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=: 2 I ♦ONErF> *• Bllw I 1 'M ▼ Essal * «jt : - / • ■" *.. I 8b 11. A' FHj 4- *< --'f ~Xs/ M?Wjr Calendar Shows Large Affairs For Coming Week SEVERAL affairs on next week’s .calendar stand out as events of especial social interest. Notable on the list is the Nine <) Clock dinner-dance Wednesday ■veiling. This will take place at rhe Driving club, which has been lie scene of much of the season’s •ntertaining. As 1. dinner-dance will take the place of the u-.ua! german, the Nine i> Clocks will have no additional :t of chaperons for the affair next eek. other than the married mem bers, among whom are Mr. and dis. Forrest Adair, Mr. and Mrs. I 1 rank .Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harman, J.., Mr. and Mrs. Clar ■ nee Haverty. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Alston, Colonel and Mrs. Lowry, Air. and Mrs. John Marshall Slaton, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hatcher, Dr. and Mrs. Leltoy Childs, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips McDuffie, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith, J.„ Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Felder-, • Mr. and Mrs Robert Lee ''ooiiey, Mr. and M s. W. A. Speer. Debutante to Enterta n. •lies Helen Hawkirs. one of the ’r’outantes of the season, will en tertain. jointly with her sister, Miss Mary Hawkins, next week, with a buffet supper on Tuesday evening, if Lie home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hawkins. Au informal dunce will oP'iw U. s.:; per. the debutantes uid their hour.- guests t.» be the onoree-. Among the prtt lies' af ' l.s of the week .will be the pur for Miss Edna .'."et'anuless. 'Jr.?. Hoiiald Ransome gives a bridge tea for Miss McCandless and Alls'? Helen Pavne will eutertnln at ■ dinner tarty for her next week. H-r>m Dargan will be the guest of honor at a buffet supper on Monday evening r.i Driving Am. given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Peters. Tin calendar Is not so crowded hi-i.' been the cr.ae so ■ the early 01 November. Many of the debutante 1 ) have had their beautiful ■abut parties Miss Hi: let Cole '■ll’ Hi-.- Hr. riot Calhoun having c n th- horn ■■ guests at this work's most brilliant events. Miss Cal oun was tendered a beautiful ca tion at the Piedmont D iving club b; Dr. and Mrs. Phinizy Calhoun on Tue-da;/ evening. The unusual!.' ■ labors tc and artistic decorations . ■.!• i l.i'.imd by the young hostess of the affair. The ball loom was eon cited into a semblance of fairyland with twenty full bloom ing cherry trees, which alternated ■' itl; green columns, entwined with oink clirysantnemums down the ngth of the ball room, a canopy of green st tdded with lights veiled in . Jllp shades covering the entire '■ -iiing. Club Elaborately Decorated. \ favor cotillion with many novel :’gures was led by Mr. Thomas B. Paine, dancing with Miss Calhoun. Miss Cole was introduced by he. aunt. Mrs. Harriet Cole, at the Cap ital City club, on Wednesday even ing. The club was elaborately dec or.; bed with quantities of cut flow ■ i s and palms. l arge white chrysanti emums -md American Beauty roses were med in the ball room, which was garlanded in smilax, caught with large gilt baskets of the beautiful lowers, with American Beauty rib bons tied on the handles. Tall ped stals bearing similar baskets were .'laced at the entrance of the ball oom, which led into a small room •'inverted into a formal Italian garden, where punch was served. '. white lattice was covered with ■ink wistaria, starred with myriads of tiny electric lights, and the punch bowl, sei. in a,mound of Kil -I‘i.rney roses and valley lilies, was under a canopy of smilax and pink chrysanthemums. Dinner was served at tables dec orated in Killarney roses, the de butante and her special friends be ing seated at a table elaborately ■cot sited with Killarney roses and valley lilies, arranged in three large mounds and surrounded by many pretty decorative details in pink and white. The many gorgeous bouquets sent the debutante were placed near her and the jolliest spirit prevailed during the dinner, and the dance which followed. Mrs. Willis Westmoreland's luncheon on Thursday was one of tin- delightful affairs of the week, given for Mis- Helen Dargan. Mrs. Westmoreland is the chatelaine of one of the many handsome new comes which have been added to the city’s list within the year. Tin affair of this week was the first large; social event given by Airs. Westmoreland in her new home. BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF ATLANTA -. i : Jr WM/' 1 zW® >,■ Sag: .1. »■ - / [ -WrW ; KBs / - <<> W f «M/ Jb M ■ 11,I 1 , ■ '\l—X. . W' / “/t 1 \\WMk \ Ay/,"U: Mi. W W I Wk FBMHBteJkK / hJ; ? Ml •’ %*/ ■ ■HML - av <', 91 < MM&gy . A " \ i 1 ** * &.. / / \ /Ci.KHL a g E . • / / L^Wv.' iwwu / / X A \ \ f - WWMWwg < Mt? W® Rr*vJ / / >y / Ltrss ,Z // / \// // hd&a /^c'J^wsßßßF- r // // (.inly members of the younger set •!' were entertained. Miss Mignon McCarty gave a "pretty tea yesterday afternoon for sevn.u visitors, and this morning Mis•; Annie Lee McKenzie was hostess at a beautiful luncheon for Mrs. Robert Woodniff Winship, a recent bride, ami for Miss Helen Dargan and her house guests. Misses Rose Brisco , of Knoxville, and Martine McCulloch, of Owens boro. Ky. The luncheon was given at the Piedmont Driving clqb and was churaeterized by many pretty details, the hostess being very ar- | tistie and original in planning her entertainments. Mrs. Orton Bishop Brown’s co tillion for Miss Hildreth Burton Smith was a. beautiful eVent oil this week, taking place at the Cap ital City club on .Honday evening .