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April 23, in honor of her daughter,
Mi*s. Uiarles Downmn, Jr., of Bir-
mins’ium, who will be her guest for
rand opera, and for Mrs. Murphy, o f
Birmingham, who will be in Atlanta
lining op< ra week.
Parent-Teachers’ Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Parent-Teachers Neighborhood G’ub
of the Kali Street School will be held
to-morrow at 3 o’clock at the school.
Aii interesting lecture has br«*n ar
ranged and all mothers are invited.
This evening the marriages of two
<>f the city’s most prominent and pop
ular young couples will be solemnized
' hen Miss Allene Gentry will he mar
ried to Mr. John J. Woodside, Jr.,
.ind Miss Nora Belle Rosser will wed
.Mr. Uhrifles Shelton.
Both will be home weddings. Miss
Gentry and Mr. Woodside will be
married at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 7\ Gentry,
on Eleventh Street. The ceremony
will be witnessed by the members of
the immediate family o*ily. Later
there will be a large reception, when
>00 guests will be entertained.
Miss Nina Gentry will be her sis
ter’s maid of honor and Mr. Philip
1/Engle will be best man. The young
couple will leAve during the evening
lor their wedding journey East.
Miss Rosser and Mr. Shelton will
J>e married at 8:30 o’clock at the
West End residence of the bride’s
parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Rosser.
Miss Rosser will be attended by a
group of lovely young women as
bridesmaids, her young sister, Miss
Rosser, to be her maid of honor, and
the others to be the groom’s sister.
Miss Annie May Shelton, as first
bridesmaid, and Misses Mildred Bor
den. of Goldsboro, N. C.; Passie May
Ottley, Lula Dean Jones and Martha
Francis. Mrs. Luther Rosser, Jr., and
Mrs. Joseph Eby will be matrons of
honor, and Mr. George Shelton, of
Valdosta, best man. The groomsmen
will be Messrs. Lewis Shelton, Luther
Rosser, Jr.. Cam Dorsey. Roy Dorsey,
AI Xhornwell and Joseph Eby.
A' brilliant reception will follow the
ceremony when several hundred
guests will be entertained.
The series of parties for these two
young women have constituted some
of tlie happiest entertaining of the
season, and other affairs will be given
for them on the return from the wed
ding journey.
Miss Corrigan Hostess.
In compliment to Miss Bess Wall,
Miss Ruth Corrigan entertained a
few of Miss Wall’s friends at bridge
$his morning at her home on Spring
Street.
The tables were arranged in the
Jiving room and music room, where
fepring flowers were lavishly used.
A pink silk boudoir cap was pre
sented to the honor guest and a col
lar of crepe embroidered In the Bul
garian yarn was given to the winner
of tbp score.
The guests invited were Misses
Bess Wall and her guest. Hortense
Herrman. of Eastman; Dottle and
Maury Lee Cowles. Pearl Parks. Ju
liette Deu and her guest, Virginia
Jones, of Augusta; Janie Cooper,
Tommie and Marian Perdue, Gladys
Latchings, Marian Ponder, who is vis
iting Miss Corrigan, and Mrs. Wal
ter Smith.
For Mrs. Hersey.
/Mrs. Richard C. Congdon enter
tained informally at luncheon to-day
at the Piedmont Driving Club, com
plimenting Mrs. Helen Sterrett Her-
sey, of Paterson, N. J.
The luncheon table was elaborately
decorated with the spring flowers—
wild azaleas, and crabapple blossoms
with branches or dogwood placed
throughout the room. The place-
cards were handpainted In spring
flowers.
Mrs. Congdon was gowned in a suit
of taupe-colored silk, with hat to
match.
Invited to meet Mrs. Hersey were
Mrs. Edward Ehney. Mrs. H. M. At
kinson, Mrs. Edward C. Peters, Mrs.
Cleveland Kinloch Nelson. Mrs. Hen
ry Bernard Scott. Mrs. W. L. Cos
grove, Mrs. Dudley Cowles and Mrs.
Allen Whittaker.
Reading Recital.
