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Al Fresco Parties
Popular With
Atlanta
Folk
Al FRESCO PARTIES are a
favorite form of entertaining
during the midsummer season,
and are especially popular in At
lanta, where many homes are sur
rounded by spacious grounds which
form an ideal setting for this mode
of entertaining.
One of the prettiest parties of
the week was the informal tea
given by Mrs. Robert Foster Mad
* dox at "Woodhaven,” the magnifi
cent estate of Mr. and Mrs. Mad
dox on Paces Ferry road. Mrs.
Maddox invited a dozen friends to
meet Mrs. Henry Cohen, of Augus
ta, who is spending some time with
her sister. Mrs. Percival Snead, and
has been the honoree at many of
tlie week’s parties. The guests, who
motored out from town, were re
ceived by Mrs. Maddox and Mrs.
Cohen on the lawn, and later tea
was served in the pergola.
The hostess and honor guest,
both of whom are notably pretty
women, wore charming summer
toilets for the occasion. Mrs. Mad
dox, who is a blonde beauty, was
gowned in white lingerie, fin
ished in a sash of pale blue, and
a garniture of French roses on the
•orsage. Mrs. Cohen wore an elab
orate gown of white lingerie, the
toilet completed by a large white
hjit. She is a brunette of distinc
ii'. o type and unusual'beauty, and
has worn the prettiest of gowns and
hat-- al the affairs of the week.
Dinner Table on Lawn.
Another unusually pretty al fresco
parly v. is the dinner given by Mis
Eula Jackson in honor of her guest.
Miss Mildred Fortson, of Washing
ton, Ga. Miss Jackson, a debu
tante of the coming winter, and
Miss Fortson have Just returned
from Toxaway, v> !.• re t .?.>■ were
chaperoned by Mrs. ll' nr; S. Jack
son and were among the vt-ry pop
ular belli s taking pari in the giye
tics of the famous Carolina resort.
At Miss Jackson's party the din
ner table was placed on the lawn,
under the spreading trees which
give the name to this hospitable
home—Oak Ridge. A wealth of as
ters from the gardens surrounding
the house were used as decoration.
Down the length of the table were
vases of palest lavender asters, al
ternating with vases of pale l ink
asters. In the details of the din
ner the color scheme of pink and
lavender was carried out. and a
most delightful hospitality was dis
pensed by the young hostess, who
has all the social grace and charm
of her mother, Mrs. Henry S. Jack
son, and who is sure to be accorded
a most flattering social success
upon her formal debut.
Among the guests at tiie dinnci
were two young girls v ho are fu
ture debutantes —Miss Rosalie Da
vis and Miss Mamie Ansley, Miss
Davis will go abroad for the win
ter and will not come out until a
year hence. She is unusually pret
ty and popular, and a most delight
, ful social career awaits her. She is
a sister of Mrs. Hudson Moore and
Mrs. Harvey Anderson.
Miss Ansley will defer her debut
for two or three years, when she
will be accorded a most cordial
welcome in the world of society.
She is the second daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin P. Ansley, and a
sister of Miss Laura Ansley, one of
the very popular debutantes of the
past season. Miss Ansley will prob
ably go abroad again this winter,
having spent the past winter in
Berlin in an exclusive school for
American girls.
August Dull Month Socially.
August being the dullest month,
socially, of the entire season, the
social calendar shows few dates.
But for the members of the younger
set. which includes a bevy of very
charming young girls, the approach
of September means the beginning
of school, and among these young
people the gayety Increases as va
cation days draw to a close.
In addition to the younger set,
which usualy means girls whose de
but is only a year or so off, there is
still a circle, including girls who
have still a period of several years
of study ahead of them. Among
these are several daughters of
prominent Atlantans who have a
very delightful social life. Miss
Alice Muse, the young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Muse, is a
charming young girl who enter
tained at a pretty bridge party- this
week. The affair was given in honor
of Miss Eugenia Hardeman, of Wil
mington. N. C.. a popular young
visitor, around whom many of the
week's parties have been centered.
After a visit to Miss Madeline
£ McCullough, Miss Hardeman has
I joined her mother. Mrs. H. L.
, Hardeman, who Is the guest of Mrs,
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J. Edgar Hunnicutt. Miss Marion
Stearns is another member of this
set who entertained at a delight
ful bridge party this week, given
in honor of Miss Hardeman and
Miss Sue Northrop, of Wilmington,
who is now her guest, after a visit
to Miss Erskine Jarnagin. Miss
Irene Tift King is another pretty
school girl who entertained at a
delightful party thi.s week at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Lanier King, in Druid Hills.
a novel entertainment ot the
week was the swimming party at
which Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bran
don entertained a group of friends,
who enjoyed a dip in the new swim
ming pool at their beautiful coun
try home.
The pool is below the terraced
garden surrounding the house, and
is bordered in growing fern and
flowers. Mr. ami Mrs. Brandon’s
guests included Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Poster Maddox, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry S. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs.