-. American Fashions For IN previous articles on this sub-, ject I have said that the effort that is beirfg made to establish American fashions for American women should meet the enthusias tic support of all of the women of the country, because: It’s patriotic. AVe believe I ha, American brains and American lin gers are just as clever as any in ill .' wide world. It’s good business. It keeps mil lions of dollars at home an I that makes for universal prosperity’. It prevents our being, swindled. Most of the imported gowns and hats we buj’ were imported only from the work room to the sales room, and we are paying S2O or S3O extra on the article for the bo gus Paris label on it. It opens up an immense and profitable field of occupation for our girls. There is no better busi ness a talented j’oung woman can go into than designing and making artistic hats and dresses. If still another argument in favor of patronizing home industries-wcr : needed, it lies in the hope that when practical, level-headed, wholesome .American women and men get •<> work on devising garments for their compatriots, the national spirit will make the dress question less of x nightmare than it is at presenu - " r Lyda xgLlbx. —— FJiOTC • ——' The decorations, ivere beautiful ami elaborate, and the occasion, a nota ble one in the number given for this lovelj- young v .iman, who maxle her ; formal bow t :i reception given by her mother. Airs. Burton Smith, a .> l> w weeks ago. Some color is given to this hope by Hie fact that the only two dis tinctive garments that American ingenuity has so far put forth have been a boon to enslaved woman hood. These are the shirtwaist and the short skirt, and what they have meant to the sex tfiat has been going around for ages swel tering and panting in tightly boned bodices and basques and vainly trying to clutch up yards and yards of trailing and microbe-gathering skirts as it walked, no tongue can tell, nor typewriter set down on paper. Talk about emancipation' Some dayjve will all rise up as one wom an and build a monument to Susan B. Anthony, and the dressmaker who first dajred to shear off the bot tom of a-skirt, and there Is a niche in the Temple of Fame right next to these two liberators, for the fashion designer who originates a costume that won’t go out of style In three weeks, but that>you can wear in peace of mind until the garment is worn out, without being conscious that you look like a last > ear’s birds nest. This permanence in fashion is the most crying need of the day. It would enable us to buy better ulothes, moru artistically designed !• November lias been pre-emim ntly' the mom!’, of bridi s and buds. The • aii ndar has been full of brilliant ev>. ■■ ts without < xception for either debutante <»'• some one of the sev eral young women who have been mm led during the month. For the American Women gy oorothy dix ■ otlu s, clothes of finer quality, be cause then when we got a dress or a hat we would be sure of getting good se vice out of it instead of having to east it aside in a few weeks because skirts had suddenly widened or narrowed, or hats changed from peach baskets to Merry Widows. To a person of re fined taste nothing seems more vulgar than to see a woman decked out in coarse lace, and sleazy satin, and near velvet. Yet, women justi fy themselves in wearing these atrocities by saying that the styles change so quickly that it doesn’t pay to get the real article. he Most Economical. This is a fruitful source of ex travagance, for there is no wear to shoddy goods. Every woman’s ex perience teaches her that the cheapest dress she eve had was some fine cloth or silk that wore like leather, that came home fr'om the cleaner’s or dyer's as good as new, and that stood being made over half a dozen times. There’s not a poor woman that doesn't long for some such gown, and she might have it if she didn't have to be for '•vei changing the fashion to keep up with the vagaries of some crazy I' '•tieii dressmaker. Another reason, besides economy, probably suffer u lull. ;ts just befon Christmas is ;l busy time with every one. and social wi] be some- I what in abeyance until the holi- days come on, bringin.-: their at tendant gaieties. Tin return of ' Why then is an insistent demand for some permammer of fashion Is that women arc getting so many different interests now that they haven't time, nor inclination, to spend their lives in the buying or making of clothes. The woman who is in business, the woman who is in politics, the woman who is devoting her ener? ■ •ties to philanthropy or any other great cause wants to be well dressed and attractively dressed, but she doesn't want to devote all of her best energies to shopping, or ‘pend hours ami hours of her valu able time in dressmaking establish ments. It doesn't seem to her that it makes a particle of difference whether sleeves are an inch’longer or shorter tills season than last, or whether there is one plait or two-in a skirt, or a hat is turned up in front this year, whereas it was turned down last yea.