On Thursday, April 17, 1913. at 8
o’clock p. m., a reading recital will
be given in the lecture room of Grace
M. E. Church, South, corner Highland
Avenue and Boulevard, for the bene
fit of the Grace Sunday School base
ball team. The following are on the
program: James C. Wardwell. tenor
soloist at St. Luke’s Episcopal
Church; Mrs. Carrie Hengge Croft,
soprano soloist at Central Congre
gational Church; Mrs. John S. Cook,
of Grace M. E. Church. South; J. Gor
don Moore, director of music at Grace
M E. Church, South, and Mrs. John
S. Cook. Admission, 25 cents.
Mrs. Lopez Entertains.
Mrs. David Lopez entertained six
teen ladies at bridge this afternoon in
honor of her guest, Mrs. Cherry
Moses, Jr., of Sumter, S. C. The dec
orations carried out in detail a color
scheme of pink and green. Mrs.
Moses wore a French gown of pink
silk and net, with a coat of pink
hs lo what work will be taken,up for
mutual, improvement of the pupil.
I lie Misses Bearden will render
several songs, and there will be read
ings and recitations bv Mr. Mem-
minger of Ail Saints’ Church. The
flrsL half of the program will be giv
en over to story-telling and the other
hall to the regular program. R--
freshments will be served. All moth
er and fathers of the children in til?
school are invited to be present.
Bridge For Miss Wall.
Miss Janie Cooper will entertain
at bridge Friday afternoon in hone’
of Miss Bess Wall, a bride-elect. Her
guests will be Miss Hortense Her
mann, of Eastman, who is visiting
Miss Wall; Miss Harriet Converse,
of Valdosta; Misses Cowles, Ruth
Corrigan. Helen Hobbs. Marie Pap-
penheimer, Julia Meador. Ruth Wing,
and Caroline Cooper, and Mrs. Flem
ing Winecoff.
A College Tea.
The members of the Senior Class
of the Agnes Scott College were ten
dered an informal tea at the East
Lake Club yesterday afternoon by the
Sophomores. Favfrrs for each guest
were in the college colors of white
and gold, and tea was served. Be
sides the members of the two classes,
the guests included Dr. E. H. Gaines.
Miss Nanette Hopkins, Miss Lula Mc
Kinney. Dr. Mary Sweet. Misses Cabv
and Sagin and Mr. Byron Bachman.
Miss Ellis to Entertain.
Miss Katherine Ellis will entertain
30 young people at a dinner dance
Friday evening in honor of Miss Mar
garet Hawkins, who has just returned
home after spending three months
with relatives in Mississippi.
Mrs. Westmoreland to Entertain.
Mrs. George Westmoreland will en
tertain at a tea on the afternoon of
Miss Maddox Hostess.
A beautiful luncheon was given to
day by Miss Leonora Maddox at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Beaumont
Davison, in Druid Hills, in compli
ment to Miss Ruth King, who will
be married next Tuesday night.
The guests \vm*e seated around a
(able, where a large white wicker
basket of purple iris, tied with yel
low tulle ijows. formed the central
decoration. All the other details of
the handsomely-appointed table were
in yellow, except the place cards,
which were little hand-painted brides.
The invited guests were Misses
Ruth King, Mary King, Jeannette
Lowndes, Louise Riley, Ethel Loving
and Mrs. William Akers.
Call to Atlanta Chapter. D. A. R.
Mrs. James Osgood Wynn, regent
of the Atlanta Chapter, D. A. R.. re
quests th:u all chapter members at
tend a called meeting on to-morrow
afternoon at Craigie House at 3:30.
Plans will be perfected for the tea
loom which is to be conducted by
the chapter members during opera
week, and a full attendance Is re
quested.
Mrs. Colcord Entertains.
Mrs. A. R. Colcord entertained in
formally at tea this afternoon at her
home in West End, complimenting
Miss Emma Jordan, w'ho leaves soon
for an extended trip abroad; her
house guest, Miss Ethel Scarborough,
and Mrs. John Wing, who returned
last week from her wedding journey
to Florida.
Informal Dinner Dance.
