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r j ————— _, The Atlanta Georgian Brilliant Debut Parties To Be Events of Autumn THE debutante is the queen of the early social sea son. The success and brilliancy of the winter de pends on the popularity of the members of the debutante set, and the affairs given in their honor. Plans are now being made by the many pretty debutantes and socie ty is keenly interested in the par ties for the “buds." Miss Helen Dargan, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dargan, will be introduced with a brilliant dinner-dance on the even ing of November 13, at the Pied mont Driving club. Miss Dargan is a lovely young woman, with a distinctly original and handsome style. She is a graduate of Miss Finch's school in New York, and is highly accomplished, ns well as possessing all the social graces. The dinner-dance tn be given by Mr. and Mrs Dugan will be fol lowed by a «-• :■ of pr etty affairs given by friends 'if the debutante and her parents. Miss Hildreth Purton Smith is another notably draining member of the debuta;rte set who will make a formal bow early in N ivember, ”hcn she will be introduced at an afternoon lea given by her mother at the residence in Ansley Park. This lovely young woman, with the patrician beauty of her distin guished Southern ancestry, has -pent several yea’s abroad, study ing and traveling with her charm ing m itl'.i r. For the debut recep tion of Miss Burton Smith, her aunt, M.s. Orton Dishop Browne, of Maine, will come to Atlanta and ■ ill .’•hare in a number of the social • ff-iirs for- the debutante during her visit. Her Debut in Autumn. Miss Katherine Ellis, who is now in New York, after a year abroad, will return soon, and will be intro duced at a bri linnt function in the autumn. Miss Margo ret Grant, who I’. ; i ns Sunday from a trip abroad, will be tendered a series of beauti ful debut parties. Miss Marie Pappenheimer will nt ’ke her debut at a formal func tion given by her mother. Mrs. Os car Pappenheimer. which will be an early fall affair and given, most piobably, at the artistic residence of the hostess on Ponce DeLeon avenue. Miss Margaret Hawkins and her guest-to-be, Miss Viola Johnston, of Macon, will be entertained at number of affairs soon after the s ason opens, and there are many interesting and charming debu tantes to be tendered debut par ties before the holiday season. The brilliant Nine O’clock german, along toward Thanksgiving Eve, will be the first large affair of the season, at which the pretty debu tantes will gather, except at the early debut functions. Travelers Who Return. Mrs. Frank Ellis and Miss Kath erine Ellis come the latter part of next week from New, York, after a trip abroad. On the sth Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Spalding land in New- York, after a European tour, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Felder are due the same day. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. McCandless and Miss McCan dless, Mrs. Albert Thornton and Miss Jane Thornton return the lat ter part of October. Other European travelers return ing’ home this week are Mr. and Mrs. John D. Little, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Manson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bernard Scott, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mcßurney and Misses Margaret Wright, Nancy Prince and Lillian Flynn. With the record of arrivals may be mentioned the out-going tour ists. leaving soon for winter travel or stay on the continent Miss Lucy Harrison left this week for New York and with Mi’s Kelsey, of Brooklyn, will sail on Thursday for a stay of two months BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF ATLANTA 7 w/O ■ vRJf • ’WSagMssL \ vv /// W ISM HA , y .. W —' Ik w 9' nil // ' \W Sr w** // \\\ T / / '£ /// - ■ -Jfeu\\\ ■ ■ / / • aH\\\ / /wiwF y / a \ \ ///«- ■ ■ < i'S’ i Mw\\\ !I IB: I - jHn\\ //>- f' W • fw w - ,//S / • Ol M«. > f IQ\\ bßk ImBI W* Owk t ' k t . ! v 'OMifc: 1 «\v ///IK w Willi ///fIK i //i «. '■\\ ///M— r X y■& ■W M w\\ .h t k --- I ' 11 III' T L —wa I orar —HHKHMI ■Mi MJ . L iffra vsawßm 'j&Rmi Tar y 9 xliSsiHjwO" A' ‘ L- in Italy. Mrs. Harvey Anderson and Miss Rosalie Davis leave Octo ber 12 for New York and sail from there on the 24th for a winter in Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lincoln Gately. who spent »hc summer In New England, are among those re turning to the city this week. Dr. and Mrs. William J. Blalock have returned from a trip to Montreal, Quebec and Detroit. Mrs. Harry English and Miss Nina Gentry, who have been at Toxaway for several weeks, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 1). Stewart and Miss Nellie Kiser Stewart have re turned from Magnolia, Mass. Mrs. Hugh Richardson and chil dren return October 1 fiorn Bre vard, N. • ' Mr. and Mis Thomas Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Mor gan will return early in October from a motor trip through New England. This week many travelers have returned, especially those who spent the summer abroad. The re turning tourists have a fund of in teresting experiences to relate and social gatherings of the season are rnoic than usually delightful from a conversational point of view. The company assembled as guests of Colonel and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry on Tuesday evening at the Pied mont Driving club was much en tertained by the relating of amus- ing experiences by the honor guests, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mur phy, who arrived Sunday from a stay of several months on the con tinent. They toured through the chateau district of France and were guests at a French country house In Chantilly for several days, enter tained by. the Marquis and Mar quise Deßeauvoir. