being a func tion of the Piedmont Driving club. Many Plan to Join / The Atlanta Colony. Miss Margaret Hawkins and Mrs. Frank Hawkins left this week for Toxaway, its did Miss Izeone Ladson, chaperoned by Mrs. Well born Hill. The young women who rode ’cross country—Misses Helen Jones and Aurelia Speer—arrived this week at Toxaway, accompa nied by Mrs. John Hill and Mrs. Adam Jones. Miss Elizabeth Raw son has been the guest of Mrs. Winship Nunnally for a week, and Misses Annie Lee McKenzie and Helen Dargan have been there for some time, chaperoned by Mrs. Milton Dargan. Miss Harriet Cal houn and her mother, Mrs. A. W. Calhoun, left. Monday for Toxaway, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Nunnally joined the Atlanta colony the lat ter part of the week, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Inman have been there since the loth. Several of Atlanta’s prominent young married women are enjoy ing life at Lake Kanuga. Mrs. Henry Johnson, Jr., left early this week. Mr. and Mrs. John N. God dard have been there for a week or so, and Mrs. J. L. Dickey, Jr., left Friday. Mrs. Rutherford IJpu comb is at Kanuga and has as her guest Mrs. George Forrester, who left Friday for that place. Among the Atlantans who will have Linvale, S. C., as their post office address for the next few weeks are Mrs. Clem Harris and her daughter, Miss Jennie D. Har ris. Mrs. W. C. Humphries and her daughter. Miss Ferol Humphries, and Mrs. George Crandall, Far West and the East Claim Many For Outing. The far Wast, Canada, the East —with visits to Atlantic City and New York, resorts on the coast of Massachusetts, and trips abroad —are the varied places chosen for spending the month of August by other Atlantans. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Spalding left yesterday for New York, whence they sail soon for a two months’ stay abroad. Mrs. Albert Thornton and Miss Jane Thornton sailed Thursday from New York for the continent. They will spend August at Ostend and later will visit Paris and London, returning in October. Among those leaving soon for trips in the West are Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Blalock, who go next week. They will spend some time at Col orado Springs. Atlantic City is not so popular aa in former years with Atlantans. Among those who propose to visit that resort in August are Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley, accompanied by Misses Louise Riley and Jeanette Lowndes, leave next week for At lantic City. Side Vists to Seashore Postponed Till Autumn. Dr. and Mrs. William Perrin Nicolson. with Misses Caroline Nicolson and Helen McCarty, have been there for some time. Many people who go to New York in the early autumn will make side visits to Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Roby Robinson will join the Atlanta colony in Canada for August. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Arnold, Mrs. Richard Johnston and Mrs. W. W. Thomas are at Mag nolia. Mass., for the month. By the 15th most of those who expect to leave the city at all this summer will have gone and the tide of travel will begin to turn homeward. _ -»