There will be an informal dinner
dance at the Piedmont Club Satur-
'day evening, which will be the final
informal dinner dance at the club
until after opera week.
Miss Amorous to Have Luncheon.
Miss Emma Kate Amorous will en
tertain at a luncheon at the Piedmont
Driving Club to-morrow. Her guests
will be Miss Lillian Jones, of Waynes
boro, who is visiting Mrs. Allen
Claude Weller; Miss Hildreth Burton
Smith and her guest, Miss Josephine
McClelland; Mrs. .T. A. Campbell and I
her guest, Mrs. M. Kilby, of Bir- |
mingham, and Mrs. WYller.
Parties for Mrs. Jackson.
Among the parties to he tendon* 1 i
Mrs. Robert Jackson, of Nashville,
who will be the guest of Mrs. Robert
Maddox for grand opera, will be the
breakfast at which Mrs. Henry .lark-
son will enti rtain on Saturda... April
26, and the dinner at which Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Little will entertain
Thursday evening. April 24.
Choir Gives Musical Tea.
A musical tea will be given by the
choir of the Church of the Holy Com
forter a 1 the residence of Mrs.
Reames, 297 Pulliam Street, to-mor
row evening from 8 to 10.
Mrs. Mag id to Entertain.
Mrs. Louis Magid will entertain
twelve friends informally at tea at
the Piedmont Driving Club next
Tuesday afternoon, following the
grand opera matinee performance.
Informal Tea at Club.
Mrs. St. Elmo Massengalc will en
tertain informally Saturda.'. after
noon at the Piedmont Driving Club.
Bridge Party at Post.
Mrs. Henry Bankhead was hostess
at a bridge party this afternoon at
her home at Fort McPherson, her
guests including her friends among
the ladies of the fort.
PERSONALS
Mrs. R. M. Callaway returned to
day from New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey E. Moorefield
have returned from a trip to Nor
folk. Va.
Miss Sara Rawson will return home
Monday, after spending several weeks
visiting friends in Texas.
Mrs. Charles Goodman, who has
been spending some iim<‘ in New
York, has returned home.
Mrs. Edward T. Miller, of Wash
ington, Ga., will arrive to-morrow to
be tile guest of Airs, .1. R. Watts for
M . and Mrs. .Julian Field left to-
day for a short visit to Chicago. They
will return home for grand opera.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Childs and
daughter, Miss May Childs, of West
End. have moved to their new home
in Hapeville.
Miss Harriet* Converse, of Valdos
ta, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wil
liam Haygood, Park Lane, in Ansley
Park.
Miss Clifford West was the hon >r
Husband, Allowed a
Dime a Week, Rebels
I
Atlanta Man Geeks Divorce After
Twenty Years of Marital
U nhappinesB.
if your wife would permit you ar. J
allowance of only 10 cents a week for j
street car fare and for an occasional
‘good time,’’ in what manner would you
rebel and assert your manhood?
Charles II. Garrison, of 86 Connally
Street, after all other methods failed, J
sued for divorce.
Uis petition, tiled Tuesday, narrates
that fur nearly 20 years his married life
was filled with unhappiness; that lie
was cruelly and inhumanly treated,
and that afler he dutifully had turned
over his wekly wage of $18 to his wife,
Fannie, she would give him only 10 cents
for spending money until next payday.
He left her in 1911, he raid, but on
the pleading of his daughter he returned.
His complaint continues:
"The petitioner then believed that the
long-absent dove of neace was about to
return."
Acworth Wants Opera Train.
AC WORTH A number of grand
opera lovers from Acworth have secured
tickets for the several operas in At
lanta next week. Acworth is starling a
movement for towns on the W. ami A.
Railway to request an extra train put
of Atlanta after the opera each night.
guest at a very informal bridge par
ty this afternoon, given by Mrs. ’i.
F. Wet*t at her home on West Elev
enth Street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sherman
Kirkpatrick announce the birth of a
son on Tuesday. April 15, who lias
been named Wilii im Sherman Kirk
patrick, Jr.
Miss Mamie Williams, the slste** of
Mrs. Cyrus Striekler, was operated on
for appendicitis yesterday. Her con
dition is serious.