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are among the most popu lar members of Atlanta society and their return has been cordially cel- ebrated They were accompanied by their pretty young daughters. Misses Julia and Katherine Mur phy. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, with their two daughters, Misses Mar garet and Anne Grant, have joined Mrs. William I>. Grant and Master William Grant at Hot Springs, Va., for a short visit before returning to Atlanta, having arrived in New York from a tour abroad early this week. Goldenrod Adorns Informal Parties of Atlanta Hostesses GOLDEN rod parties are the order of the day for Atlan ta’s informal affairs. Fol lowing a well established custom, the small and unpretentious affaire of the early autumn season are graced by decorations of the bright plumed flower which blooms freely by the wayside throughout Septem ber and October. For the very large or formal party Atlanta hostesses, in common with those of all the world, order the costly orchids from the florist, and carry out an ex pensive decorative scheme with rare hot house blossoms. But for the many affairs of less preten tion, though often of an equal or greater pleasure, the hospitable hostess uses the flowers of the sea son, depending on her taste and ar tistic knowledge to give an Indi vidual effect There are the early fall affairs when goldenrod gives color and beauty to the simple morning party, then comes the chrysanthemum season, when all grades of gor geousness and a varied color scheme can be carried out. For the holiday season there is the crim son flowered poinsettia as well as the holly and mistletoe. The spring luncheon is appropriately decorated in daffodils and hyancinths, while the summer brings roses Into their own. Many of the beautiful gardens of the summer homes furnish artistic adornment for the entertainment of the season. Mrs. Robert Maddox, whose affairs are noted for the beauty and originality of their dec orations, more often than not uses blossoms from her own gardens for her parties. Mrs. Morris Brandon is another hostess whose gardens furnish dec orations for her charming parties, and still another is Mrs. William Kiser the chatelaine of a lovely home on Paces Ferry road. Blossoms from Gardens. Mrs. William Lawson Peel used plants and blossoms from the gar dens of "Woodbine" for her charm ingly informal party, one of last week’s chief social happenings. The lovely old-fashioned garden of “The Homestead." Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Connally’s residence in West End, is drawn upon for the wealth of flowers which decorate the hospit able home on the occasion of the large spring reception w-hich is an annual event given by Dr. and Mrs. Connally to their friends. The goldenrod parties of the week have ben most enjoyable, though small for the most part. The visit of Miss Marjorie Bobb, of New Or leans, the guest of Mias Jennie D. Harris, has been the occasion for much of the week’s entertaining. Among the pretty affairs at which she was an honor guest were the luncheon given by Mrs. Harvey Johnson on Wednesday, another luncheon on Friday at which Mrs. Don Pardee entertained, and a swimming party given by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brandon at their home on Paces Ferry road. A number of dinner parties, theater parties and the like, given by young men, have have been among the compli mentary affairs for this attractive visitor. Mrs. Ralph Van Landingham, of Charlotte, N. C.. a former Atlanta matron, has received much atten tion from her many friends during her week’s stay here. Mrs. Robert Alston, Mrs. Oscar Pappenheimer, Mr. Brooks Morgan and others have entertained for Mrs. Van Landing ham, who, with Mr. Van Landing ham and their children, Is at the Majestic. Miss Marion Van Dyke, of Mem phis, Tenn., and Mrs. Harry Has son, of Jacksonville, are other vis itors for whom the affairs of the w’eek have been given. Welcome For Club Women. Many of Atlanta’s well known hostesses are interested In prepara tions for the social entertaining of the prominent club women who will be In Atlanta for the state federa tion the latter part of October. On the evening of the 22d, the Joseph Habersham chapter, D. A. R„ will tender a reception to the delegates at the Woman's club house on Baker street. The enter tainment committee includes Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, chairman; Mesdames William Lawson Peel, James Gilbert, John Marshall Sla ton. Clark Howell, William Speer, Charles Conklin, Wilmer Moore, Frank Block, W. S. Elkin, Dan Har ris, Charles Northen and Joseph M. Brown.