William H, Kiser, Mr. and Mrs,
James L. Dickey, Mr and Mrs. John
Marshall Slaton, Judge and Mrs.
William Bailey Lamar, Mr. and
Mrs. John King Ottley, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Black, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer Moore, and Miss Passie
• May Ottley,
Pretty Toilets
Displayed at
Informal
Affairs
THE terrace of the Piedmont
Driving club is the scene each
bright afternoon of many in
formal parties, and during the week
several small teas have been given.
The prettiest of summer toilets are
to be seen at these affairs, which
ar« often arranged In honor of some
visitor.
A feted visitor is Mrs. Lawson
Stapleton, of Americus, Whose visit
to Mrs. Charles E. Sciple has been
the occasion for a round of pretty
parties. At the tea given by Mrs
E. G. McCabe at the Piedmont Driv
ing club. Mrs. Stapleton shared
honors with Mrs. Henry Cohen, of
Augusta, the guest of Mrs. Perci
val Snead, and Mrs. John N. Mc-
Clung. of Clearwater, Fla., the guest
of Mrs. Hugh Willet. The group of
sixteen were seated at four small
tables, arranged in the form of a
four-leaf clover. Mrs. McCabe., the
charming hostess, wore a becoming
gown of white lingerie, embroid
ered In lavender, with a smaJJ hat
of black. Mrs. John King Ottley,
who aslssted tn entertaining, was
gowned In white Hsse showing a
stripe of pale blue, and her large
Leghorn hat was adorned with
pink roses
Beautiful Gcwns Worn.
The guests wore beautifully
gowmed for the afternoon. Mrs
Stapleton wore white lingerie,
elaborate with lace, with a large
white hat. Mrs. Henry S. Cohen
wore a beautiful toilet of lavender
lingerie, with hat of lavender straw,
adorned with choux of lavender
tulle. Mrs. McClung wore white
lingerie combined with filet lace,
with a white hat. A beautiful toilet
was worn by Mrs. Charles J. Ha
den, of white lingerie, the skirt
made with panniers draped above
three small ruffles. The toilet was
completed by- a sash of stone blue
and a white hat adorned with white
plumes. Mrs. J. M. High wore lav
ender silk with yoke and sleeves of
lace and a small black hat. Mrs.
George M. Traylor was gowned in
white embroidery and lace, worn
with a hat of white straw. Mrs.
Francis Block wore white lingerie
with a black picture hat. Mrs.
Charles E. Sciple’s gown was of
blue silk combined with cream
colored lace, the skirt made with
panniers. The hat worn with this
beautiful toilet was of white adorn
ed with a white paradise.
Another informal affair of ths
week was the tea given by Mrs. W.
L. Cosgrove at the Driving club
Mrs. Cosgrove was gowned In white
llnene, embroidered in a design of
butterflies. Her white hat had a
wreath of forget-me-nots and a
knot of blue ribbons. Among the
guests, Mrs. Reid Hobson was
gowned in del blue silk, worn with
a coat of white lace and a large
white had laden with white plumes.
Mrs. Morange Fleming's gown was
of white lingerie, and her large
white hat wa= covered with pink
roses. Mrs. James Osgood Wynn’s
exquisite toilet, was of lingerie em
broidered In pale blue, worn with a
large white hat covered with small
blue flowers and pink roses. Mrs
Roby Robinson was gowned in
white lingerie with a black picture
■ hat. Mrs. Alexander Smith wore
white mulll and lace, her becoming
hat trimmed In pale pink plumes.
I Mrs. William C. Jarnagin wore,
with a pretty white lingerie gown, a
black picture hat. Mrs. Ida Howell
Cramer wore white lingerie with
sash of black velvet and a black
picture hat. Mrs. Linton Hopkins
was gowned in white lisse. flowered
In blue, and her Leghorn hat was
laden with pink roses and knots of
blue ribbons.
Tea On the Terrace.
Mrs II L. Hardeman, of Wil
mington. the guest of Mrs. J. Edgar
Hunnicutt, was the center of a
group of triends having tea on inc
terrace of the Driving club, and
was very attractive in a gown of
white lingerie, worn with a large
white hat. Mrs. Wright Lowell, of
Laneaster. Texas, who a.s Miss Ha
zel Adkins was a popular young
woman of Atlanta, was the center
of a group of friends, and wore a
smart toilet of black and white
voile, with a large black hat.
Another congenial group enjoy
ing tea on the terrace included Mrs.
| .1. Frank Meador, Mrs. John M.
Raine, Mrs. Joseph Raine, Jr.. Mrs.
Rix Stafford, Mrs. Robert Davis and
Mr“. Geddings Tupper. Mrs. John
Raine wore pink lingerie with a
white hat adorned with white
plumes. Mrs, J. Frank Meador was
gowned in white ratine, the upper
part of the corsage formed of lace,
and her hat was of white straw
I trimmed in choux of lace. Mrs. Rob
ert Davis wore pink linen and a
j large white hat, »