Mrs. Paul Felder Vose returned last
night from Columbus, where she was
tendered a series of parties as the
guest of Mrs. John Illges.
Mr. and Mrs. John Illges and Miss
Nouna Illges, of Columbus, will come
to Atlanta for grand opera, and will
be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hurt in Inman Park.
Captain and Mrs. E. F. Donnelly
will arrive to-morrow from Fort
Riley to be the guests of Miss Fit-
ten. on Linden Avenue. Captain Don
nelly will be here for only a very
short visit, going from here to Wash
ington.
INDIAN STEALS ENGINE:
HAS “HEAP MUCH FIJN”
KLAMATH FALLS. ORKO., April
16.—Inspired by several "shots" of
Klamath Falls flr< water, C J. Stone-
co'e, an Indian from Sacramento.
Cal., captured a mogul locomotive in
the Southern Pacific yards and held it
for two hours against all comers.
Stone- ole thought he wa« preparing
to take a train back to Sacramento.
He shot the locomotive up and down
the tracks southeast of this city at a
record-breaking clip.
After tiring of the toy, he quietly
surrendered to the police.
AGED HOUSE EMPLOYEE DIES.
WASHINGTON, April 16. Charles
H. Mann, aged 74. lor years the
Superintendent of the House pres:;
gallery, died to-day.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
Atlantans Look for
Hate Decision Soon
Three cases vital to Atlanta ship
pers are being handled by the At
lanta Freight Bureau. -Final decision
in two are expected soon.
H. T. Moore, W. A. Wimbish, W. A.
Parker and Sam I). Jones are ba ;
to-day from Washington, where tlmy
went to represent Atlanta in the
Eastern and Western rate case before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
They expected to receive the verdict
of the United States Supreme Court
on the Atlanta-Nashville* grain rate
case there, but the court failed to
meet Monday. Tills decision is ex
pected any day now.
It is thought the interstate Com
merce Commission will hand down a
decision in the Eastern and Western
ra f e cases some time next month. In
this Atlanta is seeking to obtain the
same freight rates from the West as
those granted Birmingham, and from
the Ki^st equal to those granted Cha*-
tanooga.
NEGRO NEAR DEATH FRGM
HIDING IN CHILLY RIVER
Allen Russell, a negro, is threaten
ed with pneumonia to-day because
of his attempt to elude tho officers
who had pursued him by hiding in
the shallow waters of the Chatta
hoochee. Russell was half dead from
exposure when he was dragged fp>m
his chilly hiding place. Only his
head was showing above the surface
of the water when "Old Troup,” a
convict camp bloodhound, trailed him
to the river’s edge.
The police wanted Russell on a
charge of stealing a pistol.
Dublin Elects Council.
DUBLIN. - The municipal primary in
this city yesterday resulted as follows:
Mayor. <’. A Weddington; Aldermen. W.
B. On tier, T. R. Ramsay. W. T. Dupree
and C. O Sykes A heavy vote was
polled, almost every voter In the city
going to the polls.
If you have anything to sell adver-
I tisc in The Sunday American. L?r-
I gest circulation of any Sunday news-
i paper in the South.
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Women of Fashion Are Buying
Ratines for
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trocks
silk.
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im.
A number of parties will be given
Mrs. Moses during her visit,
among them a morning bridge at
which Mrs. S. C. Dinkins will enter
tain. Mrs. Lopez will give a box par
ty at the Grand Monday afternoon, in
honor of Mrs. Moses and Mrs. Webb,
of Hillsboro. N. C., the guest of Mrs.
C. L. Pettigrew.
Mrs. Congdon's Guests.
Miss Mabel Drake and Miss Nlta
Black, who have Just returned home
after spending six months in Paris,
will be tendered an informal bridge
party P'riday afternoon by Mrs Rich
ard C. Congdon.
Invited to meet Miss Drake and
Miss Black are Misses Louise Black,
Ada Alexander, Katie Stocking, Mrs.
Robert Crumley and Mrs. Milton Saul.
Calhoun Parent-Teacher Meeting.