-. Her demand is for gowns that are intrinsically beautiful and suit able in themselves, that ate made of fine material and on lines that are as unchangingly beautiful as the lines in the drapery of ;> Greek statue. She wants to be able H» go | to a dressmaker who is an artist, who will study her color and figure Miss' Mary Hnlp Photo JLfyorr •• tlie college girls and the closing of local institutions are always fol lowed by renewed social activity, especially with the younger ele ment. Several large, parties are 1 being planned for some of the col- I lege girls, and within the next few weeks others will be announced, as dates for the return of these young j people are definitely fixed. For the grown-ups. the Cotillion <'lub affair is one of the happiest j in prospect for the holiday season. The Nine o’Clocks will also con tribute to t.-1 ■• iioliday calendar with their. Christmas ball. and peculiarities, who will be told lor what purpose a gown is wanted, and who will design her a costume that will be above fashion and have ail times and seasons for its own. Some few women there will al \a\s he whose brains are cut on tlte bias and filled in the middle, and hobbled around the bottom, ami who will always believe that the c hies end of woman is to change her c loth ■» but the great majority of women are weary and sick of this eternal rush to the dress maker. They yearn with an unspeakable yearning to buy good, sensible, durable clothes, such as men have, tfiat will be appropriate for the oc casion, and that, having once got ten, they can wear without change until they wear out. thereby leav ing them money and leisure to do some of the other th rgs they would like to do, if it were not for the eternal dress proposition. if this sort of a rational fashion for women—and by rational I don't mean bloomers nor Mother Hub bards —is ever invented, it will be by an American. It will be the sartorial expression of our practi cal national spirit. It's up to our • iwn dressmakers to devise the fashions that, are suitable for us. December Bride Now Interests the Social World Si nJIETY is looking forward to the December weddings, which will be of unusual in- I terest. although few in number, compared to the fall weddings. The first of the young women to marry in the last month of the year is Miss Edna McCandless, who will become the bride of Mr. Albert Thornton on the evening of Decem ber 4. The wedding will take place at All Saints church and will be graced bj- a number of lovely young women attendants. Miss Jane Thornton, sistar of the bridegroom, will be the maid of honor, and the other young women of the bridal party will be AT s. Pembroke Pope, of Washington C?r. Mrs. Austell Thornton. Mrs. Alex Smith, Jr.. Misses Helen Payne, May Atkin son and E’lz i-beth Adai' - . Air. Thomas Thornton, of LaGrange, will act as best man. Among the groomsmen will be Messrs. Janies Ragan, Arthur Clark. Joseph Ga tins, Dan McDoucafl and Alex Smith Jr. A number of out-of town guests will be here for the wedding, wlm ii is one of the most interesting of the season. Another December Bride. . Miss Sarah Coates will be a De cember bride, her marriage to Mr Robert Barnes, of Macon, being dated for December 18. Mies Mar • guerite Beck is another interesting bride-elect on the short list which remains since the autumn weddings were solemnized. Miss Beck, how ever. will not be married in 1918. the date of her marriage to Mr Hamilton Block having been set for January 2. Most of the November brides have returned to tin city, and are being cordially welcomed to the ranks of the young matrons at the social affairs of the week. Air. and Mrs. Clarence Haverty (Miss Elizabeth Rawson) are the exceptions, as they are on an extended Western tour, which will include a trip through California. Recent letters from the young couple were posted in Kansas City. Mr. and' Mrs. John Rudolph Thieson (Miss Mary Traylor) are still in the East on their wedding j journey, but are expected home next week. Air. and Mrs. Daniel Pressley Yates (Miss Julia Rich j urdsoiD have returned from their wedding trip to Asheville, N. C.. and are now keeping house in a charming bungalow in West Fourth street. Army Society Active. After the social quietude of the summer, the residents of Fort Mc- Pherson have resumed their de lightful social life, in which many of their friends from the city par tlclpa te. General and Mrs. Robert K. Evans, ii ho have been so cordially welcomed since General Evans as sumed command of the Department of the Gtflf, have been tendered a series of beautiful dinner parties among those entertaining for them being Major and Mrs. George W Martin and Alajor and Mrs. Ed ward N. Jones. Mrs. Thomas Good man complimented Mrs. Evans with a luncheon at the Piedmont Driving club, and she has been an honored guest at many of the entertain ments in town. A series of dinner parties, luncheons and bridge par ties are enjoyed by the officers and their wives, and the weekly hops given at the Officers club are al ways largely attended by many young people from the city. The dress parades given each Monday and Friday afternoons, at tract many visitors, and following the parades the officers and their wives are always at home infor mally, the post presenting a gala appearance with the brilliant mili tary movements, the long row's of motors drawn before the parade ground and the groups of people on each piazza of Officers row. Mrs. Henry Bankhead, who has been greatly missed during an extended absence, has been most cordiallj welcomed since her return, and she and Captain Bankhead have at tended many of the social affairs of the season, being equally popular both at the post and in the social circles ot the city.