The Parent-Teacher Club of Cal
houn Street School will hold an in
teresting meeting at the school house
•j'hu-sdav afternoon at 8: SO o’clock.
►There will be a story-tellers' hour
find a musical and liteTary program,
fcesides an open discussion between
|n« parents and teachers of the school
Draped Skirts have won favor.
A wide assortment of simple and
elaborate styles are shown in the
Standard Fashion Sheet
for MAY
Free at our Pattern Counter.
With April putting on the garments of spring and a million buds
a-bursting, no wonder women are indulging the desire to possess the
lovely new fabrics here which later will he dainty frocks—among the
keenest joys of summer.
Surely nothing short of Aladdin’s Lamp could have brought
them.
These last arrivals—their marvelous, vivid, but artistic colors,
their various novelty weaves, two-toned effects. Among the new col
or tones are: Sevres, marine and Copenhagen blues, Du Barry rod,
Nell rose, wistaria, mulberry, fig leaf green, apricot, geranium reds,
bisque, golden brown, reseda and many other shades.
We want you to see the new Ratines, Linens and
Crepes here.
Catch their true colors, fee! their textures, admire
their real beauty and newness, which words fail to
portray.
To-morrow You May Buy
$1.89 White Ratine at $1.50 yard—54
inches wide---a beautiful novelty weave.
36-inch white, silk-stripe or plain Ratine, at
59c yard.
40-inch white Ratine; 75c yard.
42-inch white Ratine; $1.00 yard.
Colored Ratines, in the new tones mentioned
above—in fact, every fashionable shade; vari
ous widths and priced at 59c. 75c, $1.00, $1.25
and $1.50 yard.
The popular two-toned Ratines at $1.50 and
$1.89 yard.
These French Crepes
are entirely new and equally delightful. Light,
soft, lovely for dainty frocks; the shades too are
beautiful: Maiden’s blush, mode, old blue, lav
ender and navy. A very popular fabric; only
59c yard.
Crepe Bedford Cord is another very fashion
able fabric for dresses; very soft; 40 inches
«
wide; white only; $1.00 yard.
Beautiful Ramie
and French Linens
White and all popular colors.
French Linens. 40 inches wide, 59c yard.
Ramie Linens, 44 to 46 inches wide, 50c, 59c
and 69e yard.
SPECIAL FOR TO-MORROW
36-inch wide-wale white Pique at
20c yard.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
Special Purchase Smart Hats
201 Charming New Models for
“Grand Opera Week Affairs”
$Q50 A| sjn
See Window
Display
See Window
Display
New Styles
shown only hy
J. M. HIGH CO.
Millinery Dept.
Second Floor
In center a large Leg
horn flower-trimmed
Hat.
At left one of the new
ribbon - trimmed ef
fects.
At right a popular
Tam with feathers.
Fresh, New, Up-to-Date Hats
We rushed our Millinery Buyer to New York
to get the newest, latest styles fresh from the
ateliers of the importers---Hats suitable for the
Grand Opera, Matinees and social affairs. We
found a wonderful lot of charming Pattern Hats,
also copies of most expensive models. In addi
tion to these, we will show Hats created in our
own work-rooms that vie in style and beauty
with the best imported models. Hats you will
find priced so remarkably low that you will won
der how we can afford to give them. Hats to
suit every taste; large, medium, small; for full
dress, afternoon, or for street wear---two groups
at two prices, $8.50 and $10.00 for choice.
AND
$1$
FOR
Choice
SALE BEGINS 9:00 O’CLOCK
$5 and $6 Panamas
$3.48
These are most extraordinary bargains,
genuine Panamas in the correct 1913
shapes. Every Hat worth $5.00 and $6.00
each—small, medium
and large hats, while
they last
$3.48
SALE BEGINS 9:00 O’CLOCK
Shapes to $5.00
$1.98
200 new fashionable shapes, in hemps,
milans, chips and fancies. All the most
authoritative styles and colors of the
season. Values up
to $5.00 while they
last
$1.98 *
J.MJfcGB Cgmmnt. J.MJUgs CosHBunr.